2009 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

The 2009 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Lehigh tied for second in the Patriot League.

2009 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
ConferencePatriot League
Record4–7 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach
Captains
  • B.J. Benning
  • Matt Cohen
Home stadiumGoodman Stadium
2009 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 14 Holy Cross $^  5 –1   9 –3  
No. 21 Colgate  4 –2   9 –2  
No. 24 Lafayette  4 –2   8 –3  
Lehigh  4 –2   4 –7  
Fordham  2 –4   5 –6  
Bucknell  2 –4   4 –7  
Georgetown  0 –6   0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

In their fourth year under head coach Andy Coen, the Mountain Hawks compiled a 4–7 record.[1] B.J. Benning and Matt Cohen were the team captains.[2]

The Mountain Hawks were outscored 234 to 230. All of their losses, however, were to non-conference opponents, and their 4–2 conference record placed them in a three-way tie with Colgate and Lafayette for second in the Patriot League standings.[3]

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5 Central Connecticut*
L 21–28 6,140 [4]
September 12 at No. 3 Villanova*
L 17–38 8,811 [5]
September 26 Princeton*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 14–17 8,168 [6]
October 3 Harvard*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 14–28 5,457 [7]
October 10 Georgetown
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 27–0 5,789 [8]
October 17 Yale*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 0–7 5,847 [9]
October 24 at Bucknell
W 35–16 2,246 [10]
October 31 at No. 24 Colgate
L 20–27 [1]
November 7 No. 13 Holy Cross
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 20–24 9,797 [11]
November 14 at Fordham
W 35–28 [1]
November 21 No. 21 Lafayette
W 27–21 OT 15,714 [12]

References
  1. "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 24. 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. 12. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. Groller, Keith (September 6, 2009). "Lehigh Offense Listless in 28-21 Defeat". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Tatum, Kevin (September 13, 2009). "Whitney and 'Nova Run Over Lehigh, 38-17". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Groller, Keith (September 27, 2009). "Lehigh Offense Can't Get It Done Against Princeton". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Groller, Keith (October 4, 2009). "More Gloom at Goodman as Harvard Dumps Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Groller, Keith (October 11, 2009). "Lehigh Shuts Out Georgetown". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Groller, Keith (October 18, 2009). "Hawks Fall to Yale 7-0, First Shutout Since 1986". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Lehigh Tames Bison". The Express-Times. Easton, Pa. October 25, 2009. p. C4 – via NewsBank.
  11. Groller, Keith (November 8, 2009). "Late TD Allows Holy Cross to Escape Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 5 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 8, 2009. p. C17.
  12. Reinhard, Paul (November 22, 2009). "An Improbable Overtime Win". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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