GRAND FORKS, N.D. – For the third time over the last five seasons, the University of North Dakota football program is postseason bound. The Fighting Hawks will host Missouri State on Saturday, April 24 at 3 p.m. in the opening round of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs, with the winner taking on the No. 3 James Madison/VMI winner the following weekend.
 
This will be the third all-time meeting between North Dakota and Missouri State, with the teams splitting the previous contests. UND rolled past the Bears, 34-0, in the only meeting at the Alerus in 2017.
 
UND enters this postseason with a 20-14 overall record in its playoff history, including a 13-3 mark in Grand Forks. The Fighting Hawks last hosted a playoff game in 2016 vs. Richmond, which saw the program's 10-game home winning streak in the postseason come to an end in a 27-24 defeat.
 
North Dakota also captured its 27th conference title in program history, third since the program moved to Division I in 2008, joining the 2011 (Great West) and 2016 (Big Sky) seasons. The 27 conference titles are the second most among Division I schools in the Dakotas.
 
Ticket Information
Season ticket holders who chose the option to retain their football tickets for the spring 2021 season will have the option to purchase the same seats for the upcoming playoffs. 
 
Season ticket holders have until 12 p.m. Tuesday to purchase those tickets. Those tickets are currently in season ticket holders' 'My North Dakota Account.' Season tickets that go unclaimed will be made available to the general public. An email will be sent to 2021 spring football season ticket holders today with more ticket information.
 
There will be a very limited amount of tickets made available exclusively to 2020-2021 North Dakota Champions Club members at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 21. These tickets will be sold in pods of two, however NDCC members may purchase either two or four tickets. An email will be sent to North Dakota Champions Club members on Sunday with more ticket information. 
 
Following the exclusive pre-sale to North Dakota Champions Club members, a very limited number of single game tickets will be made available to the general public on Thursday at 10 a.m. at FightingHawks.com/tickets.
 
All tickets are priced at $28.  All tickets are reserved.
 
There are limited tickets specifically reserved for students. UND students can begin to purchase tickets only at the UND/REA Box office at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 22. These tickets will be in pods of two as has been the case for the regular season and each student may purchase one pod.
Student tickets are $5. All student tickets are reserved.
 
Attendance limits for NCAA Championships is 25% of facility capacity. Alerus Center has a capacity of approximately 12,000, meaning approximately 3,000 tickets will be available in total.
 
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