Sooners, others turn to two-running back system

 
JAKE TROTTER
Published: July 12, 2009

On a rainy Red River Shootout in 2004, Oklahoma pounded the run with Adrian Peterson .

Time and time again.

All told, Peterson finished with 32 rushes for 225 yards in a 12-0 victory over the Longhorns. The next week he carried the ball 36 times, and two weeks after that, 33 times at Oklahoma State.

But these days at all levels of football, workhorse running backs like Peterson are few and far between. ...


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