with gallery: Eastern Michigan football routed at Toledo, 54-16

Toledo’s quarterback rotation of Austin Dantin and Terrance Owens completed a combined 27 of 30 passes for 302 yards and four touchdowns in a 54-16 win on Saturday.

The Rockets’ junior wide receiver Eric Page caught 11 passes for 109 yards and a touchdown and also returned a punt 85 yards for a score.

Page's effort set a school record for career receptions with 235 and surpassed current Arizona Cardinals receiver Stephen Williams, who had 229 catches from 2005-08.

The win was the fifth in a row and 11th in the past 12 meetings in the series for the Rockets (3-3, 2-0 Mid-American Conference West Division), who piled up 542 yards in total offense.

The Eagles, who played well in the first halves of 28-point losses at Big Ten foes Michigan and Penn State earlier this season, trailed 23-9 at halftime on Saturday.

After a punt on its first possession of the second half, the Rockets scored the next four times they had the ball to pull away.

"We still are trying to teach and learn that regardless of the circumstances, keep playing," Eastern Michigan coach Ron English said. "I think we get distracted enough that we don’t execute with detail and games snowball on us."

Their only first-half touchdown -- a 22-yard pass from Alex Gillett to Kinsman Thomas -- was followed by a blocked point-after kick that the Rockets returned for a two-point conversion.

Eastern Michigan’s MAC-leading rushing game was limited to 89 yards on 32 carries and Gillett was intercepted twice while completing 12 of 23 passes for 122 yards. He was sacked three times. The Eagles (3-3, 1-1 MAC West) came into the game averaging 233 yards rushing.

Dominique White rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown for the Eagles (3-3, 1-1 MAC West).

With another road game at Central Michigan next week, English spoke of making sure the lopsided loss to Toledo doesn't impact the team's attitude.

"There becomes a subtle attitude change and people start to lessen their commitment," he said. "So my words in that locker room, to everybody that has an Eastern Michigan shirt on today, is I will be on the lookout for that and I will not have that."

Eastern Michigan's Justin Cudworth, right, misses a tackle on Toledo's Terrance Owens during the Rockets' 54-16 win at the Glass Bowl on Saturday.

Joseph Tobianski I AnnArbor.com