2006 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

The 2006 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Lehigh won the Patriot League co-championship but did not qualify for the national playoffs.

2006 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
Patriot League co-champion
ConferencePatriot League
Record6–5 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Captains
  • Julian Austin
  • John Reese
  • Sedale Threatt
Home stadiumGoodman Stadium
2006 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Lafayette +^  5 –1   6 –6  
Lehigh +  5 –1   6 –5  
Holy Cross  4 –2   7 –4  
Bucknell  3 –3   6 –5  
Colgate  3 –3   4 –7  
Fordham  1 –5   3 –8  
Georgetown  0 –6   2 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

In their first year under head coach Andy Coen, the Mountain Hawks compiled a 6–5 record.[1] Julian Austin, John Reese and Sedale Threatt were the team captains.[2]

The Mountain Hawks outscored opponents 299 to 222. Their 5–1 conference record tied for best in the Patriot League standings.[3] Their season-ending loss to archrival Lafayette resulted in the shared title, and ended Lehigh's postseason hopes, as Lafayette was awarded the Patriot League's only berth in the FCS national playoffs.

Lehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2 Albany*
L 16–17 1,812 [4]
September 9 at Villanova*
W 31–28 9,219 [5]
September 16 Princeton*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 10–14 8,667 [6]
September 30 No. 22 Harvard*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 33–35 10,680 [7]
October 7 at Georgetown
W 28–3 [1]
October 14 at Yale*
L 20–26 OT 13,236 [8]
October 21 Bucknell
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 38–7 10,673 [9]
October 28 at Holy Cross
W 28–14 1,428 [10]
November 4 Colgate
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 23–15 11,874 [11]
November 11 Fordham
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 45–14 8,692 [12]
November 18 at Lafayette
L 27–49 15,207 [13]

References
  1. "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 23. 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. 9. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. Groller, Keith (September 3, 2006). "Lehigh's First Outing a Cold Slap in the Face". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Ryan, Shannon (September 10, 2006). "Burroughs, Villanova Lose a Heartbreaker to Lehigh". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Groller, Keith (September 17, 2006). "Mistake-Prone Hawks Succumb to Princeton". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Chamberlain, Tony (October 1, 2006). "Crimson Storm Back for Win". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Groller, Keith (October 15, 2006). "Lehigh Hangs In, Then Bows Out, in OT Loss to Yale". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Groller, Keith (October 22, 2006). "Lehigh Feels at Home in Win Over Bison". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Lehigh Lowers the Boom". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 29, 2006. p. D18 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Groller, Keith (November 5, 2006). "Tricky Threatt Keeps Lehigh Atop League". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Groller, Keith (November 12, 2006). "Lehigh Cruises to Fourth Win in Row". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. Groller, Keith (November 19, 2006). "Lafayette Turns Up the Hurt: Leopards Earn Trip to Playoffs with Rout of Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.