GAME TWO, LEHIGH AT GEORGETOWN – Hawkus Resumptus Versus Hoyus Interruptus
In a strange way Coyote vs. the Roadrunner summarizes the opening of the football season for both Lehigh (1-0, 1-0 Patriot) and Georgetown (0-0, 0-0 Patriot).
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In a strange way Coyote vs. the Roadrunner summarizes the opening of the football season for both Lehigh (1-0, 1-0 Patriot) and Georgetown (0-0, 0-0 Patriot).
The visiting Raiders put the game out of reach when Danny Shaban ran in from 29 yards out with 1:53 remaining in the game to give Colgate a 24-14 lead after Luke Vogeler added the conversion kick.
They say good things come in threes.
This 2026 Lehigh team is a lot more than Yoder and the other twenty-one starters.
Lehigh/Holy Cross games are supposed to happen in November.
The biggest question going into Villanova’s season wasn’t answered until the very end of preseason training camp.
You could argue that Lehigh’s biggest departures came via the transfer portal, but what looms larger is the departure of their head coach, Kevin Cahill, who took over for his mentor Tony Reno at Yale.
On paper, the Richmond Spiders have what it takes to make a run at the Patriot League title. Last year they did, too, but injuries and some unfortunate early losses derailed their chance before it really got begun.
On paper, it looks like Colgate could be in the middle of a ground-up rebuild. Personally, though, I think the Raiders a lot closer to the elite tier of Patriot League football than many may realize.
There are questions, but coach Troxell has been here before – he’s seen high-profile departures, had questions as to who would take their place… and last season, on the last weekend of the year, his Leopards were playing yet again with the Patriot League season on the line. That’s part of the culture he’s developed at Lafayette.
QB Tyler Hughes was a huge part of the Tribe’s offense in 2025, becoming the first player in school history to throw for more than 2,000 yards and rush for over 600 yards.
After enjoying so many consecutive seasons as Patriot League champions and co-champions, Holy Cross crashed to a 3-9 record last season, but their record really doesn’t tell the whole story.
The Rams finished 1-11 last year, and on top of that, they saw LB James Conway graduate, a huge presence on the defense who broke the national college football record for tackles (595) in his time as a Ram. To say that there was a lot to do in the Bronx this offseason is probably understating things a bit.
Georgetown enters a new Patriot League era with what will be a completely brand-new offense – with a new offensive coordinator and a huge number of brand-new players – and little runway to have that unit gel before playing two immense League games to open the season.
For the Mountain Hawks on Sunday, it once again came down to the final minute, but Lehigh (17-16) ended up scoring the last four clinching points in a 76-69 win that sent them to the Patriot League Finals.
In his three short years at Lehigh, Kevin Cahill proved himself to be an amazing head football coach. At the same time, as a Lehigh fan It felt like I didn’t get to taste enough of it.
Two of the best defenses in all of FCS were in a showdown on a cold December day in front of a large invested crowd, and the result was a game that was one for the ages.
This weekend at Murray Goodman Stadium, the Lehigh Mountain Hawks (12-0) will be facing off against a foe that is familiar to them in the Villanova Wildcats (10-2).
Four years ago, these freshmen were recruited to Lehigh at least in part because they wanted to be a part of college football history, the Lehigh/Lafayette Rivalry. The 2022 game, played right after the COVID pandemic, essentially, was not a sellout. This Saturday, four years later, Lafayette’s Fisher Stadium sold out easily. It’s the product of two college football programs that picked themselves up and have earned the hype and sellout this game has created.
This Saturday, Lehigh (11-0, 6-0 Patriot) beat longtime rival Colgate (4-7, 2-4 Patriot) to put the 2025 Mountain Hawks in the same rarefied air as some legendary teams with a 27-7 win.
Lehigh enters this week with a lot more on the line than they did in 2023, or even 2024. The Mountain Hawks are ranked fourth in the nation, and should they win their last two games, they may be setting themselves up for at least one home game in the FCS Playoffs, and potentially more.
With the Lehigh defense holding their second consecutive home opponent without a touchdown, Lehigh (10-0, 5-0 Patriot) secured a perfect regular season record at home – one of their early goals of the season – after what ended up as a dominating 38-3 win over Holy Cross (1-9, 1-4 Patriot).
The theme of the game going in was “Hawk-O-Ween”, due to the game’s proximity to Halloween, but it was the Mountain Hawks that ended up with all the treats.
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks (8-0, 3-0 Patriot) and Georgetown Hoyas (5-3. 2-1 Patriot) enter this Saturday’s matchup with dizzying winning streaks.
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks surged to 8-0 (8-0, 3-0 Patriot) as they defeated the Fordham Rams (1-7, 1-3 Patriot) 27-6, on a sunny afternoon at Moglia Field in the Bronx.
The Rams might be a dangerous team for the Mountain Hawks as they approach the toughest stretch of their schedule, because the conference stretch now means so much for Lehigh, and Fordham isn’t an easy as their record might indicate, cliches aside.
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks turned in a dominating performance against Columbia as they beat Columbia 31-7.
There’s always that risk, especially on the road in college football, that a highly-favored team comes out, makes a bunch of mistakes, and ends up in a rock fight that could go either way.
There is one game in all of FCS this week that features two undefeated teams, and it is taking place this Saturday at noon at Murray Goodman Stadium.
With all the momentum on Penn’s side, Lehigh got the kickoff after Penn took the lead and saw another drive stall at the Penn 20. As they had done three times before, Lehigh lined up for a fourth field goal try. It was poised to be Garrido’s only four field goal game in his Lehigh career, and would have built up on his career scoring high. It was then that the Lehigh coaching staff got together and made a bold call.
This weekend, in front of a potentially large Parents’ Weekend crowd and Clutch’s Kettle student section, another promise of a consequential matchup between these two nearby, historic schools loom.
In the 89th meeting between Lehigh and Bucknell, the Mountain Hawk ground game ran up 323 yards rushing – the most rushing yards accrued in a single game since Kevin Cahill has been head coach – in a dominating 41-24 win over Bucknell, keeping Lehigh (4-0, 2-0 Patriot) undefeated overall and undefeated in Patriot League play.
Nationally, Lehigh/Bucknell might be considered a forgotten rivalry. The national pundits might not make it their Game of the Week, or even think of it as a Rivalry, or even think of it as a competitive game. But don’t tell that to the football players at Bucknell or Lehigh. To them, it most definitely not a lost Rivalry. And both sides know exactly how competitive this weekend’s game is going to be.
Lehigh football’s first trip to Pittsburgh in over 70 years was a business-like 35-21 win over Duquesne, a game where the Mountain Hawks never trailed but had to battle hard for four quarters to secure Lehigh’s first 3-0 start since 2013.
This weekend Lehigh (2-0, 1-0 Patriot) will go on the team’s first road trip of the season. They are heading across the state to Pittsburgh, PA to face off against Duquesne (1-1, 0-0 NEC) in an out-of-conference clash.
The’ Pios’ are a program on the rise – one that are trying to elevate their profile and make a name for themselves the year before their entrance to one of the top leagues in FCS football.
It was an incredibly physical, bruising battle with both defenses not allowing any one play more than 40 yards. Additionally, befitting a battle of the top teams in FCS, no team had a lead of more than one score the whole way.
While Richmond will be looking for revenge, Lehigh will be looking for respectability – respectability in the sense of proving that last season was not a fluke.
Recent Lehigh University football teams haven’t had the experience of being the hunted before.
Even by the standards of the Patriot League, last season’s title race was one of the wildest in recent memory.
For the second year in a row, an announcement was made that the Patriot League football would be adding a new member.
An impressive display by the Idaho Vandals in all three phases of the game ended the Lehigh Mountain Hawks’ 2024 football season in a 34-13 defeat at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.
Lehigh’s (9-3) reward is to take a long flight to Moscow, Idaho, close to the Eastern Washington border, to face off against one of the best FCS teams in the nation in the Idaho Vandals (9-3).
Missing their starting left tackle and defensive captain, Lehigh (9-3) would overcome their absence and injuries to win a gritty, thrilling 20-16 game over Richmond (10-3) in the 1st round of the FCS Playoffs.
For the first time since 2017, the Lehigh Mountain Hawks (8-3) will be returning to the FCS Playoffs, and their opponents they drew, the Richmond Spiders (10-2), couldn’t be a more interesting opponent.
In the aftermath of that Lehigh/Lafayette burst of energy, there was one casualty – the goalpost next to the grass banking, which was torn down by elated Lehigh students after their football team had achieved what many had thought impossible before the season.
For the first time since 2013, the game simply called “The Rivalry” – the most-played college football game in the world – will be a sellout.
The Mountain Hawks (7-3, 4-1 Patriot League), in today’s decisive 45-17 win over Colgate (2-9, 1-4 Patriot) got revenge for last season’s loss up in Hamilton, reminding Lehigh Nation that yes, there still is a rivalry with Colgate that is very much alive.
This season’s matchup is a turnabout from last year, where Lehigh was playing out the next-to-last game in a rebuilding effort and Colgate was trying to secure a winning season and a puncher’s chance at a share of the Patriot League title.
WORCESTER, MA – Going into their game against defending champions Holy Cross, one of the big questions about the Lehigh Mountain Hawks was how they might respond to a close fourth quarter under the tension of a critical Patriot League contest. The Crusaders did not have those same concerns going in; after all, almost everyone.