Wofford at Elon
ELON, N.C. (Interstat) — Wofford will visit Elon Saturday for an NCAA Football Championship Division game at Rhodes Stadium in Elon, N.C. The Terriers are the visiting team, and the Phoenix are the home team. Wofford enters 3-3. Elon enters 4-2. The forecast for game time calls for 75 degrees.
Wofford will look to quarterback Ethan Drumm. In the Terriers’ most recent game, a 32-25 win at Furman Saturday, Drumm completed 14 passes for 304 yards and four touchdowns. Gerald Modest Jr. rushed 24 times for 83 yards and caught one pass for 16 yards. J.T. Fayard completed one pass for 4 yards. Drumm also passed for 304 yards and four touchdowns in a 42-38 loss to Tennessee Tech, and he threw for 144 yards and one touchdown at Chattanooga.
Wofford’s season has included a 42-14 win over The Citadel, a 17-13 win over Gardner-Webb, a 36-15 loss at Kent State, a 41-7 loss at Chattanooga, a 42-38 loss to Tennessee Tech and a 32-25 win at Furman. The Terriers have scored 151 points and allowed 171 points. Elon will counter with quarterback Elijah Guttman. In the Phoenix’s most recent game, a 30-23 loss at New Hampshire Saturday, Guttman completed 12 passes for 192 yards. He carried three times for 1 yard and a touchdown. Kamerin McDowell-Moore rushed 29 times for 273 yards and two touchdowns and had one catch.
Guttman passed for 179 yards and one touchdown in a 43-17 win over Maine. He threw for 142 yards, carried five times for 10 yards, ran for a touchdown and passed for two scores in a 24-21 win over Sacred Heart. Elon’s season also includes a 42-7 win over Glenville State, a 38-0 win at Davidson and a 31-10 loss at Rhode Island. The Phoenix have scored 180 points and allowed 106 points.
Wofford’s Drumm has passed for 304 yards in each of his past two games. Elon’s Guttman has passed for 192, 179 and 142 yards in his past three games. McDowell-Moore rushed for 273 yards in the most recent game. The Terriers and Phoenix will meet in a game between NCAA Football Championship Division programs.
Rhodes Stadium will host the matchup Saturday. After this game, Wofford is set to host Virginia Military Institute before playing at Samford, Western Carolina, East Tennessee State and Ole Miss. Elon is scheduled to visit Stanford before traveling to North Carolina A&T and hosting Hampton, Campbell and Towson.
Interstat’s game simulator projects Elon 35, Wofford 24. Wofford has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of +4. The over/under for the game is 46.5.