SSPRINGPRING 22021021 LLEHIGHEHIGH FFOOTBALLOOTBALL - GGAMEAME 2 SSCHEDULE/RESULTSCHEDULE/RESULTS LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS Mar. 13 HOLY CROSS* L, 20-3 Mar. 20 at Colgate* 3:30 Mar. 27 BUCKNELL* 12:00 Apr. 3 at Lafayette* 12:30 Apr. 17 PL Championship Game *Patriot League Opponent COLGATE RAIDERS Mar. 13 at Lafayette* L, 24-10 Mar. 20 LEHIGH* 3:30 Mar. 27 HOLY CROSS* 3:30 12-TIME PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS Apr. 3 at Fordham* TBA 1993 • 1995 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2004 • 2006 • 2010 • 2011 • 2016 • 2017 Apr. 17 PL Championship Game *Patriot League Opponent LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (0-1) AT COLGATE RAIDERS (0-1) MAR. 20, 2021 • 3:30 PM •ANDY KERR STADIUM • HAMILTON, N.Y. LEHIGH QUICK FACTS Location ................................................. Bethlehem, Pa. TV: ESPN+ Founded .........................................1865 by Asa Packer Announcers: Eric Malanoski and Jeff Bishop Undergraduate enrollment ...............................5,080 Radio: Fox Sports Radio 1230/1320 AM and 94.7 FM Allentown President .................................................John D. Simon Announcers: Matt Kerr and TBD Dean of Athletics....................................... Joe Sterrett Internet Audio: LVFoxSports.com Affiliation .....................................NCAA Division I FCS Conference ............................................Patriot League SETTING THE SCENE Nickname ............................................Mountain Hawks Historical Nicknames...................................Engineers Lehigh will play its first road game since Nov. 16, 2019 as the Mountain Hawks travel to Hamilton, N.Y. to ...............................................................Brown and White face Colgate in a battle of perennial Patriot League powers who are both looking to bounce back from Mascot .................................Mountain Hawk (Clutch) opening day losses. The Mountain Hawks received a strong defensive effort in their opener against Holy Colors ................................................. Brown and White Cross, but the offense was only able to muster a field goal in a 20-3 setback. Lehigh held Holy Cross to Stadium ...........................................Goodman Stadium 209 yards of offense and forced three turnovers but only scored three points off the takeaways, while the Capacity/Surface.................... 16,000/Natural Grass Crusaders scored 17 points off three Mountain Hawk turnovers. Sophomore TyGee Leach and senior Pete First season of football ...........................................1884 Haffner led the defensive charge. Colgate opened its season with a 24-10 setback at Lafayette. All-time record ............................................700-612-45 2019 record ....................................................................4-7 2019 Patriot League record/finish ............3-3, T-3rd KEY STATS PL Championships (Last)..............................12 (2017) •Lehigh’s defense limited Holy Cross to 209 yards of total offense as the Mountain Hawks forced three NCAA Playoff Appearances (Last).............................14 (2017) turnovers and had three sacks. NCAA Championships ..............................1 (1977- DII) •Sixteen Lehigh freshmen saw action in last week’s season opener, including four starters. •Lehigh and Colgate have combined to win or share 22 Patriot League championships, including seven of the last 10 (Lehigh in ‘10, ‘11 and ‘16, Colgate in ‘12, ‘15 and ‘18. The Mountain Hawks and Raiders shared the 2017 title with Lehigh winning the league’s automatic playoff bid by way of head-to-head victory). THE LEADERBOARD Statistical Leaders … … … … … … … … … … … . ..........................................................................Spring 2021 Stats PASSING .........................................................................................................................................113.0/game #9 Cross Wilkinson (8-13, 61.5%, 56 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT) RUSHING ........................................................................................................................................ 24.0/game #26 Rashawn Allen (16 rushes, 29 yards, 1.8 avg.) #6 Zaythan Hill (10 rushes, 14 yards, 1.4 avg.) RECEIVING .....................................................................................................................................113.0/game ffollowollow llehighehigh ffootballootball #88 Eric Johnson (3 receptions, 44 yards) #85 Johnny Foley (2 receptions, 52 yards) @LehighSports TACKLES .........................................................................................................................................46.0/game @LehighFootball #29 TyGee Leach (9 tackles, 2.0 TFL, 1 INT, 1 pass breakup) #34 Pete Haffner (8 total tackles, 3.0 TFL, 1 sack, 1 FR) /LehighAthletics /Lehighuniversityfootball @Lehigh_Sports IF LEHIGH WINS… @Lehigh_FOOTBALL •The Mountain Hawks would post their first-ever victory in the month of March. •Lehigh would defeat Colgate for the eighth time in the last 11 seasons and would post its third straight LehighSports.com victory in Hamilton, N.Y. Lehigh Sports Communications• 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • 610-758-3174 •LehighSports.com • @LehighSports • @LehighFootball GAME 2: LEHIGH at colgate • 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 24.0 113.0 3.0 the spring 2021 football season. Should you seek Colgate 55.0 237.0 10.0 additional information, please do not hesitate to Height Weight contact a member of our staff. Lehigh Offensive Line 6-3 292 Colgate Offensive Line 6-4 303 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 118.0 91.0 20.0 Wednesdays and Thursdays. There are no player Colgate 171.0 169.0 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 Colgate Defensive Line 6-4 280 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 13) Parking Passes Parking passes will accompany your media cre- COLGATE HEAD COACH DAN HUNT dentials. Media parking is available in the A-Annex Dan Hunt is in his seventh season as head coach at Colgate. The two-time Patriot League Coach of the grass lot behind the Stadium House (scoreboard) at Goodman Stadium. Year (2015, 2018) has led the Raiders to Patriot League titles in three of his first six seasons. Hunt spent the previous 18 years on the Colgate staff alongside Dick Biddle, who retired following the 2013 season. Weekly Football Media Luncheon Hunt had coached Colgate’s quarterbacks since 1999. He spent seven seasons as the Raiders’ offensive In lieu of a traditional weekly media luncheon, Lehigh coordinator and four as the associate head coach. Hunt is a 1992 graduate of Springfield College. 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 meets Colgate for the 59th time with the Raiders holding a 30-26 lead. There have also been two cations Office in advance if you plan on participating. ties. Lehigh has won seven of the last 10 meetings, but Colgate’s wins in 2012 and 2015 clinched Patriot League titles for the Raiders. Lehigh has won four of its last five visits to Andy Kerr Stadium. LehighSports.com All the latest information on Lehigh football and 2019 Lehigh 21, Colgate 14* 2014 Lehigh 30, Colgate 27 all 25 of Lehigh’s varsity sports, can be found at 2018 Colgate 48, Lehigh 6 2013 Lehigh 31, Colgate 14* LehighSports.com, the official web site of Lehigh 2017 Lehigh 41, Colgate 38* 2012 Colgate 35, Lehigh 24 Athletics. Everything related to Lehigh football, including schedules, rosters, student-athlete and 2016 Lehigh 45, Colgate 31 2011 Lehigh 45, Colgate 25* coach bios, news, game notes, the official Lehigh 2015 Colgate 49, Lehigh 42* 2010 Lehigh 44, Colgate 14 football record book and more can be found at * - Game played at Andy Kerr Stadium LehighSports.com. Lehigh Sports Communications Staff THE LAST TIME THEY MET Football SID: Steve Lomangino
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