The 2017 West Florida Argonauts football team represented the

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in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by second-year head coach

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. The Argonauts played their home games at Blue Wahoos Stadium and were members of the

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Schedule

West Florida announced its 2017 football schedule on February 1, 2017. The schedule consists of 6 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Argonauts will host GSC foes Delta State,

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, and

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, and will travel to Shorter, West Alabama,

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, and West Georgia. The Argonauts will host two of the three non-conference game against Chowan of the

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and Midwestern State of the

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and will travel to Missouri S&T of the

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. :The game between Midwestern State and West Florida was cancelled in advance of the arrival of

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Rankings

References

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West Florida Argonauts football : ''For information on all University of West Florida sports, see West Florida Argonauts'' The West Florida Argonauts football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of West Florida located in the U.S. state of ...