2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

2018 Patriot League football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – FCS playoff participant; Rankings from STATS Poll

Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
Conference	Patriot League
2018 record	3–8 (2–4 Patriot)
Head coach	Andy Coen (13th season);
Offensive coordinator	Scott Brisson
Defensive coordinator	Craig Sutyak
Home stadium	Goodman Stadium; (Capacity: 16,000)

The 2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team represents Lehigh University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mountain Hawks are led by 13th-year head coach Andy Coen and play their home games at Goodman Stadium. They are a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 3–8, 2–4 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.

Previous season

The Mountain Hawks finished the 2017 season 5–7, 5–1 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for the Patriot League championship with Colgate. Due to their head-to-head win over Colgate, Lehigh received the Patriot League's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Stony Brook in the first round.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award	Player	Position	Year
Walter Payton Award[1]	Dominick Bragalone	RB	SR
Walter Payton Award[1]	Brad Mayes	QB	SR

Preseason coaches poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches poll on July 26, 2018, with the Mountain Hawks predicted to finish in second place.[2]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Colgate	71 (11)
2	Lehigh	63 (3)
3	Fordham	45
4	Holy Cross	40
T–5	Bucknell	31
T–5	Lafayette	31
7	Georgetown	13

Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Mountain Hawks placed three players on the preseason all-Patriot League team.

Offense

Brad Mayes – QB

Dom Bragalone – RB

Chris Fournier – OL

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:30 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	Stadium SE2	W 21–19	4,216
September 8	12:30 p.m.	No. 12 Villanova*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	Stadium SE2	L 9–31	5,104
September 15	3:30 p.m.	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	L 21–51	30,011
September 22	3:00 p.m.	at Penn*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	L 10–30	4,445
October 6	1:00 p.m.	at Princeton*	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ		L 7–66	1,013
October 13	12:30 p.m.	Fordham	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	Stadium SE2	L 14–43	4115
October 20	2:00 p.m.	at Georgetown	Cooper Field Washington, D.C.	Stadium	L 16–22 ^2OT	1,871
October 27	1:00 p.m.	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	Stadium	L 0–56	1,779
November 3	12:30 p.m.	Bucknell	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	Stadium SE2	W 45–17	4,203
November 10	12:30 p.m.	No. 10 Colgate	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	Stadium SE2	L 6–48	6,633
November 17	12:30 p.m.	at Lafayette	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA (154th meeting of The Rivalry)	Stadium WFMZ	W 34–3	11,028
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Source: Schedule

Game summaries

Saint Francis (PA)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Flash	7	3	3	6	19
Mountain Hawks	0	14	7	0	21

Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Wildcats	7	13	11	0	31
Mountain Hawks	3	0	0	6	9

at Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	0	0	14	21
Midshipmen	21	13	14	3	51

at Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	0	10	0	0	10
Quakers	0	13	7	10	30

at Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	0	0	0	7
Tigers	7	24	21	14	66

Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	22	7	14	43
Mountain Hawks	0	6	0	8	14

at Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Mountain Hawks	6	0	0	3	7	0	16
Hoyas	9	0	0	0	7	6	22

at Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	0	0	0	0	0
Crusaders	7	21	14	14	56

Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bisons	0	14	3	0	17
Mountain Hawks	7	14	10	14	45

Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 10 Raiders	7	20	21	0	48
Mountain Hawks	0	6	0	0	6

at Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	17	0	10	7	34
Leopards	0	3	0	0	3

References

"FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
"Patriot League - Patriot League Football Preseason Major Awards, Poll and All-League Honors Announced (7.26.18)". patriotleague.org.

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[1] "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.

[2] "Patriot League - Patriot League Football Preseason Major Awards, Poll and All-League Honors Announced (7.26.18)". patriotleague.org.

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Bowls & rivalries	The Rivalry (Lafayette) Delaware
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