2020 Dixie State Trailblazers football team

The 2020 Dixie State Trailblazers football team represented Dixie State University (now Utah Tech University) in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season as an independent. They were led by second-year head coach Paul Peterson and played their home games at Greater Zion Stadium in St. George, Utah. Due to the NCAA's transition rules, they were not eligible for the 2020 FCS Playoffs.

2020 Dixie State Trailblazers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–3
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKelly Bills (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTyler Almond (2nd season)
Home stadiumGreater Zion Stadium
(Capacity: 10,500)
2020 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Stephen F. Austin     6 4  
Tarleton State    5 3  
Central Arkansas     5 4  
Presbyterian    4 3  
Eastern Kentucky     3 6  
Dixie State    2 3  
Houston Baptist     1 3  
Abilene Christian     1 5  
Campbell     0 4  
North Alabama     0 4  
  • Note: † – Dixie State, Presbyterian, and Tarleton State played only in the spring. All other teams listed played only in the fall. Presbyterian was in a scheduling agreement with the Pioneer Football League, which it fully joined in July 2021.

Schedule

Dixie State had a game scheduled against Drake, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
February 27, 20211:00 p.m.at No. 22 Tarleton StateESPN+W 26–141,121
March 7, 20213:00 p.m.at New Mexico StateFSAZ+/FloSports/ComcastL 29–360
March 13, 20217:00 p.m.Tarleton StateYouTubeL 15–371,427
March 20, 202111:00 a.m.at No. 9 Kennesaw StateESPN+L 27–372,156
March 27, 20217:00 p.m.Fort Lewis
  • Greater Zion Stadium
  • St. George, UT
YouTubeW 60–02,174
April 3, 20217:00 p.m.New Mexico Highlands
  • Greater Zion Stadium
  • St. George, UT
No contest

[3]

References

  1. Kelley, Kevin (July 27, 2020). "Pioneer Football League to play conference-only football schedule in 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  2. "Tarleton State Postpones Football Season Until Spring". NBC DFW. August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  3. "2020 Dixie State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
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