ALLIANCE, Ohio – The Mount Union football team is set to host Muhlenberg in the 2025 NCAA Playoffs Second Round on Saturday, November 29, at noon at Kehres Stadium.

Tickets will be available to purchase online at noon on Monday, November 24: https://athletics.mountunion.edu/sports/2021/7/23/tickets.aspx.

Muhlenberg (9-2) outlasted Union in the NCAA First Round last week, 34-26. The Purple Raiders, who are first in the NCAA Power Index (NPI) rankings, earned a first round bye.

Saturday's meeting will be the third between the two programs, with all three meetings occurring in the playoffs. The previous two matchups happened in the quarterfinals, with Mount Union winning them both—including a 35-29 overtime win in 2021.

The Purple Raiders (10-0), who earned their 34th overall and ninth-straight undefeated regular season, won their league-record 36th Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Championship to secure the conference's NCAA automatic qualifying bid for this year's NCAA Playoffs.

Mount Union has a 116-22 (.841) record all-time in NCAA playoff games, advancing to the Stagg Bowl 23 times since 1993 with an NCAA-record 13 National Championships. Mount Union has now made the tournament an NCAA-record 36 times.

Muhlenberg, out of the Centennial Conference, earned an at-large bid to this year's playoffs. The Mules' only two losses were to the teams ranked seventh (Johns Hopkins) and ninth (Franklin & Marshall) in the NPI rankings. Muhlenberg is 27th in the NPI rankings. The bid to the NCAA Tournament is the 11th for Muhlenberg, all since 2002. The Mules are 9-10 all-time in their NCAA appearances, including advancing to the 2019 Semifinals.

Saturday's second round game will be broadcast exclusively on ESPN+.