Snow College’s First Home SWJCFC Game Is Set for September 19

Snow College Football played its first home Southwest Junior College Football Conference game on Saturday, September 19, and lost 39-30 to No. 7 Trinity Valley. Trinity Valley Community College came to Terry Foote Stadium in Ephraim for a 7 p.m. Mountain Time kickoff, the next fixed date after Snow’s opening three-game stretch and its first chance to host a game that counts in the new league standings.

Snow College Athletics’ 2026 schedule release put this date on the calendar months ago, but the road into it now has a record attached. The Badgers beat Garden City Community College 31-17 on August 22, rallied from 10 down to beat Cisco College 39-10 in their first SWJCFC game on September 5, then lost 35-30 at Kilgore College on September 12. Snow arrives home 2-1 overall after two consecutive conference road trips to Texas.

The Texas opener established the first two results

Snow’s conference debut at Cisco supplied the sharpest early result. The Badgers trailed 10-0 late in the first quarter, then scored 39 unanswered points in a 39-10 win. Snow College Athletics recorded four interceptions, including fourth-quarter return touchdowns by Fale Atuaia and Will Warner, while the Badgers led 401-205 in total yards and 24-8 in first downs.

The next Saturday in Kilgore went the other direction. Kilgore College’s official recap says Snow led 23-7 at halftime, but the Rangers scored 28 points after the break and won 35-30. The same report lists three Ian Sanches field goals and, in its team statistics, 256 Snow passing yards. Snow’s late touchdown cut it to five with 1:24 left, but the onside kick failed.

Those results are not a full season verdict. They are the concrete starting line for a team in a new conference: one road win built on takeaways, one road loss after a 16-point halftime lead, and a first home league game now directly ahead. Snow’s official September 11 game notes had the Badgers at No. 5 in the NJCAA Division I poll going into the Kilgore game.

September 19 is the first Ephraim conference date

The Trinity Valley game is more than Snow’s next home appearance. It is the first home SWJCFC game in the program’s history. Snow’s April schedule announcement said the Badgers would play four regular-season home games in 2026, beginning with the August 22 nonconference opener against Garden City and continuing with conference home dates against Trinity Valley, Tyler and Navarro.

The venue is Terry Foote Stadium in Ephraim. Snow College’s season-ticket announcement lists September 19 as the first home game within Southwest Junior College Football Conference play; the 7 p.m. kickoff comes from the April schedule release and the team’s schedule page. That release also says the department’s clear-bag policy applies to all home sporting events, so fans planning the trip have a practical detail to check before the gate.

Snow had spent the previous seven seasons as an NJCAA independent after the Western States Football League dissolved. The 2026 schedule release describes the move as a seven-game conference slate with one nonconference date, replacing the independent scheduling model with a league race that has a defined postseason route.

Four teams reach the conference tournament

The Southwest Junior College Football Conference tournament is scheduled to begin October 31, with the championship on November 7. Snow College’s official schedule release says only the top four of the eight conference teams qualify; the top two teams host the first-round games, and the championship is played at the highest remaining seed’s site.

That format gives every conference result a direct place in the calendar without inviting a premature forecast. Snow had already played two of its seven league games, both on the road. The Trinity Valley date began a two-game home stretch: Snow lost 39-30 to the Cardinals on September 19, beat Tyler Junior College 26-24 on September 26, then lost 20-14 at Blinn College on October 3, leaving the Badgers 3-3 overall and 2-3 in the conference as of October 9.

The home sequence was the useful checkpoint. On September 19, Snow moved from a Texas road introduction to the first conference Saturday at Terry Foote Stadium. A week later, it had a second home league game behind it. The standings now hold more evidence than a three-game September sample, and the tournament’s top-four cutoff will be closer than a schedule-release detail.

The first league game in Ephraim is also Homecoming

Snow’s schedule page flags September 19 as Homecoming, and the September 11 game notes call it the homecoming game. The first Southwest Junior College Football Conference match ever played in Ephraim is therefore also the date the program brings its alumni back.

The Badgers arrived at 2-1, with both league games to that point played in Texas. Kickoff was 7 p.m. Mountain Time at Terry Foote Stadium, and the department’s clear-bag policy applies at the gate.

Key facts: Snow College’s first home SWJCFC game

• Game: Snow College vs. Trinity Valley Community College
• Date and time: Saturday, September 19, 2026, at 7 p.m. Mountain Time
• Site: Terry Foote Stadium in Ephraim, Utah
• Home significance: Snow’s first home Southwest Junior College Football Conference game
• Record entering the game: 2-1 overall after wins over Garden City (31-17) and Cisco (39-10), followed by a 35-30 loss at Kilgore
• Conference path (as of October 9): Snow opened league play with two Texas road games, then went 1-2 in the next three: Trinity Valley 39-30 (L, September 19), Tyler 26-24 (W, September 26), at Blinn 20-14 (L, October 3)
• Tournament format: The top four of eight SWJCFC teams qualify for the October 31-November 7 postseason tournament
• Fan note: Snow College says its clear-bag policy applies at home sporting events

*Update, September 25, 2026: No. 7 Trinity Valley won this game 39-30. Snow College's recap credits the Cardinals with two defensive touchdowns, on a field-goal return and an interception return; Snow fell to 2-2 overall and 1-2 in the SWJCFC. The preview above was re-reported to the played results on October 9.*