The Dixie Gridiron Classic was a post-season
college football
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Unlike most ...
all-star game that was played on February 5, 2011, as one of the concluding games of the 2010 college football post-season. The game was played at
Hansen Stadium in
St. George
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,
Utah on the campus of
Dixie State College.
The Dixie Gridiron Classic featured approximately 90
NCAA Division I FBS and FCS standouts from the
Pac-12
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,
Big 12,
Mountain West
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,
WAC,
Conference USA
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,
Big Sky and
Pioneer Conferences in the showcase event, which pitted the Pacific States All-Stars against the Mountain States All-Stars. Head coaches of the Pacific and Mountain squads 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 game was moved to February 5, 2011, from January 1, 2011, as was originally intended.
DIXIE GRIDIRON CLASSIC CHANGE OF GAME DATE
Coached by Ron McBride, the Mountain All-Stars won the Dixie Gridiron Classic 17–13, defeating the Pacific All-Stars, who were coached by Roy Shivers.
The game MVP was Mistral Raymond
Mistral Raymond (born September 7, 1987) is a former American football safety. He was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the 6th round (170th overall pick) of the 2011 NFL Draft.
College career
Raymond began his collegiate career at Ellsworth ...
, a safety from South Florida
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.
See also
* List of college bowl games
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://web.archive.org/web/20101218012438/http://www.dixiegridironclassic.com/
2010 college football season
College football all-star games