Wofford Terriers football

Wofford Terriers football
Wofford Terriers football
	2024 Wofford Terriers football team
First season	1889
Athletic director	Richard Johnson
Head coach	Shawn Watson ; 2nd season, 5–12 (.294)
Stadium	Gibbs Stadium; (capacity: 13,000)
Field surface	Grass
Location	Spartanburg, South Carolina
NCAA division	Division I FCS
Conference	Southern Conference
Past conferences	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
All-time record	478–467–35 (.506)
Bowl record	0–1 (.000)
Playoff record	9–10
Conference titles	7 (2003, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Rivalries	The Citadel (rivalry); Furman (rivalry)
Colors	Old gold and black;
Mascot	Terriers
Website	woffordterriers.com

For information on all Wofford College sports, see Wofford Terriers

The Wofford Terriers football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Wofford College located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). Wofford's first football team was fielded in 1889. The team plays its home games at the 13,000 seat Gibbs Stadium in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Josh Conklin is the current head coach for the Terriers.

History

Wofford moved from Division II to join the Division I-AA Southern Conference in the 1996–97 season. Since then, Wofford has won 7 Southern Conference Championships, and received bids to the FCS Playoffs 10 times with the most recent bid coming in 2019. Wofford is typically one of the strongest teams in the Southern Conference every year. Wofford's best finish since moving from Division II was a trip to the National Semi-finals at Delaware in 2003, where they fell 24–9. Mike Ayers, Wofford's winningest and most honored coach who served as head coach for thirty years, retired following the 2017 season, when Wofford made it to the national quarterfinals and finished #8 in the national polls. In recent years, Wofford's football and other athletic teams have finished near the top in the country in APR, which measures athletic performance of athletes. Numerous football players have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Classifications

1957–1969: NAIA
1970–1987: NAIA Division I
1988–1994: NCAA Division II
1995–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS

Conference memberships

1889–1900: Independent
1901–1941: Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1942–1945: Independent
1946–1964: South Carolina Little Three
1965–1987: NAIA Independent
1988–1994: NCAA Division II independent
1995–1996: NCAA Division I–AA independent
1997–present: Southern Conference

Conference championships

Wofford has won seven conference championships, three outright and four shared.

Season	Conference	Coach	Overall record	Conference record
2003	Southern Conference	Mike Ayers	12–2	8–0
2007†			9–4	5–2
2010†			10–3	7–1
2012†			9–4	6–2
2017			10–3	7–1
2018†		Josh Conklin	9–4	6–2
2019		Josh Conklin	8–5	7–1

† denotes co–champions

Bowl game appearances

Season	Coach	Bowl	Opponent	Result
1949	Phil Dickens	Cigar Bowl	Florida State	L 6–19

Playoff appearances

NCAA Division I-AA/FCS

The Terriers have appeared in the I-AA/FCS playoffs ten times with an overall record of 9–10.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2003	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	North Carolina A&T Western Kentucky Delaware	W 31–0 W 34–17 L 9–24
2007	First Round Quarterfinals	Montana Richmond	W 23–22 L 10–21
2008	First Round	James Madison	L 35–38
2010	Second Round Quarterfinals	Jacksonville State Georgia Southern	W 17–14 L 20–23
2011	Second Round	Northern Iowa	L 21–28
2012	Second Round Quarterfinals	New Hampshire North Dakota State	W 23–7 L 7–14
2016	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Charleston Southern The Citadel Youngstown State	W 15–14 W 17–3 L 23–30 ^2OT
2017	Second Round Quarterfinals	Furman North Dakota State	W 28–10 L 10–42
2018	First Round Second Round	Elon Kennesaw State	W 19–7 L 10–13
2019	First Round	Kennesaw State	L 21–28

NCAA Division II

The Terriers have appeared in the Division II playoffs two times with an overall record of 0–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1990	First Round	Mississippi College	L 19–70
1991	First Round	Mississippi College	L 15–28

NAIA

The Terriers appeared in the NAIA playoffs one time. Their combined record was 1–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1970	Semifinals National Championship Game	New Mexico Highlands Texas A&I	W, 28–23 L, 7–48

Wofford vs. in-state NCAA Division I schools

School	Record	Percentage	Streak	First meeting	Last meeting
Charleston Southern	14–0	1.000	Won 14	1993	2016
Clemson	3–13	.200	Lost 5	1896	2019
Coastal Carolina	0–1	.000	Lost 1	2006	2006
Furman	33–54–7	.388	Won 1	1889	2019
Presbyterian	41–40–3	.506	Won 6	1914	2017
South Carolina	4–20	.167	Lost 17	1895	2017
South Carolina State	6–3	.667	Lost 1	1974	2019
The Citadel	30–42–1	.418	Won 4	1916	2019
Total: 124–169–11

Notable former players

Brenton Bersin, former wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL)
Miles Brown, former defensive lineman for the Tennessee Titans
Fisher DeBerry, former head coach at Air Force and College Football Hall of Famer
Ameet Pall, former defensive end in the Canadian Football League (CFL)
Kasey Redfern, former NFL punter
Jerry Richardson, wide receiver for the Baltimore Colts, former owner of the Carolina Panthers.^[2]
Nate Woody, Defensive coordinator at Army
Shiel Wood, Defensive coordinator at Houston
Greg Gasparato, Defensive coordinator at Tulane

Yearly results


Year^[3]	Coach	Win	Loss	Tie
1889	Edwin Kerrison	2	0	0
1890		0	2	0
1893		0	1	0
1894		0	1	0
1895	William Wertenbaker	3	1	0
1896		2	2	0
1900		1	2	1
1901	J. Norman Walker	2	3	0
1914	Curtis McCoy	1	6	1
1915	Harvey Hester	3	5	0
1916	Leslie Moser	2	7	0
1917	Leslie Moser	5	4	0
1918	Bernard Peters	0	3	0
1919	J.P. Major	3	2	1
1920	John F. Gorsuch	0	8	1
1921	John Gilroy	2	7	0
1922	J.P. Major	2	7	0
1923	J.P. Major	6	3	0
1924	J.P. Major	3	7	0
1925	J.P. Major	3	7	0
1926	J.P. Major	2	8	0
1927	Tommy Scaffe	2	4	3
1928	Tommy Scaffe	7	2	1
1929	Tommy Scaffe	3	6	0
1930	Tommy Scaffe	2	9	0
1931	Tommy Scaffe	4	5	0
1932	Tommy Scaffe	3	6	1
1933	Tommy Scaffe	3	6	0
1934	Jules Carson	4	4	1
1935	Jules Carson	4	4	1
1936	Jules Carson	1	7	1
1937	Jules Carson	2	7	0
1938	Jules Carson	0	8	1
1939	Jules Carson	1	5	3
1940	Jules Carson	3	4	2
1941	Jules Carson	4	6	0
1942	Ted Petoskey	2	5	0
1946	Ted Petoskey	1	8	0
1947	Phil Dickens	6	5	0
1948	Phil Dickens	4	0	5
1949	Phil Dickens	11	1	0
1950	Phil Dickens	7	2	1
1951	Phil Dickens	6	3	1
1952	Phil Dickens	6	5	0
1953	Conley Snidow	6	4	1
1954	Conley Snidow	8	2	0
1955	Conley Snidow	7	4	0
1956	Conley Snidow	7	3	0
1957	Conley Snidow	8	2	0
1958	Conley Snidow	3	7	0
1959	Conley Snidow	5	5	0
1960	Conley Snidow	5	3	0
1961	Conley Snidow	5	4	2
1962	Conley Snidow	2	8	0
1963	Conley Snidow	4	6	0
1964	Conley Snidow	6	4	0
1965	Conley Snidow	5	4	0
1966	Conley Snidow	6	3	1
1967	Jim Brakefield	4	6	0
1968	Jim Brakefield	4	7	0
1969	Jim Brakefield	9	2	0
1970	Jim Brakefield	11	1	0
1971	Jack Peterson	6	4	0
1972	Jack Peterson	6	4	0
1973	Jack Peterson	4	6	1
1974	Steve Satterfield	7	4	0
1975	Steve Satterfield	7	3	1
1976	Steve Satterfield	4	7	0
1977	Buddy Sasser	7	3	1
1978	Buddy Sasser	3	8	0
1979	Buddy Sasser	5	5	0
1980	Buddy Sasser	7	2	2
1981	Buddy Sasser	6	5	0
1982	Buddy Sasser	8	3	0
1983	Bill Parker	6	5	0
1984	Bill Parker	2	9	0
1985	Rick Gilstrap	3	8	0
1986	Rick Gilstrap	4	6	1
1987	Rick Gilstrap	1	10	0
1988	Mike Ayers	5	5	0
1989	Mike Ayers	6	5	0
1990	Mike Ayers	9	3	0
1991	Mike Ayers	9	3	0
1992	Mike Ayers	6	5	0
1993	Mike Ayers	7	3	1
1994	Mike Ayers	5	6	0
1995	Mike Ayers	4	7	0
1996	Mike Ayers	6	5	0
1997	Mike Ayers	3	7	0
1998	Mike Ayers	4	7	0
1999	Mike Ayers	6	5	0
2000	Mike Ayers	7	4	0
2001	Mike Ayers	4	7	0
2002	Mike Ayers	9	3	0
2003	Mike Ayers	12	2	0
2004	Mike Ayers	8	3	0
2005	Mike Ayers	6	5	0
2006	Mike Ayers	7	4	0
2007	Mike Ayers	9	4	0
2008	Mike Ayers	9	3	0
2009	Mike Ayers	3	8	0
2010	Mike Ayers	10	3	0
2011	Mike Ayers	8	4	0
2012	Mike Ayers	9	4	0
2013	Mike Ayers	5	6	0
2014	Mike Ayers	6	5	0
2015	Mike Ayers	5	6	0
2016	Mike Ayers	10	4	0
2017	Mike Ayers	10	3	0
2018	Josh Conklin	9	4	0
2019	Josh Conklin	8	4	0
2020	Josh Conklin	1	4	0
2021	Josh Conklin	1	10	0
2022	Josh Conklin	0	5	0
2022	Shawn Watson	3	3	0
2023	Shawn Watson	2	9	0
Total		551	543	36

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of July 9, 2024.^[4]

2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
at Gardner–Webb	at South Carolina State	at South Carolina	South Carolina State	at South Carolina
at Richmond	Richmond		at Clemson
William & Mary	at Virginia Tech
at South Carolina

References

^ Wofford College Athletics Brand Book 2023. January 1, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
^ Hoffer, Richard. "The Franchise". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
^ "2023 Football Media Guide (PDF)" (PDF). Wofford College Athletics. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
^ "Wofford Terriers Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 19, 2023.

External links

Official website

[1] Wofford College Athletics Brand Book 2023. January 1, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2023.

[2] Hoffer, Richard. "The Franchise". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2014.

[3] "2023 Football Media Guide (PDF)" (PDF). Wofford College Athletics. Retrieved November 20, 2023.

[nonconfopp-4] "Wofford Terriers Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 19, 2023.

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v t e Wofford Terriers football
Venues	Synder Field (1930–1995) Gibbs Stadium (1996–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1950 Cigar Bowl The Citadel Furman
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902–1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Southern Conference football
Teams	Chattanooga Mocs The Citadel Bulldogs East Tennessee State Buccaneers Furman Paladins Mercer Bears Samford Bulldogs VMI Keydets Western Carolina Catamounts Wofford Terriers
Former teams	Former Southern Conference teams
Championships & awards	Conference champions All-time standings (1921–1971), (1972–present) All-Southern team Champ Pickens Trophy
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