# 2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

The 2018 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team represented Lehigh University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mountain Hawks were led by 13th-year head coach Andy Coen and played their home games at Goodman Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 3–8, 2–4 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.

## Preseason
### Award watch lists

| Award | Player | Position | Year |
| Walter Payton Award | Dominick Bragalone | RB | SR |
| Walter Payton Award | Brad Mayes | QB | SR |

### Preseason coaches poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches poll on July 26, 2018, with the Mountain Hawks predicted to finish in second place.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Colgate | 71 (11) |
| 2 | Lehigh | 63 (3) |
| 3 | Fordham | 45 |
| 4 | Holy Cross | 40 |
| T–5 | Bucknell | 31 |
| T–5 | Lafayette | 31 |
| 7 | Georgetown | 13 |

### Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Mountain Hawks placed three players on the preseason all-Patriot League team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 12:30 p.m. | Saint Francis (PA)* | Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA | Stadium, SE2 | W 21–19 | 4,216 |
| September 8 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 12 Villanova* | Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA | Stadium, SE2 | L 9–31 | 5,104 |
| September 15 | 3:30 p.m. | at Navy* | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis, MD | CBSSN | L 21–51 | 30,011 |
| September 22 | 3:00 p.m. | at Penn* | Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA | ESPN+ | L 10–30 | 4,445 |
| October 6 | 1:00 p.m. | at Princeton* | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ | | L 7–66 | 1,013 |
| October 13 | 12:30 p.m. | Fordham | Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA | Stadium, SE2 | L 14–43 | 4115 |
| October 20 | 2:00 p.m. | at Georgetown | Cooper FieldWashington, DC | Stadium | L 16–22 $^{2OT}$ | 1,871 |
| October 27 | 1:00 p.m. | at Holy Cross | Fitton FieldWorcester, MA | Stadium | L 0–56 | 1,779 |
| November 3 | 12:30 p.m. | Bucknell | Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA | Stadium, SE2 | W 45–17 | 4,203 |
| November 10 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 10 Colgate | Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA | Stadium, SE2 | L 6–48 | 6,633 |
| November 17 | 12:30 p.m. | at Lafayette | Fisher StadiumEaston, PA (The Rivalry) | Stadium, WFMZ | W 34–3 | 11,028 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Saint Francis (PA)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Flash | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| Mountain Hawks | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |

### Villanova

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 12 Wildcats | 7 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 31 |
| Mountain Hawks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |

### At Navy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountain Hawks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Midshipmen | 21 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 51 |

### At Penn

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountain Hawks | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Quakers | 0 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 30 |

### At Princeton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountain Hawks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Tigers | 7 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 66 |

### Fordham

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 0 | 22 | 7 | 14 | 43 |
| Mountain Hawks | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 14 |

### At Georgetown

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Mountain Hawks | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| Hoyas | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 22 |

### At Holy Cross

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountain Hawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crusaders | 7 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 56 |

### Bucknell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bisons | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Mountain Hawks | 7 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 45 |

### Colgate

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 10 Raiders | 7 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 48 |
| Mountain Hawks | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### At Lafayette

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountain Hawks | 17 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| Leopards | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |