Love erupts against the Sun Devils, reaches 1,000 yards through 5 weeks

It was a stellar Saturday for Stanford running back Bryce Love.

The junior hit the ground running, taking the ball 61 yards for an early Stanford score.

Watch: Bryce Love’s sixth TD of the season goes for 61 yards. 📺: @Pac12Network #GoStanford pic.twitter.com/JaJGwuFuVo

— Stanford Football (@StanfordFball) September 30, 2017

He didn’t look back after that.

In the second quarter he found the end zone once again, this time from 43 yards out, but wasn’t even close to done.

Bryce Love’s rushing line today for @StanfordFball ? 5 carries, 105 yards, 2 TDs. Excuse me? #ASUvsSTAN pic.twitter.com/uAAa4IpjT2

— Chat Sports (@ChatSports) September 30, 2017

He followed it up with yet another long touchdown in the third, running for 59 yards, to earn his third score on the day.

Bryce Love broke Christian McCaffrey’s Stanford single-game record with 301 rushing yards today and now has 1,088 yards in 5 games 😳 pic.twitter.com/lGyH3H0IRU

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 30, 2017

In his seventh-consecutive 100-yard game, Love set a single-game record for the Stanford Cardinal before the game was even over, rushing for more than 300 yards on 25 carries. He also became the fastest Stanford running back to reach 1,000 yards.

With 294 rushing yards, @Blovee_20 passes @run__cmc for Stanford's all-time single-game rushing record. 🔥🔥🔥 #GoStanford pic.twitter.com/MgWBha8Wgu

— Stanford Football (@StanfordFball) September 30, 2017

People took notice.

People who think Barkley is running away with the Heisman (and yes, he should lead) probably don't watch Stanford. Bryce Love is something.

— Adam Silverstein (@SilversteinAdam) September 30, 2017

Bryce Love has first 300-yard rushing game in Stanford history — on only 25 carries. (12.1 per carry — BARELY better than his avg coming in)

— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) September 30, 2017

Bryce Love is averaging 11.7 yards per carry for the season.
Has 87 rushes for 1,014 yards. Seriously.

— Jeff Faraudo (@JeffFaraudo) September 30, 2017

Stanford's Bryce Love had 301 yards today. Remember when he had 17 carries for 160 yards against USC? That was his worst game of the season. pic.twitter.com/Lgh9nP8xxD

— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) September 30, 2017

After 301 today, Stanford RB Bryce Love now has 1,088 rushing yards.

Only 3 FBS players have ever had more through 5 games. pic.twitter.com/n6shLCE87R

— ESPN CollegeFootball (@ESPNCFB) October 1, 2017

If you don't have Bryce Love on your Heisman watch list, re-evaluate your list. Watch that man play.

— Solomon Thomas (@SollyThomas90) September 24, 2017

Behind Love’s record-breaking performance, the Cardinal took down the Sun Devils 34-24.

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