UCLA vs. Coastal Carolina football odds, tips and betting trends
The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (0-0) visit the UCLA Bruins (0-0) at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, September 2, 2023.
The Bruins finished 9-4 a season ago and lost in the Sun Bowl. They scored 39.2 points per game (eighth in the nation) while conceding 29 (90th). The Chanticleers’ record was 9-4 in 2022, and they lost the Birmingham Bowl. They averaged 29.1 points per game on offense (60th in college football) while giving up 31.8 per contest on defense (111th).
The Bruins are favored (-14.5) in a projected blowout game with the Chanticleers. The total is set at 65 points.
UCLA vs. Coastal Carolina odds and lines
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- Spread Favorite: UCLA (-14.5)
- Moneyline: UCLA (-666), Coastal Carolina (+471)
- Total: 65 points
- Against the spread, UCLA went 6-7-0 last season.
- UCLA went 3-3 as at least 14.5-point favorites last season.
- Out of 13 UCLA games last season, 10 hit the over.
- Coastal Carolina had four wins in 13 games against the spread last year.
- Coastal Carolina was winless ATS (0-1) when playing as at least 14.5-point underdogs last year.
- Last season, eight of Coastal Carolina’s 13 games went over the point total.
- Dorian Thompson-Robinson: 3,154 PASS YDS / 242.6 YPG / 69.6% / 27 TD / 10 INT / 118 CAR / 647 RUSH YDS / 12 TD
- Zach Charbonnet: 195 CAR / 1,359 YDS / 104.5 YPG / 14 TD / 37 REC / 321 YDS / 24.7 YPG / 0 TD
- Jake Bobo: 57 REC / 817 YDS / 62.8 YPG / 7 TD
- Kazmeir Allen: 49 REC / 403 YDS / 31 YPG / 2 TD
- Kam Brown: 24 REC / 362 YDS / 27.8 YPG / 3 TD
- Laiatu Latu: 34 TKL / 7 TFL / 10.5 SACK
- Darius Muasau: 70 TKL / 2 TFL / 1 SACK / 2 INT / 2 PD
- Jaylin Davies: 28 TKL / 3 INT / 3 PD
- Grayson McCall: 2,700 PASS YDS / 207.7 YPG / 69.7% / 24 TD / 2 INT / 91 CAR / 195 RUSH YDS / 6 TD
- CJ Beasley: 140 CAR / 715 YDS / 55 YPG / 5 TD / 20 REC / 189 YDS / 14.5 YPG / 1 TD
- Reese White: 99 CAR / 544 YDS / 41.8 YPG / 5 TD / 7 REC / 46 YDS / 3.5 YPG / 2 TD
- Sam Pinckney: 71 REC / 996 YDS / 76.6 YPG / 3 TD
- Jared Brown: 49 REC / 789 YDS / 60.7 YPG / 6 TD
- Tyson Mobley: 40 REC / 490 YDS / 37.7 YPG / 5 TD
- Adrian Hope: 26 TKL / 5 TFL / 6 SACK / 1 INT / 1 PD
- JT Killen: 49 TKL / 3 TFL / 2.5 SACK
- Charles Arnold Jr.: 28 TKL / 2 INT / 2 PD
- Game Date: Saturday, September 2, 2023
- Game Time: 10:30 PM ET
- Location: Pasadena, California
- Venue: Rose Bowl
- TV Channel: ESPN
