Wofford routs The Citadel 42-14
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How it swung
Before kickoff, our ratings gave Wofford a 60% chance, and the closing betting line (Wofford was a 7.5-point favorite) put it at 73%.
Wofford 42-14 The Citadel
Wofford wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.The Citadel 14-42 WoffordThe Citadel lostMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
How to read this chart
Starts from the pregame line (Wofford -7.5), at 80% for Wofford (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores.Every drive
Wofford scored on 5 of its 10 drives; The Citadel on 2 of its 10.
Wofford’s drives are teal, The Citadel’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.
Box score
Wofford 42, The Citadel 14
Wofford covered −7.5 by 20.5. The total, 56, went over 45.5.
The Citadel leaders
- Passing Quentin Hayes 12 of 20, 88 yds, 1 INT
- Rushing Quentin Hayes 18 for 91 yds; Gavin Garcia 15 for 68 yds
- Receiving Damir Abdullah 3 for 32 yds; Ismael Zamor 3 for 26 yds
Wofford leaders
- Passing JT Fayard 18 of 26, 176 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
- Rushing Gerald Modest 19 for 105 yds, 2 TD; Isaiah Nell 6 for 37 yds
- Receiving Gerald Modest 4 for 39 yds; Colby Alexander 4 for 35 yds, 2 TD
Before kickoff
Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.
Recent games
Last three games · 2025 season
The Citadel · 4-8
Rated 203rd in our preseason ratings.
L 26-28 @ East Tennessee State #131 of 667
lost by 2 as an 11.5-point underdog
L 14-16 vs Wofford #158 of 667
lost by 2 as a 3.5-point underdog
L 0-49 @ Ole MissTop 25 #4 of 667
lost by 49 as a 52.5-point underdog
W 35-24 vs VMI #263 of 667
won by 11 as a 14-point favorite
L 14-24 @ Furman #206 of 667
lost by 10 as a 2.5-point underdog
L 38-45 vs Western Carolina #146 of 667
W 38-14 vs Valdosta State #311 of 667
W 28-10 @ Chattanooga #207 of 667
won by 18 as a 15.5-point underdog
L 0-38 vs Mercer #142 of 667
lost by 38 as a 2.5-point underdog
L 13-23 @ Gardner-Webb #173 of 667
lost by 10 as a 3.5-point underdog
W 40-13 @ Samford #192 of 667
won by 27 as a 2.5-point underdog
L 0-38 vs North Dakota State #147 of 667
Last three games · 2025 season
Wofford · 6-6
Rated 196th in our preseason ratings.
W 35-13 vs Chattanooga #207 of 667
won by 22 as a 4.5-point favorite
W 16-14 @ The Citadel #213 of 667
won by 2 as a 3.5-point favorite
W 52-10 @ VMI #269 of 667
won by 42 as an 11-point favorite
W 26-16 vs Samford #243 of 667
won by 10 as a 12.5-point favorite
L 10-14 @ East Tennessee State #156 of 667
lost by 4 as a 9-point underdog
W 31-13 vs Furman #207 of 667
won by 18 as a 2.5-point favorite
W 31-14 vs Norfolk State #253 of 667
won by 17 as a 7.5-point favorite
L 21-23 vs Western Carolina #180 of 667
lost by 2 as a 10.5-point underdog
L 6-38 @ Virginia Tech #72 of 667
lost by 32 as a 34.5-point underdog
L 21-22 @ Mercer #157 of 667
lost by 1 as a 10.5-point underdog
L 10-14 vs Richmond #172 of 667
lost by 4 as a 6.5-point underdog
L 15-16 @ South Carolina State #166 of 667
lost by 1 as a 9.5-point underdog
The series
The Citadel leads the series 29-25
54 meetings since 1916 · Wofford won the last meeting
- 2025Wofford 16-14
- 2024The Citadel 30-17
- 2023Wofford 11-3
- 2022Wofford 31-16
- 2021The Citadel 45-44
Line, fans and home field
The betting line, and the fans
Our model and the betting line don’t fully agree on Wofford’s chances here.
Wofford favored by 7.5 · Total 45.5
How games like this usually go
Wofford by 7.5, and it went to form
Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game
The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 385 games since 2025 with a favorite of 7.5 to 14.5 points.
The market
The spread moved 1 point toward The Citadel.
Spread: −8.5 → −7.5
The books’ cut: 5.3%, the margin built into the odds
Home field
Wofford is worth +4.4 points (±6.9) more at home than on the road since 2018 — middle of FBS, 57th percentile.
0% at home, 0% on the road against FBS opponents (0-2 home, 0-10 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +0.7 at home vs. away over 53 games — inside the ±7.0 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 188 miles to get here.