BUTTE, Mont. – Montana Tech Football released the football schedule for the 2023 season today. The Orediggers start a new schedule with the addition of a new Frontier Conference member this year and a nonconference opponent for the first time since 2011.
 
The Orediggers will play 10 games this season. The season and home opening Copper Game presented by Rocky Mountain Credit Union is on a Thursday night this year. The Orediggers host Carroll College at 6:00 p.m. on Bob Green Field at Alumni Coliseum.
 
The opener against the Saints will be a nonconference game. Tech finishes with the Saints on November 11^th in Helena.
 
All Frontier institutions' first games will not be counted in the conference standings except newcomer Arizona Christian University. The Frontier Conference added Arizona Christian this season bringing the conference total to nine teams. The conference slate consists of eight games this season to accommodate the odd number of teams.
 
Including the home opener, the Orediggers have four home games in their first six contests. In week two, Tech travels to NCAA Division II Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. The last time Tech played a nonconference team during the regular season was 2011 against Southern Oregon. The Raiders became a fulltime member in 2012. The last NCAA contest for the Orediggers was against South Dakota School Mines in 2010.
 
The Orediggers host Eastern Oregon on September 16^th for Homecoming presented by NUCOR. Tech hosts the College of Idaho on September 23^rd with kickoff slated for noon.
 
The Orediggers hit the road for the first Frontier Conference away contests on September 30^th when they travel to Ashland, Oregon to face Southern Oregon.
 
Tech returns home the following week for their fourth home game of the season hosting Montana Western on October 7^th. The game will be Hall of Fame Weekend celebrating the Hall of Fame Class of 2023.
The following week will be the only bye week on the schedule this season.
 
The Orediggers go to Rocky Mountain on October 21^st for just the third road game of the season.
 
The final home game of the regular season is October 28^th when the Orediggers host the newest Frontier Conference member Arizona Christian for the first time ever. The last home game will be Senior Day.
 
The Firestorm played football in the Sooner Athletic Conference previously and are regular members of the Golden State Athletic Conference where football is not sponsored.
 
Tech finishes on the road at Montana State University-Northern on November 4^th.
 
All home games except the Copper Game and the College of Idaho contest kickoff at 1 p.m.
 
Season tickets are currently on sale. To purchase season ticket, call Oredigger Athletics a 406.496.4105. The ticket office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Single game tickets will go on sale in August.
 
The Digger Athletic Fund is currently taking contributions towards the Digger Athletic Endowed Scholarship. Ryan Lance presented a challenge this spring of a $1 million match to donations towards the Digger Endowed Scholarship.
To make a donation to football or athletics, go to https://foundation.mtech.edu/give/.
 
The Digger Athletic Fund (DAF) is the fundraising arm of Montana Tech University Athletics. The Digger Athletic Fund operates under the Montana Tech Foundation, which is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization recognized as a public charity. For additional information regarding donating or supporting Digger Athletics, please contact Tommy Heppler with the Digger Athletic Fund at theppler@mtech.edu or by calling 406-496-4405.