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#REDIRECT [[Fisher Stadium]]
[[Image:Fisher-Field-construction8-19-06.JPG|thumb|right|During the renovation]]
'''Fisher Field at Fisher Stadium''' is a 13,750-seat multi-purpose [[stadium]] in [[Easton, Pennsylvania]]. It opened in [[1926]] and it is home to the [[Lafayette College]] Leopards [[American football|football]] [[team]].
It is currently undergoing a $23 million renovation. It was reopened in time for the 2006 [[college football]] season complete with new seating, [[JumboTron]], a new press box, artificial turf, and field lighting. Construction of a Football Varsity House beyond the western [[end zone]] will commence in late 2006 and will be completed before the 2007 season. The new renovations should give Lafayette one of the best venues in all of I-AA football.
Fisher Field will host the 142nd playing of the [[Lehigh-Lafayette rivalry]] football game on November 18th, 2006. And, as always, Fisher Field at Fisher Stadium will be the neutral site for the traditional high school football rivalry between [[Easton High School]] and [[Phillipsburg High School (New Jersey)|Phillipsburg High School]] which will be shown on [[ESPN2]] on [[Thanksgiving]] Day 2006, the 100th meeting of the two cross-state teams. Erected in 1926, Fisher Field was named for Thomas Fisher, Lafayette College Class of 1888, who almost single-handedly raised the $445,000 needed for construction through fund raising efforts and a sizeable personal contribution.
The first football game played in the 18,000-seat structure came on [[September 25]], [[1926]], with a 35-0 Leopard victory over [[Muhlenberg College]].
Now entering its 72nd season, Fisher Field has been host to 343 Lafayette football games with the Leopards enjoying an overall record of 208 wins, 122 losses and 13 ties for a winning percentage of 62.5%. Of the previous 71 seasons, Lafayette has produced 12 undefeated home seasons with the most recent being the 1992 Patriot League champion Leopards that went a perfect 5-0 -- the first undefeated home season for Lafayette at Fisher Field since 1970. During the 1992 and 1993 seasons, Lafayette won 10 straight home games, tying the Fisher Field school record for consecutive wins first set by the 1926 and 1927 squads in the first 10 games ever played in the stadium.
In 1973, during the construction of Allan P. Kirby Field House, more than 4,500 seats were removed from the north stands to make room for the structure. Presently, Fisher Field has a permanent seating capacity of 13,750 (12,000 in the south stands and 1,750 in the north). Many times, when Lafayette College is host for the Lafayette-Lehigh rivalry every other year, more than 3,500 temporary seats are erected to accommodate the sellout crowd of 17,000.
{{Patriot League Football Venues}}
[[Category:College football venues]]
[[Category:Lehigh Valley]]
[[Category:Northampton County, Pennsylania]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Pennsylvania]]
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