Bryce Underwood took a deep shot on the first play from scrimmage and should have been intercepted. Nine plays later and 75 yards accumulated, Justice Haynes scored the first of eight touchdown runs on Saturday. On the next series, Semaj Morgan caught a pass near the boundary and made a conservative effort to land in bounds with both feet. He capped the drive with a 32-yard touchdown strike from his quarterback.
Michigan's third drive stalled, and they settled for a missed field goal by Dominic Zvada. His second miss in as many weeks for the normally automatic kicker. Three of the next four possessions resulted in touchdowns. The only one that wasn't was Underwood's errant pass to a double-covered receiver. Central Michigan turned it into their only points of the day with an 81-yard drive.
In the second, Michigan scored on all of its drives, besides the last one. Jadyn Davis led two of them. Going back to 2024, Davis has now been in charge of three touchdown drives as the quarterback, but still hasn't attempted a pass. Backups Bryson Kuzdzal and Jasper Parker visited the endzone for the first time in their careers.
Six different Wolverine ball carriers found the endzone on Saturday afternoon. They rushed for 300 yards more than the Chips. 381 yards rushing altogether, which was 242 yards more than Central Michigan had of total offense. Michigan football eclipsed the 600-yard mark on offense for the first time since 2016. The maize and blue also had five times as many first downs as the Chippewas did.
Here are three of the takeaways from the complete beatdown.