TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology quarterback Miguel Robertson tied a single-game school record with 7 touchdown passes, all in the first half, as the Fightin' Engineers rolled past Defiance College 76-35 in the Senior Day football game at Cook Stadium on Saturday.

Robertson completed 23-of-29 passes for 324 yards and a school record tying 7 touchdowns to give Rose-Hulman a 62-14 lead at halftime.  The Fightin' Engineers added a pair of touchdowns in the second half for the final margin of victory.

Lance Shelton led a 253-yard rushing attack with a career-high 113 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns on 15 carries.  Jay Smith added 74 rushing yards and 1 touchdown.

Jailen Hobbs, Daniel Huery and Adam Tice-Saliu led the receivers with 2 touchdowns each.  Hobbs hauled in 6 catches for 119 yards, Huery added 12 receptions for 107 yards, and Tice-Saliu had 3 receptions for 79 yards.

The Rose-Hulman defense also had several big plays of its own.  Riley Roberts had a 14-yard interception return, Tyce Miller recorded a fumble recovery and an interception, and Desmond Dunson added 3 tackles, 1 sack and 1 fumble recovery to lead the effort.  Deven Cobb had 5 tackles and 1 forced fumble to join Roberts, TJ Mccray and Payton Gryniewicz with a team-high 5 tackles for the Engineers.

The scoring started with 4 first quarter touchdowns for Rose-Hulman.  Touchdown passes included Robertson to Hobbs (24 yards); Robertson to Alex Gresock (3 yards); and Robertson to Tice-Saliu (43 yards) along with a 6-yard scoring run by Shelton.

In the second quarter, Hobbs had an electric 78-yard kickoff return for the first touchdown of the frame.  Robertson also threw 2 touchdown passes to Huery and 1 each to Hobbs and Tice-Saliu in the second quarter.

Shelton and Smith rounded out the scoring with touchdown runs of 41 and 11 yards in the second half.

Rose-Hulman also honored its 19 seniors playing their last home game at Cook Stadium prior to kickoff.  Winston Amankwah, Kyzer Bowen, Rashard Brown, Deven Cobb, Peter Cross, Desmond Dunson, Alex Gresock, Payton Gryniewicz, John Hruska (Graduate Student), Zakery Koehler, Tyce Miller, Jacob Nana Fabu, Riley Roberts, Justin Sands, Lance Shelton, Tyler Smith, Chaikou Sow, Adam Tice-Saliu, and Andrew Walkowski were recognized prior to kickoff.

Rose-Hulman improved to 5-0 in HCAC play with its 14th straight win against conference foes dating back to spring 2021.  The Fightin' Engineers travel to Hanover (4-1 HCAC) next Saturday in a key HCAC matchup at 2 pm.