2019 Wofford Terriers football team


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.

Previous season

The Terriers finished the 2018 season 9–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for the SoCon championship alongside East Tennessee State and Furman. They received the automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they defeated Elon in the first round before losing in the second round to Kennesaw State.

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.
1Wofford253
2Furman229
3East Tennessee State187
4Mercer146
5Chattanooga134
6Samford125
7The Citadel111
8Western Carolina88
9VMI32

Preseason All-SoCon Teams

The Terriers placed nine players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.
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

at South Carolina State

Samford

Gardner–Webb

at VMI

at East Tennessee State

Western Carolina

Chattanooga

at Clemson

at Mercer

Furman

at The Citadel

FCS Playoffs

The Terriers received an automatic bid for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Kennesaw State.

Kennesaw State–First Round

Rankings