Lehigh Blog: The Rivalry: Told Through Traditions

An old photo of a Lehigh-Lafayette rivalry football game The Game

The Lehigh-Lafayette game is the most-played and longest uninterrupted college football rivalry. This year marks the 160th meeting of the two teams.  

A man wearing Lehigh gear plays the trumpet Eco-Flame

The most unpredictable Lehigh-Lafayette rivalry week tradition is Eco-Flame. The student marching band enters classrooms before the game and briefly interrupts classes to play spirit tunes.

https://blog.lehigh.edu/user Turkey Trot

Every year on the Thursday before the Lehigh-Lafayette rivalry game, students, faculty and staff gather in front of Packer Chapel to participate in the Turkey Trot. 

A team of students, all wearing white shirts with red and black plaid pajama pants, race their bed in front of onlookers Bed Races

One of the most-anticipated and well-attended Lehigh-Lafayette rivalry traditions is the Bed Races. 

Bedsheet banner reading "Laf goes to Laf" hangs from brown siding between a pair of windows. Bedsheet Banners

In the weeks leading up to the Lehigh-Lafayette game, spray-painted bedsheets begin to appear across Lehigh’s campus and neighborhood homes and businesses. 

Black and white photo of people tearing down a goalpost Past Traditions

While some still persist, not all the original Lehigh-Lafayette rivalry game traditions are still practiced today.