The 2021 West Florida Argonauts football team represented the University of West Florida as a member of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) during the 2021 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Pete Shinnick. The Argonauts played their home games at Admiral Fetterman Field in Pensacola, Florida.

Previous season

The Argonauts finished the 2019 season 13–2, 7–1 in Gulf South Conference (GSC) play, to finish second in the conference standings. The 2019 team, won the 2019 NCAA Division II Football Championship by defeating Minnesota State, 48–40 in the 2019 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game.^[1]

On August 12, 2020, Gulf South Conference postponed fall competition in 2020 for several sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] A few months later in November, the conference announced that there would be no spring conference competition in football.^[3] Teams that opted-in to compete would have to schedule on their own. The Argonauts did not compete in the 2020 season and opted out of spring competition.

Schedule

West Florida announced their 2021 football schedule on March 24, 2021.^[4]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	12:00 p.m.	at McNeese State*	No. 1	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA	ESPN+	W 42–36	8,665
September 11	6:00 p.m.	Southwest Baptist*	No. 1	Pen Air Field Pensacola, FL	FloSports	W 63–14	5,463
September 18	6:00 p.m.	at No. 21 Texas A&M–Commerce*	No. 1	Memorial Stadium Commerce, TX		W 35–17	8,269
September 25	6:00 p.m.	Fort Lauderdale*	No. 1	Admiral Fetterman Field Pensacola, FL	FloSports	Cancelled[1]
October 2	6:00 p.m.	at Delta State	No. 1	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS	FloSports	W 39–33	4,657
October 9	6:00 p.m.	at North Greenville	No. 1	Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC	FloSports	W 52–10	2,134
October 16	4:00 p.m.	No. 12 West Georgia	No. 1	Admiral Fetterman Field Pensacola, FL	FloSports	L 26–30	7,053
October 23	4:00 p.m.	Shorter	No. 6	Admiral Fetterman Field Pensacola, FL	FloSports	W 45–23	5,040
October 30	6:00 p.m.	at Mississippi College	No. 5	Robinson-Hale Stadium Clinton, MS	FloSports	W 63–28	4,238
November 6	1:00 p.m.	at No. 23 West Alabama	No. 4	Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL	FloSports	W 47–7	1,633
November 13	4:00 p.m.	No. 2 Valdosta State	No. 3	Admiral Fetterman Field Pensacola, FL	FloSports	W 61–42	7,193
November 20	1:00 p.m.	Newberry*	No. 2	Admiral Fetterman Field Pensacola, FL (NCAA Division II First Round)	UWF Sports Network	L 30–33	4,086
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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