Postgame Notes: Michigan 28, UNLV 7
9/19/2015 12:00:00 AM | Football
• Today's announced attendance of 108,683 marks the 260th consecutive game of more than 100,000 fans at Michigan Stadium.
• Today marked the first-ever meeting between Michigan and UNLV. The Wolverines improved to 5-1 against teams from the Mountain West since the league's inception in 1999. Overall, Michigan is 8-0 against teams currently in the MWC.
• The Wolverine defense held their opponent to fewer than 100 yards rushing for the second straight week, limiting the Rebels to 92 yards on the ground this afternoon.
• Michigan posted six consecutive scoreless quarters before UNLV's touchdown in the fourth quarter.
• Junior running back De'Veon Smith scored his first career receiving touchdown on a five-yard catch in the first quarter.
• Senior wide receiver Jehu Chesson scored his first career rushing touchdown -- second overall -- on his fourth-career run, a 36-yard effort in the second quarter. His previous career-long rush was four yards, which he recorded last week against Oregon State (Sept. 12).
• Junior running back Ty Isaac posted a career-high 114 rushing yards on eight carries and scored his first Michigan touchdown -- third of his collegiate career -- on a career-long 76-yard run in the second quarter. Isaac's previous best was 87 rushing yards -- on 11 carries -- which he recorded against California during his freshman season at USC.
• Isaac's 76-yard touchdown run was Michigan's longest since Denard Robinson went for 79 yards -- also for a touchdown -- against Air Force in 2012 and the longest by a Wolverine running back since Carlos Brown went 90 yards against Eastern Michigan in 2009.
• Senior fullback Sione Houma scored his first career touchdown on a one-yard carry in the fourth quarter. He posted a five-yard catch on the previous play -- his third career reception.
• Sophomore wide receiver Maurice Ways posted his first career reception on a 21-yard catch in the second quarter.
• Junior cornerback Channing Stribling recorded his first career interception, returning it 30 yards, in the first quarter. It is Michigan's longest interception return since Blake Countess posted a 74-yard return against Minnesota in 2013. Stribling also registered his first career pass breakup in the first quarter.
• Senior defensive end Chris Wormley posted the first forced fumble of his career in the second quarter.
• Senior safety Jeremy Clark recorded his second interception of the season and his career in the third quarter. Clark also posted an interception in the season opener at Utah (Sept. 3).
• Sophomore safety Jabrill Peppers registered a career-long 24-yard punt return in the second quarter.
• Junior safety Delano Hill and senior defensive end Mario Ojemudia each matched a career high with five tackles. Hill has recorded five tackles on three occasions in his career, with the last time coming at Ohio State in 2014; Ojemudia also notched five tackles at Utah in the 2015 season opener (Sept. 3).
• Junior defensive end Taco Charlton made a career-high four tackles, including one sack in the third quarter for a loss of four yards.
• Senior defensive tackle Matthew Godin had a career-high four tackles, topping his previous best of three tackles, which he recorded in the 2015 season opener at Utah (Sept. 3).
• Junior defensive tackle Maurice Hurst Jr. made a career-best four tackles, including his first career sack for a nine-yard loss in the fourth quarter.
• Sophomore defensive tackle Lawrence Marshall, sophomore cornerback Brandon Watson, sophomore offensive lineman Juwann Bushell-Beatty, sophomore wide receiver Maurice Ways and sophomore defensive lineman Brady Pallante each made their U-M career debuts in today's game.