MEDIA INFORMATION Date Sat., Nov. 5 | 2 p.m. MT Location The ThunderBowl (6,500) | Pueblo, Colo. TV None Radio ESPN SportsRadio 97.7 FM (Keric Seegmiller) Online Audio/Video CSU-Pueblo Athletics (Video) Southern Utah Live (Audio Only)   Live Stats CSU-Pueblo Live Stats Ticket Info Purchase Tickets Game Notes Dixie State Game Notes (PDF) Twitter @DixieAthletics #RMACfb #DixieBlazers DIXIE STATE - CSU-PUEBLO SERIES Series First Meeting At DSU N/A At CSU-Pueblo N/A First Meeting N/A Last Meeting N/A DIXIE STATE TRAILBLAZERS Record 5-4, 5-3 RMAC Ranking NR Last Game Oct. 29, 2016 (Won at Adams State, 24-21) Head Coach Shay McClure (Southern Oregon, 1995) Career: 5-4 (1st Season) DSU Record: Same COLORADO STATE-PUEBLO THUNDERWOLVES Record 6-3, 6-2 RMAC Ranking NR Last Game Oct. 29, 2016 (Won at Western State, 10-7) Head Coach John Wristen (CSU-Pueblo, 1984) Career: 86-21 (9th Season) CSU-Pueblo Record: Same

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The Dixie State football team hits the road for the final time this week as the Trailblazers travel to Pueblo, Colorado, for a Saturday afternoon matchup with Colorado State-Pueblo at The ThunderBowl in DSU's 2016 road finale.

Kickoff is set for 2 p.m., as Dixie State looks for its fourth road win of the season. Live audio coverage is scheduled on radio (ESPN Sports Radio 97.7) and internet (Southern Utah Live), with Keric Seegmiller providing play-by-play. Fans can also watch the game online at the CSU-Pueblo Stretch Internet Portal.

ALL-TIME VS. CSU-PUEBLO: Saturday's game marks the first meeting between Dixie State and CSU-Pueblo. The ThunderWolves represent the only remaining Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football team the Trailblazers have yet to play.

KNOW YOUR FOE: CSU-Pueblo enters the game with a 6-3 overall record and a 6-2 mark in RMAC play. The ThunderWolves dropped their first two games of the season, but have won six of their last seven games (including four consecutive wins) since then. CSU-Pueblo ranks fourth in the RMAC in scoring with 32.9 points per game, and averages 403.3 yards (206.9 rush, 196.4 pass) per game of total offense. Quarterback Rex Dausin ranks seventh in the RMAC in passing, completing 128-of-202 passes for 1,551 yards and 13 touchdowns to go with five interceptions. Receiver Osha Washington is Dausin's favorite target, logging 31 catches for 443 yards and two touchdowns.

CSU-Pueblo leads the RMAC in total defense (317.3 yards per game) and rushing defense (76.7 yards per game), and is the only team in the conference to allow less than 100 yards rushing per game. The ThunderWolves also rank second in the RMAC in scoring defense, allowing 18.2 points per game. Linebacker Brandon Payer leads the defensive attack and ranks fifth in the RMAC with 78 tackles to go with one interception. Linebacker Ryan Merrill has also eclipsed the 60-tackle mark on the season, with 62 tackles and three sacks. Defensive back Emery Taylor leads the secondary with 19 tackles and three interceptions.

FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING: Dixie State can clinch its first winning season in the Division II era (2006-present) with a win on Saturday.

RECORD SETTERS: DSU set the Division II era program record for wins in a single-season with its fifth win of the year on Saturday at Adams State, eclipsing the previous mark of four (2008, 2009, 2013). Individually, senior running back DeJon Coleman (Los Angeles, Calif./Arleta HS) rushed for 206 yards and a touchdown on Saturday, becoming the DSU career rushing (1,505 yards) and career rushing touchdowns (15) leader.

RECORD CHASERS: The Trailblazers have rushed for 2,069 yards and 22 touchdowns in 2016, just 314 yards and one touchdown behind the 2015 team, which sits atop both team single-season rushing/rushing touchdowns lists.

Redshirt freshman running back Clifford Simms (Compton, Calif./St. John Bosco HS) has rushed for 759 yards and seven touchdowns this season, landing him at No. 7 on the DSU career rushing yards list and at No. 5 on the career rushing touchdowns list. Additionally, Simms sits at No. 3 on both the single-season rushing yards and single-season rushing touchdowns lists, 89 yards and three touchdowns behind Coleman, who sits atop both lists.

COACHING STAFF: Head coach Shay McClure is in his first season as DSU head coach after serving as Director of Defense last season. McClure is joined by offensive coordinator Reilly Murphy and defensive coordinator Shawn Howe on a staff that features four returning coaches from last season and eight newcomers to the staff for the 2016 season

McClure, Howe, defensive line coach Dustin Sobieraj, and assistant defensive backs coach Marcus Graves represent the four returning coaches, while Murphy, offensive line coach Keola Loo, wide receivers coach Justin Mesa, offensive assistant Jose Flores, offensive assistant Mitch Glasmann, offensive assistant Jake Hardcastle (Midway, Utah/Wasatch HS), defensive backs coach Izaiah Williams, and defensive assistant Ryan Williams represent the eight newcomers to the staff. The coaching staff was finalized prior to spring practices, giving the current staff a full spring camp leading to into fall camp and the beginning of the season.

UP NEXT: Dixie State returns to Legend Solar Stadium for the 2016 season finale in its first matchup with Fort Lewis since 2006 on Saturday, Nov. 12.