Temple @ Rutgers: Result, Lines & ATS Trends (Week 2, 2023)

Sat, Sep 9, 2023, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Rutgers

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Temple

1-0 · Power #128

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Final

Rutgers

1-0 · Power #51

▲ winner

Closing spread

RUTG -7.5

✓ RUTG W

Total

43.5

▼ Under · 43 pts

Model before kickoff

TEM 19–26 RUTG

✓ RUTG (68%) won

Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook

SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line

Opennot available

CloseRUTG -7.5

Total43.5

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Spread

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CloseRUTG -7.5

Opening line not available

Total

Open—

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Close43.5

Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook

SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line

Opennot available

CloseRUTG -7.5

Total43.5

Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like RUTG as a 7.5-point home favorite against TEM, the favorite won 5, covered 3, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: RUTG won 36–7; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 43 points stayed under 43.5, as in 5 of 10.

Favorite won

5 of 1050%

Normal range · usually 69%

Favorite covered

3 of 1030%

Normal range · usually 49%

Went over

5 of 1050%

Normal range · usually 48%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 0.8 against an average line of 6.4; 45.6 points a game (usually 54). When games like this go over ›

All 10 games

Match	Game	Line	Final	Covered	O/U
Close	ARMY vs M-OH 2021 · Week 4 · close · similar spread & situation	-7.5	23–10	W	U48.75
Close	MRSH vs UAB 2020 · Week 16 · close · similar total & rest	-4.5	13–22	L	U44.75
Close	JMU vs MRSH 2022 · Week 8 · close · similar season form & spread	-9.5	12–26	L	U48.5
Close	ILL vs PUR 2022 · Week 11 · close · similar total & rest	-6	24–31	L	O44
Close	ISU vs OKST 2021 · Week 8 · close · similar spread & rest	-7	24–21	L	U47
Close	UK vs SC 2022 · Week 6 · close · similar total & rest	-4.5	14–24	L	U44.5
Close	KSU vs WVU 2021 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & spread	-6	34–17	W	O47
Close	MRSH vs GAST 2022 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & spread	-6.5	28–23	L	O45.5
Close	TA&M vs MSST 2021 · Week 5 · close · similar spread & rest	-7	22–26	L	O45.5
Close	BAY vs BYU 2021 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & season form	-5.5	38–24	W	O52.5

History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2020 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

ATS

Records before kickoff

	Season	Cover	Venue	Role
TEM L	0-1	0%	—	—
RUTG W	1-0	100%	1-0	1-0

Venue/role: TEM away, as underdog; RUTG home, as favorite. Squares: last 5 games ATS (W covered, L didn’t), oldest first.

Totals

Over/under before kickoff

	O-U	Over %	SU
TEM –	0-0	—	1-0
RUTG U	0-1	0%	1-0

Stayed under: it needed 31 in the 4th quarter and got 30. 57% of games with totals 39.5–47.5 went over.

When games like this go over ›

Squares: last 5 games (O over, U under), oldest first. Hover for the score and line.

Last 10 games

Before kickoff, this and last season

	Straight up	Spread	Over / under
TEMlast 1	1-0 100%	0-1 0%	0-0 —
RUTGlast 1	1-0 100%	1-0 100%	0-1 0%

Wins-losses (pushes and ties last). Spread and over / under skip games without a line.

Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams

TEM

Longer bar = better

RUTG

#90

Offense

Even

#94

#67

Defense

RUTG better ▶

#16

+1.0 #40

Turnovers

Even

+1.0 #49

77 plays #21

Pace

Even

73 plays #31

Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense

When TEM has the ball

Advantage: RUTG defense

	TEM off	RUTG def	Edge
Points / game	24.0 #86	7.0 #25	RUTG
Yards / play	4.58 #107	3.19 #9	RUTG
PPA / play	+0.11 #78	−0.35 #9	RUTG
Success rate	39% #89	26% #19	RUTG

When RUTG has the ball

Advantage: TEM defense

	RUTG off	TEM def	Edge
Points / game	24.0 #90	21.0 #75	Even
Yards / play	3.90 #123	4.89 #66	TEM
PPA / play	+0.15 #68	+0.04 #71	Even
Success rate	38% #95	35% #56	TEM

Bars show league standing (dashed mark = league middle); Offense and Defense use the average rank across the four stats below. In the tables, a highlighted value and the Edge column mark the side ranked better by at least 15% of the league; defense values are what that team allows. Yards and turnovers from ESPN box scores; PPA from CollegeFootballData (garbage time excluded). Descriptive only: the model already uses these.