2002 FBL vs. Western Michigan -- Postgame Notes

The game's official attendance of 107,856 marks Michigan's 168th consecutive home game with over 100,000 fans.

With the win, Michigan improves to a perfect 4-0 vs. Western Michigan and to 16-0 when playing opponents from the Mid-American Conference.

Head coach Lloyd Carr is now 41-5 at Michigan Stadium, and today was the 50th time under Carr that the Wolverines have kept the opponents scoreless in the first quarter. Starting in Carr's first year (1995) Michigan has outscored its opponents 595-238 in the first quarter and the Wolverines are now 42-6 under Carr when scoring first, including a 26-1 mark at home.

Junior running back Chris Perry opened the Western Michigan game with a 34-yard rush on his first carry. Last weekend against Washington, Perry took his first handoff for a 57-yard touchdown run.

Perry carried the ball 17 times for 118 yards, marking the second consecutive game that he has eclipsed the 100-yard barrier.

Junior quarterback John Navarre tied a school record, Michigan Stadium record and career best with four touchdown passes. Navarre last threw four touchdowns on Sept. 2, 2000, against Bowling Green. This marks the 13th time that a Michigan quarterback has thrown four touchdown passes. Navarre now joins Elvis Grbac (three times) as the only two U-M quarterbacks to repeat the feat.

Co-captain Bennie Joppru scored his first touchdown of the season on an eight-yard pass from John Navarre with 7:08 remaining in the first quarter.

Sophomore running back David Underwood scored his first touchdown of the season on a four-yard scamper in the first quarter of play. The touchdown was Underwood's second career touchdown as a Wolverine, both coming against Western Michigan. Underwood also set career bests in carries with 11 and yards with 31.

Freshman Jason Avant saw his first action as a Wolverine wide receiver in the second quarter.

Sophomore wide receiver Braylon Edwards scored on a 25-yard pass in the second quarter for his second career touchdown. Edwards' first TD came in last weekend's game against Washington. Edwards later scored on a 39-yard pass from John Navarre near the end of the third quarter to give U-M a 35-6 lead. He led the team with 93 yards on four receptions.

Junior quarterback Spencer Brinton saw his first action of the season and finished the game with four completions for 52 yards, which are both career bests.

Junior cornerback Jeremy LeSueur returned the opening kick of the second half for a career-long 49 yards, leading to an eventual Michigan score. He had three returns for a total of 91 yards.

Senior tailback B.J. Askew scored his first touchdown of the season on a 14-yard strike from John Navarre. The play marks the sixth career receiving touchdown for Askew.

Junior tight end Andy Mignery's 25-yard reception in the fourth quarter marks his first reception as a Wolverine after making the switch from quarterback to tight end this season.

Redshirt freshman tight end Tim Massaquoi caught his first pass for the Wolverines in the fourth quarter on a 12-yard strike from Spencer Brinton.

Junior defensive lineman Norman Heuer registered two sacks for his second career multi-sack game.

Sophomore running back Tim Bracken saw his first action as a Wolverine, totaling 12 carries for 50 yards.

The seven sacks against Western Michigan were the most in a game since last season against Michigan State when the Wolverines collected a school-record 12 sacks in the game.

The Wolverine secondary had a total of 11 PBUs by nine different players, with two each by Marlin Jackson and Dan Rumishek.

With his two PBUs today and eight total in only two games played this season, cornerback Marlin Jackson has already surpassed last year's season total of seven.

Defensive end Dan Rumishek recorded his second career interception, after the ball had been tipped by teammate Shantee Orr. Rumishek also had a single-game best with two PBUs.

Junior inside linebacker Zach Kaufman recorded his first career sack in the first quarter. The play resulted in 10-yard loss for the Broncos.

Co-captain Victor Hobson registered his first sack of the season and 10th of his career in the second quarter and was also involved in two Western Michigan turnovers. The outside linebacker collected his first career interception, off a tip from teammate Brandon Williams in the second quarter, and recovered a fumble forced by Carl Diggs in the third quarter.

Freshman defensive lineman Patrick Massey and senior linebacker Emmanuel Casseus each recorded their first career sacks on back-to-back plays in the second quarter.

Junior defensive lineman Shantee Orr was today's special teams captain, and he recorded his first sack of the season and the eighth of his career in the third quarter. Orr also tipped a pass that led to an interception in the fourth quarter and finished the game with two TFL.

Western Michigan Notes

Today's game was the second largest crowd that the Broncos have played in front of in school history. The largest crowd that they have played in front of came in last year's game against the Wolverines.

Cornerback Tony Carr registered his first career interception at the end of the second quarter.

Wide receiver Jermaine Lewis led the Broncos with seven catches for 61 yards and two touchdowns, which gives him 11 catches for 181 yards and three touchdowns on the season.