CONWAY, S.C. — Camerun Peoples and Appalachian State began college football’s virus-impacted bowl season with a record-breaking show at the Myrtle Beach Bowl on Monday.
Peoples ran for a bowl-record 319 yards and tied another mark with five rushing touchdowns to lead the Mountaineers past North Texas 56-28.
“This is probably one of the most memorable football games I’ve ever played,” Peoples said.
The sophomore surpassed the 307 yards rushing of Georgia Tech’s PJ Daniels in the 2004 Humanitarian Bowl. Peoples also became the seventh player to run for that many scores in a bowl game, a list that includes Oklahoma State’s Barry Sanders and Toledo’s Kareem Hunt, as the Mountaineers (9-3) remained a perfect 6-0 in bowls since joining the Sun Belt Conference in 2014.