UWF Will Travel To Ferris State In National Semifinal on Saturday

December 13, 2019

The 20th-ranked UWF football team will travel to Ferris State in the 2019 NCAA Division II National Semifinals as announced by the NCAA.

The game will kickoff at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time at Top Taggart Field in Big Rapids, Michigan. It will be televised on ESPN3 and the ESPN app, and carried by the UWF Sports Network, ESPN Pensacola 1330 AM/99.1 FM.

For photos and game action recap from Saturday’s win over Ferris State, click here.

UWF (11-2) is making its second appearance in the NCAA Playoffs after reaching the national championship game in 2017. The program is 33-17 all-time after starting in 2016. The Argonauts are 7-1 in postseason games and with all seven victories coming on the road.

UWF claimed the Super Region 2 title with road wins over No. 16 Wingate (38-17), No. 1 and defending national champion Valdosta State (38-35) and No. 6 Lenoir-Rhyne (43-38) this past Saturday. The wins over the Blazers and Bears ended the two longest home field winning streaks in Division 2.

Ferris State (12-0) is ranked second in the country and has won 12-consecutive games after falling to VSU in last year’s national title game. The Bulldogs are one of three teams at any level of college football  to have won at least 11 games each of the last six seasons (Ohio State & North Dakota State) and have also won 14-straight at home.

The other semifinal game has No. 4 Minnesota State (13-0) at No. 8 Slippery Rock (13-0).

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News, Sports, TOP sports