American college football season
The 1999 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh was co-champion of the Patriot League, but lost in the first round of the Division I-AA national playoffs.
In their sixth year under head coach Kevin Higgins, the Mountain Hawks compiled a 10–2 record.[1] Ian Eason, Kevin Joseph, Brett Snyder and Phil Stambaugh were the team captains.[2]
The Mountain Hawks outscored opponents 478 to 220. Lehigh's 5–1 conference record tied for best in the seven-team Patriot League standings.[3] The co-championship represented Lehigh's first back-to-back Patriot title, and its fourth first-place finish of the 1990s.
The Mountain Hawks were ranked No. 19 in the preseason Division I-AA national poll, and remained ranked throughout the year, rising as high as No. 7 and finishing the year at No. 14. Though co-champion Colgate was given the Patriot League's automatic berth in the Division I-AA playoffs, Lehigh earned an at-large berth. Both Patriot League playoff teams lost in the first round.
Lehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
References
- ^ "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 22. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Lehigh Football Captains". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 12. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 7. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (September 12, 1999). "Lehigh Engineers Rout of Fordham". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. pp. C1, C2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Denman, Elliott (September 19, 1999). "Lehigh Overpowers Monmouth". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, N.J. pp. H3, H18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (September 26, 1999). "Lehigh Turns Lights Out on Princeton 31-0". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. pp. C1, C8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (October 3, 1999). "Lehigh Sets Marks and Routs Columbia". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (October 10, 1999). "Unbeaten Lehigh's Routine Win Brings Few Smiles". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 10, 1999. p. C15.
- ^ Tresolini, Kevin (October 17, 1999). "Lehigh Airs It Out Against Hens". Sunday News Journal. Wilmington, Del. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (October 24, 1999). "Lehigh Slams Holy Cross, 62-8". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Emotionally Drained Lehigh Tops Towson". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. October 31, 1999. pp. C1, C2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (November 7, 1999). "Colgate Grounds Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (November 14, 1999). "Jean's 5 TDs Lead Lehigh's Stampede of Bison 48-27". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (November 21, 1999). "Lehigh Edges Lafayette 14-12". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Others". Tampa Bay Times. St. Petersburg, Fla. November 21, 1999. p. 18C.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (November 28, 1999). "Engineers Are Down and Out". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.