Elon Phoenix
Coastal AthleticElon, NCRhodes Stadium
2026: 4–4 (2–2 Coastal Athletic). Last: lost at Stanford 34–7. Next: at North Carolina A&T, Saturday, Oct 31, 1 p.m. ET.
- W 42–7Glenville State
- W 38–0at Davidson
- L 10–31at Rhode Island
- W 24–21Sacred Heart
- W 43–17Maine
- L 23–30at New Hampshire
- L 0–16Wofford
- L 7–34at Stanford
- Oct 31at North Carolina A&T
- Nov 7Hampton
- Nov 14Campbell
- Nov 21at Towson
Elon has played football since 1909 and is officially 547–489–18; 315 of its 1,054 games are in our file. They have won 13 Conference Carolinas titles (the last in 1974) and five South Atlantic Conference titles, counting shared titles. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player from Elon. The most-played rival is Davidson: 21 meetings, Davidson leads 16–5. This season, they’re 4–4.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 547–489–18 official; 120–194–1 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1284
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 70 · Composite No. 81 in FCS, Oct 17. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 18 last in 1981
- Seasons
- 51 since 1920, 315 games
Identity
- Band
- Elon University Fire of the Carolinas Marching Band since 1938, 230 members
2026 season 4–4
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | vsGlenville State | W 42–7 | 77% |
| Sep 5 | at Davidson | W 38–0 | 71% |
| Sep 12 | at Rhode Island | L 10–31 | 34% |
| Sep 19 | vs Sacred Heart | W 24–21 | 68% |
| Sep 26 | vs Maine | W 43–17 | 67% |
| Oct 3 | at New Hampshire | L 23–30 | 54% |
| Oct 10 | vs Wofford | L 0–16 | 62% |
| Oct 17 | at Stanford | L 7–34 | 26% |
| Oct 31 | at North Carolina A&T | Preview | 60% |
| Nov 7 | vs Hampton | Preview | 82% |
| Nov 14 | vs Campbell | Preview | 51% |
| Nov 21 | at Towson | Preview | 54% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Kamerin McDowell-Moore1,080 rushing yards, 7 TD (leads Elon in rushing yards)
- Brodie Carroll69 tackles, 2 sacks (leads Elon in tackles)
- Tony Hart III48 tackles, 1 sack
- Jevean Brown42 tackles, 1 sack
- Derek Hite40 tackles
- Elijah Guttman519 passing yards, 2 TD (leads Elon in passing yards)
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Elon.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1920
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Davidson
5–16 in 21
- 1933 L 0–6
- 1934 L 6–33
- 1935 L 0–7
- 1947 L 0–19
- 1948 L 0–25
- 1954 W 14–6
- 2009 W 56–0
- 2020 W 26–23
- 2025 W 55–7
- 2026 W 38–0
Won the last five.
- Wofford
3–13 in 16
- 2008 L 20–55
- 2009 W 34–6
- 2010 L 21–28
- 2011 L 28–48
- 2012 L 24–49
- 2013 L 27–31
- 2018 L 7–19
- 2021 L 22–24
- 2022 W 26–0
- 2026 L 0–16
Lost the last one.
- Furman
7–9 in 16
- 2008 W 31–10
- 2009 W 19–12
- 2010 W 30–25
- 2011 W 41–34
- 2012 L 17–31
- 2013 W 28–25
- 2017 W 34–31
- 2017 L 27–28
- 2018 W 45–7
- 2022 L 6–31
Lost the last one.
| Opponent | Games | ELON record |
|---|---|---|
| Davidson | 21 | 5–16 |
| Wofford | 16 | 3–13 |
| Furman | 16 | 7–9 |
| Western Carolina | 15 | 8–7 |
| Richmond | 15 | 5–10 |
| The Citadel | 14 | 6–8 |
| Wake Forest | 13 | 0–12–1 |
| Towson | 12 | 6–6 |
Every opponent (59)
Every program Elon has played, A to Z, with Elon’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- App State 0–12
- Campbell 4–0
- Charleston Southern 2–0
- Charlotte 1–1
- Chattanooga 6–5
- Clemson 0–1
- Coastal Carolina 1–3
- Concord 1–0
- Davidson 5–16
- Delaware 3–3
- Delaware State 1–0
- Duke 0–8
- East Tennessee State 1–2
- Erskine 1–0
- Fayetteville State 1–0
- Furman 7–9
- Gardner-Webb 2–3
- George Washington 0–1
- Georgia Southern 3–8
- Georgia Tech 0–1
- Glenville State 1–0
- Hampden Sydney 1–1
- Hampton 3–1
- Hofstra 1–0
- James Madison 1–7
- Liberty 1–2
- Maine 4–4
- Miami 0–2
- Monmouth 1–0
- NC State 0–4
- New Hampshire 2–8
- North Carolina 0–1
- North Carolina A&T 5–6
- North Carolina Central 3–1
- Presbyterian 4–0
- Rhode Island 4–4
- Richmond 5–10
- Sacred Heart 1–0
- Samford 3–3
- Savannah State 1–0
- Shaw 1–0
- South Florida 0–2
- Stanford 0–1
- Stony Brook 3–1
- The Citadel 6–8
- Toledo 0–1
- Towson 6–6
- Tusculum 0–1
- UAlbany 3–1
- Vanderbilt 0–2
- Villanova 1–4
- VMI 1–1
- Wake Forest 0–12–1
- Washington and Lee 0–1
- West Virginia State 1–0
- West Virginia Wesleyan 2–0
- Western Carolina 8–7
- William & Mary 5–6
- Wofford 3–13
Conference titles
18, counting shared titles- South Atlantic Conference 5
- 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1909–1931
- South Atlantic Conference 1991–1996
- Independent 1997–2001
- Big South 2002
- Southern Conference 2003–2013
- CAA 2014–2022
- Coastal Athletic Conference since 2023
- 2003Joined the Southern Conference from the Big South, announced May 30, 2002. Source
- 2014Joined the CAA from the Southern Conference, announced May 23, 2013. Source
Elon’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 1
- Coaches
- 0
| 2012 | Rich McGeorge TE |
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 8 since 1965
- First-round picks
- 1
| 1970 | Rich McGeorge TE | No. 16, Green Bay Packers |
The school
Elon University- Enrollment
- 7,239 6,452 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Elon, North Carolina
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1889
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $74,545 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 1284 | ||||
| 2025 | 6–6 | 4–4 | 1324 | ||||
| 2024 | 6–6 | 5–3 | 1355 | ||||
| 2023 | 6–5 | 5–2 | 1383 | ||||
| 2022 | 8–4 | 6–2 | 1393 | ||||
| 2021 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1349 | ||||
| 2020 | 1–5 | 1218 | |||||
| 2019 | 5–6 | 4–4 | 1342 | ||||
| 2018 | 6–5 | 4–3 | 1344 | ||||
| 2017 | 8–4 | 6–2 | 1300 | ||||
| 2016 | 2–9 | 1–7 | 1119 | ||||
| 2015 | 4–7 | 3–5 | 1208 | ||||
| 2014 | 1–11 | 0–8 | 1114 | ||||
| 2013 | 2–10 | 1–7 | 1142 | ||||
| 2012 | 3–8 | 1–7 | 1211 | ||||
| 2011 | 5–6 | 3–5 | 1310 | ||||
| 2010 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1419 | ||||
| 2009 | 9–3 | 7–1 | 1476 | ||||
| 2008 | 8–4 | 6–2 | 1374 | ||||
| 2007 | 7–4 | 4–3 | 1341 | ||||
| 2006 | 5–6 | 2–5 | 1196 | ||||
| 2005 | 3–8 | 0–7 | 1135 | ||||
| 2004 | 3–8 | 2–5 | 1117 | ||||
| 2003 | 2–10 | 1–7 | 1023 | ||||
| 1979 | 0–1 | 1123 |
Every season back to 1920 (26 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 0–1 | 1098 | |||||
| 1955 | 0–1 | 1110 | |||||
| 1954 | 1–1 | 1126 | |||||
| 1948 | 0–1 | 1077 | |||||
| 1947 | 0–1 | 1072 | |||||
| 1941 | 0–1 | 1069 | |||||
| 1940 | 0–1 | 1088 | |||||
| 1939 | 0–1 | 1099 | |||||
| 1938 | 0–1 | 1111 | |||||
| 1937 | 1–0 | 1132 | |||||
| 1936 | 0–3 | 1081 | |||||
| 1935 | 0–1 | 1088 | |||||
| 1934 | 0–1 | 1086 | |||||
| 1933 | 0–1 | 1084 | |||||
| 1931 | 0–1 | 1080 | |||||
| 1930 | 0–1 | 1075 | |||||
| 1929 | 0–2 | 1071 | |||||
| 1928 | 0–2 | 1073 | |||||
| 1927 | 0–2–1 | 1073 | |||||
| 1926 | 0–4 | 1057 | |||||
| 1925 | 0–4 | 1059 | |||||
| 1924 | 0–4 | 1091 | |||||
| 1923 | 0–3 | 1118 | |||||
| 1922 | 2–2 | 1152 | |||||
| 1921 | 0–2 | 1068 | |||||
| 1920 | 0–2 | 1086 |
Officially 547–489–18 since 1909 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 120–194–1 (315 of its 1,054 games are on file). Our file starts in 1920; the program began in 1909. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1932, 1942–46, 1949–53, 1956–77, 1980–2002: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.