1999 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football | |
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Patriot League co-champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 12–27 vs. Hofstra | |
Conference | Patriot League |
Record | 10–2 (5–1 Patriot) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Andy Coen (4th season) |
Defensive coordinator | Joe Bottiglieri (2nd season) |
Captains |
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Home stadium | Goodman Stadium |
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No. 14 Lehigh +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Colgate +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 3 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1999 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh was co-champion of the Patriot League, but lost in the first round of the Division I-AA national playoffs.
In their sixth year under head coach Kevin Higgins, the Mountain Hawks compiled a 10–2 record.[1] Ian Eason, Kevin Joseph, Brett Snyder and Phil Stambaugh were the team captains.[2]
The Mountain Hawks outscored opponents 478 to 220. Lehigh's 5–1 conference record tied for best in the seven-team Patriot League standings.[3] The co-championship represented Lehigh's first back-to-back Patriot title, and its fourth first-place finish of the 1990s.
The Mountain Hawks were ranked No. 19 in the preseason Division I-AA national poll, and remained ranked throughout the year, rising as high as No. 7 and finishing the year at No. 14. Though co-champion Colgate was given the Patriot League's automatic berth in the Division I-AA playoffs, Lehigh earned an at-large berth. Both Patriot League playoff teams lost in the first round.
Lehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 11 | at Fordham* | No. 20 | W 49–7 | 4,177 | [4] | |||
September 18 | Monmouth* | No. 17 | W 56–10 | 10,477 | [5] | |||
September 25 | at Princeton* | No. 15 | W 31–0 | 20,941 | [6] | |||
October 2 | Columbia* | No. 12 |
| W 63–13 | 10,829 | [7] | ||
October 9 | at Dartmouth* | No. 10 | W 30–14 | 6,109 | [8] | |||
October 16 | at No. 11 Delaware* | No. 9 | W 42–35 | 22,032 | [9] | |||
October 23 | Holy Cross | No. 8 |
| W 62–8 | 13,181 | [10] | ||
October 30 | Towson | No. 7 |
| W 44–39 | 10,789 | [11] | ||
November 6 | at Colgate | No. 9 | L 24–28 | 6,228 | [12] | |||
November 13 | at Bucknell | No. 16 | W 48–27 | 3,849 | [13] | |||
November 20 | Lafayette | No. 14 |
| W 14–12 | 16,000 | [14] | ||
November 27 | at No. 5 Hofstra* | No. 14 | L 12–27 | 6,770 | [15] | |||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 22. 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. 7. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (September 12, 1999). "Lehigh Engineers Rout of Fordham". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. pp. C1, C2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Denman, Elliott (September 19, 1999). "Lehigh Overpowers Monmouth". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, N.J. pp. H3, H18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (September 26, 1999). "Lehigh Turns Lights Out on Princeton 31-0". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. pp. C1, C8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (October 3, 1999). "Lehigh Sets Marks and Routs Columbia". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (October 10, 1999). "Unbeaten Lehigh's Routine Win Brings Few Smiles". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 10, 1999. p. C15.
- ^ Tresolini, Kevin (October 17, 1999). "Lehigh Airs It Out Against Hens". Sunday News Journal. Wilmington, Del. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (October 24, 1999). "Lehigh Slams Holy Cross, 62-8". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Emotionally Drained Lehigh Tops Towson". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. October 31, 1999. pp. C1, C2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (November 7, 1999). "Colgate Grounds Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (November 14, 1999). "Jean's 5 TDs Lead Lehigh's Stampede of Bison 48-27". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (November 21, 1999). "Lehigh Edges Lafayette 14-12". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Others". Tampa Bay Times. St. Petersburg, Fla. November 21, 1999. p. 18C.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (November 28, 1999). "Engineers Are Down and Out". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.