2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

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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.

Previous season

The Mountain Hawks finished the 2017 season 5–7, 5–1 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for the Patriot League championship with Colgate. Due to their head-to-head win over Colgate, Lehigh received the Patriot League's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Stony Brook in the first round.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award	Player	Position	Year
Walter Payton Award	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.

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.

Offense

Brad Mayes – QB

Dom Bragalone – RB

Chris Fournier – OL

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:30 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	Stadium SE2	W 21–19	4,216
September 8	12:30 p.m.	No. 12 Villanova*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	Stadium SE2	L 9-31	5,104
September 15	3:30 p.m.	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	L 21-51	30,011
September 22	3:00 p.m.	at Penn*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	L 10-30	4,445
October 6	1:00 p.m.	at Princeton*	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ		L 7-66	1,013
October 13	12:30 p.m.	Fordham	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	Stadium SE2	L 14-43	4115
October 20	2:00 p.m.	at Georgetown	Cooper Field Washington, D.C.	Stadium
October 27	1:00 p.m.	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	Stadium
November 3	12:30 p.m.	Bucknell	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	Stadium SE2
November 10	12:30 p.m.	Colgate	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	Stadium SE2
November 17	12:30 p.m.	at Lafayette	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA (154th meeting of The Rivalry)	Stadium WFMZ
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1922	LEH, 37–0

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–9	2017	NOVA, 38–35

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–14–1	1987	LEH, 24–9

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
44–16	2017	PENN, 65–47

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–40–2	2016	LEH, 42–28

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–5	2017	LEH, 42–28

at Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks					0
Hoyas					0

See also: 2018 Georgetown Hoyas football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–5	2017	LEH, 54–35

at Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks					0
Cruaders					0

See also: 2018 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–13–1	2017	LEH, 34–21

Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bisons					0
Mountain Hawks					0

See also: 2018 Bucknell Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
47–31–3	2017	LEH, 42–31

Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders					0
Mountain Hawks					0

See also: 2018 Colgate Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–29–2	2017	LEH, 41–38

at Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks					0
Leopards					0

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
69–78–5	2017	LEH, 38–31

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—