2019 Wofford Terriers football team

2019 Wofford Terriers football
2019 Wofford Terriers football
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	Josh Conklin (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Wade Lang (32nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Sam Siefkes (2nd season)
Home stadium	Gibbs Stadium
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
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

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Wofford Terriers football team represented Wofford College in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Josh Conklin and played their home games at Gibbs Stadium. They were 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]

Media poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
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

Coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
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
August 31	6:00 p.m.	at South Carolina State*	No. 9	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium Orangeburg, SC	ESPN3	L 13–28	8,187
September 14	6:00 p.m.	Samford*	No. 21	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN3/Nexstar	L 14–21	3,463
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Gardner-Webb*		Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN+	W 49–10	3,777
September 28	1:30 p.m.	at VMI		Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	ESPN+	W 51–36	3,300
October 5	3:30 p.m.	at East Tennessee State		William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN	ESPN3	W 35–17	8,242
October 19	1:30 p.m.	Western Carolina		Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN+/Nexstar	W 59–7	5,733
October 26	1:30 p.m.	Chattanooga		Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN+/Nexstar	W 35–34 ^OT	4,445
November 2	4:00 p.m.	at No. 5 FBS Clemson*	No. 23	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ACCN	L 14–59	81,500
November 9	3:00 p.m.	at Mercer	No. 24	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN+	W 41–7	10,729
November 16	1:30 p.m.	No. 9 Furman	No. 21	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (rivalry)	ESPN+/Nexstar	W 24–7	6,457
November 23	12:00 p.m.	at The Citadel	No. 14	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 31–11	6,844
November 30	3:00 p.m.	No. 15 Kennesaw State*	No. 11	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 21–28	1,992
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

At South Carolina State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 9 Terriers	3	0	3	7	13
Bulldogs	7	7	7	7	28

Samford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	14	0	7	0	21
No. 21 Terriers	14	0	0	0	14

Gardner–Webb

	1	2	3	4	Total
Runnin' Bulldogs	0	3	0	7	10
Terriers	14	14	0	21	49

At VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terriers	21	14	6	10	51
Keydets	10	14	0	12	36

At East Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terriers	7	21	0	7	35
Buccaneers	0	3	7	7	17

Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Catamounts	7	0	0	0	7
Terriers	7	28	14	10	59

Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mocs	7	7	0	14	6	34
Terriers	0	14	7	7	7	35

At Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Terriers	0	0	14	0	14
No. 4 (FBS) Tigers	21	21	14	3	59

At Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terriers	3	17	14	7	41
Bears	0	7	0	0	7

Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 9 Paladins	7	0	0	0	7
No. 21 Terriers	7	7	7	3	24

At The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
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
No. 15 Owls	0	7	7	14	28
No. 11 Terriers	7	0	7	7	21

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
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.
^ ^a ^b "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.

[1] "SoCon Media Tab Wofford Preseason Favorite". July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.

[2019_SoCon_Coaches_Poll_and_Teams-2] "Football Coaches Select Preseason Teams, Poll". July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.

[3] "2019 Wofford Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 26, 2019.

[4] "2019 Football Schedule". Wofford College Athletics. Retrieved June 26, 2019.

[5] "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.

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v t e Wofford Terriers football
Venues	Synder Field (1930–1995) Gibbs Stadium (1996–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1950 Cigar Bowl The Citadel Furman
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902–1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Southern Conference football champions
Pre-SEC	Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech & North Carolina (1922) Vanderbilt & Washington and Lee (1923) Alabama (1924) Alabama & Tulane (1925) Alabama (1926) Georgia Tech, Tennessee, & NC State (1927) Georgia Tech (1928) Tulane (1929) Alabama & Tulane (1930) Tulane (1931) Tennessee & Auburn & LSU (1932)
Pre-ACC	Duke (1933) Washington and Lee (1934) Duke (1935) Duke (1936) Maryland (1937) Duke (1938) Duke (1939) Clemson (1940) Duke (1941) William & Mary (1942) Duke (1943) Duke (1944) Duke (1945) North Carolina (1946) William & Mary (1947) Clemson (1948) North Carolina (1949) Washington and Lee (1950) Maryland & VMI (1951) Duke (1952)
Post-ACC	West Virginia (1953) West Virginia (1954) West Virginia (1955) West Virginia (1956) VMI (1957) West Virginia (1958) VMI (1959) VMI (1960) The Citadel (1961) VMI (1962) Virginia Tech (1963) West Virginia (1964) West Virginia (1965) East Carolina & William & Mary (1966) West Virginia (1967) Richmond (1968) Davidson & Richmond (1969) William & Mary (1970) Richmond (1971) East Carolina (1972) East Carolina (1973) VMI (1974) Richmond (1975) East Carolina (1976) Chattanooga & VMI (1977) Chattanooga & Furman (1978) Chattanooga (1979) Furman (1980) Furman (1981)
I-AA/FCS	Furman (1982) Furman (1983) Chattanooga (1984) Furman (1985) Appalachian State (1986) Appalachian State (1987) Furman & Marshall (1988) Furman (1989) Furman (1990) Appalachian State (1991) The Citadel (1992) Georgia Southern (1993) Marshall (1994) Appalachian State (1995) Marshall (1996) Georgia Southern (1997) Georgia Southern (1998) Appalachian State, Furman, & Georgia Southern (1999) Georgia Southern (2000) Furman & Georgia Southern (2001) Georgia Southern (2002) Wofford (2003) Furman & Georgia Southern (2004) Appalachian State (2005) Appalachian State (2006) Appalachian State & Wofford (2007) Appalachian State (2008) Appalachian State (2009) Appalachian State & Wofford (2010) Georgia Southern (2011) Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, & Wofford (2012) Chattanooga, Furman, & Samford (2013) Chattanooga (2014) Chattanooga & The Citadel (2015) The Citadel (2016) Wofford (2017) East Tennessee State, Furman, & Wofford (2018) Wofford (2019) VMI (2020) East Tennessee State (2021) Samford (2022) Furman (2023)
National championships in bold