ELON, N.C. – Set to make its second-straight appearance in the FCS Playoffs, 17th-ranked Elon University football will take on No. 12 Wofford in the first round of the tournament on Saturday, Nov. 24, at 2 p.m. on ESPN3. The matchup is the first between the two teams since Elon met Wofford on Oct. 12, 2013, at Gibbs Stadium. 

Fans can watch the game live on ESPN3 with Jonathan Yardley and Stan Lewter on the call. Phoenix fans can also listen to the game exclusively through Phoenix All-Access and on the TuneIn app. Taylor Durham will have the call for the game. Links to listen live can be found by visiting elonphoenix.com/Live. Pregame coverage of Elon-Wofford is set to start at 1:00 p.m.

SATURDAY'S GAME IS...
-...the third Division I playoff game in Elon football history.
-...the 977th in program history.
-...the 226th as a FCS program.
-...the 38th all-time between Elon and Wofford.

AN ELON WIN WOULD BE...
-...Elon's 509th in program history.
-...Elon's 97th as a FCS program. 
-...Elon's first Division I playoff victory.
-...Elon's 12th all-time over Wofford. 
-...Elon's first over Wofford since Oct. 31, 2009.
-...Curt Cignetti's 15th at Elon and 68th as head coach.

TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets to the game will be on sale through Wofford's ticket office. Please visit woffordterriers.com for more information about purchasing tickets.

JOIN THE PHOENIX CLUB BEFORE KICKOFF!
-Before the game, the Phoenix Club is hosting a social just outside Gibbs Stadium with food and beverages near the visiting entrance and Parking Lot G.
-To register for the event, click here.
-Registration does not include a ticket to the game. To purchase tickets, visit woffordterriers.com. 

SERIES HISTORY
-Elon and Wofford will meet Saturday for the 38th time going all the way back to 1921. Overall, Wofford leads the series 26-11 but the two teams have split the last four meetings at Gibbs Stadium going back to the 2007 season.
-In that stretch, Elon's two wins came in 2007 and 2009 with a 24-13 win in 2007 and a 34-9 victory in 2009.
-Last time the two met overall was in 2013 when Elon fell 31-27 on the road to the Terriers.

NATIONAL RANKINGS
-Elon is ranked No. 17 in both national polls this week.
-Elon has now been ranked for 20 consecutive games going back to Sept. 30, 2017, when Elon hosted Albany at Rhodes Stadium.

LAST TIME OUT
-Looking to create a tie at the top of the CAA standings, Elon put together a comeback attempt but fell short in a 27-26 loss on the road to CAA regular-season champion Maine.
-Elon trailed 27-13 in the third quarter before scoring the game's final 13 points.
-Daniel Thompson came on in relief at quarterback and threw for 250 yards and a touchdown. He hit Cole Taylor six times for 115 yards and a score.

ELON IN THE PLAYOFFS
-In its first two Division I playoff appearances, Elon fell by a combined four points on the road at No. 4 Richmond 16-13 and lost 28-27 at home last year to No. 22 Furman.
-While it's the third D-I appearance, Elon is no stranger to postseason play. It won back-to-back NAIA National Championships in 1980 and 1981. It also reached postseason action in 1973, 1974, 1976 and 1978.

CIGNETTI IN THE PLAYOFFS
-This marks the fifth time Curt Cignetti has led a team to playoff football in his eight seasons as a head coach. He took his IUP teams to the Division II playoffs in 2012, 2015 and 2016 while guiding Elon to the playoffs in 2017.
-The best showing a Cignetti team has had was a quarterfinal appearance in 2012 with IUP. 

ROAD WARRIORS
-In each of Elon's last 10 road games, it has trailed at some point in the second half. In those 10 games, Elon has won six of them. 
-Over the course of the last three seasons, Elon has defeated a Top 10 program on the road in each campaign by beating No. 8 William & Mary 27-10 in 2016, No. 6 Richmond 36-33 in 2017 and No. 2 James Madison 27-24 this year. 

CAA WEEKLY HONORS
Offensive Player of the Week
    -Malcolm Summers | Oct. 8
    -Jaylan Thomas | Nov. 5
Defensive Player of the Week
    -McAllister Ingram | Sept. 10
    -Marcus Willoughby | Oct. 1
    -Warren Messer | Nov. 5
Rookie of the Week
    -Zack Monson | Oct. 8
    -Jaylan Thomas | Oct. 22

CAA POSTSEASON HONORS
CAA Offensive Rookie of the Year
    -Jaylan Thomas
First Team All-CAA
    -Oli Udoh, Offensive Line
    -CJ Toogood, Offensive Line
    -Warren Messer, Linebacker
Second Team All-CAA Football
    -Greg Liggs, Jr., Defensive Back 
Third Team All-CAA Football
    -Malcolm Summers, Running Back
    -Matt Baker, Linebacker
    -Tyler Campbell, Defensive Back
    -Marcus Willoughby, Defensive Line
-The nine honorees mark the most since Elon had nine honored after the 2009 season when it was a member of the Southern Conference. 

HEAD COACH CURT CIGNETTI
-Elon is under the leadership of Curt Cignetti who was named the program's 22nd head football coach on Dec. 31, 2016.
-The assistant coach/recruiting coordinator on Nick Saban's undefeated 2009 National Championship team at Alabama, Cignetti previously spent six seasons as the head coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, amassing a record of 53-17.
-Cignetti is the sixth man to guide the Phoenix since the program moved to Division I play for the 1999 season.

THE FAMILY BUSINESS
-Elon's second-year head coach Curt Cignetti grew up around football. His father Frank compiled a career 199-77-1 record as a collegiate head coach at West Virginia and IUP and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013. His brother, Frank Jr., is currently the quarterbacks coach for the Green Bay Packers.

2019 SEASON
The 2019 football schedule was released Wednesday, Oct. 31. The 11-game schedule features five home games against The Citadel, James Madison, Delaware, William & Mary and Maine.
-Road games in FCS play throughout the year include trips to North Carolina A&T, Richmond, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Towson.
-After starting the season with three FCS games, Elon will close non-conference play with a trip to Winston-Salem, N.C., to battle the ACC's Wake Forest on Sept. 21. 
-For more on the 2019 schedule, click here. 

FOR MORE...
-...information about this week's game, visit the game notes in the information box at the top of the page.

UP NEXT
-Should Elon advance, the Phoenix would move on to face fourth-seeded Kennesaw State on Saturday, Dec. 1. Kick time on ESPN3 would be determined after this weekend's games are decided.