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SSPRINGPRING 22021021 LLEHIGHEHIGH FFOOTBALLOOTBALL - GGAMEAME 3 SSCHEDULE/RESULTSCHEDULE/RESULTS LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS Mar. 13 HOLY CROSS L, 20-3 Mar. 20 at Colgate Postponed Mar. 20 at Holy Cross Canceled Mar. 27 BUCKNELL* Postponed Apr. 3 BUCKNELL* L, 6-0 Apr. 10 at Lafayette* 12:30 *Patriot League South Division Opponent LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS Mar. 13 COLGATE W, 24-10 Mar. 20 at Bucknell* Postponed 12-TIME PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS Mar. 27 at Fordham Postponed 1993 • 1995 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2004 • 2006 • 2010 • 2011 • 2016 • 2017 Mar. 27 at Bucknell* L, 38-13 Apr. 10 LEHIGH* 12:30 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (0-2) AT LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (1-1) *Patriot League South Division Opponent THE 156TH MEETING OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S MOST-PLAYED RIVALRY APR. 10, 2021 • 12:30 PM • FISHER STADIUM • EASTON, PA. LEHIGH QUICK FACTS TV: Service Electric Network, ESPN+ Location ................................................. Bethlehem, Pa. Announcers: Steve Degler and Doug Heater Founded .........................................1865 by Asa Packer Radio: Fox Sports Radio 1230/1320 AM and 94.7 FM Allentown Undergraduate enrollment ...............................5,080 Announcers: Matt Kerr and Lance Haynes ‘94 President .................................................John D. Simon Internet Audio: LVFoxSports.com Dean of Athletics....................................... Joe Sterrett Affiliation .....................................NCAA Division I FCS SETTING THE SCENE Conference ............................................Patriot League For the first time ever, college football’s most-played rivalry will be contested in the spring as Lehigh Nickname ............................................Mountain Hawks travels to Lafayette for the 156th meeting at Fisher Stadium. The COVID-19 pandemic has moved the Historical Nicknames...................................Engineers game from the Saturday before Thanksgiving to April 10. This game was originally scheduled for April 3, but ...............................................................Brown and White was postponed a week due to a COVID issue in Lafayette’s program. Instead, Lehigh hosted Bucknell last Mascot .................................Mountain Hawk (Clutch) Saturday and fell 6-0 despite another strong defensive effort. Lafayette comes in at 1-1 as the Leopards Colors ................................................. Brown and White defeated Colgate on March 13 but dropped a 38-13 decision at Bucknell in its last game March 27. Lehigh Stadium ...........................................Goodman Stadium Capacity/Surface.................... 16,000/Natural Grass has won nine of the last 12 Rivalry games, with Lafayette’s 17-16 win in Bethlehem in November 2019 snap- First season of football ...........................................1884 ping a four-game win streak for the Mountain Hawks. All-time record ............................................700-613-45 2019 record ....................................................................4-7 KEY STATS 2019 Patriot League record/finish ............3-3, T-3rd •Lehigh’s leads the Patriot League in total defense (224.0 ypg) and pass defense (119.0 ypg.) and ranks PL Championships (Last)..............................12 (2017) second in scoring defense (13.0 ppg.) NCAA Playoff Appearances (Last).............................14 (2017) •The Bucknell game was the first Lehigh football game since 1976 in which neither team scored a touchdown. NCAA Championships ..............................1 (1977- DII) •Lehigh has won 35 of 55 games versus Lafayette since the teams played to a 6-6 tie in the 100th meet- ing in 1964. THE LEADERBOARD Statistical Leaders … … … … … … … … … … … . ..........................................................................Spring 2021 Stats PASSING ....................................................................................................................................... 140.0/game #9 Cross Wilkinson (25-41, 61.0%, 223 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT) RUSHING .........................................................................................................................................23.5/game #26 Rashawn Allen (26 rushes, 61 yards, 2.3 avg.) #6 Zaythan Hill (13 rushes, 25 yards, 1.9 avg.) RECEIVING ................................................................................................................................... 140.0/game ffollowollow llehighehigh ffootballootball #88 Eric Johnson (5 receptions, 62 yards) #15 Austin Dambach (4 receptions, 65 yards) @LehighSports TACKLES ......................................................................................................................................... 52.0/game @LehighFootball #34 Pete Haffner (19 total tackles, 3.0 TFL, 1 sack, 1 FR) /LehighAthletics #33 TyGee Leach (14 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 1 INT, 1 pass breakup) /Lehighuniversityfootball @Lehigh_Sports IF LEHIGH WINS… @Lehigh_FOOTBALL •Lehigh would defeat Lafayette for the fifth time in six seasons and the 10th time in 13 seasons. •Lehigh would post its sixth straight win in Rivalry games played at Fisher Stadium. LehighSports.com •The Mountain Hawks would win their first-ever game in the month of April. Lehigh Sports Communications• 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • 610-758-3174 •LehighSports.com • @LehighSports • @LehighFootball GAME 3: LEhiGH at lafayette • #rivalry156 • PAGE 2 mmediaedia iinformationnformation OFFENSIVE COMPARISON The Lehigh Sports Communications office looks Rush/Game Pass/Game PPG forward to handling your media requests throughout Lehigh 23.5 140.0 1.5 the spring 2021 football season. Should you seek Lafayette 93.0 219.0 18.5 additional information, please do not hesitate to Height Weight contact a member of our staff. Lehigh Offensive Line 6-3 292 Lafayette Offensive Line 6-6 313 Interview Policies All interviews for the spring 2021 season must DEFENSIVE COMPARISON be done virtually or by phone. Interviews may be arranged through the Sports Communications Office Rush/Game Pass/Game PPG to take place following a practice on Tuesdays, Lehigh 105.0 119.0 13.0 Wednesdays and Thursdays. There are no player Lafayette 71.0 282.5 24.0 interviews on Fridays. Players will not be available on Height Weight game days until after the contest. Lehigh Defensive Line 6-3 256 Lafayette Defensive Line 6-3 275 Post-game Interviews (home games) Post-game interviews for the spring 2021 season will be conducted via Zoom. Contact the Lehigh Sports LEHIGH HEAD COACH TOM GILMORE Communications Office if you wish to participate. Tom Gilmore is in his second season as Lehigh’s head coach. Gilmore led Lehigh to a 4-7 season in 2019. He mentored six All-Patriot League selections and one All-American as the Mountain Hawks showed Credentials measured improvement, especially on defense. Gilmore returned to Lehigh as head coach after four Requests for credentials should be made to Steve successful seasons as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach from 2000-03. Gilmore spent 14 Lomangino. Please forward your request for cre- seasons as head coach at Holy Cross, where he was a two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year and led dentials at least one week prior to the game. For the the Crusaders to a Patriot League Championship and FCS Playoff appearance in 2009. The 1986 graduate spring 2021 season all credentials (wristbands) will be picked up at Goodman Stadium. of the University of Pennsylvania spent the 2018 season on the coaching staff at Wake Forest. (Coach Gilmore’s complete bio can be found on page 15) Parking Passes Parking passes will accompany your media cre- LAFAYETTE HEAD COACH JOHN GARRETT dentials. Media parking is available in the A-Annex A coaching veteran with more than 25 years of experience, John Garrett is in his fourth season as grass lot behind the Stadium House (scoreboard) at Goodman Stadium. Lafayette’s head coach. He was hired in December 2016 after spending the 2016 season as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Richmond. Garrett also enjoyed recent college stints at Florida Weekly Football Media Luncheon and Oregon State and spent time in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys, where In lieu of a traditional weekly media luncheon, Lehigh his brother Jason was the head coach. He is a 1988 graduate of Princeton. will host a weekly Zoom session with head coach Tom Gilmore and select student-athletes during the Spring 2021 season, Wednesdays from approximately THE SERIES 11:30-12:30 p.m. Please contact the Sports Communi- Lehigh and Lafayette meet for the 156th time with the Leopards holding a 79-71 lead. There have also cations Office in advance if you plan on participating. been five ties in the series with the last occurring in 1964. The Mountain Hawks have won 17 of the last 26 meetings in the series. While Lafayette dominated the early years of the Rivalry, Lehigh owns an impres- LehighSports.com sive 44-24-2 record since 1950. This will be the 74th meeting in Easton and the seventh since the Fisher All the latest information on Lehigh football and Stadium renovation. Lehigh has won the last five games played at Fisher Stadium. Tom Gilmore was 3-1 all 25 of Lehigh’s varsity sports, can be found at versus Lafayette as Lehigh’s Defensive Coordinator, and was 8-6 against the Leopards in his time as head LehighSports.com, the official web site of Lehigh coach at Holy Cross. Athletics. Everything related to Lehigh football, including schedules, rosters, student-athlete and coach bios, news, game notes, the official Lehigh THE LAST TIME