PREVIEW Mount Union football

Who: Mount Union vs. Bethel (Minn.)
What: NCAA Division III football national semifinal
Where: Mount Union Stadium (5,529)
When: Saturday, noon
Tickets: $8 for adults, $4 for students
Up next: The winner of this game advances to the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl against the winner of the other semifinal between Wisconsin-Whitewater and Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas).
Scouting report: Mount Union (13-0) is in the national semifinals for the 13th consecutive season and has won nine national championships in the last 14 years. The Purple Raiders are outscoring opponents by an average of 49 points per game and averaging over 550 yards total offense per game. Bethel, champion of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, is 12-1, with its only loss to Buena Vista (Iowa), 21-16, in the season opener.

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