Harold Fannin will lead the Bowling Green Falcons (3-4) into their matchup versus the Toledo Rockets (5-2) at Glass Bowl on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET.
The Falcons are underdogs, but by less than a field goal (+2.5), versus the Rockets (with an over/under of 47.5 points).
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Toledo -2.5 vs. Bowling Green
Toledo vs. Bowling Green Betting Odds
- Spread favorite: Rockets (-2.5)
- Moneyline: Rockets (-141), Falcons (+117)
- Total: 47.5 points
Toledo vs. Bowling Green Betting Stats and Info
The Rockets’ record against the spread is 4-3-0. The Rockets have won two games against the spread when favored by 2.5 points or more (in five games). In the five games favored on the moneyline, Toledo has recorded a 3-2 record. Bowling Green has three wins against the spread so far this season (3-3-1). The Falcons have won all two games against the spread when underdogs by 2.5 points or more. This is the third game this year Bowling Green is an underdog on the moneyline, after losing the previous two such games.
Toledo vs. Bowling Green Recent Stats and Trends
Toledo Rockets
- Toledo has two wins against the spread, and is 2-1 overall, in its past three contests.
- In its past three contests, Toledo has hit the over twice.
- Toledo has averaged a total of 43.8 combined points over its last three games, 3.7 less than this game’s over/under of 47.5.
Bowling Green Falcons
- Bowling Green has no wins against the spread and is 2-1 overall over its past three games.
- None of Bowling Green’s past three games has gone over the total.
- Bowling Green and its opponents have combined to score an average of 50.2 combined points in its last three games, 2.7 more than the 47.5 over/under in this matchup.
Toledo vs. Bowling Green Key Players
Toledo Rockets
- Tucker Gleason has passed for 1,325 yards (106-for-172), with 13 touchdowns and four interceptions (220.8 yards per game). He’s also carried the ball 50 times for 164 yards and two scores, averaging 27.3 YPG.
- Connor Walendzak has churned out a team-leading 267 rushing yards (38.1 per game) and one touchdown.
- Jerjuan Newton has 34 catches (on 49 targets) and leads the team with 581 receiving yards (83 per game) while scoring eight touchdowns.
- Junior Vandeross III has been targeted 63 times and added 462 yards (on 41 catches) plus three touchdowns.
- Jacquez Stuart is averaging 29.4 yards per game, racking up eight receptions (nine targets) for 147 yards.
- Darius Alexander has 2.5 sacks to lead the team, and has also collected three TFL and 13 tackles.
- Emmanuel McNeil-Warren has collected 40 tackles, one TFL, 0.5 sacks, and one interception, and he’s tops on his team in tackles.
- This season Braden Awls leads the team with three interceptions and has added 21 tackles, one TFL, 0.5 sacks, and three passes defended.
Bowling Green Falcons
- Connor Bazelak has passed for 1,644 yards (142-of-204), with eight touchdowns and four interceptions (234.9 yards per game).
- Terion Stewart has 85 attempts for a team-high 463 rushing yards (77.2 per game) and four touchdowns.
- So far this year Jaison Patterson has run for 248 yards on 64 carries (35.4 yards per game), with three touchdowns.
- Fannin has 60 catches (74 targets) and paces his team with 868 receiving yards (124 per game) while scoring five touchdowns.
- Malcolm Johnson Jr. has been targeted 40 times, and chipped in with 294 yards (on 26 catches) and two touchdowns.
- Jamal Johnson is averaging 32 receiving yards per game, racking up 21 receptions (30 targets) for 192 yards and one touchdown.
- This season Joseph Sipp Jr. has team-high numbers in both sacks and tackles, collecting four sacks, five TFL and 41 tackles.
- Edward Rhambo has intercepted one pass to lead the team while adding 13 tackles and one pass defended.