2019 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

The 2019 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team represents Lehigh University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mountain Hawks are led by first-year head coach Tom Gilmore and play their home games at Goodman Stadium. They are a member of the Patriot League.

2019 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
ConferencePatriot League
2019 record4–7 (3–4 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorScott Brisson (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Kashurba (1st season)
Home stadiumGoodman Stadium
(Capacity: 16,000)
Uniform
2019 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Holy Cross $^  5 1     7 5  
Lafayette  4 2     4 8  
Bucknell  3 3     3 8  
Lehigh  3 3     4 7  
Colgate  3 3     4 8  
Fordham  2 4     4 8  
Georgetown  1 5     5 6  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant

Previous season

The Mountain Hawks finished the 2018 season 3–8, 2–4 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. Following the season, head coach Andy Coen stepped down as head football coach to focus on his health after receiving a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.[1] On January 8, 2019 Lehigh announced the hire of Tom Gilmore as the new head football coach.[2]

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019 (voting was by conference head coaches and sports information directors). The Mountain Hawks were picked to finish in fifth place.[3]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Colgate72 (12)
2Holy Cross58 (2)
3Georgetown51
4Fordham39
5Lehigh38
6Lafayette21
7Bucknell15

Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Mountain Hawks had one player selected to the preseason All-Patriot League team.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3112:30 p.m.Saint Francis (PA)*Stadium/SE2L 13–144,161
September 76:00 p.m.at No. 24 Villanova*FloSportsL 10–388,319
September 1410:00 p.m.at No. 5 UC Davis*Pluto TVL 13–419,908
September 2812:30 p.m.Merrimack*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
Stadium/SE2W 10–34,511
October 51:00 p.m.at ColgateStadiumW 21–14 3,853
October 191:00 p.m.at FordhamStadiumW 30–27 OT2,766
October 2612:30 p.m.Georgetown
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
Stadium/SE2W 27–24 7,031
November 212:30 p.m.Holy Cross
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
StadiumL 17–24 4,545
November 91:00 p.m.at BucknellStadiumL 10–20 2,051
November 1612:00 p.m.at Sacred Heart*NEC Front RowL 6–13
November 2312:30 p.m.Lafayette
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA (155th meeting of The Rivalry)
Stadium
WFMZ
L 16–17  
Source: [4]

Game summaries

Saint Francis (PA)

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Flash 0 0 7 7 14
Mountain Hawks 10 3 0 0 13

at Villanova

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 3 7 0 10
No. 24 Wildcats 0 17 14 7 38

at UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 0 0 13 13
No. 5 Aggies 14 7 13 7 41

Merrimack

1 2 3 4 Total
Warriors 0 3 0 0 3
Mountain Hawks 0 0 3 7 10

at Colgate

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 14 0 7 21
Raiders 7 7 0 0 14

at Fordham

1 2 3 4OT Total
Mountain Hawks 7 7 3 76 30
Rams 0 10 7 73 27

Georgetown

1 2 3 4 Total
Hoyas 0 3 13 8 24
Mountain Hawks 10 0 7 10 27

Holy Cross

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 7 10 7 0 24
Mountain Hawks 0 7 7 3 17

at Bucknell

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 3 0 7 10
Bison 0 10 7 3 20

at Sacred Heart

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 3 3 0 6
Pioneers 0 0 0 13 13

Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 7 0 7 3 17
Mountain Hawks 0 7 3 6 16

References

  1. Keith Groller (December 7, 2018). "Andy Coen steps down as Lehigh football coach after early-onset Alzheimer's diagnosis". The Morning Call. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  2. "Lehigh Names Tom Gilmore Head Football Coach". Lehigh Athletics Department. January 8, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  3. "Patriot League Football Preseason Honors Announced". PatriotLeague.org. July 30, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  4. "Lehigh University Mountain Hawks 2019 Football Schedule". Lehigh Athletics Department. Retrieved July 4, 2019.


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