The game is part of the regular East division season, but is celebrated profusely due to its history.

uOttawa is located in the downtown Sandy Hill neighbourhood of the city, while Carleton is between Old Ottawa South and Dow's Lake.

[1] McNulty and White later convinced Snow to display the panda in his front window and then organized the first "Pandanapping", a ritual in which Pedro would be stolen from each campus in various ways.

"Pandanapping" would progress over the years to the point where major vandalism was involved and almost jeopardized the game's future.

The attendance at the Panda Game one year exceeded 16,000, which was higher than that of the Vanier Cup that same season.

The resulting loss of revenue aggravated an already precarious financial situation for Carleton's football team.

In 1998, Carleton University decided to cancel their football program at the end of the season after numerous years of sustained financial losses.

This decision rendered the Panda Game tradition dead and left the Gee-Gees as the lone collegiate football team in the city for the first time in 53 years.

After years of planning, in 2013 the Ravens once again took the field and would mark the return of the Panda Game tradition.

Surpassing the previous season's record attendance mark, the 2016 Panda Game was a sellout as 23,329 fans watched Carleton defeat Ottawa 43–23.