Temple vs Texas-San Antonio Picks and Prediction – 11/23/2024

The Temple Owls visit the Alamodome in San Antonio on Friday to play the UTSA Roadrunners in an American Athletic Conference clash. Temple is 3-7 overall and 2-4 in AAC play following its 18-15 victory over Florida Atlantic on Saturday afternoon. Maddux Trujillo kicked four field goals for the Owls including a 39-yarder for the walk-off win in overtime. The win snapped a two-game losing skid for the Owls. Keep up to date with all the college football action, with our college football predictions.

Temple quarterback Evan Simon has thrown for 1,327 yards with 13 touchdowns and six interceptions. The lead rusher is Terrez Worthy with 360 yards and three touchdowns. Worthy is averaging 6.4 yards per carry. Dante Wright is the leading receiver with 517 yards and four touchdown receptions. Wright is averaging 12.3 yards per reception. Temple’s defense has 11 quarterback sacks and seven interceptions.

The UTSA Roadrunners improved to 5-5 overall and 3-3 in AAC play with a 48-27 victory over North Texas on Friday night. Owen McCown passed for 379 yards with a pair of touchdowns. UTSA gained 681 yards of total offense and allowed North Texas 480 yards of total offense. UTSA has won two straight and three of the last four but is out of contention for the conference title.

UTSA quarterback Owen McCown has thrown for 2,743 yards with 22 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. Robert Henry is the leading rusher with 528 yards and five touchdowns. Henry is averaging 4.6 yards per carry. Willie McCoy is the leading receiver with 484 yards and three touchdown receptions. McCoy is averaging 20.2 yards per reception. The UTSA defense has 30 quarterback sacks and eight interceptions.

The UTSA Roadrunners will pick up a victory at home on Friday when hosting Temple but the play here is OVER. The OVER has cashed in eight of Temple’s last 12 in November and each of UTSA’s last five. UTSA is scoring an average of 31.2 points per game and is giving up even more at 32.0 points per game. Temple is allowing an average of 35.0 points per game. Final Score Prediction, UTSA Roadrunners win but our best play is OVER 37-21.