November 24, 2024

Scenes from Rivalry Week 2024

As the Lafayette Leopards prepared to take on the Lehigh Mountain Hawks for the 160th Rivalry—the most-played football rivalry in the country—the entire Lafayette community got in on the action and enjoyed a weeklong celebration of traditions and activities.

For more photos, please visit our Flickr album.

 

Banner Making

Students gathered in Farinon College Center to create Rivalry banners to display throughout campus and College Hill.

A student paints words onto a white bedsheet.
A student paints words onto a white bedsheet.
A student paints words onto a white bedsheet.
A student paints words onto a white bedsheet.
A student paints words onto a white bedsheet.
A student paints words onto a white bedsheet.
A white bedsheet banner reads
A banner reads

 

Maroon Monday

The Lafayette community got the week started with tons of maroon pride.

Farinon College Center is decorated in balloons including some that read
A balloon display of a field goal and a football that reads
Two students smile, holding cupcakes.
A student smiles in a We Bleed Maroon tshirt.
Two students smile, holding cupcakes.
A student smiles, holding a cupcake.
A student smiles, holding a cupcake.
Two students smile, holding cupcakes.
Students look at new maroon t-shirts.
Students smile, wearing Lafayette sweatshirts

 

SMAC the Car & Annual T-Shirt Sale

Rivalry Week was in full swing as Student Movement Against Cancer (SMAC) and Lafayette Activities Forum (LAF) held the annual SMAC the Lehigh car event.

A student smiles spray painting a car.
A student smiles spray painting a car.
Students smile
A student uses a sledgehammer on the Lehigh car.
A student uses a sledgehammer on the Lehigh car.
A student uses a sledgehammer on the Lehigh car.
A student uses a sledgehammer on the Lehigh car.
A student uses a sledgehammer on the Lehigh car.
A student uses a sledgehammer on the Lehigh car.
A student uses a sledgehammer on the Lehigh car.
A student uses a sledgehammer on the Lehigh car.
A student uses a sledgehammer on the Lehigh car.
A student uses a sledgehammer on the Lehigh car.
A dance group performs in front of Farinon College Center.
Students smile, holding tshirts.

 

Quad Lighting

At this annual College tradition, the Lafayette College community gathered to watch the lighting of the Quad, make DIY snow globes, and enjoy hot chocolate, a capella singing, and poem readings.

Farinon and the Quad, illuminated in lights.
Farinon and the Quad, illuminated in lights.
Nicole Hurd speaks to a crowd.
Students stand and smile with hot chocolate.
Students stand and smile with hot chocolate.
Students stand and smile with hot chocolate.
A crowd of students in front of Farinon College Center.
The Lafayette field hockey team.
A crowd of students in front of Farinon College Center.
The Lafayette field hockey team.
Students stand and smile with hot chocolate.
Two students smile in front of lit up trees.

 

Pard-y at Practice

Winter weather didn’t stop the Lafayette community from coming together to cheer on the Leopards at their practice. The event included food, giveaways, activities, and more!

Students smile, holding props, in a photo booth.
Students pose in a photo booth with the Leopard
Two students smile
Two students smile, participating in crafts.
Students smile with food.
A student rides a mechanical football.
A student smiles with a caramel apple.
A musician plays guitar.
Students smile in sunglasses and Leopard cat ears.
A student holds up a Lafayette tshirt.

 

The Rivalry Game

Running back Jamar Curtis eclipsed the 3,000-yard mark for career rushing yards as Lafayette’s two-game series win streak was snapped in a 38-14 loss to Lehigh.

The Leopards still claim the all-time series record, 82-73-5, and have won four of the last six.

Students smile, wearing leopard, maroon, and white.
Students smile, wearing leopard, maroon, and white.
Students smile, wearing leopard, maroon, and white.
Students smile, wearing leopard, maroon, and white.
Students smile, wearing leopard, maroon, and white.
The Leopard with a Lafayette fan.
The Leopard with two Lafayette fans.
A football player throws the ball.
The Leopard leads the Lafayette football players into the stadium.
A football player pumps his fist in the air.
A student smiles in the crowd with a Bring the Roar foam finger.
A Lafayette football player carries the football.
A football player throws the ball.
Two alumni in the crowd cheer, standing up!
Lafayette football players near the victory bell.
A student gives peace signs in the crowd.
Dancers in a high-kick.
A student in a Leopard jacket plays the trumpet.
A student plays the saxophone.
A football player in uniform.
A Lafayette football player carries the football.
A Lafayette football player carries the football.
The Leopard waves a Lafayette flag.
A football player holds a sign with their family.

 

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