Rutgers vs. Northwestern football odds, tips and betting trends
Big Ten foes meet when the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (0-0) and the Northwestern Wildcats (0-0) square off on Sunday, September 3, 2023 at SHI Stadium.
A year ago, the Scarlet Knights finished 4-8 and failed to qualify for a bowl game. Offensively, they put up 17.4 points per game (124th in the nation) while defensively allowing 29.3 (95th). The Wildcats went 1-11 in 2022 and failed to qualify for a bowl game. They gave up 28.3 points per game (to rank 81st in college football) while scoring 13.8 per game (128th).
The Scarlet Knights are the favorite (-6.5) against the Wildcats. The total is set at 39.5 points.
Rutgers vs. Northwestern odds and lines
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- Spread Favorite: Rutgers (-6.5)
- Moneyline: Rutgers (-231), Northwestern (+190)
- Total: 39.5 points
- Against the spread, Rutgers went 5-6-1 last year.
- Rutgers won once ATS (1-1) when favored by 6.5 points or more last season.
- In 12 Rutgers games last season, six hit the over.
- Northwestern beat the spread five times in 12 games last year.
- Against the spread, as underdogs of 6.5 points or more, Northwestern went 5-4 last season.
- Last season, five of Northwestern’s 12 games hit the over.
- Evan Simon: 782 PASS YDS / 65.2 YPG / 57.7% / 4 TD / 6 INT
- Kyle Monangai: 109 CAR / 459 YDS / 38.3 YPG / 2 TD / 6 REC / 31 YDS / 2.6 YPG / 0 TD
- Samuel Brown V: 85 CAR / 373 YDS / 31.1 YPG / 3 TD / 4 REC / 17 YDS / 1.4 YPG / 0 TD
- Sean Ryan: 26 REC / 440 YDS / 36.7 YPG / 3 TD
- Aron Cruickshank: 42 REC / 385 YDS / 32.1 YPG / 2 TD
- Johnny Langan: 31 REC / 296 YDS / 24.7 YPG / 1 TD
- Tyreem Powell: 48 TKL / 5 TFL / 4 SACK
- Avery Young: 58 TKL / 2 TFL / 1 SACK / 1 INT / 2 PD
- Christian Braswell: 21 TKL / 1 TFL / 3 INT / 3 PD
- Ryan Hilinski: 1,619 PASS YDS / 134.9 YPG / 55.5% / 6 TD / 7 INT
- Evan Hull: 221 CAR / 913 YDS / 76.1 YPG / 5 TD / 55 REC / 546 YDS / 45.5 YPG / 2 TD
- Cam Porter: 87 CAR / 286 YDS / 23.8 YPG / 2 TD / 7 REC / 50 YDS / 4.2 YPG / 0 TD
- Malik Washington: 65 REC / 694 YDS / 57.8 YPG / 1 TD
- Donny Navarro: 31 REC / 237 YDS / 19.8 YPG / 2 TD
- Adetomiwa Adebawore: 31 TKL / 5 TFL / 5 SACK
- Bryce Gallagher: 95 TKL / 5 TFL / 1.5 SACK / 1 INT / 1 PD
- Xander Mueller: 76 TKL / 9 TFL / 3 SACK / 2 INT / 2 PD
- Game Date: Sunday, September 3, 2023
- Game Time: 12:00 PM ET
- Location: Piscataway, New Jersey
- Venue: SHI Stadium
- TV Channel: CBS
- TV Channel: CBS
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
