* UWF is beginning its seventh season of football tonight, welcoming Kentucky Wesleyan to Pen Air Field. The Argonauts are 56-21 all-time and have made four NCAA postseason appearances - all coming in the last five years of play. They are one of only two teams nationally to reach the national semifinals three times during that span.
* The Argos are the reigning back-to-back Gulf South Conference Champions, having shared the title with Valdosta State in 2021 and Delta State in 2022.

YEAR ONE OF THE KALEB NOBLES ERA STARTS THIS WEEK
* The program has a new head coach in 2023, but not a new face in the position, as Kaleb Nobles takes charge following the successful run of Pete Shinnick from 2016-22.
* Nobles was the first quarterback in program history in 2016 and then spent parts of four seasons on the staff as offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and as a graduate assistant.
* He was an offensive analyst at Clemson the past two seasons.

ARGOS RANKED SEVENTH NATIONALLY; PICKED SECOND IN THE GSC
* Coming off a 12-2 season and a run to the national semifinals in 2022, UWF was slotted seventh in the AFCA Preseason Top 25 and eighth in the D2Football.com Preseason Poll.
* In the GSC preseason coaches poll, the league's eight coaches voted the Argonauts second behind Delta State. UWF earned two first place votes and 56 poll points, just behind DSU's 61 points and six votes for the top spot.

UWF OFFENSE STILL FAST-PACED & FULL OF EXCITEMENT
* Led by QB Peewee Jarrett, the UWF offense is expected to continue to put points on the board and gain chunks of yards regularly this season. Along with Jarrett, the unit returns five other starters and a number of key contributors from a year ago.
* WR Caden Leggett and offensive linemen Jacob Bruce and Oake Stipe were both named to the preseason all-GSC squad.

DEFENSE FEATURES NEW LOOK UNDER NEW COORDINATOR
* The UWF defense will change looks this year under new coordinator Kavell Conner. The Argos will go to a 4-man front for the first time in their history while possessing one of the strongest linebacking groups in the country. Preseason all-GSC pick Will Breland, and returning starters Willie Jordan and Kode Lowe should be able to use their speed and athleticism to disrupt offenses and collect negative yardage for the opposition.

ABOUT KENTUCKY WESLEYAN
* Kentucky Wesleyan is coming off a 2-9 season where they went 1-7 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference.
* QB Christian Arrambide is in his third season as a starter and is in the top 10 in most of the categories in the Panthers' record book.
* Defensive linemen Jaden Santos-Lopez and Damario Foster anchor a strong line, while RB Landon Newman ran for 413 yards on his way to All-G-MAC honors.
* Head coach Tyrone Young is in his second season.
* KWC is located in Owensboro, Ky. and has an enrollment of 1,600.