Michigan 51, Colorado State 7
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 3, 2022
Where: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Temperature:
84°
Head Official:
Ron Hudson
Attendance:
109575
By Field Level Media
Cade McNamara went 9-of-18 passing for 136 yards and a touchdown in roughly one half of work to help lead No. 8 Michigan to a 51-7 season-opening home win over Colorado State on Saturday.
Blake Corum rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries and Donovan Edwards ran for 64 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries for the Wolverines.
Clay Millen went 16-of-20 passing for 137 yards and a touchdown, and Tory Horton caught six passes for 69 yards and a touchdown in defeat for Colorado State.
Michigan took a 7-0 lead with 9:49 remaining in the first quarter on a 61-yard touchdown pass from McNamara to Roman Wilson, who took a bubble screen, got loose down the sideline, then cut toward the middle of the field to the end zone.
The Wolverines then went up 13-0 on a pair of field goals by Jake Moody, first from 31 yards with 8:06 left in the first quarter and another from 26 yards with 14:48 remaining in the second quarter.
Michigan took a 23-0 lead into the locker room at halftime following a 7-yard touchdown run by Corum with 5:25 remaining in the second quarter and a 34-yard field goal by Moody with 11 seconds until halftime.
It didn't take long for Michigan to completely blow the game open in the third quarter.
DJ Turner returned a fumble 45 yards for a touchdown with 12:12 remaining in the third to put Michigan up 30-0, and then backup quarterback J.J. McCarthy ran for a 20-yard touchdown with 6:08 left in the third to give Michigan a 37-0 lead.
The Wolverines then went up 44-0 with 14:12 to go in the game on a 1-yard touchdown run by Edwards.
Colorado State finally got on the board with 8:59 remaining, closing to within 44-7 on a 34-yard touchdown pass from Millen to Horton.
Michigan closed out the scoring with 1:43 left on a 4-yard touchdown run by Alex Orji.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Rushing
| Colorado State |
|
Michigan |
|
A'Jon Vivens
|
Player |
Blake Corum
|
|
10 |
Attempts |
13 |
|
35 |
Yards |
76 |
|
3.5 |
Avg Yards |
5.8 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Receiving
| Colorado State |
|
Michigan |
|
Tory Horton
|
Player |
Roman Wilson
|
|
6 |
Receptions |
2 |
|
69 |
Yards |
65 |
|
11.5 |
Avg Yards |
32.5 |
|
1 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Colorado State
|
219 |
82 |
137 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.0 |
0 |
| Michigan
|
440 |
234 |
206 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
7.0 |
1 |
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