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The 2005 Lafayette-Lehigh Game was played at Goodman Stadium.
The 2005 Lafayette-Lehigh Game was played at Goodman Stadium.

Goodman Stadium is Lehigh University's 16,000-seat stadium located on its Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. Lehigh University is a private, co-educational University located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English is a place or venue for (mostly outdoor Sports Concerts or other events consisting Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the The Lehigh Valley, also known as the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA-NJ metropolitan area, is an official metropolitan region consisting of Lehigh, Northampton It opened in 1988, replacing Taylor Stadium which stood in the main academic campus from 1914 until 1987. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The former Taylor Stadium site now holds the Rauch Business Center, the Zoellner Arts Center and a parking garage. Zoellner Arts Center is an arts center located on the campus of Lehigh University in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, in the United States. The line from the P. A. announcer "First Down for Lehigh" is well-known.

The stadium is home to the Lehigh University Mountain Hawks football team who compete in the Patriot League at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (or FCS) level, formerly known as I-AA. Lehigh University is a private, co-educational University located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with A team comprises a group of people or Animals linked in a common purpose The Patriot League is a College athletic conference which operates in the Northeastern United States. [1] Located in a rural valley surrounded by wooded hills, it has lots of near-by parking making tailgate parties before games very popular. Concession stands protected from the weather and large indoor restrooms are provided on both sides of the stadium.

Lehigh has one of the highest winning percentage in FCS/I-AA since 1998 and has won or shared in 8 Patriot League titles, more than any other institution in the league. The Patriot League is a College athletic conference which operates in the Northeastern United States. Lehigh has been the league leader in attendance for the 17 consecutive seasons.

On November 17th, Goodman Stadium hosted the 143rd playing of the Lehigh-Lafayette rivalry. Lehigh lost to Lafayette, 21-17. The Rivalry is both college football's most-played and its longest uniterrupted series. The current record in the rivalry stands at 62 wins for Lehigh, 76 wins for Lafayette (including the last 4 meetings), and 5 ties. Since 1956, Lehigh holds a 32-18-2 advantage.

The Goodman Campus has also been the pre-season training camp location for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles for the past decade. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eagles' training camps often draw as many as 10,000 fans, ranking at the top of NFL training camp attendance. The Eagles' twice-daily practices are held from mid-July to mid-August.

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