2019 Wofford Terriers football | |
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SoCon champion | |
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 21–28 vs. Kennesaw State | |
Conference | Southern Conference |
Ranking | |
STATS | No. 16 |
FCS Coaches | No. 17 |
Record | 8–4 (7–1 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Wade Lang (32nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Sam Siefkes (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Gibbs Stadium |
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No. 16 Wofford $^ | 7 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Furman ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Wofford Terriers football team represents Wofford College in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by second-year head coach Josh Conklin and play their home games at Gibbs Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon).
Preseason
Preseason polls
The SoCon released their preseason media poll and coaches poll on July 22, 2019. The Terriers were picked to finish in first place in both polls.[1][2]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Wofford | 253 (21) |
2 | Furman | 229 (6) |
3 | East Tennessee State | 187 (2) |
4 | Mercer | 146 |
5 | Chattanooga | 134 |
6 | Samford | 125 |
7 | The Citadel | 111 |
8 | Western Carolina | 88 |
9 | VMI | 32 |
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Wofford | 63 (7) |
2 | Furman | 55 (1) |
3 | East Tennessee State | 44 (1) |
4 | Chattanooga | 40 |
5 | Mercer | 34 |
6 | Samford | 33 |
7 | The Citadel | 22 |
8 | Western Carolina | 21 |
9 | VMI | 12 |
Preseason All-SoCon Teams
The Terriers placed nine players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.[2]
Offense 1st team Justus Basinger – OL Michael Ralph – OL 2nd team Blake Jeresaty – OL |
Defense 1st team Thad Mangum – DL 2nd team Mikel Horton – DL Jireh Wilson – LB Mason Alstatt – DB George Gbesee – DB |
Specialists 2nd team Luke Carter – P |
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | at South Carolina State* | No. 9 | ESPN3 | L 13–28 | 8,187 | |||
September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | Samford* | No. 21 | ESPN3/Nexstar | L 14–21 | 3,463 | |||
September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | Gardner-Webb* |
| ESPN+ | W 49–10 | 3,777 | |||
September 28 | 1:30 p.m. | at VMI | ESPN+ | W 51–36 | 3,300 | ||||
October 5 | 3:30 p.m. | at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | W 35–17 | 8,242 | ||||
October 19 | 1:30 p.m. | Western Carolina |
| ESPN+/Nexstar | W 59–7 | 5,733 | |||
October 26 | 1:30 p.m. | Chattanooga |
| ESPN+/Nexstar | W 35–34 OT | 4,445 | |||
November 2 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 5 FBS Clemson* | No. 23 | ACCN | L 14–59 | 81,500 | |||
November 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at Mercer | No. 24 | ESPN+ | W 41–7 | 10,729 | |||
November 16 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 9 Furman | No. 21 |
| ESPN+/Nexstar | W 24–7 | 6,457 | ||
November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | at The Citadel | No. 14 | ESPN+ | W 31–11 | 6,844 | |||
November 30 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 15 Kennesaw State* | No. 11 |
| ESPN3 | L 21–28 | 1,992 | ||
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Game summaries
At South Carolina State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 9 Terriers | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
Samford
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
No. 21 Terriers | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Gardner–Webb
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Terriers | 14 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 49 |
At VMI
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Terriers | 21 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 51 |
Keydets | 10 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 36 |
At East Tennessee State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Terriers | 7 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
Buccaneers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Western Carolina
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Catamounts | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Terriers | 7 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 59 |
Chattanooga
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | |
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Mocs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
Terriers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
At Clemson
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 23 Terriers | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
No. 4 (FBS) Tigers | 21 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 59 |
At Mercer
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Terriers | 3 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
Bears | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Furman
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 9 Paladins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
No. 21 Terriers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
At The Citadel
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 14 Terriers | 14 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
FCS Playoffs
The Terriers received an automatic bid (due to winning their conference) for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Kennesaw State.[5]
Kennesaw State–First Round
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 15 Owls | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
No. 11 Terriers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Rankings
Week | ||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
STATS FCS | 9 | 19 | ||||||||||||
Coaches | 8 | 20 |
References
- ↑ "SoCon Media Tab Wofford Preseason Favorite". July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- 1 2 "Football Coaches Select Preseason Teams, Poll". July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Wofford Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Football Schedule". Wofford College Athletics. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ↑ "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.