2019 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

The 2019 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team represents Lehigh University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mountain Hawks are led by first-year head coach Tom Gilmore and play their home games at Goodman Stadium. They are a member of the Patriot League.

2019 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
Conference	Patriot League
2019 record	4–7 (3–4 Patriot)
Head coach	Tom Gilmore (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Scott Brisson (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Kashurba (1st season)
Home stadium	Goodman Stadium (Capacity: 16,000)
Uniform

2019 Patriot League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Holy Cross $^		5	–	1					7	–	5
Lafayette		4	–	2					4	–	8
Bucknell		3	–	3					3	–	8
Lehigh		3	–	3					4	–	7
Colgate		3	–	3					4	–	8
Fordham		2	–	4					4	–	8
Georgetown		1	–	5					5	–	6
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant

Previous season

The Mountain Hawks finished the 2018 season 3–8, 2–4 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. Following the season, head coach Andy Coen stepped down as head football coach to focus on his health after receiving a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.[1] On January 8, 2019 Lehigh announced the hire of Tom Gilmore as the new head football coach.[2]

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019 (voting was by conference head coaches and sports information directors). The Mountain Hawks were picked to finish in fifth place.[3]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Colgate	72 (12)
2	Holy Cross	58 (2)
3	Georgetown	51
4	Fordham	39
5	Lehigh	38
6	Lafayette	21
7	Bucknell	15

Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Mountain Hawks had one player selected to the preseason All-Patriot League team.[3]

Offense Jorge Portorreal – WR

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	12:30 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	Stadium/SE2	L 13–14	4,161
September 7	6:00 p.m.	at No. 24 Villanova*	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	FloSports	L 10–38	8,319
September 14	10:00 p.m.	at No. 5 UC Davis*	UC Davis Health Stadium Davis, CA	Pluto TV	L 13–41	9,908
September 28	12:30 p.m.	Merrimack*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	Stadium/SE2	W 10–3	4,511
October 5	1:00 p.m.	at Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	Stadium	W 21–14	3,853
October 19	1:00 p.m.	at Fordham	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	Stadium	W 30–27 ^OT	2,766
October 26	12:30 p.m.	Georgetown	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	Stadium/SE2	W 27–24	7,031
November 2	12:30 p.m.	Holy Cross	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	Stadium	L 17–24	4,545
November 9	1:00 p.m.	at Bucknell	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	Stadium	L 10–20	2,051
November 16	12:00 p.m.	at Sacred Heart*	Campus Field Fairfield, Connecticut	NEC Front Row	L 6–13
November 23	12:30 p.m.	Lafayette	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA (155th meeting of The Rivalry)	Stadium WFMZ	L 16–17
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Source: [4]

Game summaries

Saint Francis (PA)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Flash	0	0	7	7	14
Mountain Hawks	10	3	0	0	13

See also: 2019 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2018	LEH, 21–19

at Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	0	3	7	0	10
No. 24 Wildcats	0	17	14	7	38

See also: 2019 Villanova Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–10	2018	NOVA, 31–9

at UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	0	0	0	13	13
No. 5 Aggies	14	7	13	7	41

See also: 2019 UC Davis Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1977	LEH, 39–30

Merrimack

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warriors	0	3	0	0	3
Mountain Hawks	0	0	3	7	10

See also: 2019 Merrimack Warriors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	0	14	0	7	21
Raiders	7	7	0	0	14

See also: 2019 Colgate Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–30–2	2018	GATE, 48–6

at Fordham

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	7	3	7	6	30
Rams	0	10	7	7	3	27

See also: 2019 Fordham Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–7	2018	FORD, 43–14

Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	3	13	8	24
Mountain Hawks	10	0	7	10	27

See also: 2019 Georgetown Hoyas football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–6	2018	GEORG, 22–16 ^2OT

Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	7	10	7	0	24
Mountain Hawks	0	7	7	3	17

See also: 2019 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–14–1	2018	HOLY, 56–0

at Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	0	3	0	7	10
Bison	0	10	7	3	20

See also: 2019 Bucknell Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
48–31–3	2018	LEH, 45–17

at Sacred Heart

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	0	3	3	0	6
Pioneers	0	0	0	13	13

See also: 2019 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	7	0	7	3	17
Mountain Hawks	0	7	3	6	16

See also: 2019 Lafayette Leopards football team and The Rivalry (Lehigh–Lafayette)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
71–78–5	2018	LEH, 34–3

References

1. Keith Groller (December 7, 2018). "Andy Coen steps down as Lehigh football coach after early-onset Alzheimer's diagnosis". The Morning Call. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
2. "Lehigh Names Tom Gilmore Head Football Coach". Lehigh Athletics Department. January 8, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
3. "Patriot League Football Preseason Honors Announced". PatriotLeague.org. July 30, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
4. "Lehigh University Mountain Hawks 2019 Football Schedule". Lehigh Athletics Department. Retrieved July 4, 2019.