INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Fairmont State football will make its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division II Football Playoffs next Saturday when the fourth-seeded Falcons host the No. 5-seeded Crimson Hawks of Indiana University of Pennsylvania at Duvall-Rosier Field.
 
The Falcons and Crimson Hawks will meet for the ninth-time in program history, but the first since 1997. This season's postseason appearance is also the first for the Falcons since the 1988 season, when FSU was a member of NAIA.
 
Saturday's 4-vs.-5 matchup will be a collision of one-loss teams as the Falcons (10-1, 9-1 MEC) will host the 9-1 Crimson Hawks with the winner earning a trip to California University of Pennsylvania, the No. 1 overall seed in Super Region One, for a regional semifinal matchup on Nov. 26. The Vulcans went 10-0 this season, on their way to a PSAC Championship last weekend with a 49-7 win over Kutztown.
 
The lone loss this season for both Fairmont State and Indiana (PA) came at the hands of the league champions from each team's league.
 
On the bottom half of the bracket, second-seeded and Northeast-10 Champion LIU-Post (11-0) will host seventh-seeded and CIAA Champion Winston-Salem State (9-2) in one matchup while the third-seeded and defending Super Region One Champion Shepherd Rams (10-0) host sixth-seeded Assumption (9-2) in the second matchup.
 
Game time and ticket information for next Saturday's game will be announced early in the week.
 
Visit fightingfalcons.com or follow @fsufalcons on twitter for additional information about next Saturday's DII Playoff Game in Fairmont, as it becomes available.