ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Michigan Wolverines took care of business on Saturday against an unranked Colorado State team that hired Jay Norvell as the head coach away from conference foe Nevada.
The No. 8 Wolverines defeated a new-look Colorado State team, 51-7. The Rams had a disastrous season in 2021 going just 3-9, but with Norvell at the helm, Colorado State should be a much better team in 2022.
The Michigan offense, even after coming up short in the red zone three times, still put up 51 points and the offense totaled 440 yards of total offense. The running attack was just as potent as usual, Michigan rushed for 234 yards. Both Corum and Edwards rushed for over 5 yards-per-carry and rushed to combine for 140 yards on the ground.
The Michigan defense was stout even after replacing multiple starters from last year’s team. The Wolverines only allowed 219 yards of total offense and sacked the quarterback seven times. The Michigan defense was able to stop the ball carrier multiple times on Saturday, recording 11 tackles-for-loss.
Here are our players of the game from Saturday’s beatdown of the Rams.
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