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UWF Football Rolls To Historic 45-0 Victory In Program Opener
September 4, 2016
The UWF football program got everything it could have asked for on Saturday in its first-ever intercollegiate game – 500 yards of total offense, a defensive shutout that held the opposition to 105 yards and a happy group of close to 200 Argonaut fans, including the university president.
UWF (1-0) got off to a slow start, failing to score on its first three possessions before a pair of 50-plus yard scoring drives to close the half put the Argonauts up for good.
Tim Bellinger scored from a yard out midway through the second quarter before Kaleb Nobles completed a 15-yard pass to Caleb Robinson just before the half ended.
Bellinger rushed 18 times for 101 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead the UWF ground game, which finished with 288 yards and four scores.
The teams were set to start the second half but were sent back to the locker rooms when a lightning storm hovered over the area, forcing a 2 hour 15 minute delay.
When play resumed, the UWF offense went into overdrive, scoring on the team’s opening four possessions. Bellinger added crossed the goal line from two yards out, Austin Peffers drilled a 25-yard field goal, Daviante Sayles made the highlight play of the game when he hurdled an AMU linebacker at the 3-yard line and Ishmel Morrow caught an 8-yard pass from Nobles.
Chris Schwarz completed the scoring in the fourth quarter with a rushing TD from four yards.
Nobles finished the game with 235 yards passing on 21-of-29 and two TDs. He and fellow signal caller Grey Jackson combined for 236 yards passing and connected with nine different targets.
AMU (0-1) managed just 105 yards of offense and just two net yards rushing.
UWF will face Missouri S&T in its inaugural home game next Saturday. Kickoff at Blue Wahoos Stadium in downtown Pensacola is set for 6:00 p.m. Central time.
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5 Responses to “UWF Football Rolls To Historic 45-0 Victory In Program Opener”
What a great game this historic event must have been! The reporting is simply magnificent! Where was the game played? Who was the opponent? Five paragraphs down FINALLY we see AMU. WHAT does AMU stand for? WHO is AMU? WHERE is AMU? There is no reference to the actual name, and no indication of where the game was played. Basic questions I would think. Good luck to the Argos;
Congratulations UWF! Hope UWF gets a band, colorguard, and cheerleaders soon. That would make a grate impact on our local high school children.
Congratulations Argonauts!
Dr. Bense has done wonders for UWF. I look forward to attending the games at their home stadium on the UWF campus. With this kind of start there is a possibility that Pensacola could become a city of champions, with the Pensacola Ice Flyers and the UWF Argos!
Now that’s what I’m talking about! Looks like they could hang with my Mississippi State Bulldogs. I hope to see them playing in the SEC one day.