Coincidence? Photo, Upset Start Tradition

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. - When the Lehigh Home Club hosted the 2009 Lehigh-Lafayette Pub Night in advance of the rivals’ 145th gridiron meeting, Club President Dennis Zehner ‘99 was hesitant to reprise his 2008 photo with the Lafayette Leopard. Then a fellow Lehigh alum reminded him that Lehigh won 2008 game and suggested that it might be good luck to do so again.

So the 2009 photo was snapped (see below), and less than 72 hours later, the Brown and White scored another upset over the Leopards.

“Coincidence? Probably,” Zehner said. “But a new Lehigh-Lafayette tradition has begun … at least until it stops working. But if the streak continues long enough, I expect my successors to carry it on.”