Thanksgiving Tailgate & Watch Party
Schedule
Thu Nov 27 2025 at 08:00 am to 02:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
2 Riverside Way, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865-2340, United States | Phillipsburg, NJ
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🎉 Phillipsburg vs. Easton Football Game Tailgate & Watch Party📅 Date: Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, November 27
🕗 Time: 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM (or until the game ends)
🏈 Kickoff: 10:30 AM
📍 Location: Riverside Way Parking Lot (behind Jimmy’s Doggie Stand, Downtown Phillipsburg)
Join us for a community Tailgate & Watch Party as Phillipsburg takes on Easton in the iconic Thanksgiving Day football game!
🎥 Watch the Game Live
Thanks to WFMZ, the game will be broadcast live on a big screen so you won’t miss a play!
🍔 Food & Fun
• Food available from local vendors
• You're welcome to bring your own tailgate food (please note: no onsite cooking)
• Games and sports-themed activities for all ages
• Large tent with space for more relaxed activities
• Bring your chair, or buy one onsite
🚐 Shuttle to the Game
We’re offering shuttle service to and from the game to help reduce congestion on College Hill. Avoid the hassle of parking and enjoy the day with ease.
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Press Release:
Thanksgiving Tailgate & Watch Party on the River Plus Free Shuttle to THE GAME
On Thursday, November 27, the Town of Phillipsburg and the
Phillipsburg Urban Enterprise Zone will host a Pre-Game Tailgate and Big-Screen Watch Party featuring food, fun, community and a giant screen on which to watch the game.
Held on Riverside Way at the foot of the Free Bridge, the Thanksgiving Day party is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and will run until 2 p.m. – or whenever the game and the Phillipsburg victory celebration ends.
Kickoff for the Big Game between Phillipsburg and Easton is
set for 10:30 a.m. at Lafayette College’s Fisher Stadium, which seats 13,132 and sells out quickly each year.
For those unable to get tickets, the game will be televised
live courtesy of WFMZ on the giant screen at the Riverside Way location.
For those who have tickets, a free shuttle will provide
transportation to and from the game.
“With 100-plus years of tradition at our backs and a
100-plus parking spots in our lot, we’re starting a new Thanksgiving Day game tradition,” said Patrick Kays, who heads Phillipsburg’s Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) program and is also Director of Municipal Services & Community Development. “If you have tickets c’mon by and park the car, enjoy some pre-game
food as well as a free ride to and from the game in our Stateliner Trolley. No fighting traffic, no parking, no problem.” He continued, “If you don’t have tickets, even better – cause we’re having a Big Screen Watch Party down by the river. Bring yourselves, some chairs and enough P’Burg spirit so they can hear us from across
the bridge.”
The Game
Billed as the 118th Championship of the Delaware
River, Easton leads the all-time series 68-44-5 (the earliest games were not played on Thanksgiving). Though Easton won last year’s game in overtime (17-14), Phillipsburg has won two of the last three.
The interstate rivalry game on Thanksgiving Day between the
two teams is believed to be the oldest in the nation, starting in 1916. The subject of a professional documentary, Tradition:
An Easton & Phillipsburg Story (2023), the game has also been
broadcast to a national audience at least twice by ESPN, with the last one coming in 2006 for the 100th meeting of the two teams.
“Thanksgiving is a great day to be a Stateliner,” said Phillipsburg Mayor Randy Piazza. “It’s a time to see old friends and family and
this event will make it even better because it will bring even more of us together. And, as a vibrant and diverse community, there’s at least one thing we can all agree on: Beat Easton.”
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