2016 West Florida Argonauts football team

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2016 West Florida Argonauts football
Conference Gulf South Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 GSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Jammie Deese (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorCory Sanders (1st season)
Home stadium Blue Wahoos Stadium
Seasons
2017  
2016 Gulf South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • † – Delta State's record is officially listed as 2–8 (1–7) due to the use of ineligible players in two wins, but the opponents are not credited with wins.
Rankings from AFCA Poll

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.

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.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 312:00 p.mat Ave Maria *
W 45–0760
September 106:00 p.m. Missouri S&T * BLAB TV W 45–286,288
September 176:00 p.m.at Chowan *L 28–352,374
September 246:00 p.m.at Valdosta State L 28–406,810
October 16:00 p.m.No. 16 Florida Tech
  • Blue Wahoos Stadium
  • Pensacola, FL
ASN W 42–396,588
October 82:00 p.m.at Mississippi College ESPN3 W 42–282,468
October 152:00 p.m.at Delta State L 51–557,002
October 2212:00 p.m. Shorter Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Blue Wahoos Stadium
  • Pensacola, FL
ESPN3W 36–06,588
October 2912:00 p.m. West Alabama
  • Blue Wahoos Stadium
  • Pensacola, FL
BLAB TVL 21–456,088
November 51:30 p.m.at No. 7 North Alabama L 3–5110,489
November 1212:00 p.m. West Georgia
  • Blue Wahoos Stadium
  • Pensacola, FL
BLAB TVL 0–696,088
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

  1. "WF football releases inaugural 2016 schedule" (Press release). University of West Florida Department of Athletics. August 10, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2016.