2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

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.

2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
ConferencePatriot League
2018 record3–8 (2–4 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorScott Brisson
Defensive coordinatorCraig Sutyak
Home stadiumGoodman Stadium
(Capacity: 16,000)
2018 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Colgate $^  6 0     10 2  
Holy Cross  4 2     5 6  
Georgetown  4 2     5 6  
Lehigh  2 4     3 8  
Lafayette  2 4     3 8  
Fordham  2 4     2 9  
Bucknell  1 5     1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

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
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)
1Colgate71 (11)
2Lehigh63 (3)
3Fordham45
4Holy Cross40
T–5Bucknell31
T–5Lafayette31
7Georgetown13

Preseason All-Patriot League team

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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 112:30 p.m.Saint Francis (PA)*Stadium
SE2
W 21–194,216
September 812:30 p.m.No. 12 Villanova*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
Stadium
SE2
L 9–315,104
September 153:30 p.m.at Navy*CBSSNL 21–5130,011
September 223:00 p.m.at Penn*ESPN+L 10–304,445
October 61:00 p.m.at Princeton*L 7–661,013
October 1312:30 p.m.Fordham
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
Stadium
SE2
L 14–434115
October 202:00 p.m.at GeorgetownStadiumL 16–22 2OT1,871
October 271:00 p.m.at Holy CrossStadiumL 0–561,779
November 312:30 p.m.Bucknell
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
Stadium
SE2
W 45–174,203
November 1012:30 p.m.No. 10 Colgate
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
Stadium
SE2
L 6–486,633
November 1712:30 p.m.at LafayetteStadium
WFMZ
W 34–311,028

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 4OT2OT Total
Mountain Hawks 6 0 0 370 16
Hoyas 9 0 0 076 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


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