1999 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

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.

1999 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
Patriot League co-champion
ConferencePatriot League
Record10–2 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Captains
  • Ian Eason
  • Kevin Joseph
  • Brett Snyder
  • Phil Stambaugh
Home stadiumGoodman Stadium
1999 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
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  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
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
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
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
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 62–8 13,181 [10]
October 30 Towson No. 7
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
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]

References
  1. "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 22. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Lehigh Football Captains". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 12. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. "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.
  4. Blockus, Gary R. (September 12, 1999). "Lehigh Engineers Rout of Fordham". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. pp. C1, C2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Denman, Elliott (September 19, 1999). "Lehigh Overpowers Monmouth". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, N.J. pp. H3, H18 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. 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.
  7. Blockus, Gary R. (October 3, 1999). "Lehigh Sets Marks and Routs Columbia". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. 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.
  9. Tresolini, Kevin (October 17, 1999). "Lehigh Airs It Out Against Hens". Sunday News Journal. Wilmington, Del. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Blockus, Gary R. (October 24, 1999). "Lehigh Slams Holy Cross, 62-8". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Emotionally Drained Lehigh Tops Towson". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. October 31, 1999. pp. C1, C2 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Blockus, Gary R. (November 7, 1999). "Colgate Grounds Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Blockus, Gary R. (November 28, 1999). "Engineers Are Down and Out". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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