Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs Temple Owls Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 09/17/2022

Game Time: 2:00 pm ET, Saturday, September 17, 2022

Venue:  Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA 

Where to Watch:  ESPN+

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Rutgers -17.5, Temple +17.5; Over/Under:  44 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Rutgers -17.5, Temple +17.5; Over/Under:  44 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Rutgers -17.5, Temple +17.5; Over/Under:  44 points

 

Rutgers Scarlet Knights:  2-0 (7th place, Big Ten East)

Temple Owls:  1-1 (8th place, AAC)

 

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Rutgers Scarlet Knights:  won their last game at home against the Wagner Seahawks 66-7.

Temple Owls:  won their last game at home against the Lafayette Leopards 30-14.

 

Rutgers is entering this game with a 2-0 record overall to start their college football season and they will be playing their 2nd road game of the season here as they are 1-0 in their road games this year. They won against the Wagner Seahawks in their last game at home 66-7. Evan Simon started that game at QB and he completed 10/13 passes for 156 yards and 2 touchdowns. Al-Shadee Salaam led the team in rushing with 69 yards and 1 TD on 8 rushing attempts. Aron Cruickshank led the team in receiving with 64 yards and 1 TD on 4 receptions. Robert Longerbeam and Desmond Igbinosun both led the defense in that game with 3 solo tackles and 0 assisted tackles each. Wesley Bailey and Kyonte Hamilton both led the defense in sacks with 1 each while Robert Longerbeam came away with the only interception for them in that one.

 

 

 

Temple is entering this game with a 1-1 record overall to start their college football season and they will be playing their 2nd home game of the season as they are 1-0 in their home games this year. They won against the Lafayette Leopards in their last game at home 30-14. D'Wan Mathis started that game at QB and he completed 3/8 passes for 42 yards before getting benched for backup quarterback E.J. Warner who completed 14/19 passes for 173 yards and 2 touchdowns. Darvon Hubbard led the team in rushing with 59 yards and 1 TD on 10 rushing attempts. Jose Barbon led the team in receiving with 118 yards on 8 receptions. Jordan Magee led the defense in that game with 5 solo tackles and 3 assisted tackles. Layton Jordan led the defense in sacks with 2.5 while no one on the defense came away with an interception for them in that one.

The current betting odds have Rutgers listed as a 17.5 point favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. Rutgers is off to a very good start this season with an impressive road win over Boston College in their season opener and now a convincing win at home over an FCS team in their last game. Temple does not have a very good team this year and it was very apparent last week when they struggled to beat Lafayette from the FCS at home. They still won that game but their starting QB was so bad in the game they needed to pull him and bench him for the rest of that one. Temple has a big question mark at quarterback right now and it is not going to be solved so quickly in this game. Rutgers has a good coach with a good defense that will prevent Temple from scoring a lot here, and Rutgers has shown with their offense that they can get it going after that first game. Their offense is starting to click now and they will only get better as the year goes on under Greg Schiano. This team is on it's way up this year while Temple is on it's way down. The best way to place a bet here is on Rutgers to cover the spread in this game.

 

Rutgers Temple Prediction:  Our NCAAF Pick for Saturday, September 17, 2022 (2:00 pm ET start time) is Rutgers 42 Temple 13.

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Rutgers Scarlet Knights: 9-2 ATS in road games. 18-10 UNDER as a favorite of 10.5 to 21 points. 26-16 UNDER in a road game where the total is between 42.5 and 49.

Temple Owls: 5-16 ATS in all games. 3-13 ATS as an underdog. 37-18 UNDER as a home underdog.

 

 

Rutgers Scarlet Knights:  N. Vedral (QB) day-to-day - Undisclosed. M. Toure (DL) out for season - Knee. M. Walker (LB) out for season - Knee.

Temple Owls:  D. Martin-Robinson (TE) day-to-day - Undisclosed.

 

 

“A game like today was great (because) No. 1, for maturity, to stay focused and No. 2, to get a lot of different people playing time.” - Greg Schiano after his team’s win against Wagner in their last game.

 

 

 "Played a little better, played good enough to get a W. I’m really excited about our guys handling the pressures within the game. Thought our defense played really good football, we were put in tough situations during the game and they got us out of it.” - Stan Drayton after his team’s win against Lafayette in their last game.

 

 

WR Jones, Shameen 

WR Cruickshank, Aron

WR Youngblood, Joshua 

TE Langan, Johnny

QB Vedral, Noah

RB Young, Aaron 

 

WR Sanders, Adonicas

WR Barbon, Jose

WR Anderson Jr., Amad 

TE Della Pesca, James

QB Mathis, D'Wan

RB Saydee, Edward 

 

 

Passing: E. Simon (219)

Rushing: K. Monangai (136)

Receiving: A. Cruickshank (83)

Touchdowns: K. Monangai (2) 

 

Passing: E. Warner (173)

Rushing: E. Saydee (71)

Receiving: J. Barbon (163)

Touchdowns: E. Saydee (1)

 

Coaches:

Rutgers Scarlet Knights: Greg Schiano (3rd season, 14th season non-consecutive)

Temple Owls: Stan Drayton (1st season)