Dixie Gridiron Classic
Encyclopedia
The Dixie Gridiron Classic is a post-season college football
all-star game that was established in 2011
as one of the concluding games of the college football post-season. The game is currently played at Hansen Stadium
in St. George
, Utah
on the campus of Dixie State College.
, Mountain West
, WAC
, Conference USA
, Big Sky
and Pioneer Conference
s in the showcase event, which will pit the Pacific States All-Stars against the Mountain States All-Stars. Head coaches of the Pacific and Mountain squads will included former NFL Players and College Coaches.
Due to the delay of waiting on bowl match ups, and with players and coaches away from schools for the holiday break, the date of the inaugural game was moved to February 5, 2011. All future editions of the game will be played on January 1, as was originally intended.
College football
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all-star game that was established in 2011
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as one of the concluding games of the college football post-season. The game is currently played at Hansen Stadium
Hansen Stadium
Hansen Stadium is a stadium in St. George, Utah. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Dixie State College of Utah. The stadium holds 10,003 people...
in St. George
St. George, Utah
St. George is a city located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Utah, and the county seat of Washington County, Utah. It is the principal city of and is included in the St. George, Utah, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is 119 miles northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and 303 miles ...
, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
on the campus of Dixie State College.
Game background
The Dixie Gridiron Classic will feature approximately 90 NCAA Division I FBS and FCS standouts from the Pac-12, Big 12Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
, Mountain West
Mountain West Conference
The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999...
, WAC
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...
, Conference USA
Conference USA
Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...
, Big Sky
Big Sky Conference
The Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. The BSC was founded in 1963. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the states of Arizona,...
and Pioneer Conference
Pioneer Football League
The Pioneer Football League is a college athletic conference which operates in the East, Midwest, and California of the United States. It has member schools that range from New York, North Carolina, and Florida in the east to California in the west. The conference participates in the NCAA's...
s in the showcase event, which will pit the Pacific States All-Stars against the Mountain States All-Stars. Head coaches of the Pacific and Mountain squads will included former NFL Players and College Coaches.
Due to the delay of waiting on bowl match ups, and with players and coaches away from schools for the holiday break, the date of the inaugural game was moved to February 5, 2011. All future editions of the game will be played on January 1, as was originally intended.
Game results
| Date | Winning team | Losing team | Pacific team coach | Mountain team coach | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 5, 2011 | Mountain All-Stars | 17 | Pacific All-Stars | 13 | Roy Shivers Roy Shivers Roy Shivers was the General Manager of the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League from December 24, 1999 until August 21, 2006; the first Black general manager in professional football. He was also a former running back in the National Football League with the St. Louis... |
Ron McBride Ron McBride Ron McBride is the current head coach of Weber State University's football team. Coach "Mac" has over 40 years of coaching experience, including 13 years as head coach at the University of Utah.... |
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| January 1, 2012 |
Game MVPs
| Year | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Mistral Raymond | South Florida South Florida Bulls football The South Florida Bulls are a Division I FBS college football program that plays its home games in Tampa, Florida. The team began playing in 1997, holding its first team meeting under a shade tree as the school had no proper football facilities on campus... |