Way-too-early look: Wofford Terriers

With the football season less than 60 days from opening, we take an early look at each of the Tigers' 12 opponents for the 2019 season. Next up, Clemson's Week 9 opponent, the Wofford Terriers.

With the football season less than 60 days from opening, we take an early look at each of the Tigers' 12 opponents for the 2019 season. Next up, Clemson's Week 9 opponent, the Wofford Terriers.

Head coach: Josh Conklin is entering his second season as head coach of the Wofford College football team. 

In his first season at the helm, the Terriers won the Southern Conference Championship and reached the second round of the NCAA FCS Playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, Wofford defeated Elon 19-7 at Gibbs Stadium. In the second round, the season came to an end with a 13-10 loss to No. 4 seed Kennesaw State. Conklin was one of only three first-year head coaches to lead his team to the playoffs, and he was the only one to earn a victory.

The Terriers on offense: The 2019 season marks Wade Lang’s 32nd year at his alma mater and 30th as offensive coordinator running the triple option. 

Wofford has finished either first or second in the Southern Conference in rushing in 20 of the past 22 years, and the Terriers have been among the top 10 rushing clubs nationally for 22 consecutive seasons.

He has coached some of the most prolific quarterbacks in school history, including All-American Shawn Graves, Travis Wilson, Josh Collier, Ben Widmyer and Mitch Allen.

Last season, the team was 9-4 overall and won the Southern Conference Championship. The Terriers advanced to the second round of the NCAA FCS Playoffs. The rushing offense finished first in the league and fifth in the nation at 311.7 yards per game. 

The passing offense had 115.5 yards per game. Joe Newman threw for more than  1,000 yards, giving the Terriers back-to-back 1,000 yard passers for the first time since 2007 and 2008.

The Terriers on defense: Sam Siefkes was named the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at Wofford in January 2018.

In his first season at Wofford, the defense was ranked first in the Southern Conference in total defense, scoring defense, passing defense and rushing defense. Nationally, the squad was 12th in total defense and eighth in scoring defense. The team posted a 9-4 overall record and won the Southern Conference Championship. In the NCAA FCS Playoffs, the Terriers advanced to the second round. 

The early line: There is no line for the Tigers and Terriers. The last time these two teams met was in 2015, as the Tigers were just beginning their run to their first College Football Playoff appearance and resulted in a 49-10 win for the Tigers.