North Carolina at Connecticut

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (Interstat) — North Carolina will visit Connecticut on Saturday for an NCAA Football Bowl Division game at Pratt & Whitney Stadium. The Tar Heels are the visiting team, and the Huskies are the home team. Both teams enter with 4-4 records. The forecast for game time calls for 65-degree weather.

North Carolina will look to quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. to lead its offense. In his most recent game, Edwards completed 28 of 34 passes for 341 yards and four touchdowns. He completed 27 of 44 passes for 271 yards and two touchdowns in the previous game and ran nine times for 20 yards and one touchdown in the game before that. Jaylen Harvey recorded four tackles and one quarterback hurry in North Carolina’s most recent game, while Timir Hickman-Collins added three tackles. The Tar Heels’ most recent result was a 38-35 loss to Miami (FL). North Carolina’s other results this season include a 31-30 overtime loss to Syracuse, a 24-20 win at Duke, a 21-17 win at Pittsburgh, a 37-26 loss to Notre Dame, a 28-20 loss at Clemson, a 35-3 win over East Tennessee State and a 15-10 win at Texas Christian.

Connecticut will counter with quarterback Kalieb Osborne. In his most recent game, Osborne completed 17 of 33 passes for 263 yards and two touchdowns and ran eight times for 10 yards. In the previous game, he completed 14 of 19 passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns and ran 15 times for 66 yards and one touchdown. Desmond Aladuge recorded four tackles and Jalil Martin added three tackles in Connecticut’s most recent game. The Huskies’ most recent result was a 35-26 loss at Air Force. Connecticut’s other results this season include a 35-16 win over Massachusetts, a 34-20 win at Temple, a 42-41 loss to Syracuse, a 24-21 loss at Miami (Ohio), a 48-20 win at Southern Mississippi, a 38-14 loss to Maryland and a 56-7 win over Lafayette.

North Carolina’s upcoming schedule includes a home game against Louisville, a trip to Virginia and a home game against North Carolina State. Connecticut’s upcoming schedule includes home games against James Madison and Old Dominion and a trip to Wyoming.

Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Connecticut 44, North Carolina 28. Interstat’s ELO system is projecting Connecticut with a 50.1 percent probability to win. North Carolina has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -8. The over/under for this game is 54.5.