The Temple Owls (1-0) face an FCS opponent, the Howard Bison (1-0), on Saturday, September 6, 2025 at Lincoln Financial Field.
The Bison are expected to lose by at least two TDs (currently +28.5) versus the Owls (with an over/under of 46.5 points).
Read on for our preview for this this matchup between the Owls and the Bison, and uncover all of our betting picks here, too!
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Temple -28.5 vs. Howard
Temple vs. Howard betting lines
- Spread favorite: Owls (-28.5)
- Moneyline: Owls (-10000), Bison (+2667)
- Total: 46.5 points
Temple vs. Howard betting info and stats
- Temple has a single win against the spread this season (1-0-0). Temple won the only game it played when favored on the moneyline this season. Howard has a single win against the spread this season (1-0-0). This will be the second time this year Howard is the moneyline underdog. The Bison won the first one.
Temple vs. Howard key players
Temple Owls
- Evan Simon put up a passing stat line last year of 2,032 yards with a 58.8% completion rate (181-for-308), 15 touchdowns, nine interceptions, and an average of 184.7 yards per game.
- Terrez Worthy racked up 425 rushing yards (35.4 per game) and four touchdowns last season.
- Antwain Littleton ran for 305 yards on 93 carries (27.7 yards per game), with one rushing touchdown last year.
- In the previous year, Dante Wright grabbed 61 passes (on 87 targets) for 792 yards (99.0 per game). He also found the end zone six times.
- Ashton Allen tacked on 324 yards on 24 grabs with two touchdowns. He was targeted 46 times, and averaged 27.0 receiving yards per game.
- Landon Morris reeled in 16 passes on 26 targets for 251 yards and one touchdown, averaging 25.1 receiving yards per game.
- Diwun Black did his thing last season with an incredible stat line of 4.0 sacks, 3.0 TFL and 17 tackles.
- Tyquan King went to work last year, collecting 81 tackles, 3.0 TFL, and three sacks.
- Last season Jamel Johnson had a huge stat line of two interceptions, 34 tackles, 2.0 TFL, and two passes defended.
Howard Bison
- Ja’Shawn Scroggins completed 53.2% of his passes to throw for 1,262 and eight touchdowns last season. Scroggins also contributed on the ground, tallying three touchdowns on 37.2 yards per game.
- Jarett Hunter racked up five rushing touchdowns on 61.4 yards per game last season.
- Isiah Williams was targeted 3.6 times per game and piled up 493 receiving yards and four touchdowns over the course of 2024.
- Kasey Hawthorne hauled in three touchdowns and had 414 receiving yards (41.4 ypg) in 2024.
- Breylin Smith worked his way to one receiving touchdown and 195 receiving yards (21.7 ypg) last season.
- Noah Miles proved to be a strong defender last year, recording 7.5 sacks, five tackles.
- Kenny Gallop had an impressive defensive performance last season with nine tackles and three sacks.
- Robert Jones III came up with three interceptions in addition to three tackles a year ago.
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