* Records: UWF is 5-3 following a 35-18 road loss to West Alabama. North Alabama is 4-4 after a 20-7 win at Delta State.

* Rankings: Neither team is ranked.

THE COACHES
* UWF coach Pete Shinnick was hired as the first coach in program history on Feb. 6, 2014. He has a 113-55 career record in 14-plus years, which includes a 50-24 mark at UNC Pembroke from 2007-13 and 53-22 at Azusa Pacific from 1999-05. He is 0-1 all-time against Delta State.
* North Alabama Coach Chris Willis is in his 16th season with the Lions but his first as the head coach. He took over for the legendary Bobby Wallace following last season's NCAA National Runner-Up campaign. He has been part of 13 NCAA Division II playoff teams and eight GSC titles as a coach. He spent three seasons at Delta State (1999-2001) after graduating from DSU in 1998.

ABOUT UWF
    UWF is 5-3 on the season following last week's road loss to #23 West Alabama in Livingston. The Argonauts are 3-3 in the Gulf South Conference and tied for sixth place with two games remaining in the regular season.
   The Argonauts rank sixth in the GSC in total offense with 344 yards per game and seventh in total defense, allowing an average of 373 per contest. UWF's passing attack is third in the league at 242.6 yards per game, just behind West Georgia at 243.7 and West Alabama at 278.4.
    Redshirt freshman Mike Beaudry has appeared in seven games - with six starts - and thrown for 1,780 yards and 13 touchdowns. He has completed 54 percent of his passes. The Canadian-born signal caller from Oviedo, Fla. has also rushed for 54 yards and two scores.
    Sophomore Chris Schwarz, senior Leroy Wilson and freshman Anthony Johnson, Jr. have led the Argos ground game, which has averaged 101.4 yards per game and collected nine touchdowns. Schwarz has four scores and 385 yards on 104 carries for 48.1 per game. Wilson has 207 yards on the season with 147 coming in the last three contests. His 6.7 yards per rush lead the team and rank second in the GSC. Johnson has 143 yard on 44 carries.
    Reggie Barnes, Marvin Conley and Josh Smiley all have at least 60 tackles and rank in the top 10 in the GSC. Barnes 7.9 stops per game and ranks fifth in the league. Andre Duncombe leads UWF with 5.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage, while John Williamson and Stephen Mathews have three sacks apiece.
 

ABOUT NORTH ALABAMA
    North Alabama makes the trip south to Pensacola with a 4-4 record and a 4-2 mark in the GSC. The Lions have played the toughest schedule in the country, with their opponents holding a .682 winning percentage.
    The Lions average 23.1 points per game and 314.4 yards of total offense - 147 on the ground and 167 through the air.
    Quarterback Rico Bruton has passed for 835 yards since taking over for injured starter Blake Hawkins in the second game of the season. His eight interceptions are tied for the second-most in the conference.
    UNA senior Dre Hall needs one catch against West Florida to break the all-time NCAA Division II record for catches in consecutive games at 45. He has caught at least one pass in every game that he has played at UNA and is in a three-way tie for the current record at 44.
    The UNA defense is among the best in the country, allowing just 17.3 points and 283.9 total yards per game. Both figures are second in the GSC behind West Georgia. The Lions allow 152 passing yards and 131 rushing yards.
    North Alabama's defense has only allowed four passing touchdowns all season and has not allowed a passing TD in its last three games.
 

UWF-NORTH ALABAMA SERIES HISTORY
    A year ago in Florence, seventh-ranked North Alabama cruised past UWF for a 51-3 win at Braly Municipal Stadium.
    UNA scored on the first play from scrimmage – a 63-yard pass from Jacob Tucker to Dre Hall – and defended UWF better than any team had done all season before compiling 528 yards to just 172 for the Argonauts.
    UWF was unable to get its offense going beyond one lone scoring drive where it capped an eight play, 84-yard effort with a Austin Peffers 20-yard field goal. The Argos finished with 119 yards rushing and quarterback Kaleb Nobles was just 11-for-26 for 53 yards passing, while being sacked four times.
    Daviante Sayles, who rushed 10 times for 76 yards, had the game's longest play, breaking off a 58-yard scamper that put the team inside the UNA 10-yard line before Peffers' kick late in the first quarter. Chris Schwarz carried the ball a career-high 17 times for 61 yards for a 3.6 yards per rush average.
    On the kickoff following the UWF field goal, Jaylan Jackson returned it 89 yards for a touchdown. UNA converted six of its first eight third-down opportunities, including scoring runs of 41 and 21 yards to take a 48-3 lead into the locker room.
    Tucker ended the game with 176 yards through the air and 52 yards on the ground, with a passing touchdowns and a pair of rushing touchdowns.

12 ARGOS SUIT UP FOR THE FINAL TIME AT BLUE WAHOOS STADIUM
    Today's game marks the final appearance at Blue Wahoos Stadium for 12 members of the UWF Football program.
    The following student-athletes will be honored prior to the game for their commitment and dedication to the program:

Joe Jean Baptiste    Land O'Lakes, Fla.
Reggie Barnes    Odessa, Fla.
Rakeem Battle    Lake City, Fla.
Quadavis Battle    Brookeville, Fla.
Ronald Bell    Delray Beach, Fla.
Tim Bellinger    Miami, Fla.
Austin Blake-Smith    Fayetteville, Ga.
Mike Charles    Homestead, Fla.
Luke Jackson    Pensacola, Fla.
Josh Marshall    Lawrenceville, Ga.
Blake McCall    Century, Fla.
Austin Peffers    Panama City, Fla.
Jalen Spencer    Pensacola, Fla.
Leroy Wilson    Homestead, Fla.

ARGOS WITH 5 VICTORIES... AGAIN
    UWF enters the North Alabama game with a 5-3 record. Last season, UWF also had five victories with three games remaining and struggled in its final games  - all losses to UWA, North Alabama and West Georgia.
    The 2016 team appeared to hit a wall at this point last season and that need for improvement physically and mentally has been a point of emphasis for the coaching staff and strength & conditioning staff coming into the 2017 campaign.

NOTES FROM LAST WEEK'S 35-18 LOSS AT WEST ALABAMA
* UWF penetrated deep into UWA territory seven times but scored just one touchdown and four field goals while ending with 371 yards of total offense. The Argonauts totaled 100 yards on the ground with Leroy Wilson rushing for 64 on seven carries, including a 31-yarder in the third quarter.
* Mike Beaudry finished with 271 yards passing on 27-of-51 with a touchdown and two interceptions. Antoine Griffin had eight receptions for 90 yards and Rodney Coates finished with 70 yards on four balls.
* For the third time this season, Austin Williams tied his school record with four field goals. He now leads the GSC with 16 on the year.
* UWA clinched at least a share of the GSC title as it accumulated 410 yards of offense, with 220 on the ground. Lakendric Thomas had 106 yards on 18 carries, with a 26-yard touchdown run that came immediately following a Beaudry interception early in the fourth quarter.
* The loss was the first on the road for the Argos, who moved to 3-1 away from Pensacola in 2017.

BEAUDRY EARNS TWO GSC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK AWARDS
    UWF quarterback Mike Beaudry has been named the Gulf South Conference Freshman of the Week following his play against Delta State and Shorter.
    On Oct. 14 at home against #20 Delta State Beaudry threw for a career-high 354 yards on 22-of-47 with a touchdown in the 3-point loss. The 354 yards were the second-highest in the GSC this season and the fourth-best in UWF history. He also posted a career-high eight completions of 20 yards or more
    Against Shorter he had the most efficient game of his career in the road victory, completing a career-high 25 passes on 33 attempts for a school-record 75.8 completion percentage. The Oviedo, Fla. native finished with 322 yards and four while also serving as the team's top rusher, totaling 52 yards on 14 carries and a touchdown.
    His 374 yards of total offense were the most in the GSC that week and he was responsible for all five offensive touchdowns in the 42-29 triumph.

BEAUDRY IN THE UWF RECORD BOOK
    UWF QB Mike Beaudry is in his first season playing at UWF, following two years of battling injuries. That being said, the redshirt-Freshman from Oviedo, Florida is now 4-2 as a starter and steadily improving each game, including throwing for over 300 yards in the last two contests. Below are where he ranks in the UWF record books thus far.

SINGLE GAME - PASSING YARDS
503    Kaleb Nobles    Missouri S&T, 9/10/16
452    Kaleb Nobles    at Delta State, 10/15/16
368    Kaleb Nobles    at Chowan, 9/17/16
354    Mike Beaudry    Delta State, 10/14/17
330    Kaleb Nobles    Valdosta State, 9/24/16
327    Kaleb Nobles    Shorter, 10/22/16
322    Mike Beaudry    at Shorter, 10/21/17

SINGLE GAME - COMPLETION PCT.
.758    Mike Beaudry    at Shorter, 10/21/17
.714    Kaleb Nobles    at Ave Maria, 9/3/16
.688    Kaleb Nobles    at Miss. College, 10/8/16
.645    Mike Beaudry    at Missouri S&T, 9/2/17
.609    Kaleb Nobles    at Chowan, 9/17/16

WINNING VERSUS LOSING
* UWF is 5-0 when attempting fewer than 40 passes and 0-3 when throwing 40 or more.
* UWF is 4-1 when running for at least 100 yards and 1-2 when rushing for fewer than 100 yards.
* UWF is 5-2 when recording an interception.

BARNES, DUNCOMBE & GRIFFIN NAMED TO GSC PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
    A year after winning five games and finishing in sixth place in the Gulf South Conference in its first-ever season, the UWF football team was picked seventh in the 2017 Preseason Coaches Poll as announced by the league office in July.
    Additionally, senior Reggie Barnes, sophomore Andre Duncombe and junior Antoine Griffin were selected to the preseason all-GSC team by the league's nine head coaches. Barnes and Duncombe were among the four linebackers on the team, while Griffin was one of two return specialists chosen.
    Barnes ranked third on the team with 67 tackles and added six tackles for loss, six QB hurries and a pass break-up. Duncombe making 51 tackles and was second on the team with 12.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks a year ago. Griffin was a standout receiver for the Argos, finishing with 560 yards on 43 receptions and seven touchdowns. He also returned 18 punts for a 13.33 yard average and eight kickoffs for a 20.5 yard average.

NORTHWEST FLORIDA PLAYERS MAKE UP NEARLY 25 PERCENT OF THE 2017 ROSTER
    The influx of local talent has been more evident this season, with 23 players out of Northwest Florida's six county region from Escambia to Washington and Bay. An additional six student-athletes are within a 2-hour drive of Pensacola.

POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE
    UWF has three members of its team who earned their bachelor's degrees in 2017. K Luke Jackson graduated from Missouri with a degree in sports administration; DB Josh Marshall graduated from Troy with a criminal justice degree; and DB Jalen Spencer graduated from South Florida.