2025 Football Schedule Announced – Elon University Athletics

Elon, NC – For the second consecutive year, the Elon University football team will play a 12-game schedule, highlighted by five home contests inside Rhodes Stadium, in 2025. Season tickets are on sale now for the 2025 season by visiting ElonTickets.com.

SEASON TICKET INFORMATION

Season ticket sales and renewals are ongoing by visiting ElonTickets.com. Early Bird prices are valid through December 31, with tickets in Zone One at $175, Zone Two at $125, Zone Three at $90 and Zone Four at $75. Starting January 1, season ticket prices will increase to $200 for zone one, $150 for zone two, $100 for zone three and $80 for zone four. Phoenix Hill season tickets are set at $65.

For more information or assistance in purchasing tickets, please call the Elon Ticket Office at 336-278-6750.

2025 ELON SOCCER SCHEDULE

Saturday, August 30 – at Duke
Saturday, September 6 – DAVIDSON
Saturday, September 13 – at Western Carolina
Saturday, September 20 – at East Tennessee State
Saturday, September 27 – HAMPTON*
Saturday, October 4 – at Towson*
Saturday 11 October – VILLANOVA*
Saturday 18 October – at William & Mary*
Saturday, October 25 – in Maine*
Saturday, November 8 – RHODE ISLAND*
Saturday 15 November – at Campbell*
Saturday, November 22 – NORTH CAROLINA A&T*

NOTE – Games marked with * are CAA contests

Elon will once again play one of the more difficult schedules in the country as all four non-conference opponents had winning records in 2024. Phoenix also plays a difficult eight-game CAA Football schedule, including four contests against teams that went .500 or better in league play . All 12 games are scheduled for Saturdays.

For the second year in a row, Elon will open the season at Duke with a game on August 30. The Blue Devils went 9-3 in 2024, including a 26-3 win over Phoenix in the season opener. Duke will face Ole Miss in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Jan. 2. The Blue Devils are 9-0-1 all-time against Elon with a 0-0 tie in 1921. It will be the fourth consecutive season Phoenix has opened against a team from a Power Four conference going back to Wake Forest in 2023 (37-17 loss) and Vanderbilt in 2022 (42-31 loss).

Elon will renew its rivalry with Davidson in week two when it hosts the Wildcats on Sept. 6. This will be the 20th.^th all-time meeting between the programs (Davidson leads the series 16-3) but only the third time since 1954. Elon has won three straight in the series, most recently a 26-23 victory in the spring season of 2021. Davidson went 6-5 in 2024.

Elon travels to Cullowhee, NC to face Western Carolina on September 13th. The Catamounts went 7-5 in 2024, which included a 24-17 victory at Rhodes Stadium. Elon is 24-18-2 in 44 all-time meetings against WCU, but the Catamounts have won two in a row. When Elon and Western Carolina last met in Cullowhee in 2013, WCU tied the game with nine seconds left and then won 27-24 on a 39-yard overtime field goal.

The team’s final non-conference game will be at East Tennessee State on Sept. 20. ETSU went 7-5 in 2024, defeating Elon 34-14 inside Rhodes Stadium. ETSU leads the all-time series 3-1 and has won both meetings in Johnson City, Tennessee. Elon’s lone win came in a 14-0 shutout in 2003.

Conference play begins Sept. 27 when Elon hosts Hampton. The two teams have played each of the past three seasons, with Phoenix winning the first two meetings before a 41-21 Pirates victory in 2024. Elon won the only other meeting at Rhodes Stadium, a 51-17 shellacking to end 2023 – the season. Hampton went 5-7 in 2024 and 2-6 in league play.

On October 4, Elon heads to Maryland to play Towson. The Tigers were 7-5 overall and tied Elon with a 5-3 conference record in 2024. Towson is 6-5 all-time against Elon, but Phoenix won the most recent contest, a 27-10 victory at Elon in 2022. The Maroon and Gold also have won the last two games at Towson, with a 37-14 win in 2021 and a 25-23 win over then-No. 19 Towson in 2019.

Elon hosts Villanova on Oct. 11. The Wildcats went 10-4 overall in 2024 and 6-2 in CAA play and advanced to the second round of the FCS playoffs. Villanova is 3-1 all-time against Elon and has back-to-back shutouts, a 21-0 win in 2023 and a 35-0 win in 2021. The Wildcats are 2-0 all-time at Rhodes Stadium.

The annual William & Mary slugfest will take place in Virginia on October 18. In a match-up that has been hotly contested in recent years, Elon has won three straight in the series to tie the all-time record at 5-5. Six of the last seven games in the series have been decided by eight points or less, and Elon won 40-36 in 2024 on a touchdown with five seconds left. William & Mary went 7-5 last year and 4-4 in conference play.

Elon travels to Maine for an Oct. 25 game with the Black Bears. The all-time series between the two programs is tied at 3-3 after Phoenix’s 31-25 victory in November. Elon has won 2-of-3 games in Orono, Maine all-time, including the most recent affair, a 33-23 victory in 2021. Maine went 5-7 in 2024 and 3-5 in CAA Football play.

After a bye week, Elon will host Rhode Island on Nov. 8. The Rams advanced to the second round of the FCS playoffs this fall, finishing with a record of 11-3 overall and 7-1 in conference play. Elon is 4-2 all-time against Rhode Island, but the two programs have not faced each other since 2022. In that game, then-No. 25 Rhode Island earned a 17-10 victory over then-No. 14 Elon in Kingston, RI

Elon’s final road game of the 2025 season will be a short trip to Campbell on Nov. 15. Elon scored a season-high 50 points in a 50-27 win for Homecoming in 2024, and the Camels were just 3-9 overall and 1-7 in CAA play. With the win, Elon improved to 3-0 all-time against Campbell. Both of the other two meetings took place at Buies Creek with Elon going 28-24 in 2023 and 24-23 in 2021. Each of those contests were decided in the final moments of regulation.

Phoenix will finish the regular season by hosting Triad rival North Carolina A&T on Nov. 22. It will be the second year in a row that this game ends the regular season, as Phoenix won 31-21 in Greensboro to end 2024. The Aggies struggled. to a 1-11 season in 2024 and an 0-8 conference campaign. North Carolina A&T leads the all-time series 8-6 and has won 4-of-6 meetings inside Rhodes Stadium. Elon won the most recent home game, a 27-3 victory in 2023.

Elon will look to use the momentum built from a four-game winning streak to close out the 2024 season. Phoenix went 6-6 overall and 5-3 in CAA Football play. They are the only team in the CAA to win five or more conference games in each of the last four years.

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