West Florida Argonauts
2024 West Florida Argonauts football team
First season2016
Athletic directorDave Scott
Head coachKaleb Nobles
1st season, 8–4 (.667)
StadiumPen Air Field
LocationPensacola, Florida
NCAA divisionDivision II
ConferenceGulf South Conference
All-time record60–22 (.732)
Playoff appearances4 (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022)
Playoff record12–3
Claimed national titles1 (2019)
National finalist1 (2017)
Conference titles2 (2021, 2022)
RivalriesFlorida Tech
ColorsRoyal blue and Kelly green[1]
   
MascotArgie the Argonaut
WebsiteGoArgos.com
For information on all University of West Florida sports, see West Florida Argonauts

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.

Facilities

Pen 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

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
Totals 77 56 21 0 .727 46 31 15 0 .674

References

  1. ^ University of West Florida Art Sheet (PDF). December 14, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Newby, Jake (September 9, 2021). "UWF's historic first on-campus football game..." Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Popowski, Aspen (February 28, 2022). "UWF football games move to Pen Air Field". WKRG-TV. Retrieved July 25, 2022.

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