2018 Wofford Terriers football
SoCon co-champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 13
FCS CoachesNo. 12
Record9–4 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWade Lang (31st season)
Defensive coordinatorSam Siefkes (1st season)
Home stadiumGibbs Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
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 Poll

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.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Buck Buchanan Award[1] 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.[2] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Terriers predicted to finish in second place.[3]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Samford 204 (20)
2 Furman 174 (2)
3 Wofford 163 (1)
4 Mercer 133
5 Western Carolina 114
6 Chattanooga 88
7 The Citadel 83
8 East Tennessee State 53
9 VMI 23
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Samford 63 (7)
2 Wofford 53 (1)
3 Furman 52 (1)
4 Western Carolina 39
5 Chattanooga 34
6 Mercer 32
7 The Citadel 28
8 East Tennessee State 15
9 VMI 8

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 StatedaggerNo. 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
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS10888776129915131313
Coaches11776–T664127814141212

References

  1. ^ "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced". August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Media picks Samford to win 2018 SoCon football title".
  3. ^ "Football coaches select preseason all-conference teams, poll".
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