Rutgers vs Temple Prediction, Game Preview

Rutgers vs Temple game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 3 game on Saturday, September 17

Rutgers vs Temple prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 3, Saturday, September 17


Rutgers vs Temple How To Watch

Date: Saturday, September 17
Game Time: 2:00 ET
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Rutgers (2-0), Temple (1-1)
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Rutgers vs Temple Game Preview

Why Temple Will Win

The Owls got the first win in the Stan Drayton era, and now that they’re tuned up a bit following the 30-14 win over Lafayette.

The D has been fantastic so far on third downs – allowing just 16% of conversions over the first two games – and the O is working around a rotation of backs to find the right fit.

Rutgers isn’t going to come out winging it all around the yard, the offense isn’t anything amazing – destroying Wagner 66-7 just isn’t that big of a deal, and …

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Why Rutgers Will Win

Zero. That’s how many turnovers Temple has forced so far.

Five. That’s how many the Rutgers D has generated, and now it gets to go after a Temple attack that fumbled it away three times in both of its games.

Lafayette was never going to do anything big on the Temple defense, but Duke was able to run well and threw for close to 330 yards.

The Rutgers run defense has been a brick wall allowing just 0.8 yards per carry – granted, Boston College and Wagner don’t/can’t run – and the Owls aren’t going to pound away.

As long as the Scarlet Knights can own the offensive line, then …

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What’s Going To Happen

Here comes the Rutgers running game.

The offense has rolled for 540 yards and eight touchdowns in the first two games, it’ll control the clock and the Tempo, and the three takeaways will make this easy in the second half.

The Temple offense will be shut down cold after the first drive.

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Rutgers vs Temple Prediction, Line

Rutgers 31, Temple 6
Line: Rutgers -17.5, o/u: 42.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 4
Rutgers vs Temple Must See Rating (out of 5): 2

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Rutgers vs. Temple: Stream, injury report, broadcast info for Saturday

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The Rutgers Scarlet Knights play the Temple Owls on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. ET, and if you’re wondering how you can watch the action live, you’ve come to the right place.

Rutgers is off to a 2-0 start for the second consecutive season after a dominating victory in Week 2 over an FCS opponent in Wagner. The Scarlet Knights were victorious 66-7 over the Seahawks. They were able to clean up some of the sloppy penalties and mistakes that led to their very tight Week 1 matchup against Boston College. Now they face off with the Temple Owls, a program they have a long history with, in a Week 3 tilt. The Scarlet Knights will look to match their start 3-0 start from 2021.

Temple is not much of a threat to prevent that from happening. They do sit at 1-1 on the season, but the expectations aren’t high on Broad Street in 2022. The Owls have not done much on offense this season. Defensively, they have been very strong on third down – holding opposing teams to a 16 percent conversion rate. Regardless, this should be a nice afternoon and come Sunday evening, the Knights should be 3-0.

Here’s when you should tune in to see the game:

  • Date: Saturday, September 17, 2022
  • Time: 2:00 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: Big Ten Network (BTN), ESPN+
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch here)

Rutgers at Temple injury report:

Rutgers:

  • TE Matt Alaimo – Questionable (Undisclosed), DL Mohamed Toure – Out for season (knee), QB Noah Vedral – Questionable (Undisclosed), LB Moses Walker – Out for season (knee), RB Aaron Young – Questionable (Undisclosed)

Temple:

  • TE David Martin-Robinson – Questionable (Undisclosed)

Players to watch:

Al-Shadee Salaam (Rutgers – RB): Salaam was the Rutgers Wire player of the game on offense in Week 1 due to his impact on the go-ahead drive in the fourth quarter. In his first two collegiate games, the true freshman has two touchdowns on 13 carries, accumulating 122 yards on the ground. He has also added three catches for 43 yards so far this season.

Johnny Langan (Rutgers – TE): Langan is a former quarterback turned tight end. The New Jersey native has been a jack-of-all-trades for the Scarlet Knights, showing flashes in every aspect of the offense. Through two weeks, Langan has three receptions for 35 yards and a touchdown, seven rushes for 42 yards, and has thrown one pass that resulted in a 43 yard touchdown.

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Rutgers vs Temple Broadcast

Date: Thursday, September 2
Game Time: 6:30 ET
Venue: SHI Stadium, Piscataway, NJ
Network: Big Ten Network

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Why Temple Will Win

It’s a better team than it showed in the rough 1-6 season.

There wasn’t any luck in any way, shape or form, but the 2021 version should be more like the 8-5 2019 team than the 2020 disaster.

The offensive line is going to be terrific in pass protection, the receiving corps is good, and the linebacking corps should quietly be among the best in the American Athletic Conference.

Yes, Rutgers showed improvement in the first season under Greg Schiano, but the offensive line struggled and it should be the biggest early problem. However …

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Why Rutgers Will Win

The Temple defensive front shouldn’t be good enough quite yet to take advantage of the questionable Scarlet Knight offensive front.

There might be some nice parts to play around with, but the D line is one of the team’s biggest areas of rebuilding. The Rutgers offense won’t be 2020 Alabama, but it has the skill parts to be fine early on as long as everyone gets a little bit of time to work.

On the other side of the ball, the Scarlet Knight back seven should be terrific as the season goes on, and it should be as good as any in the Big Ten at generating takeaways. Temple’s offense has to be perfect, and it won’t be.

What’s Going To Happen

Temple will be a tougher out than it might seem.

The defense will be good, and the offense will be just effective enough to keep this close for three quarters.

The Rutgers defense, though, will come up with three takeaways, the offense will capitalize on the opportunities, and it’ll be the program’s fourth straight season-opening win in an entertaining game.

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Rutgers vs Temple Prediction, Line

Rutgers 31, Temple 17
Rutgers -13.5, o/u: 49
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 3

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