SPOKANE, Wash. – Whitworth University will host Chapman University in the first round of the 2025 NCAA Division III football playoffs on Saturday November 22 at noon in the Pine Bowl.

The Pirates are making their third straight NCAA Division III playoff appearance and fifth under head coach Rod Sandberg.  Whitworth and Chapman will meet in the post season for the second time in three years.

Tickets, available at www.whitworthpirates.com/tickets, are $15 for adults and $8 for senior adults and students.  Children five and under are free.

Whitworth earned the automatic bid from the Northwest Conference after finishing 8-2 overall and 7-0 in the NWC.  The Bucs will be playing in the NCAA postseason for the seventh time in school history.

Chapman is 8-2 overall and champions of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletics Conference after a dramatic come-from-behind 27-17win over Cal Lutheran on Saturday in the SCIAC championship game.

The winner of Saturday's game advances to play at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in the second round on November 29th.