The Game Facts:
Scores: Roanoke 21, Guilford 20
Location: Salem, Va. (Salem Stadium)

The Short story: All good things must come to an end, but the Roanoke College football team concluded the 2025 home season Saturday with hard-fought 21-20 win over Guilford College in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) contest.  
   
How it happened:
*Roanoke opened the scoring with a 12-play 69-yard drive, capped with a Kam Hill to Polo Hill four-yard touchdown pass.
*Guilford countered with its own touchdown less than two minutes later, aided by a 68-yard kickoff return from Tristan Bailey.
*The Maroons found paydirt just 1:13 before intermission as Kam Hill completed a 22-yard touchdown pass to Ethan Graves and RC went into halftime ahead 14-7.
*Linwood Johnson ran it in from five yards out with four minutes left in the third quarter to forge a 21-7 lead.
*Caleb Robles scampered 51 yards for the Quakers to make it a one-score game at 21-14 with two minutes remaining in the third quarter. GC scored again on an interception early in the fourth quarter but missed the extra point.
*The Roanoke defense held firm down the stretch to seal the one-point victory.  

Inside the numbers:
*Kam Hill completed 17 passes for 166 yards and two touchdowns and added 62 yards rushing.
*Graves caught five passes for 74 yards and Polo Hill compiled 59 total yards.
*Charlie Davis made seven stops and Isaac Rivera, Javier Waldron, Lane Shoemaker and Luke Conner each made five tackles. Conner also made 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and one quarterback hurry.
*Ethan Mapstone had two sacks and four tackles.
*Luke Hyatt completed 14-22 passes for 125 yards and a touchdown for Guilford (2-6/1-5 ODAC).
*Roanoke outgained the Quakers 323-204 and held a 36:04-23:56 time of possession advantage.

Up Next: Roanoke (5-3/3-3 ODAC) travels to Washington & Lee University next Saturday for another ODAC game at 1 p.m.