The North Carolina Central Eagles have announced their 2025 football schedule, which includes five home games and 12 games overall.
North Carolina Central opens the season with seven consecutive non-conference games, beginning in Week Zero on Saturday, Aug. 23 against the Southern Jaguars in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge at Center Parc Stadium in Atlanta, Ga.
The following week on Saturday, Aug. 30, the Eagles open their home schedule at O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium in Durham, N.C., against the New Hampshire Wildcats. That’s followed by a trip to take on the Old Dominion Monarchs on Sept. 6 before hosting the Fayetteville State Broncos in Durham on Sept. 13, which was previously unannounced.
The Eagles then play three consecutive road contests, including back-to-back trips against the North Carolina A&T Aggies on Sept. 20 and the East Texas A&M Lions on Sept. 27. After an open date, the Eagles travel to face the Florida A&M Rattlers on Oct. 11.
Following its second open date, North Carolina Central kicks off Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) action on Oct. 25 at home against Delaware State, which will also serve as NC Central’s Homecoming. Other home conference contests include Norfolk State on Nov. 8 and South Carolina State on Nov. 15.
North Carolina Central will travel to take on MEAC foes Howard on Nov. 1 and Morgan State to close the season on Nov. 22.
Below is North Carolina Central’s complete schedule for the 2025 season, plus a link to their schedule page which will be updated with kickoff times and TV as they are announced:
2025 NC Central Football Schedule
- 08/23 – Southern (in Atlanta)
- 08/30 – New Hampshire
- 09/06 – at Old Dominion
- 09/13 – Fayetteville State
- 09/20 – at North Carolina A&T
- 09/27 – at East Texas A&M
- 10/04 – OFF
- 10/11 – at Florida A&M
- 10/18 – Open Date
- 10/25 – Delaware State
- 11/01 – at Howard
- 11/08 – Norfolk State
- 11/15 – South Carolina State
- 11/22 – at Morgan State
* MEAC contest.
North Carolina Central finished the 2024 season 8-3 overall and 4-1 in MEAC play. The Eagles finished second in the MEAC standings behind South Carolina State, who were a perfect 5-0 in league play.