2018 West Florida Argonauts football team

The 2018 West Florida Argonauts football team will represent the University of West Florida in the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They will be led by third-year head coach Pete Shinnick. The Argonauts will play their home games at Blue Wahoos Stadium and are members of the Gulf South Conference.

2018 West Florida Argonauts football
ConferenceGulf South Conference
2018 record6–5 (4–4 GSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJammie Deese (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorDarian Dulin (2nd season)
Home stadiumBlue Wahoos Stadium
(Capacity: 5,038)
2018 Gulf South Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 Valdosta State $^  8 –0     14 –0  
No. 16 West Georgia ^  7 –1     10 –2  
Florida Tech ^  5 –3     8 –4  
West Alabama ^  5 –3     8 –4  
West Florida  4 –4     6 –5  
North Greenville  3 –4     4 –6  
Delta State  2 –6     2 –8  
Mississippi College  1 –6     3 –7  
Shorter  0 –8     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll

Schedule

West Florida 2018 football schedule consists of five home and six away games in the regular season. The Argonauts will host GSC foes Florida Tech, Shorter, Valdosta State, and West Georgia, and will travel to Delta State, Mississippi College, North Greenville, and West Alabama.[1]

The Argonauts will host one of the three non-conference games against Carson–Newman from the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) and will travel to Midwestern State from the Lone Star Conference and North Alabama, which is a FCS Independent team.

Two of the eleven games will be broadcast on ESPN3, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[2]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.No. 22 Carson–Newman*No. 2
BLAB TVW 19–95,673
September 86:00 p.m.at No. 10 Midwestern State*No. 2
L 17-388,258
September 156:00 p.m.ShorterNo. 13
  • Blue Wahoos Stadium
  • Pensacola, FL
BLAB TVW 51-75,479
September 227:00 p.m.at Mississippi CollegeNo. 10
ESPN3W 34-213,347
September 296:00 p.m.at Delta StateNo. 11
W 30-215,678
October 66:00 p.m.at North Alabama*No. 11
Lion VisionW 24-196,811
October 136:00 p.m.No. 4 West GeorgiaNo. 10
  • Blue Wahoos Stadium
  • Pensacola, FL
ESPN3L 7-276,838
October 204:00 p.m.Florida TechNo. 17
  • Blue Wahoos Stadium
  • Pensacola, FL
BLAB TVL 28-305,191
October 2712:00 p.m.at North Greenville
BLAB TVW 26-102,687
November 32:00 p.m. No. 7 Valdosta State
  • Blue Wahoos Stadium
  • Pensacola, FL
ESPN3L 21-485,893
November 102:00 p.m.West Alabama
L 7-454,303
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
Schedule Source:[3]

Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final 
AFCA 2 2 (6) 13 10 11 11 10 17 RV NR NR NR NR

Game summaries

Carson-Newman
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 9 0 0 9
Argonauts 6 0 7 6 19

at Midwestern State
1 2 3 4 Total
Argonauts 7 7 0 3 17
Mustangs 0 3 14 21 38

Shorter
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 0 0 7 7
Argonauts 20 17 14 0 51

at Mississippi College
1 2 3 4 Total
Argonauts 3 7 14 10 34
Choctaws 0 0 14 7 21

at Delta State
1 2 3 4 Total
Argonauts 3 3 10 14 30
Statesmen 7 14 0 0 21

at North Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
Argonauts 3 7 7 7 24
Lions 7 3 3 6 19

West Georgia
1 2 3 4 Total
Wolves 3 10 7 7 27
Argonauts 0 7 0 0 7

Florida Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 3 7 10 10 30
Argonauts 14 7 0 7 28

at North Greenville
1 2 3 4 Total
Argonauts 7 6 13 0 26
Crusaders 0 3 0 7 10

Valdosta State
1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 14 3 7 24 48
Argonauts 0 14 7 0 21

at West Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
Argonauts 7 0 0 0 7
Tigers 16 13 9 7 45

References
  1. "UWF Unveils 2018 Schedule" (Press release). University of West Florida Department of Athletics. February 8, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  2. "GSC Announces 2018 Football Game of the Week Schedule". Gulf South Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  3. "2018 West Alabama Argonauts Football Schedule". University of West Florida Department of Athletics. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
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