Mount Union and Heidelberg Head to NCAA Div. III Football Playoffs
Mount Union and Heidelberg Head to NCAA Div. III Football Playoffs
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No. 1 ranked Mount Union will host Christopher
Newport (Va.) University in an NCAA Division III First Round
Playoff Game Saturday at noon at Mount Union Stadium in Alliance.
No. 11/12 Heidelberg received an at-large bid and will host
Wittenberg University on Saturday at noon. The game will be played
at Frost-Kalnow Stadium behind Columbian High School in
Tiffin.
Christopher Newports is 6-4 overall, while the
Purple Raiders are 10-0 and won their 21st consecutive, 24th
overall OAC Championship with a 9-0 record to receive an automatic
bid.
Heidelberg is 9-1 overall and finished second in
the OAC. The Berg's only loss was to Mount Union (33-14).
The at-large berth into the tournament is the first
in Heidelberg history.
The national championship game (Amos Alonzo
Stagg Bowl) will be played Friday, Dec. 14 at 7 pm at Salem Stadium
in Salem, Virginia.