On Wet, Windy Day at Franklin Field, Special Teams Are the Story in 20-7 Lehigh Win over Penn
It was the type of game a special teams coordinator could love.
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It was the type of game a special teams coordinator could love.
Incredibly, Saturday’s game will not the only time a historic regular season winning streak involving Lehigh will have been played in Franklin Field.
Lehigh CB DJ Brown made the play of the day.
Lehigh football learned a great many lessons from Dartmouth on that day on what a very good FCS football team needs to do to win football games – control the offensive and defensive lines, play physical, have great execution on special teams, control the flow of the game, and minimize mistakes.
Lehigh went out in their Murray Goodman Stadium home opener and performed. And then some.
In the run-up to this week, you get the sense that it’s the first time both William & Mary and Lehigh are meeting each other firing on all cylinders. If you look at the record book, you don’t see much of a series, or a rivalry. William & Mary has dominated Lehigh, the Tribe winning eight of nine meetings. They played every year from 1984 to 1992.
Yoder would end with 120 net yards rushing on an efficient 17 attempts, adding 2 catches for 23 yards. And, of course, the four touchdowns.
They say good things come in threes.
Lehigh/Holy Cross games are supposed to happen in November.