The Dixie Rotary Bowl was a college bowl game

Bowl game

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 hosted in St. George, Utah

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 ...

 and initiated by the St. George Rotary Club as a venue that would be presumed to be frequently used by home town Dixe State Junior College

Dixie State College of Utah

Dixie State College of Utah is a college located in St. George, Utah, United States.-History:...

. From 1986 to 2005, it was a junior college bowl game sanctioned by the National Junior College Athletic Association

National Junior College Athletic Association

The National Junior College Athletic Association , founded in 1938, is an association of community college and junior college athletic departments throughout the United States. It is held as Divisions and Regions. The current NJCAA holds 24 separate regions.-History:The idea for the NJCAA was...

. The bowl featured contests between top NJCAA teams from around the nation. In 2003, the bowl played host to the sanctioned NJCAA National Football Championship. The bowl began NCAA Division II from 2006 to 2008 after Dixie State became an NCAA Division II team. The bowl was canceled before the beginning of the 2009 season after Dixie had not appeared in two seasons.

History of the Bowl

The Dixie Rotary Bowl was initiated as a community service project of the St. George Rotary Club. The bowl was conceived in an effort to further the club's service goals and objectives. The Dixie Rotary Bowl was born and remains a service project of the St. George Rotary Club to this day.

The bowl became prominently recognized throughout the country as one of the top JUCO bowl games in the nation. Beginning in 1991, the annual bowl game was broadcast around the world on Armed Forces Radio Network. The 1996 game was televised live to 33 states and millions of homes by Prime Sports Network, the first live broadcast of a JUCO bowl game in history.

The bowl began a transition to the NCAA Division II in 2006. Special permission was granted by the NCAA to allow Dixie State College to participate in the bowl during the transition years of 2006 and 2007. They would face the top-placing team in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States, mostly in Colorado with some members in Nebraska and New Mexico...

 not receiving a bid to the NCAA Division II playoffs. In 2007, the Dixie Rotary Bowl has finalized their agreement to participate in the NCAA Division II, inking a participation agreement with the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

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 and the Great Northwest Athletic Conference

Great Northwest Athletic Conference

The Great Northwest Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which has historically operated in the Northwestern United States, but also currently includes four schools in areas not usually considered part of that region—two in Alaska , one in eastern Montana The Great Northwest...

. Under the agreement, each team will send their top-placing team that does not receive a bid to the NCAA Division II football playoffs.

NJCAA National Championships

The Dixie Rotary Bowl twice played host to the NJCAA National Football Championship. The first contest was an unsanctioned championship contest between #1 Dixie State College and #3 Butler Community College in 1999. Butler pulled off an upset, defeating Dixie State College 49-35. Butler was crowned as the national NJCAA football champion.

In 2003, the Dixie Rotary Bowl organizing committee received sanctioning from the NJCAA as #1 Butler Community College

Butler Community College

Butler Community College is an accredited 2-year community college located in El Dorado, Kansas, United States. Founded in 1927, it was originally named Butler County Community College, as El Dorado is the Butler County seat, but it was renamed in recent years.- Statistics :Butler is a fairly...

 and #2 Dixie State College of Utah

Dixie State College of Utah

Dixie State College of Utah is a college located in St. George, Utah, United States.-History:...

 met again for the national title - a contest Butler won 14-10.

NCAA Division II

In 2006 faced with the possibility off attendance problems for a junior college game in which no local team was involved it began its transition to a NCAA Division II game for the best teams making the NCAA Division II National Football Championship

NCAA Division II national football championship

The NCAA Division II National Football Championship began in 1973. Prior to 1973, four regional bowl games were played in order to provide postseason action for what was then called the NCAA College Division and a poll determined the final champion....

 playoffs between the Great Northwest Athletic Conference

Great Northwest Athletic Conference

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 and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States, mostly in Colorado with some members in Nebraska and New Mexico...

. It terminated the program before the 2009 season because it could not find sponsors.

NJCAA Bowl Contests

Date played	| Winning team		| Losing team
1986	Dixie State (UT) Dixie State College of Utah Dixie State College of Utah is a college located in St. George, Utah, United States.-History:...	36	Butler (KS) Butler Community College Butler Community College is an accredited 2-year community college located in El Dorado, Kansas, United States. Founded in 1927, it was originally named Butler County Community College, as El Dorado is the Butler County seat, but it was renamed in recent years.- Statistics :Butler is a fairly...	33
1987	Dixie State (UT)	40	Independence (KS) Independence Community College Independence Community College is a community college in Independence, Kansas, United States. It is located between Tulsa, Kansas City, Wichita, Kansas and Joplin, Missouri and was formerly known as Independence Community Junior College....	37
1988	Dixie State (UT)	56	Inver Hills (MN) Inver Hills Community College Inver Hills Community College is a community college located in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. Founded in 1970, the college is part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System system. The campus consists of nine buildings, as opposed to many community and technical colleges which are...	8
1989	Dixie State (UT)	42	Northwestern (OK) Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....	21
1990	Dixie State (UT)	34	Nassau (NY) Nassau Community College Nassau Community College is a two-year college. It is located in East Garden City, New York, USA. The school is in Nassau County on Long Island. NCC maintains a nationwide reputation for academic excellence and ease of transferability to four-year institutions.- History :Created as part of the...	0
December 7, 1991	Navarro (TX) Navarro College Navarro College is a two-year public institution consisting of a main campus located in Corsicana, with branches in Mexia, Midlothian, and Waxahachie, Texas...	27	Dixie State (UT)	22
1992	Grand Rapids (MI) Grand Rapids Community College Grand Rapids Community College is a community college located in the city of Grand Rapids in the U.S. state of Michigan. GRCC offers an Associate's degree, a variety of certification programs, occupational training, and other learning opportunities for the surrounding community.-Campuses:In...	42	Snow College (UT) Snow College Snow College is a rural, two-year state college located in Ephraim, Utah, U.S. It offers certificates and associate degrees in a number of areas...	35
December 4, 1993	Coffeyville (KS) Coffeyville Community College Coffeyville Community College is a community college located in Coffeyville, Kansas, United States. It was founded in 1923....	60	Dixie State (UT)	36
1994	Dixie State (UT)	26	Garden City (KS) Garden City Community College Garden City Community College is a fully accredited community college located in Garden City, Kansas, USA. GCCC has regional accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools...	21
1995	Dixie State (UT)	42	Nassau (NY)	6
1996	Dixie State (UT)	34	Grand Rapids (MI)	16
1997	Dixie State (UT)	76	Lackawanna (PA) Lackawanna College Lackawanna College is a college in Scranton, Pennsylvania with satellite centers in the towns of Hazleton, Hawley, Towanda, and New Milford....	21
1998	Dixie State (UT)	40	Snow College (UT)	20
1999	Butler (KS)	49	Dixie State (UT)	35
December 2, 2000	Dixie State (UT)	17	Harper (IL) Harper College William Rainey Harper College is a comprehensive community college in Palatine, Illinois, United States. The college was established by referendum in 1965 and opened in September 1967. It is named for Dr. William Rainey Harper, a pioneer in the junior college movement in the United States and the...	15
December 1, 2001	Dixie State (UT)	40	Rochester CTC (MN)	14
December 7, 2002	Dixie State (UT)	31	Butler (KS)	18
December 6, 2003	Butler (KS)	14	Dixie State (UT)	10
December 4, 2004	Dixie State (UT)	27	Grand Rapids (MI)	20
December 3, 2005	Dixie State (UT)	35	Garden City (KS)	31

NCAA Division II Bowl Contests

Year played	| Winning team		| Losing team
December 2, 2006	Fort Lewis (CO) Fort Lewis College Fort Lewis College is a public liberal arts college in Durango, Colorado.-History:Military FortThe original site of Fort Lewis College began southwest of its present location back in 1880. Set up originally as a Military Fort for the 22nd Regimental Infantry which occupied the land from...	24	Dixie State (UT) Dixie State College of Utah Dixie State College of Utah is a college located in St. George, Utah, United States.-History:...	14
December 1, 2007	Western Oregon Western Oregon University Western Oregon University is a public liberal arts college located in Monmouth, Oregon, United States. It was originally established in 1856 by Oregon pioneers as Monmouth University. Subsequent names include Oregon Normal School, Oregon College of Education, and Western Oregon State College...	26	Colorado Mines Colorado School of Mines The Colorado School of Mines is a small public teaching and research university devoted to engineering and applied science, with special expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth's natural resources. Located in Golden, Colorado, CSM was ranked 29th, in America among national...	12
December 6, 2008	Western Washington Western Washington University Western Washington University is one of six state-funded, four-year universities of higher education in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located in Bellingham and offers bachelor's and master's degrees.-History:...	25	Colorado Mines	10