University of Charleston sets Aug. 27 home football opener against Grand Valley State
The University of Charleston Golden Eagles are scheduled to open their 2026 home football slate against Grand Valley State University on Aug. 27 at University of Charleston Stadium.
The official University of Charleston Athletics schedule lists kickoff for 6 p.m. in Charleston, West Virginia. The Grand Valley State matchup is the first home contest displayed on Charleston’s 2026 football schedule.
A scheduled home opener
The Aug. 27 listing establishes a future college-football matchup rather than a completed result. No score, season record, standings information or game statistics are associated with the contest because it has not yet been played.
Charleston’s schedule identifies Grand Valley State as the opponent, University of Charleston Stadium as the venue and 6 p.m. as the scheduled start time. The date falls on a Thursday.
For the Golden Eagles, the listing marks the first scheduled chance to play at University of Charleston Stadium during the 2026 season. It also puts an early-season home date on the calendar for local college-football followers.
The available schedule does not provide ticket prices, attendance information or broadcast details for the Grand Valley State game. Those items are not listed in the schedule currently available, and schedules can change before game day.
Road game follows on Sept. 3
After the Grand Valley State home game, Charleston’s next listed contest is a Sept. 3 road game at California University of Pennsylvania. The two dates are consecutive entries on the schedule: the Aug. 27 home opener followed by the Sept. 3 trip.
The schedule confirms the opponent, date, time and venue for the Aug. 27 game, but it does not provide further game-day planning information. There is no ticketing, streaming or television announcement in the cited listing.
Separate marathon event also planned
In separate University of Charleston sports-related news, WCHS Network reported July 26 that registration had opened for the university’s 2027 marathon. More than 700 runners took part in the inaugural 2026 race, according to the report.
The marathon is not part of the football schedule and does not affect the Aug. 27 matchup. It is a separate athletics-related event involving the university.
For football, the next known schedule milestones are the Aug. 27 home game against Grand Valley State and the Sept. 3 road game at California University of Pennsylvania. Additional details on the home opener were not included in the available schedule listing.
Sources
- 2026 Football Schedule, University of Charleston Athletics
- Registration open for 2027 following successful UC Marathon debut, WCHS Network