2009 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

2009 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
Conference	Patriot League
Record	4–7 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach	Andy Coen (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Trey Brown (4th season)
Captains	B.J. Benning Matt Cohen
Home stadium	Goodman Stadium
Seasons ←  2008 2010  →

2009 Patriot League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 14 Holy Cross $^		5	–	1					9	–	3
No. 21 Colgate		4	–	2					9	–	2
No. 24 Lafayette		4	–	2					8	–	3
Lehigh		4	–	2					4	–	7
Fordham		2	–	4					5	–	6
Bucknell		2	–	4					4	–	7
Georgetown		0	–	6					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2009 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Lehigh tied for second in the Patriot League.

In their fourth year under head coach Andy Coen, the Mountain Hawks compiled a 4–7 record. ^[1] B.J. Benning and Matt Cohen were the team captains. ^[2]

The Mountain Hawks were outscored 234 to 230. All of their losses, however, were to non-conference opponents, and their 4–2 conference record placed them in a three-way tie with Colgate and Lafayette for second in the Patriot League standings. ^[3]

Lehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	Central Connecticut *	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 21–28	6,140	[4]
September 12	at No. 3 Villanova *	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 17–38	8,811	[5]
September 26	Princeton *	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 14–17	8,168	[6]
October 3	Harvard *	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 14–28	5,457	[7]
October 10	Georgetown	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 27–0	5,789	[8]
October 17	Yale *	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 0–7	5,847	[9]
October 24	at Bucknell	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 35–16	2,246	[10]
October 31	at No. 24 Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	L 20–27		[1]
November 7	No. 13 Holy Cross	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 20–24	9,797	[11]
November 14	at Fordham	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	W 35–28		[1]
November 21	No. 21 Lafayette	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA (The Rivalry)	W 27–21 OT	15,714	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 24. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
2. "Lehigh Football Captains". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 12. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
3. "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 12. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
4. Groller, Keith (September 6, 2009). "Lehigh Offense Listless in 28-21 Defeat". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Tatum, Kevin (September 13, 2009). "Whitney and 'Nova Run Over Lehigh, 38-17". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. E3 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Groller, Keith (September 27, 2009). "Lehigh Offense Can't Get It Done Against Princeton". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Groller, Keith (October 4, 2009). "More Gloom at Goodman as Harvard Dumps Lehigh". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Groller, Keith (October 11, 2009). "Lehigh Shuts Out Georgetown". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Groller, Keith (October 18, 2009). "Hawks Fall to Yale 7-0, First Shutout Since 1986". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 10 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Lehigh Tames Bison". The Express-Times . Easton, Pa. October 25, 2009. p. C4 – via NewsBank.
11. Groller, Keith (November 8, 2009). "Late TD Allows Holy Cross to Escape Lehigh". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 5 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 8, 2009. p. C17.
12. Reinhard, Paul (November 22, 2009). "An Improbable Overtime Win". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.