Dixie State Trailblazers football

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Dixie State Trailblazers football
Dixie State Trailblazers wordmark.png
First season2006; 16 years ago (2006)
Head coachPaul Peterson
3rd season, 11–15 (.423)
StadiumGreater Zion Stadium
(capacity: 10,000)
Year built1985
LocationSt. George, Utah
NCAA divisionDivision I FCS
ConferenceWAC[a]
Past conferencesGreat Northwest Athletic Conference (2008–2016)
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (2017–2019)
Independent (2020)
All-time record54–114 (.321)
ColorsRed, white, and blue[1]
     

The Dixie State Trailblazers football team, to be renamed the Utah Tech Trailblazers on July 1, 2022, represents Dixie State University, soon to be renamed Utah Tech University,[2][3] in the sport of American football. They compete as a member of the Western Athletic Conference at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Originally a junior college program, the school joined the NCAA at the Division II level in 2006 and played in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference from 2008 through 2016 and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference for the 2017, 2018, and 2019 seasons. In July 2020, they began the transition to NCAA Division I status by moving to the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in all sports except football.[4]

In July 2021, the WAC reinstated football as a sponsored sport, playing at the FCS level. This coincided with the arrival of four new members that play FCS football; with Southern Utah University set to join in 2022. [5][6][7] However, Utah Tech is ineligible for FCS Playoff competition until 2024 due to NCAA transfer rules.

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Dixie State began the transition from Division II to Division I in July 2020, joining the previously non-football Western Athletic Conference. Because of the ongoing transition, they are not yet full members of the WAC football league, which was reinstated in 2021, though they are included in WAC football scheduling. In the fall 2021 season, the WAC maintained two separate conference tables—one for the WAC itself, in which Dixie was included, and one for that season's alliance between the WAC and ASUN Conference for an automatic FCS playoff bid, in which Dixie was not included.

References[]

  1. ^ "Dixie State University :: Style Guide :: Colors". Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  2. ^ Imlay, Ashley (November 10, 2021). "Utah Legislature passes Dixie State name change". KSL-TV. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "Dixie State University Name Process". Dixie State University. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  4. ^ {{cite web NCAA Division I Football Championshipurl=https://fbschedules.com/dixie-state-fcs-independent-football/ |title=Dixie State to become FCS Independent in football |publisher=fbschedules.com |access-date=May 31, 2019}}
  5. ^ "WAC Announces Expansion, Plans to Reinstate Football" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  6. ^ "WAC Announces Expedited Entrance for Four Texas Institutions" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  7. ^ "WAC Officially Welcomes 'Texas Four' to Conference" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. July 1, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.

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