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The Lafayette–Lehigh MVP Trophy plaque in February 2011. Although they did not meet on the football field until 1884, an anecdote from David Bishop Skillman's history of Lafayette College reveals that bad blood existed between the two places even before Lehigh University was founded.
Lehigh and Lafayette are members of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The most-played Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) series is the Minnesota–Wisconsin football rivalry , at 134 games. In some cases, during the early years of college football when distant travel was prohibitive, these teams played each other more than once per year.
Lehigh is Lafayette's primary rival and is the most played rivalry in college football (160 games as of the 2024 season). The rivalry is also the longest running annual college football series in the United States, with the two schools meeting every year since 1897.
Although Lafayette won the first game played at brand new Goodman Stadium in 1989, Lehigh has won 9 of the last 11 at Goodman, and 16 of 25 since Patriot League play began. Lehigh won the latest contest in 2024 and won an overtime thriller in 2009. The overall record stands at Lafayette 82, Lehigh 73. There have been 5 ties.
Lafayette earned the no. 3 seed by virtue of their 1–1 record versus no. 2 seed Boston University, while American was 0–2 against the Terriers. If teams involved in the initial tie were ignored in applying subsequent tiebreaker steps, American would have been the no. 3 seed, based on their 1–1 record against Lehigh, superior to Lafayette ...
The problem: it’s a pattern (Iowa State, 2023, 2021; Tulane, 2022; Texas, 2021), and overshadows and Big 12 championship and breakthrough wins under coach Chris Klieman. And derails CFP hopes.
The 2024 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College as a member of the Patriot League during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards were led by third-year head coach John Troxell and played their home games at Fisher Stadium in Easton, Pennsylvania .
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