# 2018 West Florida Argonauts football team

The 2018 West Florida Argonauts football team represented the University of West Florida in the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by third-year head coach Pete Shinnick. The Argonauts played their home games at Blue Wahoos Stadium and are members of the Gulf South Conference.

## Schedule

West Florida 2018 football schedule consists of five home and six away games in the regular season. The Argonauts will host GSC foes Florida Tech, Shorter, Valdosta State, and West Georgia, and will travel to Delta State, Mississippi College, North Greenville, and West Alabama.
The Argonauts will host one of the three non-conference games against Carson–Newman from the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) and will travel to Midwestern State from the Lone Star Conference and North Alabama, which is a FCS Independent team.
Two of the eleven games will be broadcast on ESPN3, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 22 Carson–Newman* | No. 2 | Blue Wahoos StadiumPensacola, FL | BLAB TV | W 19–9 | 5,673 |
| September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 10 Midwestern State* | No. 2 | Memorial StadiumWichita Falls, TX | | L 17-38 | 8,258 |
| September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | Shorter | No. 13 | Blue Wahoos StadiumPensacola, FL | BLAB TV | W 51-7 | 5,479 |
| September 22 | 7:00 p.m. | at Mississippi College | No. 10 | Robinson-Hale StadiumClinton, MS | ESPN3 | W 34-21 | 3,347 |
| September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | at Delta State | No. 11 | McCool StadiumCleveland, MS | | W 30-21 | 5,678 |
| October 6 | 6:00 p.m. | at North Alabama* | No. 11 | Braly Municipal StadiumFlorence, AL | Lion Vision | W 24-19 | 6,811 |
| October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 4 West Georgia | No. 10 | Blue Wahoos StadiumPensacola, FL | ESPN3 | L 7-27 | 6,838 |
| October 20 | 4:00 p.m. | Florida Tech | No. 17 | Blue Wahoos StadiumPensacola, FL | BLAB TV | L 28-30 | 5,191 |
| October 27 | 12:00 p.m. | at North Greenville | | Younts StadiumTigerville, SC | BLAB TV | W 26-10 | 2,687 |
| November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 7 Valdosta State | | Blue Wahoos StadiumPensacola, FL | ESPN3 | L 21-48 | 5,893 |
| November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | West Alabama | | Tiger StadiumLivingston, AL | | L 7-45 | 4,303 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time ||||||||
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### Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes ( ) = First-place votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| AFCA | 2 | 2 (6) | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 17 | RV | — | — | — | — |

## Game summaries
### Carson-Newman

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Argonauts | 6 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 19 |

### At Midwestern State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Argonauts | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Mustangs | 0 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 38 |

### Shorter

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Argonauts | 20 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 51 |

### At Mississippi College

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Argonauts | 3 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 34 |
| Choctaws | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |

### At Delta State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Argonauts | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 30 |
| Statesmen | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |

### At North Alabama

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Argonauts | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Lions | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 |

### West Georgia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wolves | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Argonauts | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Florida Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Argonauts | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |

### At North Greenville

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Argonauts | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 26 |
| Crusaders | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |

### Valdosta State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blazers | 14 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 48 |
| Argonauts | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |

### At West Alabama

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Argonauts | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Tigers | 16 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 45 |