2018 Wofford Terriers football team

The 2018 Wofford Terriers football team represented Wofford College in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Josh Conklin and played their home games at Gibbs Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the 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.

2018 Wofford Terriers football
SoCon co-champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 13
FCS CoachesNo. 12
2018 record9–4 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coachJosh Conklin (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorWade Lang (31st season)
Defensive coordinatorSam Siefkes (1st season)
Home stadiumGibbs Stadium
(Capacity: 13,000)
2018 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 13 Wofford +^  6 –2     9 –4  
No. 22 East Tennessee State +^  6 –2     8 –4  
Furman +  6 –2     6 –4  
Samford  5 –3     6 –5  
Chattanooga  4 –4     6 –5  
The Citadel  4 –4     5 –6  
Mercer  4 –4     5 –6  
Western Carolina  1 –7     3 –8  
VMI  0 –8     1 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

Previous season

The Terriers finished the 2017 season 10–3, 7–1 in SoCon play to win the SoCon championship. They received the SoCon's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Furman in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State.

On December 13, 2017, head coach Mike Ayers announced his retirement.[1] He finished at Wofford with a 30-year record of 207–139–1.

Preseason

Award watch lists
Award Player Position Year
Buck Buchanan Award[2] Miles Brown DL SR

Preseason media poll

The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Terriers predicted to finish in third place.[3] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Terriers predicted to finish in second place.[4]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford204 (20)
2Furman174 (2)
3Wofford163 (1)
4Mercer133
5Western Carolina114
6Chattanooga88
7The Citadel83
8East Tennessee State53
9VMI23
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford63 (7)
2Wofford53 (1)
3Furman52 (1)
4Western Carolina39
5Chattanooga34
6Mercer32
7The Citadel28
8East Tennessee State15
9VMI8

Preseason All-SoCon Teams

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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.The CitadelNo. 10
WYCWW 28–218,930
September 86:00 p.m.VMINo. 8
  • Gibbs Stadium
  • Spartanburg, SC
WYCWW 59–144,957
September 154:00 p.m.at Wyoming*No. 8
MW NetL 14–1720,293
September 296:00 p.m.at Gardner–Webb*No. 7
ESPN+W 45–142,850
October 63:00 p.m.at ChattanoogaNo. 7
ESPN+W 21–108,010
October 131:00 p.m.at FurmanNo. 6
WYCWL 14–347,006
October 201:30 p.m.No. 21 East Tennessee StateNo. 12
  • Gibbs Stadium
  • Spartanburg, SC
ESPN+W 30–176,745
October 271:30 p.m.MercerNo. 9
  • Gibbs Stadium
  • Spartanburg, SC
WYCWW 42–216,374
November 33:00 p.m.at SamfordNo. 9
ESPN+L 20–355,821
November 103:30 p.m.at Western CarolinaNo. 15
ESPN3W 38–2310,169
November 171:30 p.m.Presbyterian*No. 13
  • Gibbs Stadium
  • Spartanburg, SC
WYCWW 45–215,674
November 242:00 p.m.No. 17 Elon*No. 13
ESPN3W 19–72,157
December 12:00 p.m.at No. 2 Kennesaw State*No. 13
ESPN3L 10–133,515
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

The Citadel
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 7 14 0 21
No. 10 Terriers 14 7 0 7 28
See also: 2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team and The Citadel–Wofford football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–42–1 2017 WOF, 20–16

VMI
1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0 7 0 7 14
No. 8 Terriers 21 21 17 0 59
See also: 2018 VMI Keydets football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–10 2017 WOF, 45–14

at Wyoming
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Terriers 0 7 0 7 14
Cowboys 0 10 0 7 17
See also: 2018 Wyoming Cowboys football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Gardner–Webb
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Terriers 14 10 7 14 45
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 7 7 0 14
See also: 2018 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–8 2017 WOF, 27–24

at Chattanooga
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Terriers 7 7 0 7 21
Mocs 10 0 0 0 10
See also: 2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–10 2017 WOF, 24–21

at Furman
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Terriers 0 7 7 0 14
Paladins 14 7 6 7 34
See also: 2018 Furman Paladins football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
32–53–7 2017 FCS Playoffs WOF, 28–10

East Tennessee State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Buccaneers 0 10 0 7 17
No. 12 Terriers 3 14 7 6 30
See also: 2018 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–13 2017 WOF, 31–24

Mercer
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 7 14 21
No. 9 Terriers 0 14 14 14 42
See also: 2018 Mercer Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–6 2017 WOF, 28–27

at Samford
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Terriers 7 10 3 0 20
Bulldogs 14 7 0 14 35
See also: 2018 Samford Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–10 2017 SAM, 24–21

at Western Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Terriers 7 7 14 10 38
Catamounts 10 10 0 3 23
See also: 2018 Western Carolina Catamounts football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–14 2017 WOF, 35–28

Presbyterian
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hose 14 0 0 7 21
No. 13 Terriers 7 21 7 10 45
See also: 2018 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
41–40–3 2017 WOF, 31–7

FCS Playoffs

Elon–First Round
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Phoenix 0 7 0 0 7
No. 13 Terriers 3 3 10 3 19
See also: 2018 Elon Phoenix football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–11 2013 WOF, 31–27

at Kennesaw State–Second Round
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Terriers 0 10 0 0 10
No. 2 Owls 0 10 0 3 13
See also: 2018 Kennesaw State Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 10 8 8 8 7 7 6 12 9 9 15 13 13 13 
Coaches 11 7 7 6–T 6 6 4 12 7 8 14 14 12 12
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References
  1. Rice, Jim (December 13, 2017). "Mike Ayers retires after 30 years as Wofford football coach". www.greenvilleonline.com. The Greenville News.
  2. "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced". August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  3. http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735859&DB_OEM_ID=4000
  4. http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735863&DB_OEM_ID=4000
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