American college football season
The 2021 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by sixth-year head coach Demario Warren and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah . They played their final season as a member of the Big Sky Conference , as they would depart for the Western Athletic Conference for the 2022 season.
Preseason [ edit ] On July 26, 2021, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff , the Thundebirds were predicted to finish eleventh in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.[1]
Coaches poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Weber State (7) 2 Montana (3) 3 Eastern Washington (2) 4 Montana State (1) 5 Sacramento State (1) 6 UC Davis 7 Northern Arizona 8 Idaho 9 Idaho State 10 Portland State 11 Southern Utah 12 Cal Poly 13 Northern Colorado
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Weber State (14) 2 Montana (4) 3 Eastern Washington (3) 4 Montana State (3) 5 Sacramento State 6 UC Davis 7 Northern Arizona 8 Idaho 9 Idaho State 10 Portland State 11 Southern Utah 12 Northern Colroado 13 Cal Poly
Preseason All–Big Sky team [ edit ] The Thunderbirds had one player selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]
Defense
La'akea Kaho'ohanohano-Davis – OL
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 28 8:00 p.m. at San Jose State * CBSSN L 14–4516,204 8:30 p.m. at No. 25 (FBS ) Arizona State * P12N L 14–4144,456 September 18 5:00 p.m. vs. Tarleton State * ESPN+ W 40–35 8,346 September 25 6:00 p.m. No. 6 Eastern Washington L 21–50 7,096 October 2 6:00 p.m. Portland State Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT L 13–20 4,013 October 9 7:00 p.m. at Sacramento State ESPN+ L 20–41 6,244 October 16 2:00 p.m. at Northern Arizona L 35–59 7,511 October 23 6:00 p.m. Northern Colorado Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT ESPN+ L 9–17 3,208 October 30 12:00 p.m. at No. 11 Montana RTRM L 19–2022,587 November 6 2:00 p.m. at Idaho ESPN+ L 24–42 6,082 November 13 2:00 p.m. Weber State ESPN+ L 0–62 4,045
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Conference opponents not played this season: Cal Poly , Idaho State , Montana State , UC Davis
Game summaries [ edit ] At San Jose State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 14 0 0 14 Spartans 21 17 7 0 45
At No. 25 (FBS) Arizona State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 7 0 7 0 14 No. 25 (FBS ) Sun Devils 13 15 6 7 41
Vs. Tarleton State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 14 14 6 6 40 Texans 7 21 0 7 35
No. 6 Eastern Washington [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 6 Eagles 9 21 13 7 50 Thunderbirds 7 7 7 0 21
Portland State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 0 10 3 7 20 Thunderbirds 3 7 3 0 13
At Sacramento State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 7 6 7 20 Hornets 17 7 7 10 41
At Northern Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 14 14 7 35 Lumberjacks 17 14 14 14 59
Northern Colorado [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 7 3 0 7 17 Thunderbirds 3 0 3 3 9
At No. 11 Montana [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 3 13 3 0 19 Grizzlies 0 10 7 3 20
At Idaho [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 7 3 7 7 24 Vandals 14 14 7 7 42
Weber State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 14 31 7 10 62 Thunderbirds 0 0 0 0 0
References [ edit ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries People Seasons