American college football season
The 2019 West Florida Argonauts football team represented the University of West Florida as a member of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) during the 2019 NCAA Division II football season . They were led by fourth-year head coach Pete Shinnick . The Argonauts played their home games at Blue Wahoos Stadium . The Argonauts won the 2019 NCAA Division II Football Championship by defeating Minnesota State , 48–40 in the 2019 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game .[ 1]
Preseason
Gulf South Conference coaches poll
On August 1, 2019, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Argonauts predicted to finish in 4th place in the conference.[ 2]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Valdosta State
64 (8)
2
West Georgia
55
3
West Alabama
49
4 West Florida 44 (1)
5
Florida Tech
37
6
Delta State
28
7
North Greenville
24
8
Mississippi College
15
9
Shorter
8
Preseason All-Gulf South Conference Team
The Argonauts had three players at two positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[ 3]
Offense
Samuel Antoine – OT
Defense
Trent Archie – LB
Andre Duncombe Jr. – LB
Special teams
No players were selected
Schedule
West Florida 2019 football schedule consists of five home and five away games in the regular season. The Argonauts will host GSC foes Delta State , Mississippi College , North Greenville , and West Alabama , and will travel to Florida Tech , Shorter , Valdosta State , and West Georgia .[ 4]
The Argonauts will host one of the two non-conference games against Virginia-Lynchburg and will travel to Carson–Newman from the South Atlantic Conference (SAC).
Two of the ten games will be broadcast on ESPN3 and ESPN+ , as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[ 5]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 5 6:00 p.m. at Carson–Newman * YouTube L 13–204,027 September 14 12:00 p.m. at Shorter ESPN3 W 42–141,177 September 21 6:00 p.m. Virginia–Lynchburg * YurView Sports W 69–04,847 September 28 6:00 p.m. Mississippi College Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola, FL YurView Sports W 27–21 OT 4,909 October 5 6:00 p.m. Delta State Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola, FL YurView Sports W 48–36,088 October 19 1:00 p.m. at West Georgia No. 24 W 30–21,092 October 26 12:00 p.m. at Florida Tech No. 20 ESPN+ W 38–142,215 November 2 4:00 p.m. North Greenville No. 20 Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola, FL YurView Sports W 17–145,042 November 9 6:00 p.m. at No. 1 Valdosta State No. 20 ESPN3 L 21–266,002 November 16 4:00 p.m. West Alabama No. 22 Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola, FL YurView Sports W 48–375,619 November 23 12:00 p.m. at No. 16 Wingate * No. 20 ESPN3 W 38–171,050 November 30 12:00 p.m. at No. 1 Valdosta State* No. 20 Bazemore–Hyder Stadium Valdosta, GA (NCAA Division II Second Round) W 38–354,261 December 7 12:00 p.m. at No. 6 Lenoir–Rhyne * No. 20 Bears Sports Network W 43–384,756 December 14 2:30 p.m. at No. 2 Ferris State * No. 20 ESPN3 W 28–143,162 December 21 2:00 p.m. vs. No. 4 Minnesota State * No. 20 ESPNU W 48–403,417 *Non-conference game Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
[ 4]
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final AFCA RV — RV RV RV 25 24 20 20 20 22 20 1
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