2016 West Florida Argonauts football team
The 2016 West Florida Argonauts football team represented the University of West Florida in the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Pete Shinnick, who was in his first season at West Florida for the team's inaugural season. The Argonauts played their home games at Blue Wahoos Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference. They finished the season with a record of 5 wins and 6 losses (5–6 overall, 3–5 in the GSC), defeating one top 25 ranked team and were not invited in the 2016 playoffs.
| 2016 West Florida Argonauts football | |
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| Conference | Gulf South Conference |
| 2016 record | 5–6 (3–5 GSC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Jammie Deese (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Cory Sanders (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Blue Wahoos Stadium (Capacity: 5,038) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 North Alabama $^ | 7 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Valdosta State ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Alabama | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Tech ^ | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Georgia | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Florida | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delta State † | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi College | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shorter | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
West Florida announced its 2016 football schedule on August 10, 2015. The schedule consists of 5 home and 6 away games in the regular season. The Panthers will host GSC foes Shorter, West Alabama, West Florida, and West Georgia, and will travel to Delta State, Mississippi College, North Alabama, and Valdosta State.[1]
The Argonauts will host only one non-conference game against Missouri S&T of the Great Lakes Valley Conference and travel to two against Ave Maria of the Sun Conference and Chowan of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 3 | 12:00 p.m | at Ave Maria* |
| W 45–0 | 760 | |
| September 10 | 6:00 p.m. | Missouri S&T* | BLAB TV | W 45–28 | 6,288 | |
| September 17 | 6:00 p.m. | at Chowan* | L 28–35 | 2,374 | ||
| September 24 | 6:00 p.m. | at Valdosta State | L 28–40 | 6,810 | ||
| October 1 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 16 Florida Tech |
| ASN | W 42–39 | 6,588 |
| October 8 | 2:00 p.m. | at Mississippi College |
| ESPN3 | W 42–28 | 2,468 |
| October 15 | 2:00 p.m. | at Delta State | L 51–55 | 7,002 | ||
| October 22 | 12:00 p.m. | Shorter |
| ESPN3 | W 36–0 | 6,588 |
| October 29 | 12:00 p.m. | West Alabama |
| BLAB TV | L 21–45 | 6,088 |
| November 5 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 7 North Alabama | L 3–51 | 10,489 | ||
| November 12 | 12:00 p.m. | West Georgia |
| BLAB TV | L 0–69 | 6,088 |
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References
- "WF football releases inaugural 2016 schedule" (Press release). University of West Florida Department of Athletics. August 10, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2016.