Temple Owls vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 09/09/2023

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

Venue:  SHI Stadium, Piscataway, NJ

Where to Watch:  Big Ten Network

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Temple +9.5, Rutgers -9.5; Over/Under:  46.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Temple +9.5, Rutgers -9.5; Over/Under:  46.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Temple +9.5, Rutgers -9.5; Over/Under:  46.5 points

Temple Owls:  1-0 (0-0) (8th place, AAC)

Rutgers Scarlet Knights:  1-0 (1-0) (2nd place, Big Ten East)

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Temple Owls:  won their last game at home against the Akron Zips 24-21.

Rutgers Scarlet Knights:  won their last game at home against the Northwestern Wildcats 24-7.

Temple 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 Akron 24-21. E.J. Warner was the starting QB and he completed 28/49 passes for 292 passing yards, 2 touchdowns, and 0 interceptions. Darvon Hubbard led the team in rushing yards with 35. Dante Wright led the receivers with 71 receiving yards on 7 receptions. Yvandy Rigby led the defense in that game with 11 solo tackles and 3 assisted tackles while Layton Jordan led the defense in sacks with 1. Tywan Francis came away with the only interception for them in that game.

 

 

 

Rutgers is entering this game with a 1-0 record overall and they have a 1-0 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 Northwestern 24-7. Gavin Wimsatt was the starting QB and he completed 17/29 passes for 163 passing yards, 1 touchdown, and 0 interceptions. Kyle Monangai led the team in rushing yards with 49 and had 1 rushing TD for them. Isaiah Washington led the receivers with 36 receiving yards on 4 receptions. Deion Jennings led the defense in that game with 5 solo tackles and 4 assisted tackles while Tyreem Powell, Mohamed Toure, Shaquan Loyal, Shaquan Loyal, and Kenny Fletcher each led the defense in sacks with 1. Robert Longerbeam and Max Melton each had 1 interception for them in that game.

The current betting odds have Rutgers listed as a 9.5 point favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. Rutgers looked good in their season opener, they were playing at home against a really bad Northwestern team but their defense still prevented them from scoring for almost the entire game and even their offense was rolling over NW better than it looked last season. They are going to have a lot of momentum for this game playing at home again and coming off a home conference win in week 1. Temple also won their season opener but they barely won that game at home 24-21 against Akron who doesn't have a great team and they were trailing for a lot of that game too. Temple does have EJ Warner as their starting QB but he doesn't really have much talent around him and this will be a much tougher game for them on the road against a power 5 school. Rutgers is looking to take a big step as a program this season and they will use this home game to reinforce that. The best way to place a bet here is on Rutgers to cover the spread in this game.

Temple Rutgers Prediction:  Our NCAAF Pick for Saturday, September 9, 2023 (7:30 pm ET start time) is Rutgers 21 Temple 3.

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Temple Owls: 66-40 ATS off 1 or more consecutive unders. 13-4 ATS off a no-cover where the team won as a favorite. 39-18 UNDER after allowing 100 or less rushing yards last game. 20-13 UNDER after a game where they committed no turnovers. 

Rutgers Scarlet Knights: 5-11 ATS after playing a conference game. 4-8 ATS off 1 or more consecutive unders. 10-2 UNDER after playing a game at home. 39-18 UNDER after allowing 100 or less rushing yards last game.

Temple Owls:  I. Stewart (WR) day-to-day - Foot.

Rutgers Scarlet Knights:  A. Young (RB) day-to-day - Undisclosed. J. De Croce (OL) day-to-day - Undisclosed. J. Ofurie (WR) day-to-day - Undisclosed. N. Brantley (WR) day-to-day - Undisclosed. S. Brown V (RB) day-to-day - Foot.

“He’s taken more command of the offense, taking more command of receivers getting lined up. He knows the job description of every player on our side of the ball, which is what you want out of your quarterback, and we didn’t try to put that on his plate last season.” - Stan Drayton on E.J. Warner after his team’s win against Akron in their last game.

“Big Ten wins are tough to come by. No doubt it’s absolutely different, conference win. Wins are all good, but conference wins, they are better.” - Greg Schiano after his team’s win against Northwestern in their last game.

WR Stewart, Ian 

WR Wright, Dante 

WR Anderson Jr., Amad 

TE Martin-Robinson, David 

QB Warner, E.J. 

RB Saydee, Edward 

WR Brantley, Naseim 

WR Long, Chris 

WR Jackson, JaQuae 

TE Langan, Johnny 

QB Wimsatt, Gavin 

RB Brown V, Samuel 

Passing: E. Warner (292)

Rushing: D. Hubbard (35)

Receiving: D. Wright (71)

Touchdowns: E. Saydee (2)

Passing: G. Wimsatt (163)

Rushing: K. Monangai (49)

Receiving: I. Washington (36)

Touchdowns: I. Strong (1)

Coaches:

Temple Owls: Stan Drayton (2nd season)

Rutgers Scarlet Knights: Greg Schiano (15th season)