Louisiana Tech Bulldogs

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs covered their first five games of 2025 and five of six at home. Three of their five losses came as favorites, two of them by a single point.

A fast start

Louisiana Tech went 7-5 and 8-4 against the spread. The opener covered, then all four September games did, among them a 23-7 loss at LSU at +36.5 and three wins laying 10.5, 3.5 and 3.5. September made 1.57 units on the moneyline.

October went 1-2 and cost 1.89 units: 35-7 at Kennesaw State at -5.5, then 28-27 to Western Kentucky at -4.5, before a 55-14 home win over Sam Houston at -16.5 on the last night of the month.

Losses as favorites

The Bulldogs were favored eight times, won five and covered five. The third loss as a favorite was 25-24 at Delaware at -5.5. One unit on them in the eight favorite games lost 1.13.

At home

Six home games, five wins, five covers; ten FBS teams beat that home rate and seven equalled it. Western Kentucky was the miss. One unit on Louisiana Tech in each home game made 1.18; away it lost 1.25, where the record was 2-4.

As underdogs

Louisiana Tech was the underdog four times, won twice, covered three and made 1.05 units. The wins were 34-28 over Liberty at +1.5 and 42-30 at Missouri State at +110. The miss was 28-3 at Washington State at +10.5.

The total

Seven under, five over: no lean.

The season ended with a 23-14 win over Coastal Carolina in the Independence Bowl.

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