No. 9/8 Appalachian State University football makes its seventh-consecutive postseason appearance on Saturday when it hosts 13th-ranked Maine in the second round of the NCAA Division I Football Championship at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m.

TICKETS
Tickets are still available at can be purchased online by clicking HERE.

Tickets can also be on Friday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. by phone at (828) 262-2079 or in person at the ASU athletics ticket office, located in the Holmes Center.

The Kidd Brewer Stadium ticket plaza opens for walk-up sales on Saturday at 10 a.m.

• Unlike past years, ASU students will be admitted to all postseason games at Kidd Brewer Stadium for FREE. Appalachian athletics will cover the costs to allow all ASU students to attend by simply presenting their student ID at the gate on gameday, just like the regular season.

TELEVISION
Saturday's game will be televised nationwide on ESPN GamePlan, the network's pay-per-view platform available on most cable and satellite systems. Click HERE for availability and pricing.

Additionally, the broadcast can be seen free of charge on ESPN3, ESPN's online platform available to 91 million Americans. Click HERE for more information and to view Saturday's game online.

John Sadak (play-by-play), former UMass and Buffalo Bills running back Rene Ingoglia (analyst) and Angela Mallen (sideline reporter) call the action for the ESPN production.

For the first time, the postgame press conference will be aired live in its entirety on GoASU TV. Click HERE to watch.

NOTING SATURDAY'S MATCHUP
• Both Appalachian and Maine bring 8-3 overall records into the postseason. The Mountaineers and Black Bears both tied for second in their respective conferences (Southern and Colonial Athletic Association) with 6-2 league records and received opening-round playoff byes.

• Appalachian has won six-straight playoff openers. Ironically, its last loss in a postseason opener came at the hands of Maine, a 14-13 defeat in the first round of what was then known as the NCAA Division I-AA Championship on Nov. 30, 2002 at Kidd Brewer Stadium.

• ASU is 12-6 all-time in Division I Football Championship openers, including opening wins in eight of its last nine postseasons.

• Appalachian's current run of seven-straight postseason appearances is second among NCAA Division I FCS teams, behind only New Hampshire, which is making its eighth-consecutive playoff appearance this year.

• The Mountaineers are making their 19th playoff appearance, which ranks third all-time among DIvision I FCS programs.

• For the eighth time in its last 13 playoff games, Appalachian is squaring off versus an opponent from the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). ASU is 5-2 versus CAA foes in the postseason since 2006 and 9-3 all-time in the postseason against teams from the CAA/Atlantic 10/Yankee Conference.

• In their regular-season finale, the Mountaineers rallied from a 21-0 first-quarter deficit to defeat Elon, 28-24. The 21-point deficit matched the largest that ASU has ever overcome in a victory since joining the NCAA Division I ranks in 1972.

• Appalachian has won five of its last six games after opening the season at 3-2.

• Maine lost two of its final three games of the regular season but both defeats came at the hands of playoff teams — a 40-30 loss to eventual CAA champion Towson at home on Nov. 5 and a 30-27 setback at New Hampshire in the regular-season finale on Nov. 19.

• ASU is unseeded in the NCAA Division I Football Championship for the third time in five years. It is 6-1 in its last seven playoff games as an unseeded team, winning the 2007 national championship and advancing to the national semifinals in 2009 without the benefit of a seed.

For complete coverage of Saturday's matchup, including links to live video, audio and stats, both teams' rosters, depth charts, game notes and much more, click HERE to visit GoASU.com's official Gameday Central page.