1999 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

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1999 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
Patriot League co-champion
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 12–27 vs. Hofstra
Conference	Patriot League
Record	10–2 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach	Kevin Higgins (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Andy Coen (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Bottiglieri (2nd season)
Captains	Ian Eason Kevin Joseph Brett Snyder Phil Stambaugh
Home stadium	Goodman Stadium
Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Patriot League football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 14 Lehigh +^	5	–	1	10	–	2
No. 18 Colgate +^	5	–	1	10	–	2
Towson	4	–	2	7	–	4
Bucknell	3	–	3	7	–	4
Lafayette	2	–	4	4	–	7
Holy Cross	2	–	4	3	–	8
Fordham	0	–	6	0	–	11

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	at Fordham*	No. 20	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	W 49–7	4,177	^[4]
September 18	Monmouth*	No. 17	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 56–10	10,477	^[5]
September 25	at Princeton*	No. 15	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 31–0	20,941	^[6]
October 2	Columbia*	No. 12	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 63–13	10,829	^[7]
October 9	at Dartmouth*	No. 10	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 30–14	6,109	^[8]
October 16	at No. 11 Delaware*	No. 9	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (rivalry)	W 42–35	22,032	^[9]
October 23	Holy Cross	No. 8	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 62–8	13,181	^[10]
October 30	Towson	No. 7	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 44–39	10,789	^[11]
November 6	at Colgate	No. 9	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	L 24–28	6,228	^[12]
November 13	at Bucknell	No. 16	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 48–27	3,849	^[13]
November 20	Lafayette	No. 14	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA (The Rivalry)	W 14–12	16,000	^[14]
November 27	at No. 5 Hofstra*	No. 14	Hofstra Stadium Hempstead, NY (Division I-AA playoffs	L 12–27	6,770	^[15]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

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.

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Venues	Taylor Stadium (1914–1987) Goodman Stadium (1988–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Delaware Lafayette: The Rivalry Yale: Yank Townsend Trophy
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

Patriot League football champions

Holy Cross (1986)
Holy Cross (1987)
Lafayette (1988)
Holy Cross (1989)
Holy Cross (1990)
Holy Cross (1991)
Lafayette (1992)
Lehigh (1993)
Lafayette (1994)
Lehigh (1995)
Bucknell (1996)
Colgate (1997)
Lehigh (1998)
Colgate & Lehigh (1999)
Lehigh (2000)
Lehigh (2001)
Colgate & Fordham (2002)
Colgate (2003)
Lafayette & Lehigh (2004)
Colgate & Lafayette (2005)
Lafayette & Lehigh (2006)
Fordham (2007)
Colgate (2008)
Holy Cross (2009)
Lehigh (2010)
Lehigh (2011)
Colgate (2012)
Lafayette (2013)
Fordham (2014)
Colgate (2015)
Lehigh (2016)
Colgate & Lehigh (2017)
Colgate (2018)
Holy Cross (2019)
Holy Cross (2020)
Holy Cross (2021)
Holy Cross (2022)
Holy Cross & Lafayette (2023)
Holy Cross & Lehigh (2024)

v t e 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants
Appalachian State Colgate Florida A&M Furman Georgia Southern Hofstra Illinois State James Madison Lehigh UMass Montana North Carolina A&T Northern Arizona Tennessee State Troy State Youngstown State
Champion – Georgia Southern Eagles

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