C.J. Anderson opened by rushing three times before leaving the game with an ankle injury, and from there Hillman, Montee Ball and Juwan Thompson split the carries at eight apiece. With 66 yards for an 8.3 yards-per-carry average, Hillman excelled in the new rushing scheme.
"He's patient and when he sees it, he makes that one cut and goes north and south and we've been doing a lot of that up front," guard Louis Vasquez said. "So it's kind of a combination of us up front and Ronnie just being a patient back of seeing what he sees and taking it.