American college football season
2024 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football |
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Conference | Patriot League |
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Record | 3–1 (0–0 Patriot) |
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Head coach | - Kevin Cahill (2nd season)
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Offensive coordinator | Dan Hunt (2nd season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Rich Nagy (2nd season) |
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Home stadium | Goodman Stadium |
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The 2024 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team will represent Lehigh University as a member of the Patriot League during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mountain Hawks are led by second-year head coach Kevin Cahill and will play home games at Goodman Stadium in Lower Saucon, Pennsylvania.
Preseason
In Lehigh's previous season, the Mountain Hawks' roster was very senior heavy, with most of the team's starting players graduating.[1] As such there is an equally large oncoming group of Freshmen, including two quarterbacks Matt Machalik of Palmerton and Hayden Johnson of Manheim Township, as well as Senior QB Matt Rauscher and fifth-year QB Dante Perri.[1] Additionally, coach Cahill has highlighted the new freshmen defenders, including Broc Bender, second-team all-state linebacker from Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia.[1]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 6:00 PM | at Army* | | CBSSN | L 7–42 | 23,760 |
September 7 | 12:00 PM | Wagner* | | ESPN+ | W 49–13 | 2,920 |
September 14 | 12:00 PM | at LIU* | | NEC Front Row | W 20-17 | 1,643 |
September 21 | 12:00 PM | Princeton* | - Goodman Stadium
- Lower Saucon, PA
| ESPN+ | W 35-20 | 6,217 |
September 28 | 12:00 PM | Bucknell | - Goodman Stadium
- Lower Saucon, PA
| ESPN+ | | |
October 19 | 12:00 PM | at Yale* | | ESPN+ | | |
October 26 | 12:00 PM | Fordham | - Goodman Stadium
- Lower Saucon, PA
| ESPN+ | | |
November 2 | 12:30 PM | at Georgetown | | ESPN+ | | |
November 9 | 12:00 PM | at Holy Cross | | ESPN+ | | |
November 16 | 12:00 PM | Colgate | - Goodman Stadium
- Lower Saucon, PA
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November 23 | 12:00 PM | Lafayette | - Goodman Stadium
- Lower Saucon, PA
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Game summaries
at Army (FBS)
Game One – Lehigh Mountain Hawks (0-0) at Army Black Knights (FBS) (0-0) – Game summary
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Lehigh | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Army (FBS) | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
at Michie Stadium • West Point, New York
- Date: August 30th
- Game time: 6:00 p.m. EST/3:00 p.m. PST
- Game weather: Clear • Temperature: 69 °F (21 °C) • Wind: N at 2 miles per hour (3.2 km/h)
- Game attendance: 23,760
- Referee: Dan Scanlan
- TV announcers (CBSSN): Dave Ryan (play-by-play), Adam Breneman (analyst), Tina Cervasio (sideline reporter)
Game information |
- First quarter
- (5:57) ARMY – Bryson Daily 1 yard run, Trey Gronotte kick (Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 4:55; Army 7–0)
- (0:43) LEH – Luke Yoder 18 yard run, Nick Garrido kick (Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 5:14; Tied 7–7)
- Second quarter
- (10:21) ARMY – Bryson Daily 1 yard run, Trey Gronotte kick (Drive: 13 plays, 76 yards, 5:17; Army 14–7)
- (2:59) ARMY – Kanye Udoh 13 yard run, Trey Gronotte kick (Drive: 10 plays, 79 yards, 6:15; Army 21–7)
- Third quarter
- (8:32) ARMY – Noah Short 3 yard run, Trey Gronotte kick (Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards, 6:20; Army 28–7)
- Fourth quarter
- (8:28) ARMY – Kanye Udoh 1 yard run, Trey Gronotte kick (Drive: 12 plays, 80 yards, 6:51; Army 35–7)
- (0:19) ARMY – Jake Rendina 3 yard run, Trey Gronotte kick (Drive: 8 plays, 56 yards, 2:50; Army 42–7)
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Statistics | LEH | ARMY |
First downs | 16 | 26 |
Total yards | 282 | 432 |
Rushing yards | 172 | 375 |
Passing yards | 110 | 57 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 10-19-2 | 5-8-0 |
Time of possession | 26:56 | 33:04 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
Lehigh | Passing | Dante Perri | 6/11, 64 yards |
Rushing | Luke Yoder | 10 carries, 51 yards, 1 TD |
Receiving | Mason Humphrey | 5 receptions, 61 yards |
Army | Passing | Bryson Daily | 3/6, 35 yards |
Rushing | Noah Short | 8 carries, 83 yards, 1 TD |
Receiving | Casey Reynolds/Cam Schurr | 1 reception, 22 yards |
The season opener and the first time that the teams have met since 1995 and the first time Lehigh has played an FBS team since 2018.[4] In the opening drive the Black Knights preformed a 35-yard fake punt followed by a 1-yard touchdown by Bryson Daily.[5] The mountain hawks would respond the next drive by scoring in a seven-play drive off an 18-yard rushing touchdown by Luke Yoder.[5][6] However, Army would then score on back to back drives with rushing touchdowns from Daily and Kanye Udoh and hold Lehigh scoreless, making it 21-7 at the half.[5] Army would score early in the third with a 3-yeard run from Noah Short, and would score twice in the fourth quarter to finish the game 42-7.[6] Army would hold Lehigh scoreless in the second half, mostly due to two interceptions by Lehigh quarterback Hayden Johnson deep in Army territory.[5] Lehigh would have three quarterbacks take snaps in an effort to confuse Army, with Dante Perri, Matt Machalik and Hayden Johnson all being used in different packages.[5]
Wagner
Game Two – Wagner Seahawks (1-0) at Lehigh Mountain Hawks (0-1) – Game summary
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wagner | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
Lehigh | 21 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 49 |
at Goodman Stadium • Lower Saucon Township, Pennsylvania
- Date: September 7th
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST/9:00 a.m. PST
- Game weather: Sunny
- Game attendance: 2,920
- Referee: Henry Wimberg
- TV announcers (ESPN+): TBD
Game information |
- First quarter
- (8:59) LEH - Geoffrey Jamiel 16 yard pass from Dante Perri, Nick Garrido Kick (Drive: 3 plays, 17 yards, 1:28, Lehigh 7-0)
- (8:22) LEH - Jaden Green 6 yard Run, Nick Garrido Kick (Drive: 1 play, 6 yards, 0:05, Lehigh 14-0)
- (3:52) LEH - Luke Yoder 11 yard Run, Nick Garrido Kick (Drive: 6 plays, 36 yards, 2:53, Lehigh 21-0)
- Second quarter
- (7:25) LEH - Hayden Johnson 45 yard Run, Nick Garrido Kick (Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 3:21, Lehigh 28-0)
- (1:03) LEH - Dante Perri 2 yard Run, Nick Garrido Kick (Drive: 6 plays, 24 yards, 3:30, Lehigh 35-0)
- (0:48) LEH - Nick Peltekian 27 yard Interception Return, Canaan Kimball Kick (Drive: 1 play, 76 yards, 0:08, Lehigh 42-0)
- Third quarter
- (13:22) LEH - Mason Humphrey 37 yard pass from Dante Perri , Nick Garrido Kick (Drive: 3 plays, 44 yards, 1:28, Lehigh 49-0)
- (7:09) WAG - Rickey Spruill 11 yard pass from Damien Mazil, Ryan Liszner PAT failed (Drive: 12 plays, 62 yards, 6:06, Lehigh 49-6)
- Fourth quarter
- (2:58) WAG - Jaylen Bonelli 14 yard pass from Damien Mazil, Ryan Liszner Kick (Drive: 12 plays, 77 yards, 6:44, Lehigh 49-13)
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Statistics | LEH | WAG |
First downs | 18 | 15 |
Total yards | 274 | 249 |
Rushing yards | 190 | 95 |
Passing yards | 84 | 154 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 6-8-0 | 18-32-3 |
Time of possession | 29:00 | 31:00 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
Lehigh | Passing | Dante Perri | 6/8, 84 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Luke Yoder | 9 carries, 64 yards, TD |
Receiving | Mason Humphrey | 2 receptions, 43 yards, TD |
Wagner | Passing | Damien Mazil | 18/31, 154 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT |
Rushing | Sekou Kamau | 14 carries, 55 yards |
Receiving | Jaylen Bonelli | 5 receptions, 54 yards, TD |
Seeking to bounce back from their defeat by Army, Lehigh started their home opener by scoring first off a 16-yard pass from Dante Perri to wide receiver Geoffrey Jamiel , following with two more touchdowns to take a 21-0 lead only 5 minutes into the game.[7] The Mountain Hawks would continue their strong start with first-year Hayden Johnson scoring his first collegiate touchdown for a 28-0 lead, followed by two more touchdowns by Lehigh to make it 42-0 at the half.[8][7] This is the first time that Lehigh scored 42 points before halftime since their 2016 season against Yale.[7] Lehigh would score again to start the third quater to make the lead 49-0 before the Seahawks scored two late touchdowns to finish the game.[7] Wagner had three turnovers, including a pick-six, finishing the game with 249 yards of total offense.[8] This was Lehigh's largest margin of victory in 17 years, since it's 2007 45-0 win against Georgetown, and the most points scored since it's 2018 season against Bucknell.[9] Junior receiver Geoffrey Jamiel put him over 100 career receptions and 1,000 receiving yards during the game, while juniors Tyler Ochojski and Matt Spatny secured Lehigh's first two sacks of the season.[9] Junior defensive back Nick Peltekian said “This should be the standard for this team every week.”[7] The game was also head coach Kevin Cahill's first ever home win.[9]
at LIU
Game Three – Lehigh Mountain Hawks (1-1) at Long Island University Sharks (0-2) – Game summary
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Lehigh | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
LIU | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium • Brookville, New York
- Date: September 14
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST/9:00 a.m. PST
- Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 80 °F (27 °C)
- Game attendance: 1,643
- Referee: Travis Barta
- TV announcers (NEC Front Row): TBD
Game information |
- First quarter
- (2:31) LIU - Luca Stanzani 13 yard pass to Michael Love, Michael Coney kick (Drive: 9 plays, 72 yards, 5:09; LIU 7-0)
- Second quarter
- (14:49) LEH - Luke Yoder 10 yard run, Nick Garrido Kick (Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, 2:33; TIED 7-7)
- (0:12) LEH - Hayden Johnson 7 yard pass to Geoffrey Jamiel , Nick Garrido PAT failed (Drive: 16 plays, 67 yards, 8:40; Lehigh 13-7)
- Third quarter
- (10:00) LIU - Luca Stanzani 3 yard pass to Michael Love, Michael Coney kick (Drive: 7 plays, 55 yards, 3:16 LIU 14-13)
- (5:42) LEH - Dante Perri 27 yard pass to Mason Humphrey Nick Garrido kick (Drive: 5 plays, 55 yards, 2:28; Lehigh 20-14)
- (0:37) LIU - Michael Coney 27 yard kick (Drive: 11 plays, 65 yards, 5:05; Lehigh 20-17)
- Fourth quarter
No scoring |
Statistics | LEH | LIU |
First downs | 20 | 15 |
Total yards | 282 | 320 |
Rushing yards | 143 | 166 |
Passing yards | 139 | 154 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 10–18–0 | 16–26–1 |
Time of possession | 33:55 | 26:05 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
Lehigh | Passing | Dante Perri | 6/14, 113 yards, TD |
Rushing | Luke Yoder | 23 carries, 94 yards, TD |
Receiving | Logan Galletta | 2 receptions, 47 yards |
LIU | Passing | Luca Stanzani | 16/26, 160 yards, 2 TD, INT |
Rushing | Ethan Greenwood | 5 carries, 65 yards |
Receiving | Cory Nichols | 7 receptions, 52 yards, 2 TD |
LIU was looking to come back from two losses with a home-opener against Lehigh, with this being the first time Lehigh traveled to LIU.[10] The LIU sharks opened scoring with a 13 yard pass from Luca Stanzani to Michael Love before the Mountain Hawks tied with a Luke Yoder rushing touchdown.[10] First-year quarterback Hayden Johnson then had his first career touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Geoffrey Jamiel.[10] The Sharks opened up the second half with a Stanzani 3 yard passing touchdown to Michael Love then with 37 seconds left in the third LIU's kicker Michael Coney made a field goal.[10] Lehigh would hold the game scoreless in the fourth quarter, with the game coming down to the mountain hawks' Will Parton stopping a fourth-and-2 attempt with 57 seconds left to preserve the win.[11][10] This was the first time that Lehigh won back-to-back games since 2021, and are now 7-0 all time against the Sharks.[12]
Princeton
Game information |
- First quarter
- (9:04) LEH - Luke Yoder 20 Yard Run, Nick Garrido Kick (Drive: 3 plays, 39 yards, 1:24; Lehigh 7-0)
- (5:50) PRI - John Volker 3 Yard Run, Sam Massick Kick (Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:14; Tied 7-7)
- Second quarter
- (8:54) LEH - Jaden Green 11 Yard Run, Nick Garrido Kick (Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards, 4:00; Lehigh 14-7)
- (5:40) LEH - Luke Yoder 1 Yard Run, Nick Garrido Kick (Drive: 3 plays, 50 yards, 1:35; Lehigh 21-7)
- Third quarter
- (10:34) PRI - Blaine Hipa 36 Yard pass to Luke Colella, Sam Massick Kick (Drive: 11 plays, 79 yards, 4:19; Lehigh 21-14)
- Fourth quarter
- (14:10) LEH - Hayden Johnson 17 Yard pass to Geoffrey Jamiel, Nick Garrido Kick (Drive: 12 plays, 69 yards, 6:59; Lehigh 28-14)
- (9:54) PRI - Blaine Hipa 3 Yard pass to Tyler Picinic, 2-point conversion failed (Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 4:16; Lehigh 28-20)
- (6:49) LEH - Jaden Green 34 Yard Run, Nick Garrido Kick (Drive: 5 plays. 71 yards, 2:58; Lehigh 35-20)
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Statistics | LEH | PRI |
First downs | 17 | 14 |
Total yards | 346 | 212 |
Rushing yards | 153 | -7 |
Passing yards | 193 | 219 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 16-22-3 | 16-40-0 |
Time of possession | 34:31 | 25:29 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
Lehigh | Passing | Hayden Johnson | 12/13, 165 yards, 1 TD |
Rushing | Jaden Green | 18 carries, 82 yards, 2 TD |
Receiving | Dylan McFadden | 2 receptions, 62 yards |
Princeton | Passing | Blaine Hipa | 16/38, 219, 2 TD, 3 INT |
Rushing | John Volker | 10 carries, 28 yards, TD |
Receiving | Luke Colella | 5 receptions, 86 yards, TD |
Lehigh hosted Princeton for it's "Parents Weekend" homecoming game.[12] This was Princeton's first game of the season.[13] Both team's marching bands put on special halftime performances, and food-trucks provided food to the homecoming crowd.[14] Lehigh opened up the scoring with a 20-yard run up the middle by sophomore running back Luke Yoder six minutes into the game.[15][14] Princeton responded tying the game to end the first quarter.[15] The mountain hawks would outscore Princeton by 14 points in the 2nd quarter to make it 21-7 going into the second half.[15] The Tigers scored on their opening possession of the second half and cut the lead to just 7 points.[15] The fourth quarter started off with Johnson finding an open Geoffrey Jamiel on a 17-yard passing touchdown to put Lehigh's lead back to 14 points with 14:10 remaining in the game.[15] Princeton got the ball back with 1:54 remaining with a chance to have a game-winning drive, however, Brycen Edwards intercepted Blaine Hipa to secure the win for Lehigh.[15] The Tigers responded six minutes later with a touchdown of their own, but failed to convert the two-point conversion.[15] This was the first time that Lehigh beat an ivy league school since 2016.[13][15] Hayden Johnson had the best day of his career to date, going 12-of-13 while throwing for 165 yards with one touchdown.[15] Lehigh also started Dante Perri who was 4-of-9 and finished with 28 yards.[15]
Bucknell
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- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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References
- ^ a b c Groller, Keith. "Lehigh football: Early-morning spring practices hope to give the Mountain Hawks the jump on foes this fall". The Morning Call. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Football Schedule". lehighsports.com. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
- ^ "Lehigh Mountain Hawks Schedule 2024". ESPN. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ "Lehigh To Open 141st Season Friday Night At Army West Point". lehighsports.com. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Kaiser, Luke. "Lehigh football drops to Army in season opener". the Brown and White. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
- ^ a b "Bryson Daily, Kanye Udoh power Army to 42-7 victory over Lehigh in season opener". ESPN. AP. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Lehigh football dominates Wagner for first win of season". The Brown and White. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- ^ a b "Lehigh rolls to huge halftime lead, defeats Wagner 49-13". ESPN. AP. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Lehigh Rolls to 49-13 Victory Over Wagner On Dog Day, Presented By JFR Salvage". Lehigh Sports. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Rowan, Amanda. "Lehigh football earns second win of the season". the Brown and White. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
- ^ "Late defensive stand helps Lehigh football hold off LIU for second straight win". WFMZ-TV. AP. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
- ^ a b "Lehigh Defense Stands Tall Late To Secure 20-17 Victory At LIU". Lehigh Sports. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
- ^ a b "Green, Yoder carry Lehigh to 35-20 win over Princeton". Associated Press. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ a b Rowen, Amanda. "Lehigh football earns third straight victory". the Brown and White. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Lehigh Downs Princeton 35-20, Captures Third Straight Win". Lehigh Sports. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
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