Both teams will be out to end losing runs when the University of Massachusetts Minutemen (1-8, 0-5 Away) travel to take on the Arkansas State University Red Wolves (2-7, 2-2 Home) at Centennial Bank Stadium on Saturday.
The Red Wolves are 17.5-point favorites, and the total is 49.5. Massachusetts is coming off a 27-10 loss at the hands of Connecticut at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field last Friday, their sixth straight defeat.
Brady Olson was 19 of 34 for 266 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Ellis Merriweather ran 12 times for 33 yards. Cam Sullivan-Brown caught five passes for 124 yards and a touchdown.
Arkansas State dropped a fourth straight game on October 29, falling 31-3 to South Alabama at Centennial Bank Stadium. James Blackman threw for 177 yards. Marcel Murray carried four times for 15 yards. Jeff Foreman hauled in six receptions for 98 yards.
TALE OF THE TAPE
The Minutemen are averaging 11.9 points per game for the season, worst in FBS, and they are facing a Red Wolves defense that has surrendered 31.1 PPG (105th). Meanwhile, Arkansas State has scored 25.9 points a game this season, 83rd in the nation, and Massachusetts is allowing 30.4 PPG (99th).
The Minutemen rank as one of the country’s worst teams in passing yards per game (99.6, 129th), while they are 61st in rushing yards (157.2). The Red Wolves are 96th in passing yards allowed per game (251.7) and 75th against the run (152.1).
Arkansas State has been one of the nation’s least successful rushing teams, averaging 92.6 yards per game (124th), while ranking 66th in passing yards (235.4).
Massachusetts’ defense has been most susceptible on the ground, as the Minutemen are 111th in the country in rushing yards allowed per game (184.8). Against the pass, the Minutemen are 24th (189.2).
TOP PERFORMERS
Through six games, Brady Olson has thrown for one touchdown (4 INT) and 68.8 yards per game to lead Massachusetts in passing. In four away games this season, he has one TD (3 INT) and an average of 75.2 yards passing.
Gino Campiotti leads the team in rushing with an average of 48.4 yards a game over eight games. He has two touchdowns on the ground and two through the air. George Johnson III is the Minutemen’s leading receiver with 32.4 yards a game.
James Blackman has 11 passing touchdowns (1 INT) with 234.0 yards per game through eight games to lead Arkansas State. In four home games this season, he has thrown for six TDs and an average of 222.0 yards.
Johnnie Lang has been the home team’s leading performer on the ground, averaging 36.3 yards a game through nine games. He has four total touchdowns, two rushing and two receiving. Seydou Traore has been the primary target in the Red Wolves’ aerial attack. He has three touchdowns and a 57.9 yard per game average through nine appearances.
HOME AND AWAY
Massachusetts is winless away from home this season.
SportsTips’ College Football Pick:
Arkansas State -17.5 (-110)
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