Akron Zips vs Temple Owls Prediction, 9/2/2023 College Football Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Akron Zips vs Temple Owls

Date: Saturday, September 2, 2023

Location: Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Owls (-10)

Total/Over-Under: 55

The Temple Owls (3-9 last year) will play the Akron Zips (2-10 last season) at Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday, September 2, 2023. Akron is 10-point dogs. The over/under comes in at 55.

The Akron Zips finished the season holding a 2-10 record. In their last contest, the Zips faced the Buffalo Bulls and went home with a loss by a final score of 23-22. Jeff Undercuffler went 28/45 with 247 yds through the air and 2 TDs. He had a QB rate of 114.1 and finished the contest with 2 interceptions. Clyde Price was the best rusher for the Zips with 19 carries for 79 yds (4.2 yds per carry). At the end of the game, they had 72 plays which totaled 306 yards. The Akron Zips ran the football 25 different times and tallied 52 yds, earning them an average of 2.1 yards per attempt. When it came to the battle of the line of scrimmage, the Zips gave up 27 yards on 26 attempts, which averages out to 1.0 yards per run allowed. Akron surrendered 23 pass completions on 44 tries for 264 yards, and a completion rate of 52.3%.

The Zips attained 4,472 total yards for the prior campaign. Akron totaled 16 passing touchdowns and 16 rushing touchdowns. They turned the football over 26 times. Akron accumulated 274 1st downs offensively, and they were hurt by 80 infractions for 721 yards. As a team they averaged 89.6 yards rushing, which had them sitting 126th in the country. In terms of putting points on the board, the Akron Zips were sitting at 21.8 points per contest.

The Zips ranked 118th in Division 1 concerning team defense, giving up 33.5 PPG. They allowed 4.3 yards per run and 162.4 rushing yards per game over the course of last year. Overall, they conceded 1,949 running yards through 12 games. Regarding passing yards, the Zips gave up 2,926 yards which had them sitting in 74th in Division 1. In their 12 games played, they gave up 243.8 yards per game via the pass in addition to relinquishing a completion percentage of 60.1%. They allowed 406.2 yards per game which put them 92nd in the country. They gave up 22 touchdowns via the pass as well as 25 running touchdowns.

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The Owls ended the year having earned a 3-9 record. The last time they took the field, the Owls went home defeated by a final of 49-46 when they played the East Carolina Pirates. Edward Saydee ran the ball 14 times for 45 yds, ending the game with 3.2 yards per carry for Temple. E.J. Warner (5 TDs) finished the game with 527 yds on 45/63 passing while his QB rating was 164.7. He tossed 1 interception and his Y/A was 8.4. Temple allowed 32 rushing attempts for 220 yards (6.9 yards per carry). The Owls secondary conceded a completion percentage of 67.6%, relinquishing 314 yds on 25 for 37 passing. The Owls finished the contest with a total of 575 yds while running 78 plays (7.4 yards per play). Temple ran the football for 3.2 yds per carry, finishing the game with 48 yds on 15 attempts.

In terms of how much they scored, the Owls had a ranking of 106th in Division 1 scoring 21.9 points per outing. Last season, the Owls racked up 3,217 yards via the pass along with averaging 268.1 throwing yards per contest, putting them at 30th in Division 1. The Temple Owls had an average of 350.5 yards per contest, ranking them 99th in Division 1. The Temple offense accrued 444 penalty yds on 55 violations, which ranked them 123rd in D-1 in terms of making mistakes.

The Owls surrendered 29.3 PPG, which had them ranked 95th in college football. Temple gave up a total of 2,311 yards rushing (192.6 yards per outing) as well as 22 touchdowns rushing last year. In total, they relinquished 352 points in total. They surrendered 22 touchdowns through the air as well as 198.6 yards/outing, ranking them 24th in D-1. The Owls defense took the field for 832 plays, which ranked them 36th in the country.

Who will win tonight's Zips/Owls college football game against the spread?

Tony's Pick: Take the Zips +10

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