2019 West Florida Argonauts football team

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]

2019 West Florida Argonauts football
NCAA Division II champion
NCAA Division II Championship Game, W 48–40 vs. Minnesota State
Conference	Gulf South Conference
Ranking
AFCA	No. 1
Record	13–2 (7–1 GSC)
Head coach	Pete Shinnick (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jammie Deese (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Kaleb Nobles (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Darian Dulin (3rd season)
Home stadium	Blue Wahoos Stadium
Seasons ← 2018 2021 →

2019 Gulf South Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Valdosta State $^		8	–	0					10	–	1
No. 1 West Florida ^		7	–	1					13	–	2
Delta State		5	–	3					6	–	4
West Georgia		4	–	4					6	–	5
Mississippi College		4	–	4					5	–	5
West Alabama		3	–	5					6	–	5
Florida Tech		3	–	5					5	–	6
North Greenville		2	–	6					3	–	7
Shorter		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

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*		Burke–Tarr Stadium Jefferson City, TN	YouTube	L 13–20	4,027
September 14	12:00 p.m.	at Shorter		Barron Stadium Rome, GA	ESPN3	W 42–14	1,177
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Virginia–Lynchburg*		Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola, FL	YurView Sports	W 69–0	4,847
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 48–3	6,088
October 19	1:00 p.m.	at West Georgia	No. 24	University Stadium Carrollton, GA		W 30–2	1,092
October 26	12:00 p.m.	at Florida Tech	No. 20	Florida Tech Panther Stadium Melbourne, FL (Coastal Classic)	ESPN+	W 38–14	2,215
November 2	4:00 p.m.	North Greenville	No. 20	Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola, FL	YurView Sports	W 17–14	5,042
November 9	6:00 p.m.	at No. 1 Valdosta State	No. 20	Bazemore–Hyder Stadium Valdosta, GA	ESPN3	L 21–26	6,002
November 16	4:00 p.m.	West Alabama	No. 22	Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola, FL	YurView Sports	W 48–37	5,619
November 23	12:00 p.m.	at No. 16 Wingate*	No. 20	Irwin Belk Stadium Wingate, NC (NCAA Division II First Round)	ESPN3	W 38–17	1,050
November 30	12:00 p.m.	at No. 1 Valdosta State*	No. 20	Bazemore–Hyder Stadium Valdosta, GA (NCAA Division II Second Round)		W 38–35	4,261
December 7	12:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Lenoir–Rhyne*	No. 20	Moretz Stadium Hickory, NC (NCAA Division II Quarterfinals)	Bears Sports Network	W 43–38	4,756
December 14	2:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Ferris State*	No. 20	Top Taggart Field Big Rapids, MI (NCAA Division II Semifinals)	ESPN3	W 28–14	3,162
December 21	2:00 p.m.	vs. No. 4 Minnesota State*	No. 20	McKinney ISD Stadium McKinney, TX (NCAA Division II Championship Game)	ESPNU	W 48–40	3,417
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	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