Stanford's McCaffrey breaks Sanders' yards record

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey broke Barry Sanders' 27-year-old record for most all-purpose yards in a season in the second quarter of the Pac-12 championship against Southern California on Saturday night.

McCaffrey tied the mark of 3,250 yards set in Sanders' Heisman Trophy season in 1988 with a 31-yard punt return, and then broke it seconds later with a 2-yard run. Sanders set the mark in only 11 games, while it took McCaffrey until his 13th to break it.

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As proof that McCaffrey can do just about everything, he also threw an 11-yard TD pass earlier in the quarter on a trick play to quarterback Kevin Hogan.

McCaffrey had 155 yards rushing, four yards receiving and 85 yards on returns to give him 244 at the half.

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