Postgame Notes: #25 Michigan 45, Eastern Michigan 17

• Today's announced crowd of 107,903 marks the 218th consecutive game with more than 100,000 fans at Michigan Stadium.

• Today's victory was the 875th in Michigan program history. With an 875-295-36 all-time record, U-M boasts more wins than any other collegiate program.

• With Michigan's victory, the Wolverines improved to 9-0 in the all-time series against Eastern Michigan. U-M has outscored EMU by a 296-59 margin with six shutout wins.

• Michigan's game captains were senior/junior wide receiver Jon Conover, senior defensive end Brandon Graham, fifth-year senior placekicker Jason Olesnavage and fifth-year senior wide receiver LaTerryal Savoy.

• Today's honorary captains were Chris Hutchinson (1989-92), Sylvester "Buster" Stanley (1989-93) and former offensive line coach Jerry Hanlon (1969-91).

• Junior/sophomore linebacker Kevin Leach earned his first career start. He is one of three Wolverine players from Grand Rapids Catholic Central High School to start vs. Eastern Michigan, joining senior/junior linebacker Obi Ezeh and junior/sophomore right tackle Mark Huyge.

• Leach recorded a team-leading 10 tackles -- three solo and seven assisted -- vs. EMU.

• Senior/junior right guard John Ferrara earned his first start of the season and the first of his career on the right side. He started five contests last season at left guard.

• After allowing Eastern Michigan 172 total yards in the first half, Michigan held the Eagles to 113 yards and no points in the second. It was the second time this season that U-M held an opponent scoreless for an entire half, adding to its first-half effort vs. Western Michigan (Sept. 5).

• The Wolverines accumulated 380 rushing yards against Eastern Michigan -- the program's most since recording 392 vs. Houston on Sept. 6, 2003. The last time U-M claimed more than 300 rushing yards was two seasons ago vs. Minnesota (Oct. 27, 2007) when it claimed 307.

• Senior running back Carlos Brown recorded a career-high 187 rushing yards with two touchdowns. His previous high was 132 yards, which he tallied two years ago vs. Minnesota (Oct. 27, 2007). Brown now boasts four 100-yard rushing efforts in his career.

• The two-touchdown performance was the third of Brown's career. All of Brown's six career touchdowns have come two at a time. He tallied his first score on a nine-yard touchdown run at the end of the first quarter before going 90 yards in the second quarter.

• His 90-yard touchdown run in the second quarter was the third-longest touchdown run from scrimmage in Michigan school history. Butch Woolfolk (1978-1981) holds the school record with a 92-yard touchdown run against Wisconsin on Nov. 3, 1979.

• Brown's previous career long was 85 yards, which he registered two seasons ago against Minnesota (Oct. 27, 2007).

• Freshman quarterback Denard Robinson also secured a pair of rushing takedowns -- the second and third of his career -- against Eastern Michigan. He ran 13 yards on third-and-two in the third quarter and followed with a 36-yard rush for a touchdown in the fourth. Robinson totaled 60 rushing yards in the contest.

• Sophomore running back Michael Shaw registered his second career touchdown -- and first rushing -- on Michigan's first drive in the second quarter. Shaw picked up 34 yards on three straight carries -- capped by a five-yard touchdown run. Shaw ended the game with 53 rushing yards -- the second-greatest rushing performance of his career.

• Junior/sophomore receiver Kelvin Grady tallied a career-high 14 receiving yards on a pair of first-quarter catches, including a career-long 11-yard grab.

• Freshman linebacker Craig Roh secured his second career sack -- for a six-yard loss -- in the second quarter. Junior/sophomore defensive end Will Heininger, who was credited with half a sack, earned his first career sack on the play.

• Roh picked up his first career interception on the EMU 21-yard line in the third quarter. Junior linebacker Obi Ezeh tipped the ball.

• Junior tight end Martell Webb recorded his first career reception -- for four yards -- in the second quarter.

• Sophomore receiver Martavious Odoms tallied his second career touchdown on a 13-yard run off a reverse in the third quarter. It was the first offensive touchdown of his career. His previous score was a 73-yard punt return last season against Purdue (Nov. 1, 2008).

• Six different Michigan players have scored rushing touchdowns in three games this season.

• Senior defensive end Brandon Graham collected the third fumble recovery of his career in the fourth quarter.

• Sophomore/freshman running back Michael Cox recorded the final two carries of the contest for 31 yards. The carries were the first of Cox's career.