Temple Owls (2-6) vs. Tulane Green Wave (7-2)
November 9, 2024 4:00 pm EDT
The Line: Tulane Green Wave -27 / Temple Owls +27; Over/Under: +50.5
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The Temple Owls and the Tulane Green Wave meet in week 11 college football action from Yulman Stadium on Saturday afternoon. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Tulane vs Temple Prediction.
Temple Recap
The Temple Owls come into this one looking to bounce back from a 56-34 loss to East Carolina last time out to fall to 2-6 on the year. After this game, Temple will head home for a date with FAU.
Owls Need To Win Out
Evan Simon has thrown for 1,271 yards, 13 touchdowns and 6 interceptions on 62.7% passing while Forrest Brock’s thrown for 541 yards, a touchdown and 5 picks on 58.8% passing. Terrez Worthy also has a team-high 280 rushing yards to lead the Owls on the ground while Dante Wright leads Temple’s receiving group with 42 receptions for 517 yards and 4 touchdowns. Two more Owls have 200+ receiving yards and another five receivers have 100+ receiving yards. On defense, Tyquan King has a team-high 70 total tackles along with a pair of sacks. As a unit, Temple’s defense has combined for 10 sacks and 6 interceptions so far this season.
Why the Temple Owls will win
- The road team has won three of Tulane’s last four games.
- The road team has covered the spread in each of Tulane’s last four games.
Tulane Recap
The Tulane Green Wave come into this one looking to keep the momentum going after a 34-3 win over Charlotte last time out. After this game, Tulane heads to Navy for a matchup with the Midshipmen.
Green Wave Win Sixth Straight
Darian Mensah has thrown for 1,797 yards, 14 touchdowns and 3 interceptions on 65.5% passing while Makhi Hughes has a team-high 1,056 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns. Mario Williams leads the Green Wave’s receiving group with 34 grabs for 561 yards while Dontae Fleming has 25 grabs for 467 yards. Yulkeith Brown and Alex Bauman each have 4 receiving TDs as well on the year. On defense, Tyler Grubbs has a team-high 39 total tackles including 26 solo tackles and 3 sacks while Patrick Jenkins also has 3 sacks. Kameron Hamilton has 3.5 sacks as well on the year. Tulane’s defense as a whole has combined for 22 sacks and 11 interceptions so far this year.
Why the Tulane Green Wave will win
- Temple has lost each of its last 19 road games against conference opponents.
- Tulane has won each of its last 13 games against non-AP-ranked teams at Yulman Stadium.
- Tulane has covered the spread in eight of its last nine games as a favorite against non-AP-ranked teams.
- Temple has failed to cover the spread in five of its last six games against conference opponents.
Tulane vs Temple Prediction
I’m on Tulane here. Temple’s defense downright stinks after giving up what they did to a bad East Carolina team last week and I don’t know if I can trust this team at all after that, especially against a Tulane team that has a defense that can smother whatever Temple wants to do offensively, and Tulane just wants to run the ball on offense which is Temple’s greatest weakness. Give me the Green Wave here.
