2020 Wofford Terriers football team
The 2020 Wofford Terriers football team represented Wofford College in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Josh Conklin and played their home games at Gibbs Stadium as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon).
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| Conference | Southern Conference |
| 2020 record | 1–4 (1–4 SoCon) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Wade Lang (31st season as OC, 33rd overall season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Rob Greene (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Gibbs Stadium (Capacity: 13,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 VMI $^ | 6 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 East Tennessee State | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga† | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samford | 4 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wofford† | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On April 5, 2021, Wofford announced that it was opting out of the remainder of the spring 2021 season as a result of injuries and player opt-outs due to COVID-19.[1]
Previous season
The Terriers finished the 2019 season 8–3, 7–1 in SoCon play to finish as SoCon champions. They received the automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Kennesaw State.
Schedule
Wofford had games scheduled against South Carolina and South Carolina State, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3]
Wofford's games against East Tennessee State (postponed, but originally scheduled for March 6), Western Carolina (April 10), and Furman (April 17) were canceled when Wofford opted out of the remainder of the spring season.[1]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| February 20 | 1:00 p.m. | Mercer | No. 16 | ESPN+ | W 31–14 | ||||
| February 27 | 12:00 p.m. | at Chattanooga | No. 11 | ESPN+ | L 13–24 | ||||
| March 13 | 1:00 p.m. | at Samford | No. 20 | ESPN+ | L 31–37 | ||||
| March 27 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 14 VMI |
| ESPN+ | L 31–36 | ||||
| April 3 | 1:00 p.m. | The Citadel |
| ESPN+ | L 24–28 | ||||
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Game summaries
Mercer
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| No. 16 Terriers | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
References
- "Wofford opts out of remainder of Southern Conference spring football season". Post and Courier. April 5, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
- "MEAC suspends all fall sports for indefinite period". ESPN.com. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- "2020 Wofford Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 8, 2020.