ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Western Michigan football team fell at No. 21/22 Michigan, 49-3, at the Wolverine's home-opener in front of 110,814 fans at Michigan Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Junior running back LeVante Bellamy led all Broncos (0-2) with 65 yards on 11 carries. Graduate transfer cornerback Juwan Dowels and junior linebacker Alex Grace each had six tackles to lead the defense. Grace had three tackles for loss and a sack.
After the Broncos forced Michigan (1-1) to punt on the opening drive, the Wolverines took a 7-0 lead on a seven-play 81-yard drive capped off by a 17-yard pass from Shea Patterson to Sean McKeon.
Michigan extended the lead to 14-0 on a 67-yard touchdown run by Karan Higdon with 4:11 left to go in the first quarter.
U-M's third touchdown of the quarter came on 27-yard run by Chris Evans, finishing off a two-play 46-yard drive to put the Wolverines up 21-0.
Michigan added two more touchdowns in the second quarter to extend its lead to 35-0 at halftime.
The Wolverines scored two more touchdowns in the second half to push the score to 49-0.
Sophomore kicker Josh Grant connected late in the fourth quarter from 35 yards to put WMU on the board and make his first field goal of the season.
The Broncos return home to host Delaware State on Saturday at 7 p.m. for their annual CommUniverCity night. Tickets are available by calling 1-888-4-WMUTIX and online at wmubroncos.com/tickets.
