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

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.

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)
1 Colgate 71 (11)
2 Lehigh 63 (3)
3 Fordham 45
4 Holy Cross 40
T–5 Bucknell 31
T–5 Lafayette 31
7 Georgetown 13

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
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)

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Flash 7 3 3 6 19
Mountain Hawks 0 14 7 0 21

See also: 2018 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

Villanova

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Wildcats 7 13 11 0 31
Mountain Hawks 3 0 0 6 9

See also: 2018 Villanova Wildcats football team

At Navy

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 7 0 0 14 21
Midshipmen 21 13 14 3 51

See also: 2018 Navy Midshipmen football team

At Penn

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 10 0 0 10
Quakers 0 13 7 10 30

See also: 2018 Penn Quakers football team

At Princeton

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 7 0 0 0 7
Tigers 7 24 21 14 66

See also: 2018 Princeton Tigers football team

Fordham

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 22 7 14 43
Mountain Hawks 0 6 0 8 14

See also: 2018 Fordham Rams football team

At Georgetown

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Mountain Hawks 6 0 0 370 16
Hoyas 9 0 0 076 22

See also: 2018 Georgetown Hoyas football team

At Holy Cross

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 0 0 0 0
Crusaders 7 21 14 14 56

See also: 2018 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Bucknell

1 2 3 4 Total
Bisons 0 14 3 0 17
Mountain Hawks 7 14 10 14 45

See also: 2018 Bucknell Bison football team

Colgate

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Raiders 7 20 21 0 48
Mountain Hawks 0 6 0 0 6

See also: 2018 Colgate Raiders football team

At Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 17 0 10 7 34
Leopards 0 3 0 0 3

See also: 2018 Lafayette Leopards football team and The Rivalry (Lafayette–Lehigh)

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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