R.V. Carroll (So.) received three offensive player of the week nods after his performance against Kenyon on Nov. 4

November 10, 2006 -- After racking up 336 yards and five touchdowns on the ground to break five different rushing records in this past Saturday's 56-42 rout of Kenyon College, sophomore standout running back R.V. Carroll (Perry, Ohio/Perry) received more player of the week accolades, this time from the national level. Don Hansen's National Football Weekly Gazette (.pdf) and D3football.com both recently honored Carroll as an offensive player of the week. Earlier this week, he earned offensive player of the week honors from the North Coast Athletic Conference. Carroll, who now averages 140.2 rushing yards per game (fourth best in Division III), also received special mention in the USA Today for his efforts against the Lords.

No Yeoman had ever tallied 300 yards rushing in a game, and Carroll also broke the Oberlin records for single-season rushing yardage (1,262 yards) and rushing touchdowns in a game and season (12).

After the dust settled from the contest against the Lords, seven Oberlin records were broken on Saturday, and Carroll almost topped the NCAC's record for most yards rushing in a game. His total of 336 yards was just two yards shy of Tony Sutton's (Wooster) mark of 338 yards against Case Reserve in 2003. The previous Oberlin single-game rushing record was held by Mike Koslow, who tallied 259 yards against Kenyon in 1963, while Carroll's five touchdowns broke the record of four, which had been accomplished by six different players in Oberlin's long football history.

Carroll came into Saturday's game needing 74 yards to reach 1,000 on the season, but he easily exceeded that mark, breaking Ron Stevenson's 25-year-old single-season record of 1,220 yards by rushing 38 times for 336 yards (8.8 yards per carry). Additionally, with his five scores on the ground, Carroll set the single-game record for points scored (30), besting Alan Spiegelberg's previous record of 29 points against Hiram in 1961.