2007 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

The 2007 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Lehigh finished fifth in the Patriot League.

2007 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
ConferencePatriot League
2007 record5–6 (2–4 Patriot)
Head coach
Captains
  • Ernest Moore
  • John Reese
  • Sedale Threatt
  • Brannan Thomas
Home stadiumGoodman Stadium
2007 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 20 Fordham $^  5 –1     8 –4  
Colgate  4 –2     7 –4  
Holy Cross  4 –2     7 –4  
Lafayette  4 –2     7 –4  
Lehigh  2 –4     5 –6  
Bucknell  1 –5     3 –8  
Georgetown  1 –5     1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

In their second year under head coach Andy Coen, the Mountain Hawks compiled a 5–6 record.[1] Ernest Moore, John Reese, Sedale Threatt and Brannan Thomas were the team captains.[2]

The Mountain Hawks outscored opponents 251 to 232. Their 2–4 conference record placed fifth out of seven in the Patriot League.[3]

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8 Villanova*
L 20–30 9,261 [4]
September 15 at Princeton*
W 32–24 8,640 [5]
September 22 Virginia Military*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 37–6 6,550 [6]
September 29 Harvard*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 20–13 9,103 [7]
October 6 at Fordham
L 18–28 3,371 [8]
October 13 at No. 16 Yale*
L 7–23 14,052 [9]
October 20 Holy Cross
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 10–59 9,103 [10]
October 27 Georgetown
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 45–0 9,084 [11]
November 3 at Colgate
L 7–21 [1]
November 10 at Bucknell
W 38–10 1,761 [12]
November 17 Lafayette
L 17–21 16,022 [13]

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. 11. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. Juliano, Joe (September 9, 2007). "Strong Arm Lifts 'Nova to First Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Groller, Keith (September 16, 2007). "Young Backfield Leads Lehigh Over Princeton". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Groller, Keith (September 23, 2007). "Lehigh Starts Fast, Puts It Away Early". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Schlegel, Bradley (September 30, 2007). "Mountain Hawks Get Drop on Crimson". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Groller, Keith (October 7, 2007). "Win Over Lehigh Proves Rams for Real". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Area Colleges: Football". The Journal News. White Plains, N.Y. October 7, 2007. p. 14C.
  9. Groller, Keith (October 14, 2007). "McLeod Carries Yale Over Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Courogen, Chris A. (October 21, 2007). "Crusaders Take Care of Business Early". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D14 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Groller, Keith (October 28, 2007). "New QB, TB Do Wonders for Lehigh in Rout". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Sokoloski, Paul (November 11, 2007). "Lehigh Turns Its Focus Toward Lafayette". The Express-Times. Easton, Pa. p. C4 – via NewsBank.
  13. Groller, Keith (November 18, 2007). "Late Drive Lifts Lafayette Over Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C16 – via Newspapers.com.
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