ALLIANCE, Ohio – The 13-time National Champion Mount Union football team earned a first round bye in the 2024 NCAA Division III Playoffs and will host a second round game on Saturday, November 30 at Kehres Stadium.
 
The Purple Raiders (10-0), who earned their 33^rd overall and eighth-straight undefeated regular season, won their league-record 35^th Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Championship to secure the conference's NCAA automatic qualifying bid for this year's NCAA Playoffs.
 
Mount Union has a 112-21 (.842) record all time in NCAA Playoff games, advancing to the Stagg Bowl 22 times since 1993 with an NCAA-record 13 National Championships. Mount Union has now made the tournament an NCAA-record 35 times.

Check out Mount Union's side of the 2024 NCAA Playoff bracket! pic.twitter.com/zKYwKjPhAb

— Mount Union Purple Raiders (@purpleraiders) November 18, 2024

 
The Purple Raiders will play the winner of the first-round matchup between John Carroll (8-2) and Mount St. Joseph (8-2), which will take place Saturday, Nov. 23. The Second Round gets underway Saturday, November 30.
 
Second Round time and ticket information will be updated when available on athletics.mountunion.edu.