The UTSA Roadrunners return dwelling to the Alamodome on Saturday to welcome the Western Kentucky College Hilltoppers for a rematch of final 12 months’s Convention USA Championship recreation. UTSA gained that recreation 49-41 final December within the Alamodome earlier than a crowd of greater than 41,000. 4 of the Roadrunners’ final 5 dwelling video games have drawn 30,000-plus and this recreation between two of the nation’s prime offenses needs to be no completely different.
UTSA Roadrunners (3-2, 1-0 C-USA) vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (3-2, 1-0):
Location: Alamodome
Kickoff: 5 p.m.
How one can watch: ESPN+
Final week:
UTSA led wire-to-wire in its 45-30 win at Center Tennessee. The Roadrunners set a brand new college document with 423 passing yards within the win towards the Blue Raiders.
Western Kentucky hosted Troy in a nonconference recreation. The Hilltoppers misplaced to the Trojans 34-27 after main 17-13 at halftime.
What they’re saying:
UTSA Security Kelechi Nwachuku on this 12 months’s Hilltoppers group in comparison with final 12 months’s: “These guys, they reloaded. They’re loaded on the quarterback place once more and so they have actually good receivers and good operating backs.”
Western Kentucky Head Coach Tyson Helton: “They [UTSA] are most likely essentially the most proficient group in our convention. They’re doing an amazing job, averaging 500 yards a recreation and selecting up proper the place they left off final 12 months.”
Key stats:
UTSA’s prime three receivers are all ranked within the prime 15 nationally for yards this season. De’Corian Clark is seventh with 556 yards. Joshua Cephus is eleventh with 503 yards and Zakhari Franklin is 14th with 491 yards.
Western Kentucky’s offense is averaging 500 yards a recreation this season, simply barely lower than UTSA’s 500.8 yards-per-game common. The Hilltoppers are averaging 353.2 passing yards and 147.8 yards dashing.
Gamers to look at:
UTSA quarterback Frank Harris is second within the nation with 1,724 yards passing. He’s solely 9 yards behind the nation’s chief, the College of Washington’s Michael Penix Jr..
Western Kentucky quarterback Austin Reed has picked up the place final 12 months’s quarterback Bailey Zappe, now taking part in the NFL, left off. Reed is fourth within the nation with 1,667 yards passing.
