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Lehigh-Lafayette

Known as THE RIVALRY, the Lehigh-Lafayette football game is the most-played college football rivalry in the nation. The two teams first took to the gridiron in 1884, just one year after the first standardized football rules were established, and have played 154 times since.

Lehigh Wins: 34-3!

Lehigh took a 17-0 lead before the game was nine minutes old and wouldn't look back, defeating archrival Lafayette on its home turf, 34-3, in the 154th meeting of college football's most-played rivalry. Read more >

2019 Game

The 155th edition of the most-played rivalry in all of college football will take place in Goodman Stadium. For ticket information, visit LehighSports.com/tickets.

By the Numbers

10.8

miles between stadiums (how the Mountain Hawk flies)

71

all-time wins for Lehigh (70-78-5 overall)

1967

year of the first Bed Races down The Hill

2.6

miles are run (up and down the hill) during the Turkey Trot

1888

year the first Bonfire was held at Lehigh

17-7

the Mountain Hawks' record in The Rivalry since 1995

The Rivalry

College football is a sport built on great rivalries. But there is truly nothing like The Rivalry.

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Rivalry 150

To celebrate the 150th meeting of The Rivalry, Lehigh and Lafayette traveled to New York City and played out that historic chapter in the series at iconic Yankee Stadium.

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Beat Lafayette!

See Lehigh-Lafayette game reports across all sports. The Mountain Hawks went 28-4 in 2017-18!

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Marching 97 playing

Eco Flame

The Marching 97 “Eco-Flame” began in the 1970s, when Professor Rich Aaronson asked the band to play during his ECO 001 class.

Lehigh's Bed Races

Bed Races

Students form teams, decorate beds and drag race them down the length of Memorial Walk in one of Lehigh’s most treasured traditions.

Lehigh football coach Andy Coen

Coach Coen

Andy Coen went 9-4 in 13 Rivalry games as head coach of the Mountain Hawks.

Lehigh's Turkey Trot

Turkey Trot

A 2.6-mile run through campus to the top of “The Hill” and back to the UC lawn, the Turkey Trot draws participants from the entire Lehigh community.

Beat Lafayette Luncheon

Beat Lafayette Luncheon

On the Friday before the game, senior players & coaches have lunch with members of the “50 Game Club,” who have attended 50 or more Lehigh-Lafayette games.

Lehigh alumni

Alumni Telecasts

Can’t make it to the game? Go to an Alumni Telecast Party in your hometown.

Bedsheet sign

Rivalry on Display

One of the most popular, and creative, traditions is “Bedsheet Banners” hung up in front of residence halls, off-campus housing, or even in offices.

Tearing down goalposts

Tearing Down Goalposts

Taylor Stadium was Lehigh’s home for The Rivalry from 1914 to 1988.