The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon).

The team plays its home games at the 13,000 seat Gibbs Stadium in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

That season, Wofford and Furman played the first intercollegiate football game in South Carolina.

Wofford's best finish since moving from Division II was a trip to the National Semi-finals at Delaware in 2003, where they fell 24–9.

Mike Ayers, Wofford's winningest and most honored coach who served as head coach for thirty years, retired following the 2017 season, when Wofford made it to the national quarterfinals and finished #8 in the national polls.