Lehigh's Murray H Goodman Stadium
Goodman Stadium is Lehigh
University
's
16,000-seat stadium located on its Goodman
Campus in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania
. It opened in 1988, replacing
Taylor Stadium, which stood in the
main academic campus from 1914 until 1987. The former Taylor
Stadium site now holds the Rauch Business Center, the
Zoellner Arts Center and a parking
garage.
The
stadium is the home of 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.[221667] Located in a rural valley surrounded by
wooded hills, its ample nearby parking makes tailgate parties
before games very popular. Concession stands protected from
the weather and large indoor restrooms are provided on both sides
of the stadium.
In 2009, Goodman Stadium hosted the 145th playing of the
Lehigh-Lafayette rivalry.
The Rivalry is both college
football's most-played and longest uninterrupted series. Lehigh won
the game 27-21 in overtime, bringing the overall record to
Lafayette 76 games to Lehigh 64.
The Goodman Campus has also been the pre-season training camp
location for the
NFL's
Philadelphia Eagles for the past decade.
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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