2008 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football | |
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Conference | Patriot League |
Record | 5–6 (4–2 Patriot) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Trey Brown (3rd season) |
Captains |
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Home stadium | Goodman Stadium |
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No. 16 Colgate $^ | 5 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 5 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 3 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 2 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham | 1 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 0 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Lehigh finished third in the Patriot League.
In their third year under head coach Andy Coen, the Mountain Hawks compiled a 5–6 record.[1] Kevin Bayani, Tim Diamond, Matt McGowan and Brendan VanAckeren were the team captains.[2]
The Mountain Hawks outscored opponents 282 to 231. Their 4–2 conference record placed third out of seven 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 | ||
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September 6 | Drake* | W 19–0 | 4,706 | [4] | |||
September 13 | at No. 21 Villanova* | L 14–33 | 11,101 | [5] | |||
September 27 | Princeton* | L 7–10 | 8,836 | [6] | |||
October 4 | Cornell* |
| L 24–25 | 10,460 | [7] | ||
October 11 | Fordham |
| W 45–24 | 7,043 | [8] | ||
October 18 | at Harvard* | L 24–27 | 11,242 | [9] | |||
October 25 | at Holy Cross | L 21–35 | 11,558 | [10] | |||
November 1 | at Georgetown | W 33–13 | [1] | ||||
November 8 | No. 24 Colgate |
| L 33–34 | 10,841 | [11] | ||
November 15 | Bucknell |
| W 31–15 | 4,659 | [12] | ||
November 22 | at Lafayette | W 31–15 | 15,908 | [13] | |||
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References
- ^ a b "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 23. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Lehigh Football Captains". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 12. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 11. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "Drake Shut Out at Lehigh". Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. September 7, 2008. p. 8C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Juliano, Joe (September 14, 2008). "Defense Drives 'Nova Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Groller, Keith (September 28, 2008). "Lehigh Loses at Princeton on the Last Play". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Groller, Keith (October 5, 2008). "Bitter End ... Again for Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Groller, Keith (October 12, 2008). "Clark, Lehigh Give Fans a Better Ending". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Area Colleges: Football". The Journal News. White Plains, N.Y. October 12, 2008. p. 13C.
- ^ Benbow, Julian (October 19, 2008). "It Was Just Like Clockwork". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Holy Cross Comes Back to Top Lehigh in 4th". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. October 26, 2008. p. C14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Groller, Keith (November 9, 2008). "Colgate Deals Lehigh Another Late-Game Loss". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Groller, Keith (November 16, 2008). "Defense Lifts Lehigh to Win". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Reinhard, Paul (November 23, 2008). "Lehigh Proves Its Mettle". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.