2017 West Florida Argonauts football team

The 2017 West Florida Argonauts football team represented the University of West Florida in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by second-year head coach Pete Shinnick. The Argonauts played their home games at Blue Wahoos Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.

2017 West Florida Argonauts football
ConferenceGulf South Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
2017 record11–4 (5–3 GSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJammie Deese (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDarian Dulin (1st season)
Home stadiumBlue Wahoos Stadium
(Capacity: 5,038)
2017 Gulf South Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 12 West Alabama $^  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 2 West Florida ^  5 –3     11 –4  
No. 21 Delta State ^  5 –3     9 –4  
No. 19 West Georgia ^  5 –3     9 –4  
Valdosta State  5 –3     5 –4  
North Alabama  5 –3     5 –5  
Florida Tech  3 –5     5 –6  
Mississippi College  1 –7     1 –9  
Shorter  0 –8     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AFCA Poll

Schedule

West Florida announced its 2017 football schedule on February 1, 2017. The schedule consists of 6 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Argonauts will host GSC foes Delta State, Mississippi College, North Alabama, and Valdosta State, and will travel to Shorter, West Alabama, West Florida, and West Georgia.[1]

The Argonauts will host two of the three non-conference game against Chowan of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Midwestern State of the Lone Star Conference and will travel to Missouri S&T of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.mat Missouri S&T*
W 20–162,000
September 96:00 p.m. No. 16 Midwestern State*
Cancelled[a]
September 166:00 p.m.Chowan*
  • Blue Wahoos Stadium
  • Pensacola, FL
BLAB TVW 51-234,554
September 236:00 p.m.Valdosta State
  • Blue Wahoos Stadium
  • Pensacola, FL
BLAB TVL 19-305,416
September 307:00 p.m.at Florida Tech
ESPN3W 23-213,422
October 66:00 p.m.Mississippi College
  • Blue Wahoos Stadium
  • Pensacola, FL
BLAB TVW 28-144,976
October 144:00 p.m.No. 21 Delta State
  • Blue Wahoos Stadium
  • Pensacola, FL
BLAB TVL 25-285,458
October 211:00 p.m.at Shorter
W 42-291,075
October 284:00 p.m.at No. 25 West Alabama
ESPN3L 18-356,999
November 44:00 p.m.North Alabama
  • Blue Wahoos Stadium
  • Pensacola, FL
ESPN3W 30-75,590
November 112:00 p.m.at No. 24 West Georgia
W 34-294,217
November 1812:00 p.m.at No. 16 Wingate*
ESPN3W 31-01,567
November 251:00 p.m.at West Georgia
BLAB TVW 17-141,993
December 212:00 p.m.at No. 17 West Alabama
W 28-216,105
December 912:00 p.m.at No. 3 IUP*
ESPN3W 27-172,509
December 166:00 p.m.vs. No. 8 Texas A&M-Commerce*
ESPN2L 27-374,259
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
^[a] The game between Midwestern State and West Florida was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irma.[2]

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 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR NR RV 2

References
  1. "UWF Announces 2017 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of West Florida Department of Athletics. February 1, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  2. "UWF Cancels All Home Athletic Events This Weekend" (Press release). University of West Florida Department of Athletics. September 7, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
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