BOISE, Idaho — This Day In Sports…November 17, 2018:

Running back Alexander Mattison goes over the 1,000-yard mark to extend Boise State’s streak of 1,000-yard rushers to 10 consecutive years, the longest in the nation. Mattison ran for 145 yards in a 45-14 win at New Mexico and reached the milestone on his final carry, a 41-yard touchdown run. It was his second straight 1,000-yard campaign—he’d end up with 1,415 yards in 13 games before forgoing his senior season and going to the NFL as a third-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings.

The 1,000-yard streak began in 2009 with Jeremy Avery, who was the lead back during Boise State’s undefeated season before Doug Martin took over that role the following year. Martin topped 1,000 in back-to-back years, and D.J. Harper had the next such season

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