# 2019 Wofford Terriers football team

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.
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.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | at South Carolina State* | No. 9 | Oliver C. Dawson StadiumOrangeburg, SC | ESPN3 | L 13–28 | 8,187 |
| September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | Samford* | No. 21 | Gibbs StadiumSpartanburg, SC | ESPN3/Nexstar | L 14–21 | 3,463 |
| September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | Gardner-Webb* | | Gibbs StadiumSpartanburg, SC | ESPN+ | W 49–10 | 3,777 |
| September 28 | 1:30 p.m. | at VMI | | Alumni Memorial FieldLexington, VA | ESPN+ | W 51–36 | 3,300 |
| October 5 | 3:30 p.m. | at East Tennessee State | | William B. Greene Jr. StadiumJohnson City, TN | ESPN3 | W 35–17 | 8,242 |
| October 19 | 1:30 p.m. | Western Carolina | | Gibbs StadiumSpartanburg, SC | ESPN+/Nexstar | W 59–7 | 5,733 |
| October 26 | 1:30 p.m. | Chattanooga | | Gibbs StadiumSpartanburg, SC | ESPN+/Nexstar | W 35–34 $^{OT}$ | 4,445 |
| November 2 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 5 FBS Clemson* | No. 23 | Memorial StadiumClemson, SC | ACCN | L 14–59 | 81,500 |
| November 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at Mercer | No. 24 | Five Star StadiumMacon, GA | ESPN+ | W 41–7 | 10,729 |
| November 16 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 9 Furman | No. 21 | Gibbs StadiumSpartanburg, SC (rivalry) | ESPN+/Nexstar | W 24–7 | 6,457 |
| November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | at The Citadel | No. 14 | Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC (rivalry) | ESPN+ | W 31–11 | 6,844 |
| November 30 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 15 Kennesaw State* | No. 11 | Gibbs StadiumSpartanburg, SC (FCS Playoffs First Round) | ESPN3 | L 21–28 | 1,992 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## 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.

### 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 | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | 9 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coaches | 8 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | |