2021 West Georgia Wolves football team

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2021 West Georgia Wolves football
West Georgia Wolves logo.svg
Conference Gulf South Conference
Ranking
AFCANo. 13
Record9–3 (5–2 GSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGraham Craig (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorNate Masters (2nd season)
Home stadium University Stadium
Seasons
←  2019
2022  →
2021 Gulf South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Valdosta State +^  6 –1   12 –2  
No. 12 West Florida +^  6 –1   9 –2  
No. 13 West Georgia ^  5 –2   9 –3  
West Alabama  4 –3   6 –4  
Delta State  3 –4   5 –6  
Mississippi College  2 –5   4 –6  
North Greenville  2 –5   5 –6  
Shorter  0 –7   3 –8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2021 West Georgia Wolves football team represented the University of West Georgia as a member of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) during the 2021 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach David Dean. The Wolves played their home games at University Stadium in Carrollton, Georgia.

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Previous season

The Wolves finished the 2019 season 6–5, 4–4 in Gulf South Conference (GSC) play, to finish fourth in the conference standings. On August 12, 2020, Gulf South Conference postponed fall competition in 2020 for several sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] A few months later in November, the conference announced that there will be no spring conference competition in football. [2] Teams that opt-in to compete would have to schedule on their own. The Wolves did not compete in the 2020 season and opted out of spring competition.

Schedule

West Georgia announced their 2021 football schedule on May 3, 2021. [3]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.m.at No. 24 Carson–Newman *
W 45–72,116
September 116:00 p.m. Morehouse *No. 24
W 47–03,510
September 186:00 p.m.No. 22 Delta State No. 18
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
 FloSports W 27–261,005
September 251:00 p.m.at Shorter No. 14
FloSportsW 56–01,172
October 26:00 p.m.No. 15 West Alabama No. 9
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
FloSportsL 20–382,217
October 93:00 p.m.at Mississippi College No. 13
FloSportsW 40–213,278
October 165:00 p.m.at No. 1 West Florida No. 12
FloSportsW 30–267,053
October 236:00 p.m. North Greenville Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 4
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
FloSportsW 34–122,475
October 307:00 p.m.at No. 2 Valdosta State No. 3
FloSportsL 34–366,102
November 131:00 p.m.Delta State *No. 11
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
FloSportsW 44–71,518
November 201:00 p.m.at No. 16 Albany State *No. 13
W 23–73,451
November 271:00 p.m.at No. 5 Valdosta State*No. 13
L 35–662,087
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011Final
AFCA RV241814913124312111313

Notes

1. ^ West Georgia's game against Delta State on November 13, 2021, is a non-conference game despite both teams being GSC members, to balance the effect on each team's schedule of Florida Tech cancelling its football program.

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References

  1. ↑ "UWG postpones fall sports". Newnan Times-Herald. August 12, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  2. ↑ "GSC Announces 2020-21 Basketball Schedule; Updates Status of Football, Soccer, and Volleyball". Gulf South Conference. November 17, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  3. ↑ "UWG Releases 2021 Football Schedule". University of West Georgia, Department of Athletics. May 3, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.


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