Toledo coach Tom Amstutz never will forget the three hours of crowd noise and how it stopped so abruptly.

Last Saturday, the Rockets made a short bus trip to Ann Arbor, Mich., and pulled an upset for the ages by beating Michigan 13-10. Wolverines kicker K.C. Lopata missed a 26-yard field goal with four seconds left.

''It was a special win for our program,'' said Amstutz, who has a 57-36 record in eight years at Toledo. ''It was a great, great feeling to play in front of 107,000 people and hear the deafening silence at the end of that game.''

The Rockets (2-4, 1-1) were beaten at home by Ball State 31-0 the previous week and were facing a Michigan team that had a 24-0 record against Mid-American Conference opponents.

Toledo got a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown by Tyrell Herbert in the first quarter and field goals of 29 yards in the third quarter and 48 yards in the fourth by Alex Steigerwald (Cleveland Benedictine) to win.

The fact that Michigan (2-4) is rebuilding and is running a new offense under first-year coach Rich Rodriguez might have lessened the impact of the upset, but did not lessen the satisfaction.

''They have a great tradition. They have great pride. They have good players on that team,'' Amstutz said. ''I just think we caught them in a transition period for their program.

''Our players played their hearts out. We did enough to win.''

The victory is being compared to the biggest in school history, ranking with upsets over Penn State in 2001 and Pittsburgh in 2003.

Offensively, the Rockets used a short-passing game to accumulate 327 yards and 17 first downs. Junior quarterback Aaron Opelt completed 33-of-50 passes for 257 yards. Senior receiver Nick Moore had 20 receptions — tying a MAC record — for 162 yards.

On defense, Toledo held Michigan to 120 yards passing and to 3-of-13 on third-down conversions.

In the aftermath of the victory, the Toledo coaches and players have had to deal with the distractions that come from phone calls, e-mails and messages from excited fans and friends.

In addition, everyone has had to deal with the distraction of Moore and sophomore defensive lineman Albertson Alexandre being arrested in Toledo on Saturday night. They face misdemeanor charges — Moore with disorderly conduct/intoxication and Alexandre with obstructing official business.

Amstutz said the past must not interfere with the future, as he prepares his team for a game Saturday at Northern Illinois.

''I have been coaching long enough to know you have to get back to work. You have to get your feet back on the ground,'' Amstutz said. ''We have to quickly refocus.''

In other MAC news:

Akron (3-4, 1-1) — The Zips retained their national leadership among the 120 NCAA Division I teams in fumbles recovered with 13. Senior cornerback Miguel Graham has three to rank first in the nation individually. UA also is second in turnovers gained with 18. Senior Bryan Williams (Buchtel) ranks sixth in the NCAA in kickoff return yards (32.31 average).

Western Michigan (6-1, 4-0) — Junior quarterback Tim Hiller (Orrville) set school records for passes attempted (63) and passes completed (42) in Saturday's 34-28 overtime victory over Buffalo. He threw a 9-yard scoring pass to Jamarko Simmons with five seconds left to tie the score at 28. He then threw to Branden Ledbetter from 2 yards to win it in overtime.

Buffalo (2-4, 1-2) — Senior quarterback Drew Willy threw for 157 yards in the loss to Western Michigan, giving him exactly 7,000 yards passing in his career. That ranks him second on the Bulls' all-time list, trailing only Cliff Scott, who had 7,578 in 1991-94.

Miami (1-5, 0-2) — The RedHawks, who lost 17-13 at Northern Illinois on Saturday, have been outscored 54-3 in the first quarter. Miami, which has scored more than 20 points in a game only once, ranks 12th in total offense (314.5-yard average) and 13th (last) in scoring (16.7) in the MAC.

Temple (2-5, 1-3) — The Owls had not given up a point in the first quarter this season until Saturday when Central Michigan scored a touchdown. Temple had a 301-297 edge in total yardage but had four turnovers in losing 24-14 to the two-time defending MAC champions.