2023 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
ConferenceUnited Athletic Conference
Record6–5 (4–2 UAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTye Hiatt (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Kelling (2nd season)
Home stadiumEccles Coliseum
(capacity: 8,500)
2023 United Athletic Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 13 Austin Peay $^  6 0   9 3  
Central Arkansas  4 2   7 4  
Southern Utah  4 2   6 5  
Eastern Kentucky  4 2   5 6  
Tarleton State*  4 2   8 3  
Abilene Christian  3 3   5 6  
North Alabama  1 5   3 8  
Utah Tech*  1 5   2 9  
Stephen F. Austin  0 6   3 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • Note: Tarleton State and Utah Tech are ineligible for the UAC title and FCS postseason play due to transitions from NCAA Division II.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2023 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the United Athletic Conference (UAC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by second-year head coach DeLane Fitzgerald, the Thunderbirds played their games at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah.

After the 2022 season, the WAC and the ASUN Conference, which had partnered in a football-only alliance in the 2021 and 2022 seasons, fully merged their football leagues, creating what eventually became the United Athletic Conference.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 318:00 p.m.at Arizona State*P12NL 21–2447,773
September 91:00 p.m.at BYU*ESPN+L 16–4160,834
September 168:00 p.m.at No. 16 UC Davis*ESPN+L 21–237,942
September 236:00 p.m.Western Illinois*ESPN+W 37–176,504
September 306:00 p.m. No. 25 Central Arkansas
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
ESPN+L 27–294,013
October 75:00 p.m.Tarleton StateESPN+W 27–2610,835
October 216:00 p.m.No. 24 Austin Peay
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
ESPN+L 45–48 2OT3,547
October 281:00 p.m.Abilene Christian
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
ESPN+W 52–142,969
November 41:00 p.m.Lincoln (CA)*
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
ESPN+W 35–63,023
November 113:00 p.m.at Stephen F. AustinESPN+W 45–176,835
November 187:00 p.m.at Utah TechESPN+W 24–166,077

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References

  1. "ASUN-WAC Football Partnership Formally Rebrands as the United Athletic Conference" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. April 17, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  2. "2023 Southern Utah Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  3. "2023 Football Schedule". Southern Utah University Athletics. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
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