2025 Football Schedule Announced – Elon University Athletics

Elon, NC – The Elon University football team will play a 12-game schedule for the second consecutive year in 2025, highlighted by five home games at Rhodes Stadium in 2025. Season tickets for the 2025 season are available now at ElonTickets.com.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE SEASON TICKET

Season ticket sales and renewals are underway through ElonTickets.com. The early bird price is valid until December 31st. Tickets in zone one are $175, zone two are $125, zone three are $90 and zone four are $75. Beginning 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. Season tickets for Phoenix Hill are set at $65.

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

ELON SOCCER SCHEDULE 2025

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

NOTE – Games marked * are CAA competitions

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

For the second straight year, Elon will open the season at Duke with a game on August 30th. The Blue Devils went 9-3 in 2024, including a 26-3 win over the Phoenix in the season opener. Duke will face Ole Miss in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on January 2nd. The Blue Devils are 9-0-1 against Elon, the tie coming in a 0-0 game in 1921. It will be the fourth straight season the Phoenix open against a team from a Power Four conference, dating 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, hosting the Wildcats on September 6th. This will be the 20th^Th The best meeting ever 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 2021 season .Davidson went 6-5 in 2024.

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

The team’s final non-conference game is September 20 at East Tennessee State. ETSU went 7-5 in 2024, defeating Elon 34-14 at Rhodes Stadium. ETSU leads the all-time series 3-1 and has won both meetings in Johnson City, Tennessee. Elon’s only 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 last three seasons, with the Phoenix winning the first two meetings before the Pirates went 41-21 in 2024. Elon won the only other meeting at Rhodes Stadium with a 51-17 victory to end the 2023 season. Hampton went 5-7 in 2024 and 2-6 in the league.

On October 4th, Elon travels to Maryland to play Towson. The Tigers were 7-5 overall and tied Elon with a conference record of 5-3 in 2024. Towson is 6-5 all-time against Elon, but the Phoenix won the last contest, a 27-10 win at Elon in 2022. The Maroon and Gold have also won the last two games at Towson, a 37-14 victory in 2021 and achieved a 25:23 victory over the then number 1. 19 Towson in 2019.

Elon hosts Villanova on October 11th. The Wildcats went 10-4 overall and 6-2 in CAA play in 2024 and reached the second round of the FCS playoffs. Villanova is 3-1 all-time against Elon and has two straight 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 slugfest with William & Mary takes place on October 18th in Virginia. In a matchup that has been hotly contested in recent years, Elon has won three straight to tie the all-time record at 5-5. Six of the last seven games in the series were decided by eight points or less and Elon won 40-36 in 2024 with a touchdown with five seconds left in the game. William & Mary posted a 7-5 record and a 4-4 record in conference play last year.

Elon will travel to Maine for a game with the Black Bears on October 25th. The all-time series between the two programs is tied at 3-3 following the Phoenix’s 31-25 win in November. Elon has won 2 of 3 all-time games in Orono, Maine, including the most recent, a 33-23 victory in 2021. Maine went 5-7 in 2024 and 3-5 in CAA football.

After a bye week, Elon hosts Rhode Island on November 8th. The Rams reached 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, Rhode Island

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

The Phoenix will finish the regular season by hosting Triad rival North Carolina A&T on November 22nd. It will be the second straight year this game closes the regular season, as the Phoenix went 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 at Rhodes Stadium. Elon won its last home game, a 27-3 victory in 2023.

Elon will look to capitalize on the momentum of a four-game winning streak to close out the 2024 season. The Phoenix went 6-6 overall and 5-3 in CAA football. They are the only team in the CAA to have won five conference games or more in each of the last four years.

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