Armed Forces Bowl Odds

The Air Force Falcons were a team to avoid during the regular season on the college football betting lines at just 3-9 ATS over their 12 games, so will they be able to pay off as a favorite against the Rice Owls in the Armed Forces Bowl on December 29?

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Armed Forces Bowl
Saturday, December 29 @ 11:45am ET
Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas, Texas

Team: Rice Owls
Conference: Conference USA
Records: 6-6 SU, 7-4-1 ATS, 6-6 OU

Team: Air Force Falcons
Conference: Mountain West
Records: 6-6 SU, 3-9 ATS, 4-6-1 OU

Opening Spread / Total (from BetOnline)
Air Force -1.5 / 62 Points

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Armed Forces Bowl Betting Trends: Air Force is 7-2 ATS in past nine bowl games . . . Underdogs have covered past four Armed Forces Bowls.

Armed Forces Bowl History

Data includes original name of bowl, current name, teams, point spread of the second listed team, SU winner and ATS winner.

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Both Tulsa and BYU enter the Armed Forces Bowl having won in four of their last five bowl appearances. Only one can improve to 5-1 over their last six.

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Armed Forces Bowl
Friday, December 30 @ 12:00pm ET
Gerald Ford Stadium, Dallas, Texas

Team: BYU Cougars
Conference: Independent
Records: 9-3 SU, 8-4 ATS, 6-5-1 OU

Team: Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Conference: Conference USA
Records: 8-4 SU, 7-5 ATS, 4-8 OU

Spread / Total (from 5Dimes)
BYU -2.5 / 55.5 Points

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Both coming in off respectable seasons, the BYU Cougars will take on the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in the Armed Forces Bowl. Each team is 4-1 SU in its last five bowl appearances. [ Huge free-bet bonus with the newest name and the oldest sportsbook - ]

After starting the season off 1-3 SU (2-2 ATS), Tulsa won seven straight games (5-2 ATS) before losing in its regular season finale to Houston. All four of Tulsa’s losses came against teams that were ranked No. 8 or higher in the AP Top 25 when they played Tulsa. BYU enjoyed success in its first season as an independent, finishing the year 8-1 SU after starting it 1-2 SU. The Cougars covered the spread in each of their final six games.

Part of the reason for BYU’s strong finish was the switch from Jake Heaps to Riley Nelson at quarterback. Nelson lost only one game and finished the year with 1,467 passing yards and 16 touchdowns to just five interceptions.

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The SMU Mustangs are headed to back-to-back bowl games for the first time in over 25 years, and led by one of the nation’s best quarterbacks in Kyle Padron it’s no wonder sportsbooks unanimously have them as 7-point favorites on NCAAF odds against the Army Black Knights.

Armed Forces Bowl
Gerald Ford Stadium, Dallas, Texas
Thursday, December 30 @ 12:00pm ET

Team: Army Black Knights
Conference: Independent
Records: 6-6 SU, 5-4 ATS, 8-1 OU

Team: Southern Methodist Mustangs
Conference: Conference USA
Records: 7-6 SU, 6-7 ATS, 6-7 OU

Spread / Total (from Sportsbook.ag)
SMU -7 / 52 Points

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Padron threw for 3,526 yards and 29 touchdowns, and that should draw lots of attention from SMU believers in the college football betting lines for this bowl game. With Aldrick Robinson catching 13 TD passes and racking up 1,225 yards receiving it’s hard not to see why the Armed Forces Bowl odds are stacked against Army, who made tremendous strides this season.

SMU is even deeper than Padron and Robinson, with Cole Beasley picking up a team-leading 84 catches for 1,036 yards and six TDs. Running back Zach Line collected 1,391 yards on the ground, which is good enough for third all-time behind the legendary Eric Dickerson.

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The way the Mustangs offense stacks up against the Army it could give totals bettors something to chew on – especially when the Army had eight games make winners of OVER bettors.

The Black Knights are glad to be back in their first bowl game in 14 years. It will already be a tough feat for them to get past the Mustangs, but on home soil it could almost be impossible.

Fullback Jared Hassin struggled in Army’s last three games, but they will need his regular 100-plus rushing yards if they are to keep this game close enough that they could pull off the upset. Quarterback Trent Steelman was the team's leading rusher with 694 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Army possesses a team that was 10th nationally in rushing offense with 256 yards per game, although they fell below 230 yards total in their last three regular season contests.