ST. GEORGE, Utah-Wednesday, ahead of the start of the 2019 football season, their last as an NCAA Division II school, Dixie State football announced its initial schedule as an NCAA Division I institution in 2020.
The Trailblazers will have 11 games in 2020, including four games at Trailblazer Stadium.
Dixie State makes school history with its first game as a Division I member September 5 at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City against Southern Utah.
The Trailblazers then commence a span of two home games in their next three contests as they will host Division II South Dakota Mines September 12 and fellow Division I foe Drake September 26. Sandwiched in the middle of this span is a road date at Bozeman, Mont. against the Montana State Bobcats of the Big Sky Conference September 19.
In October, Dixie State visits a pair of Big Sky Conference foes with Sacramento State October 3 and Weber State October 10. They also visit Missouri Valley Conference foe South Dakota October 17 at Vermillion, S.D.
The Trailblazers then return home to face NCAA Division II foe Azusa Pacific October 24 for Homecoming.
There will be a bye October 31, followed by Senior Day, November 7, against the Western Colorado Mountaineers, another NCAA Division II foe.
They will close out their initial season by playing at Brookings, S.D. against South Dakota State November 14 and November 21 at Normal, Ill. against the Illinois State Redbirds.
