Toledo at Sacramento State
SACRAMENTO (Interstat) — Toledo will be the visiting team and Sacramento State the home team in an NCAA Football Championship Division game on Wednesday at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, Calif. The Rockets enter with a 6-2 record, while the Hornets are 2-7. Toledo has won two straight games. Sacramento State has won one of its past three games.
Toledo is coming off a 45-38 home win against Western Michigan. Quarterback John Alan Richter completed 29 of 41 passes for 391 yards and three touchdowns and added another touchdown in the win. Mo Conteh recorded two tackles, and Reice Griffith had one tackle. In Toledo’s previous game, a 34-14 win at Eastern Michigan, Richter completed 24 of 30 passes for 288 yards and a touchdown and ran twice for minus-4 yards. He completed 22 of 35 passes for 203 yards and ran four times for minus-2 yards in a loss to Buffalo. Richter has thrown for at least 203 yards in each of his past three games. Toledo’s other results this season include a 39-24 win at Ball State, a 41-16 home win against San Diego State, a 49-48 home win against Temple, a 63-10 home win against Central Connecticut and a 30-20 loss at Michigan State. Toledo is scheduled to host Massachusetts and Bowling Green and visit Ohio in its upcoming games.
Sacramento State is coming off a 31-10 home win against Kent State. Quarterback Jackson Sharman completed 11 of 18 passes for 75 yards in that game. Xavier Williams and Miles Bailey each recorded one tackle and one quarterback hurry. Sharman completed 17 of 27 passes for 187 yards and two touchdowns in a loss to Ball State. He also completed 11 of 19 passes for 69 yards in a loss to Ohio and 13 of 28 passes for 145 yards and a touchdown in a loss to Bowling Green. Sharman has thrown for 75, 187, 69 and 145 yards over his past four games. Sacramento State’s other results this season include a 52-0 home win against Mississippi Valley State and losses at Eastern Michigan (28-17), at Fresno State (49-3), to North Dakota State (31-10), to Massachusetts (35-6), at Bowling Green (38-10), to Ohio (48-7) and at Ball State (34-17). The Hornets are scheduled to visit Central Michigan and Hawaii in their upcoming games.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Toledo 45, Sacramento State 13. Toledo has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -26, and the over/under for the game is 52.5.