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Star wide receiver Harold Fannin and the Bowling Green Falcons (2-3) meet the Northern Illinois Huskies (3-2) on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET, at Doyt L. Perry Stadium.
The Falcons are small favorites (-2.5) in their game versus the Huskies, with the over/under at 47.5 points. (In terms of the moneyline, the Falcons are -142 and the Huskies are +118.)
Below you’ll find our preview for this season, and discover all of our predictions here, too!
Bowling Green -2.5 vs. Northern Illinois
Bowling Green vs. Northern Illinois Betting Odds
- Spread favorite: Falcons (-2.5)
- Moneyline: Falcons (-142), Huskies (+118)
- Total: 47.5 points
Bowling Green vs. Northern Illinois Betting Stats and Info
The Falcons have won three games against the spread (in five opportunities). The Falcons’ record against the spread, when favored by 2.5 points or more, is 1-2. Bowling Green has won two of its three games played as the moneyline favorite this season. Northern Illinois, through four games with a set spread this season, has gone 2-2-0 against the spread. When underdogs by 2.5 points or more, the Huskies have covered the spread in all two games. This will be the third time this year Northern Illinois is an underdog on the moneyline, after split the two games.
Bowling Green vs. Northern Illinois Recent Stats and Trends
Bowling Green Falcons
- Bowling Green has one win against the spread, and is 1-2 overall, over its last three games.
- Bowling Green has gone over the total once in its past three contests.
- Bowling Green and its opponents have combined to score an average of 50.5 points over its last three games, three more than the 47.5 over/under in this matchup.
Northern Illinois Huskies
Bowling Green vs. Northern Illinois Key Players
Bowling Green Falcons
- Connor Bazelak has thrown for 1,243 yards (111-for-163), with five touchdowns and four interceptions (248.6 YPG).
- Terion Stewart has racked up a team-best 270 yards (67.5 per game) and scored four touchdowns.
- So far this year Jaison Patterson has run for 203 yards (40.6 per game), with three touchdowns.
- Fannin has been targeted 54 times and has 46 catches, leading his team with 672 yards (134.4 ypg) while also scoring four touchdowns.
- Malcolm Johnson Jr. has added 22 receptions (on 34 targets) for 207 yards, scoring one touchdown.
- Jamal Johnson is averaging 26.3 yards per game, with 13 catches for 105 yards.
- Charles Rosser has collected a team-leading 3.5 sacks, while adding three TFL and 25 tackles.
- This season Joseph Sipp Jr. has totaled 29 tackles, three TFL, and three sacks, leading his team in tackles.
- Ja’Corey Benjamin has a team-high one interception and has tacked on six tackles, one TFL, and one pass defended in five games this season.
Northern Illinois Huskies
- This year Ethan Hampton has recorded 913 passing yards (182.6 per game) while going 70-for-120 (58.3%) and throwing for eight touchdowns with four interceptions. He has added 94 rushing yards on 27 carries with one touchdown.
- Antario Brown has picked up a team-high 401 rushing yards (80.2 per game) and scored two touchdowns. He has tacked on eight catches for 204 yards, with one receiving touchdown.
- Gavin Williams has 307 yards on 60 carries (61.4 yards per game), with one rushing touchdown.
- Grayson Barnes has hauled in 13 catches for 147 yards (29.4 per game) and one touchdown.
- Cam Thompson has totaled 129 yards on nine receptions with two touchdowns, averaging 25.8 yards per game.
- This season Nevaeh Sanders leads the team with four sacks and has added three TFL and five tackles.
- Jaden Dolphin’s 22 tackles and one TFL mean he’s the team’s leading tackler.
- In terms of picks, Amariyun Knighten leads the team with one interception this season and has added seven tackles and one pass defended.