The West Florida Argonauts football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of West Florida located in the U.S. state of Florida. The team competes in the NCAA Division II and are members of the Gulf South Conference. West Florida's first football team was fielded in 2016. The team plays its home games at Pen Air Field in Pensacola, Florida. The Argonauts are coached by Kaleb Nobles.
| West Florida Argonauts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| First season | 2016; 8 years ago | ||
| Athletic director | Dave Scott | ||
| Head coach | Kaleb Nobles 1st season, 8–4 (.667) | ||
| Stadium | Pen Air Field | ||
| Location | Pensacola, Florida, U.S. | ||
| NCAA division | Division II | ||
| Conference | Gulf South Conference | ||
| All-time record | 64–25 (.719) | ||
| Playoff appearances | 5 (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) | ||
| Playoff record | 12–4 | ||
| Claimed national titles | 1 (2019) | ||
| National finalist | 1 (2017) | ||
| Conference titles | 2 (2021, 2022) | ||
| Rivalries | Valdosta State Blazers | ||
| Colors | Royal blue and Kelly green[1] | ||
| Mascot | Argie the Argonaut | ||
| Website | GoArgos.com | ||
Facilities
editPen Air Field is a stadium located on the campus of the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida and the home of the West Florida Argonauts football program. The field was built in February 2016 and was used mainly for practices for the football team.[2] For the first six years of the program's history, the home games were played at Blue Wahoos Stadium until there was a scheduling conflict with one game in 2021 with Pensacola Blue Wahoos.[2][3] On February 28, 2022, the university announced that they moved all the home games for the 2022 season to Pen Air Field, in hope to also increase student attendance.[4]
The first game held at Pen Air Field was on September 11, 2021, against Southwest Baptist, where the Argonauts defeated the Bearcats, 63–14. The attendance to the game was 5,463. The university installed portable bleachers, video board, play clocks and fans around the field.[3]
Year-by-year results
edit| NCAA Division I champions | NCAA Division II champions | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Bowl Eligible | Undefeated Season |
| Year | NCAA Division | Conference | Overall | Conference | Coach | Final Ranking (AFCA) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Win | Loss | Tie | Pct. | Games | Win | Loss | Tie | Pct. | Standing | |||||
| 2016 | NCAA Division II | Gulf South | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | T–6th | Pete Shinnick | - |
| 2017 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .733 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | T–2nd | 2 | |||
| 2018 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 5th | - | |||
| 2019 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2nd | 1 | |||
| 2021 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | T–1st | 12 | |||
| 2022 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | T–1st | 4 | |||
| 2023 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 3rd | Kaleb Nobles | 23 | ||
| Totals | 89 | 64 | 25 | 0 | .719 | 54 | 37 | 17 | 0 | .685 | |||||
References
edit- ^ University of West Florida Art Sheet (PDF). December 14, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
- ^ a b Newby, Jake (September 9, 2021). "UWF's historic first on-campus football game..." Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ^ a b Vilona, Bill (September 11, 2021). "University of West Florida football game on campus may be annual event". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ^ Popowski, Aspen (February 28, 2022). "UWF football games move to Pen Air Field". WKRG-TV. Retrieved July 25, 2022.