UWF will look to rebound from a disappointing result last week, making the 6-hour trip to Cleveland, Miss. to take on No. 5 Delta State in a battle for first place in the GSC. Kickoff at McCool Stadium is 3 p.m.

FOUR DOWNS WITH UWF
1) UWF is averaging 32.1 points per game (43rd) on 428.5 yds of total offense (23rd) with 160.3 rushing (58th) & 268.4 passing (18th). The Argos rank 60th in 3rd Down Conversion and 14th in 4th Down Conversion.
2) UWF ranks 18th in the country and first in the GSC in total defense (261.0 ypg) while ranking sixth with 24 QB sacks and 16th with 49 tackles for loss. Opponents are averaging just 168.3 yards passing and 92.7 yards rushing.
3) UWF has won the last three games in Cleveland. They have never beaten a team on the road four consecutive times.
4) UWF is 11-5 after a loss in its history and 10-2 in the last 12.

HERE ARE SOME MORE QUICK HITTERS ON THE ARGOS
• The Argos are second nationally in Red Zone Defense, allowing just a 50 pct. success rate. On offense, UWF ranks 50th with an 84.0 pct. Red Zone success rate, scoring 20 TD & 1 FG in 25 trips.
• Senior QB Peewee Jarrett is fourth in the GSC (47th in NCAA) in completion percentage (60.8%), and 20th in passing efficiency, 13th in passing yards per game (260.7) and 26th in completions per game (18.0).
• Senior WR John Jiles averages 116.7 receiving yards per game and 22.0 yards per reception.

UWF FOOTBALL 101
• The 2023 campaign is the seventh for UWF in its history.
• Kaleb Nobles was hired as the second head coach in Dec. of 2022. 
• UWF has won a share of the Gulf South Conference title in 2021 & 2022.
• UWF has made four appearances in the NCAA Playoffs (2017, 2019, 2021 & 2022).
• The Argonauts have won Super Region 2 & reached the semifinals three times (2017, 2019, 2022).
• UWF won the 2019 national championship and was the runner-up in 2017.

SERIES HISTORY
• UWF leads the series 4-3 after the teams split a pair of meetings a year ago
• UWF is 3-1 in Cleveland and won the last three in 2018, 2021 & 2022.
• Last season, Delta State won a shootout in Pensacola in week four, 45-42 in double overtime before UWF claimed a 38-27 road victory in the NCAA Second Round, outscoring the Statesmen 28-3 in the fourth quarter.
• In 2021, the Statesmen grabbed a 30-10 halftime lead before the Argos outscored them 29-3 for a 39-33 victory, completing the largest comeback in program history.

JILES EMERGING AS AN ELITE POSTSEASON AWARD CANDIDATE
• UWF senior WR John Jiles has been absolutely unstoppable at times this season. The Virginia Union transfer rankes second in Division 2 with 817 receiving yards & is third with nine TD, while ranking second with 111.7 yards per game.
• In two games against West Georgia and North Greenville, he combined for 452 receiving yards on 19 catches with five TD, earning GSC Offensive Player of the Week both times.
• Three weeks ago at North Greenville, the Wake Forest, N.C. native set a UWF single-game record with 277 yards on 11 catches. His yards are the highest in D2 this season, the second-most at any NCAA level and the fourth-most in GSC history.

RECEIVING RECORDS
SINGLE GAME
1.    277    John Jiles    at NGU, 2023
2.    247    Q. Randolph    vs. Minn. St., 2019
3.    184    Larry Rembert    MC, 2022
4.    181    Anas Hasic    at Chowan, 2016
5.    175    John Jiles    UWG, 2023
6.    173    David Durden    at MC, 2022
7.    171    Q. Randolph    UWA, 2019
8.    169    Ka'Ron Ashley    UWG, 2021
9.    162    Ishmel Morrow    MST, 2016

SINGLE SEASON
1.    1169    Quentin Randolph    2019
2.    1128    David Durden    2022
3.    1120    Tate Lehtio    2019
4.    1045    Ishmel Morrow    2017
5.    898    Antoine Griffin    2017
6.    817    John Jiles    2023
7.    787    David Durden    2021
8.    719    Anas Hasic    2016
9.    677    Ka'Ron Ashley    2021
10.    656    Rodney Coates    2021

GSC SINGLE GAME RECEIVING YARDS
325    Chad Luttrell, HSU    vs. ATU, 2000
319    Kyle Henderson, UWA    vs. VSU, 2002
283    William Mackall, UTM    vs. TSU, 1988
277    John Jiles, UWF    at NGU, 2023

JILES AMONG THE NCAA LEADERS
Category    Stat    Rank
Receiving Yards    817    2
Receiving Yards/Gm    116.7    2
Receiving TD    9    3
Receptions/Gm    5.3    35
Scoring    7.7    44
Total TD    9    25
 

LEGGETT GOES FOR 109 RECEIVING YARDS
• UWF senior WR Caden Leggett had a career-high 109 receiving yards on five receptions two weeks ago against Shorter.
• The performance was the second 100-yard game of his career, eclipsing the 107-yard day against Warner in the 2022 season opener.
• Since transferring to UWF from Texas Tech a year ago, the Georgetown, Texas product has 62 receptions for 968 yards and 13 TD.

PEEWEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
• Senior QB Peewee Jarrett has benefitted greatly from the altered passing philosophy of first year head coach Kaleb Nobles, which has resulted in a 60.8 passing completion percentage for the Iowa native.
• He has already had four of seven games this season with a completion percentage of 60 percent or higher.

PASSING RECORDS
SINGLE GAME COMPLETION PCT.
(Minimum 10 attempts)
.864 (19-22)    Peewee Jarrett
    vs. Kentucky Wesleyan, 2023
.818 (9-11)    Peewee Jarrett
    vs. Mississippi College, 2022
.758 (25-33)    Mike Beaudry
    vs. Shorter, 2017
.750 (21-28)    Peewee Jarrett
    vs. McKendree, 2023
.741 (20-27)    Peewee Jarrett
    vs. West Georgia, 2023
.735 (25-34)    Sam Vaughn
    vs. Shorter, 2018
.718 (28-39)    Austin Reed
    vs. West Alabama, 2019-NCAA

PASSING RECORDS
SINGLE GAME
523    Austin Reed    vs. Minn. St., 2019
503    Kaleb Nobles    MST, 2016
452    Kaleb Nobles    at Delta, 2016
443    Austin Reed    UWA, 2019
419    Peewee Jarrett    at NGU, 2023
410    Austin Reed    UWG, 2021
380    Austin Reed    at McNeese, 2021
380    Sam Vaughn    at MC, 2018
369    Sam Vaughn    Shorter, 2018
368    Kaleb Nobles    at Chowan, 2016
364    Austin Reed    Shorter, 2019
361    Austin Reed    at MC, 2021
360    Austin Reed    at Lenoir-Rhyne, 2019
354    Mike Beaudry    Delta, 2017

SINGLE SEASON
4,084    Austin Reed    2019
3,418    Austin Reed    2021
3,215    Mike Beaudry    2017
3,050    Kaleb Nobles    2016
2,719    Peewee Jarrett    2022
2,201    Sam Vaughn    2018
1,825    Peewee Jarrett    2023
 

MCMULLEN TAKING UP RESIDENCE IN OPPONENTS BACKFIELD
• Graduate DL John McMullen has seven quarterback sacks to rank fifth in the country. That figure is already halfway to the UWF and GSC record of 14.5, set by John Williamson in 2017.
• The Northern Michigan transfer from Kankakee, Ill. has 27.5 sacks in his career. He was a 3-time All-GLIAC performer for the Wildcats.

ROBINSON FEASTING ON BALL CARRIERS
• Sophomore LB Walker Robinson is tied for the team lead with 30 tackles, shinning since taking over the starting MLB role three games ago.
• In fact, the Fort Walton Beach, Florida native has posted the top three tackle games of this career in the last three weeks, stopping 10 NGU players, eight Shorter guys and seven UWA Tigers last week.

ORTIZ NABS THIRD-STRAIGHT GSC AWARD, LEADS LB IN INTERCEPTIONS
• R-Fr. LB Ralph Ortiz was named the Gulf South Conference Freshman of the Week for the third consecutive time last week. He is tied for the GSC lead and ranks 23rd nationally with three interceptions.
• Additionally, he is one of only seven linebackers across all NCAA divisions with three picks and the only one in Division 2.
• Ortiz is the first player to earn three-straight GSC rookie awards since 2014 when former Florida Tech quarterback Mark Cato claimed the first four honors of that season.
• The three awards for Ortiz are now tied for the third most in a season in the league record book.

SCORING APLENTY VS GSC
• UWF has scored 145 points in the first four GSC contests - the second most in the first four league games in program history.
• Last season the Argos scored 168 points in the first four league games.
• Last season, UWF scored at least 32 points in each game for a 40.1 average in the seven league contests - a school record.

ARGOS LOVING THAT PUMPKIN SPICE FOOTBALL
• UWF is 20-8 (.735) all-time in the month of October. Prior to last week's loss, the Argos had won their last eight.
• They are 14-2 in their last 16 during the Pumpkin month.

UWF IN OVERTIME
• UWF is 2-2 all-time in overtime. The first three games have been at home with two at Blue Wahoos Stadium and the Delta State contest at Pen Air Field on campus.

UWF ALL-TIME IN OVERTIME
9/28/19    Mississippi College    W, 27-21
11/20/21    Newberry _NCAA    L, 30-33
9/24/22    Delta State    L, 42-45 2OT
11/5/22    at Valdosta State    W, 32-31
* All games are one overtime unless noted.