Charlotte 49ers vs Maryland Terrapins Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 09/09/2023

Game Time: 7:30 pm ET, Saturday, September 9, 2023

Venue:  SECU Stadium, College Park, MD

Where to Watch:  NBC

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Charlotte +25, Maryland -25; Over/Under:  53 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Charlotte +24.5, Maryland -24.5; Over/Under:  52.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Charlotte +24.5, Maryland -24.5; Over/Under:  52.5 points

Charlotte 49ers:  1-0 (0-0) (7th place, AAC)

Maryland Terrapins:  1-0 (0-0) (3rd place, Big Ten East)

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Charlotte 49ers:  won their last game at home against the South Carolina State Bulldogs 24-3.

Maryland Terrapins:  won their last game at home against the Towson Tigers 38-6.

Charlotte is entering this game with a 1-0 record overall and they have a 0-0 record in their conference games too.  They are 1-0 in their home games, 0-0 in their road games, and they are also 0-0 in their neutral site games this season, but they will be on the road for this game. They won their last game against SC State 24-3. Jalon Jones was the starting QB and he completed 13/19 passes for 125 passing yards, 1 touchdown, and 2 interceptions. Durell Robinson led the team in rushing yards with 71 and 1 TD. Jack Hestera led the receivers with 49 receiving yards on 4 receptions. Wayne Jones led the defense in that game with 5 solo tackles and 5 assisted tackles while Eyabi Anoma and Prince Wallace-Bemah each led the defense in sacks with 1. No one on the defense came away with an interception for them in that game.

 

 

 

Maryland is entering this game with a 1-0 record overall and they have a 0-0 record in their conference games too.  They are 1-0 in their home games, 0-0 in their road games, and they are also 0-0 in their neutral site games this season, but they will be at home for this game. They won their last game against Towson 38-6. Taulia Tagovailoa was the starting QB and he completed 22/33 passes for 260 passing yards, 3 touchdowns, and 0 interceptions. Roman Hemby led the team in rushing yards with 58 and 1 TD. Corey Dyches led the receivers with 108 receiving yards on 6 receptions and 1 TD. Beau Brade led the defense in that game with 5 solo tackles and 1 assisted tackle while Riyad Wilmot and Isaac Bunyun each led the defense in sacks with 1. No one on the defense came away with an interception for them in that game.

The current betting odds have Maryland listed as a 25 point favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. Maryland looked good in their season opener as they won at home against Towson from the FCS. Their offense wasn't great in that game as they didn't get to 40 points but their defense was really good holding Towson to just 6 points. Maryland will improve on offense as the season goes on and their defense is going to give some teams like Charlotte a lot of trouble when they are at home. Charlotte has moved to a new conference this season but they don't have a great team this year and they are not going to put up a lot of points in this game on the road with how good that Maryland defense is playing. Maryland will be able to move the ball on this Charlotte defense and they will be looking for a better offensive output in this game. Charlotte isn't going to score much on this defense while Maryland slowly pulls away more and more and eventually this game will get out of reach for Charlotte on the road. The best way to place a bet here is on Maryland to cover the spread in this game.

Charlotte Maryland Prediction:  Our NCAAF Pick for Saturday, September 9, 2023 (7:30 pm ET start time) is Maryland 42 Charlotte 7.

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Charlotte 49ers: 21-13 ATS off 1 or more consecutive unders. 6-3 ATS after allowing 125 or less passing yards in their last game. 7-1 OVER as a road underdog of 21.5 or more points. 22-7 OVER after playing a non-conference game.

Maryland Terrapins: 11-22 ATS after allowing 9 points or less last game. 4-10 ATS after 1 or more consecutive losses against the spread. 9-5 OVER after 1 or more consecutive losses against the spread. 22-15 OVER in a home game where the total is between 49.5 and 56.

Charlotte 49ers:  None.

Maryland Terrapins:  L. Husbands (TE) Ques Sat - Undisclosed. G. Ayedze (OL) Ques Sat - Undisclosed.

“I think we’re going to win the league. That’s why we’re here. The only thing that will stop us from winning the league in my opinion is if I screw it up. So if we don’t win, I screwed it up. We have scoreboards on campus. Sports is like business, you keep score. And so if scores aren’t good, you change the CEO, and I’m the CEO and I shouldn’t be here if we’re not successful.” - Biff Poggi on his team coming into this college football season.

“To kind of recap the Towson game. As I said after the game on Saturday, I thought the energy and effort was where we would want it to be. But obviously, there’s still some things that we got to get cleaned up, which we expected. It's always great to be able to clean things up with the win, makes it a lot easier. It was great to be able to play a bunch of guys, we were able to play on all three phases – pretty, a good amount of our team. And anytime you're able to do that, that's very beneficial for us down the road. So there's some things that we'll continue to clean up this week. As per normal, for a team, you usually see that big jump between game one and game two and we're very hopeful, now that we've got a game under our belt, some things that we need to get corrected will be able to get corrected and executed better in week two.” - Mike Locksley after his team’s win against Towson in their last game.

WR Hestera, Jack 

WR Bradley, Jaden 

WR Thomas Jr., Duane 

TE Clemons, Jake 

QB Jones, Jalon 

RB Byrd, Shadrick 

WR Chambers, Tyrese 

WR Prather, Kaden 

WR Jones, Jeshaun 

TE Dyches, Corey 

QB Tagovailoa, Taulia 

RB Hemby, Roman 

Passing: J. Jones (125)

Rushing: D. Robinson (71)

Receiving: J. Hestera (49)

Touchdowns: D. Robinson (1)

Passing: T. Tagovailoa (260)

Rushing: R. Hemby (58)

Receiving: C. Dyches (108)

Touchdowns: C. Dyches (1)

Coaches:

Charlotte 49ers: Biff Poggi (1st season)

Maryland Terrapins: Mike Locksley (6th season)