Alvirne's Mike Landmesser is Brough down by Concord's Brett Tuttle during Saturday's Divison I playoff game in Hudson. (Photo by Joe Marchilena/NH-HighSchoolSports.com)

HUDSON — Alvirne made history by winning its first Division 1 postseason football game on its home turf Saturday afternoon with a 33-10 victory over Concord in first-round action at Veteran’s Field at Alvirne High School.

Alvirne junior running back Michael Landmesser had a Michael-Landmesser-type-of-game with four rushing touchdowns and 148 yards on 24 carries. And quarterback Charlie Crawford was as crisp as the sunny and windy 50-degree afternoon with an 8-for-9 effort for 168 yards and one touchdown pass. Crawford also ran for 80 yards on 12 carries.

The Alvirne defense was just as sharp, holding the Crimson Tide to just one touchdown (Timothy Fahnbulleh from 32 yards out late in the third) and a 33-yard field goal by Colby Nyhan to end the first half.

By that time, however, the Broncos had put 20 points on the board on three Landmesser TDs en route to cashing in on their first five possessions of the game.

The No. 8 seed Alvirne’s reward? A road trip to the No. 1 seed in the quarterfinal round next weekend (likely Saturday) — two-time defending champion Bedford, which had a bye in the first round.

“I actually haven’t seen them this year,” Alvirne coach Matt Lee said of Bedford. “We’ll dive into that film. Obviously, they’re two-time defending state champs. Undefeated. It doesn’t get much better than that on their end. … They’re going to be difficult.”

It was Alvirne on this Saturday matinee providing the difficulty for Concord.

Alvirne came into the game winning three out of four games to finish the regular season 6-3. One of those wins came against their playoff opponent – 30-14 on the same field Oct. 18.

That loss to Alvirne started a three-game losing streak to end the regular season at 4-5 for Concord.

The Broncos had six possessions in this game – five touchdowns and one turnover on downs in the fourth quarter when they were trying to manage the game clock vs. score already holding a 23-point lead.

“It was smooth. It continues to get better. We’re really putting up points,” said Lee, whose team has now won four out of five. “It was very similar to the first game. … We’re pretty balanced. Mike can run it. Charlie probably had more than 60 yards rushing. And then we can throw it around pretty good, too.”

Lee credited the offensive line of Andrew Deely, Shawn Boudreau, Devin Scott Shayne Mackey and Liam Bowie for paving the way for Landmesser’s and Crawford’s big days.

Defensively, inside linebackers Ryan Rocheleau and Quintin Tetreault, Boudreau, Mackey and Chris Darbe were among the standouts. Darbe, a senior who got the team’s game ball, was huge out of the safety spot. Lee called him a resilient player who typifies many of the Broncos’ players.

“We are who we are,” Lee said of the team’s defense. “We’ve got smaller guys who get after it. And we got some big guys in the box. The effort is really good. These guys get after it. They want to tackle. They’re smart. We’ve got DBs who can do different things. We can play more than one coverage. We can shift into different things.”

Darbe said it was a complete team defensive effort. The Crimson Tide drive results looked this way: punt, turnover on downs, punt, field goal, punt, touchdown, time ran out.

“They had a lot of different formations, and we were checking coverages,” Darbe said. “There were a lot of things we had to look for pre-snap. Defense is different. You have to adjust every week. You can’t play the same way twice. That takes a lot of mental capacity.”

Quarterbacking does, too. And Crawford was brilliant behind center in the opening half, connecting on all of his five passes for 97 yards. The biggest connection came with a 29-yarder to Garrett Hall (two catches, 55 yards) for a first down deep into the Concord red zone late in the second quarter. Landmesser took the ball in from three yards out and a 20-0 lead with 56 seconds left in the half.

Crawford hit five different receivers on the day: Gabe Conrow, Rocheleau, Landmesser, Tetreault and Hall. When he found Rocheleau from 37 yards out for a touchdown 1:38 into the second half, he was 7-for-7 with 150 yards.

“I have nothing but respect for Coach Lee and what he’s done for this program,” Concord coach James Corkum said. “They’re a really good football team. I think one thing that makes them so difficult is they make you defend the entire field. They’ve got a really explosive running back. You try to zero in on him, then the quarterback can keep it on a read, and he’s an effective runner. … And they can throw it to a lot of receivers who are really good.”