SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- FCS 21st-ranked  Wofford scored 24 unanswered points to down 7th-ranked Furman, 24-7, in Southern Conference action Saturday afternoon at Gibbs Stadium.
 
With the loss, which halted a six-game Southern Conference road streak for Furman (7-4, 6-2), the Paladins fell to second place in the league with only next Saturday's non-conference home game remaining on the regular season schedule. 

The win, coupled with Chattanooga's 34-33 home victory over The Citadel, gave Wofford (7-3, 6-1 SoCon) the league championship and SoCon's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs, which get underway on Nov. 30.  The Terriers can claim the outright title next Saturday with road victory over The Citadel in Charleston.

The Terriers made two fourth down stops inside the three-yard line in the second half and held the Paladins to just 265 yards of total offense in claiming their seventh straight win over Furman in Spartanburg.

After Wayne Anderson, Jr. raced 63 yards to give the Paladins a 7-0 lead on their opening drive, Wofford took the lead with a pair of Joe Newman touchdown runs to carry a 14-7 advantage into the halftime break.
 
Wofford marched 76 yards on its opening drive of the second half to stretch its advantage to 21-7 on Blake Morgan's 29-yard burst with 10:03 left in the quarter.

Furman answered by driving 71 yards on the ensuing drive but was turned away at the two-yard line.

 The Terriers added a fourth quarter field goal and stopped the Paladins at the one yard line on a fourth-and-goal situation with under one minute remaining for the final 24-7 margin.

Devin Wynn rushed 15 times for 56 yards to become Furman's first 1,000-yard rusher since 2013.  The Greensboro, Ga., native has 1,038 yards in 11 games.
 
Furman concludes the regular season with a 1 p.m. kickoff next Saturday at Paladin Stadium versus Point University.