2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

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2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
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Conference Patriot League
Record3–8 (2–4 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorScott Brisson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorCraig Sutyak (1st season)
Home stadium Goodman Stadium
Seasons
←  2017
2019  →
2018 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
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

The 2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team represented Lehigh University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mountain Hawks were led by 13th-year head coach Andy Coen and played their home games at Goodman Stadium. They were 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.

Contents

Preseason

Award watch lists

AwardPlayerPositionYear
Walter Payton Award [1] Dominick BragaloneRBSR
Brad MayesQBSR

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 finishTeamVotes (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 *
 CBSSN L 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
StadiumL 16–22 2OT1,871
October 271:00 p.m.at Holy Cross
StadiumL 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 Lafayette
Stadium
WFMZ 		W 34–311,028

Game summaries

Saint Francis (PA)

1234Total
Red Flash733619
Mountain Hawks0147021

Villanova

1234Total
No. 12 Wildcats71311031
Mountain Hawks30069

At Navy

1234Total
Mountain Hawks7001421
Midshipmen211314351

At Penn

1234Total
Mountain Hawks0100010
Quakers01371030

At Princeton

1234Total
Mountain Hawks70007
Tigers724211466

Fordham

1234Total
Rams02271443
Mountain Hawks060814

At Georgetown

1234OT2OTTotal
Mountain Hawks60037016
Hoyas90007622

At Holy Cross

1234Total
Mountain Hawks00000
Crusaders721141456

Bucknell

1234Total
Bisons0143017
Mountain Hawks714101445

Colgate

1234Total
No. 10 Raiders72021048
Mountain Hawks06006

At Lafayette

1234Total
Mountain Hawks17010734
Leopards03003

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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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