2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
Conference Patriot League
2018 record 1–5 (0–1 Patriot)
Head coach Andy Coen (13th season)
Offensive coordinator Scott Brisson
Defensive coordinator Craig Sutyak
Home stadium Goodman Stadium
(Capacity: 16,000)
2018 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 20 Colgate  3 –0     5 –0  
Georgetown  1 –0     2 –4  
Bucknell  1 –1     1 –5  
Lehigh  0 –0     1 –4  
Lafayette  0 –1     1 –4  
Fordham  0 –1     0 –5  
Holy Cross  0 –2     1 –5  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

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.

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 Georgetown
Stadium
October 271:00 p.m.at Holy Cross
Stadium
November 312:30 p.m.Bucknell
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
Stadium
SE2
November 1012:30 p.m.Colgate
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
Stadium
SE2
November 1712:30 p.m.at Lafayette
Stadium
WFMZ

Game summaries

Saint Francis (PA)

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Flash 7 3 3 6 19
Mountain Hawks 0 14 7 0 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 1922 LEH, 37–0

Villanova

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Wildcats 7 13 11 0 31
Mountain Hawks 3 0 0 6 9
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–9 2017 NOVA, 38–35

at Navy

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 7 0 0 14 21
Midshipmen 21 13 14 3 51
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–14–1 1987 LEH, 24–9

at Penn

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 10 0 0 10
Quakers 0 13 7 10 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
44–16 2017 PENN, 65–47

at Princeton

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 7 0 0 0 7
Tigers 7 24 21 14 66
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–40–2 2016 LEH, 42–28

Fordham

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 22 7 14 43
Mountain Hawks 0 6 0 8 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–5 2017 LEH, 42–28

at Georgetown

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0
Hoyas 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–5 2017 LEH, 54–35

at Holy Cross

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0
Cruaders 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–13–1 2017 LEH, 34–21

Bucknell

1 2 3 4 Total
Bisons 0
Mountain Hawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
47–31–3 2017 LEH, 42–31

Colgate

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0
Mountain Hawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–29–2 2017 LEH, 41–38

at Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0
Leopards 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
69–78–5 2017 LEH, 38–31

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR  
Coaches RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

References

  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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