The 2019 Wofford Terriers football team represents

Wofford College Wofford College is a private liberal arts college in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It was founded in 1854. The campus is a national arboretum and one of the few four-year institutions in the southeastern United States founded before the America ...

in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by second-year head coach

Josh Conklin Josh Conklin (born June 19, 1979) is an American college football coach. He served as head football coach of Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina from 2018 until midway through the 2022 season. Conklin served as the defensive coordinator ...

and play their home games at

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. They are a member of the

Southern Conference The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly ...

(SoCon).

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.

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

Game summaries

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 (due to winning their conference) for the

postseason The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe ...

tournament, with a first-round pairing against Kennesaw State.

Kennesaw State–First Round

Rankings

References

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