WOFFORD at Pittsburgh
Saturday, September 2, 2023 - 3:30 PM
Acrisure Stadium (68,400)
Pittsburgh, PA

THE PITT GAME
Wofford will open the 2023 season on Saturday afternoon at Pittsburgh ... The Terriers are looking to continue to build on a 2022 season in which they were 3-7 overall and 3-4 in Southern Conference play ... This will be the first meeting between the two teams ... Pitt is receiving votes in the 2023 AP Preseason Top 25 after finishing ranked #22 at the end of the 2022 season in which they were 9-4 overall with a win over UCLA in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl. 

GAME INFORMATION
Radio - Wofford Digital Network (Jim Noble, Thom Henson and Van Hipp)
TV - ESPN+
TV - ACC Network
Stats - TBA
Wofford Game Notes - LINK
Wofford Football Media Guide - LINK
Wofford Football Yearbook  - Coming Soon!
Southern Conference Information - LINK

TERRIER TOP NOTES
Here are the top notes of interest heading into the season opener at Pitt ...
    • Wofford opens the season on the road for the twelfth time in the last fourteen fall seasons.
    • The season begins with back-to-back road trips for the first time since 2016.  
    • The Terriers have played at least one NCAA FBS opponent in every fall season since 2005.
    • This will be Wofford's second appearance in an NFL stadium (2008, Raymond James Stadium in Tampa vs. South Florida).
    • Shawn Watson was named head coach on December 1, 2022. Over the past 50 years, he is the seventh head coach in school history. Watson was offensive coordinator at Pitt in 2017 and 2018.
    • The Terriers were 3-3 last season with Shawn Watson as interim head coach.
    • Wofford returns 14 starters overall, including five on offense, seven on defense and two specialists.  
    • Two players were named to the All-Southern Conference preseason second team - DL Chuck Smith and OL Jason Swann.    
    • As the Terriers moved towards a passing offense last season, Jimmy Weirick set a school record with 409 passing yards against ETSU. He also set the school single season records for completions (162), attempts (280) and passing yards (2,052).
    • The passing offense finished at 52nd overall at 225.9 yards per game.
    • In the national rankings, the Terriers were 99th in total defense (433.1) and 93rd in total offense (322.1) last season.

A CHANGE AT THE TOP
Shawn Watson, the Terriers assistant head coach and offensive coordinator, served as interim head coach beginning on Thursday, October 6, 2022. Watson has over 35 years of coaching experience, including a stint as head coach at Southern Illinois (1994-96). It marks the first time in school history that the football team has had an interim head coach. Watson was announced as the permanent head coach on December 1, 2022.

INSIDE WOFFORD FOOTBALL WITH COACH SHAWN WATSON
Wofford Sports Properties, the multimedia rights partner for Wofford College Athletics, has announced the return of "Inside Wofford Football with CDoach Shawn Watson." The show is part of an expanded selection of coaches shows that began last season. The shows, sponsored by Yokohama, are hosted by the voice of the Terriers, Jim Noble. "Inside Wofford Football" begins in September and will debut every Monday during the football season. Fans can listen to the "Inside Wofford Football" podcast in a variety of ways, including on the iTunes, Amazon, Google and Spotify podcast platforms, along with www.woffordterriers.com/podcast. A video version can be found on YouTube.

GOAL LINE CLUB
Help carry the ball for the Terriers and sign up to be a 2023 Goal Line Club member. Pledge as little as $1 to contribute to an athletic endowed scholarship. Established in 2012, the Goal Line Club has proven hugely successful in helping raise scholarship dollars for the Wofford College Athletics Endowment. Goal Line Club members have donated a combined total of more than $368,538 for the Goal Line Club Endowed Scholarship Fund since the inception of this initiative. Click HERE to donate!

WOFFORD APP
Be sure to download the new Wofford Terriers mobile app. Featuring real-time news alerts, schedules, exclusive multimedia content, gameday details and more, the new Wofford app is free and compatible with both iOS and Android devices.Through the app, Wofford fans will enjoy a personalized mobile experience with the ability to manage tickets, and receive breaking news and score notifications for the teams they follow.

TICKETS
Single game tickets are available by calling 864-597-4090 or by visiting www.woffordterriers.com/tickets