American college football season
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 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 * Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC 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 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 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 Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (rivalry ) 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
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[ 3] [ 4]
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
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]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 15 Owls
0
7
7
14
28
No. 11 Terriers
7
0
7
7
21
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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
Venues Bowls & rivalries People Seasons
Pre-SEC Pre-ACC Post-ACC I-AA/FCS National championships in bold
