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Utah Tech Trailblazers football

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Utah Tech Trailblazers football
AmericanFootball current event.svg 2025 Utah Tech Trailblazers football team
Utah Tech Trailblazers athletic wordmark 2022.svg
First season2006;20 years ago (2006)
Head coach Lance Anderson
2nd season, 3–21 (.125)
Stadium Greater Zion Stadium
(capacity: 10,000)
Year built1985
Location St. George, Utah
NCAA division Division I FCS
Conference UAC
(Big Sky in 2026)
All-time record64–150 (.299)
Rivalries Southern Utah (rivalry)
ColorsRed, navy blue, and white [1]
     

The Utah Tech Trailblazers football team, formerly known as the Dixie State Trailblazers, [a] represent Utah Tech University in the sport of American football. The Trailblazers compete as a member of the United Athletic Conference (UAC) at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Trailblazers will be leaving the UAC in July of 2026 along with instate rival Southern Utah University to join the Big Sky Conference. This marks the third conference jump since being instated as a Division 1 program in 2020. 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]

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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] After the 2022 season, the WAC fully merged its football league with that of the ASUN Conference, creating what eventually became the United Athletic Conference, and Utah Tech accordingly moved its football team to the new league. [8] season. Due to NCAA transfer rules, Utah Tech was ineligible for the FCS playoffs from 2020 to 2024 however, Utah Tech is now eligible for FCS Playoff competition as of the 2024

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of October 28, 2025. [9]

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at BYU at Fresno State at Utah at San Jose State at Utah
at Montana
Northern Arizona

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dixie State has had various calls for a name change over the years, but it became official when the Utah State Legislature voted in Nov. 2021 to change their name to Utah Tech University, effective July 1, 2022. They will maintain their mascot of Trailblazers which they have had since 2016. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Utah Tech University Branding Guide" . Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  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. ↑ "Dixie State to become FCS Independent in football". fbschedules.com. January 11, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  5. ↑ "WAC Announces Expansion, Plans to Reinstate Football" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 14, 2021. Archived from the original on January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  6. ↑ "WAC Announces Expedited Entrance for Four Texas Institutions" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 21, 2021. Archived from the original on January 23, 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.[ dead link ]
  8. ↑ "ASUN And WAC Unveil 2023 Football Schedule" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. December 20, 2022. Archived from the original on December 20, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Utah Tech Trailblazers Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
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