Saturday was the record breaking day for Michigan, as they trounced Delaware State 63-6.

The 5-2 Wolverines set school records for 442 yards during the first half as well as 727 total yards for the game. With their 28 points in the first quarter they tied a school record, and their 49-3 halftime lead was the second most points ever by halftime.

The 1-4 Hornets didn’t even come close to Appalachian State’s 2007 upset at Michigan’s Big House. However the second tier collegiate program was paid $550,000 to provide a tuneup for Michigan and forfeit a game in the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference.

Tate Forcier started at quarterback, one week after suffering a concussion. He led Michigan on a drive for a touchdown during his only possession, leaving the game still healthy.

Denard Robins had two touchdown passes on only four attempts and also fumbled. The Wolverines also played their third string quarterback as well as their fourth and fifth.

Forcier had been listed as questionable, but did play for one drive. His two pass attempts were both completions for a total of 39 yards.

None of Michigan’s quarterbacks threw over nine passes. Instead they handed the ball off frequently, maybe trying to avoid letting the score get even more out of hand versus the clearly over match team from the Football Championship Subdivision.

Michigan rested the top two of their running backs- Brandon Minor (injured ankle) and Carlos Brown (concussion), and some of the more inexperienced players were able to take advantage.

Vincent Smith rushed for 166 yards, his career high, and had one touchdown. Michael Cox rushed for 82 yards and had two scores, while Michael Shaw had 73 rushing yards as well as a touchdown.

In the highest scoring game for Michigan since 1992 when they scored 63 points versus Minnesota, the Wolverines saw two brothers score.

Kevin Grady has a rushing touchdown and brother Kelvin, who originally came to play basketball at Michigan, had a receiving score.

In the first half’s last minute Delaware State was able to avoid being shut out. Larrone Moore had a kickoff return for 51 yards and Riley Flickinger kicked a field goal. Early fourth quarter Flickinger had another field goal to make the score 49-6.

Delaware State did not start their quarterback, Anthony Glaud, one week after suffering a concussion while losing to Bethune-Cookman. They started Nick Elko instead.

On the first four drives Delaware State only had 14 yards gained. After that it didn’t really get a lot better.

The lucrative payday for Delaware State did cost them. They had to forfeit their scheduled conference game versus North Carolina A&T.