The Shadow
SALEM, Va. – Tickets for the 2026 Roanoke College football season opened July 1 and can be purchased now. The Maroons finished the 2025 season, its first season of varsity competition since 1942, 5-4 overall and 4-4 in conference play.
Tickets will be sold for $10 individually or $40 for all five home games if purchased online in advance. Tickets purchased at the gate on game day will be $15.
The Maroons open the season Thursday Sept. 3 at 6 p.m. on the road at the Virginia University of Lynchburg. RC’s first home game is Saturday, Sept. 12 against Greensboro College. Salem Stadium, near Roanoke’s Elizabeth Campus, will serve as the Maroons home field and four of the five home contests this year will have 2 p.m. kickoffs. Roanoke’s Oct. 10 game vs. Hampden-Sydney College will have a 4 p.m. kickoff.
Promotions for the 2025 season include:
Sept. 12: vs. Greensboro College – Suicide Awareness Game and Maroon Out 2 p.m.
Oct. 10: vs. Hampden-Sydney College – Breast Cancer Awareness 4 p.m.
Oct. 24: vs. Averett University – Homecoming and Youth League 2 p.m.
Oct. 31: vs. Bridgewater College – Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Virginia 2 p.m.
Nov. 14: vs. Washington & Lee University – Military and First Responders Game 2 p.m.
