2020 Wofford Terriers football team

American college football season

2020 Wofford Terriers football

Conference| Southern Conference
Record| 1–4 (1–4 SoCon)
Head coach|

* Josh Conklin (3rd season)

Offensive coordinator| Wade Lang (31st season as OC, 33rd overall season)
Defensive coordinator| Rob Greene (1st season)
Home stadium| Gibbs Stadium
(Capacity: 13,000)

Seasons

<- 2019

2021 ->

2020 Southern Conference football standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall

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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  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - FCS playoff participant
* † – Chattanooga and Wofford opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 29 and April 5, 2021, respectively.

Rankings from STATS Poll

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).

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[edit]

Main article: 2019 Wofford Terriers football team

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[edit]

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 |

* Gibbs Stadium
* Spartanburg, SC

|  ESPN+ | W 31–14|  1078
February 27 |  12:00 p.m. |  at Chattanooga | No. 11 |

* Finley Stadium
* Chattanooga, TN

|  ESPN+ | L 13–24|  0
March 13 |  1:00 p.m. |  at Samford | No. 20 |

* Seibert Stadium
* Homewood, AL

|  ESPN+ | L 31–37|  1176
March 27 |  1:00 p.m. |  No. 14 VMI |  |

* Gibbs Stadium
* Spartanburg, SC

|  ESPN+ | L 31–36|  1159
April 3 |  1:00 p.m. |  The Citadel |  |

* Gibbs Stadium
* Spartanburg, SC (rivalry)

|  ESPN+ | L 24–28|  1109

* Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Eastern time

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## Game summaries[edit]

### Mercer[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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Bears  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 7 | 14
No. 16 Terriers | 7  | 10  | 7  | 7 | 31

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Wofford opts out of remainder of Southern Conference spring football season". Post and Courier. April 5, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
2. ^ "MEAC suspends all fall sports for indefinite period". ESPN.com. July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
3. ^ Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
4. ^ "2020 Wofford Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 8, 2020.

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* Gibbs Stadium (1996–present)

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