2003 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

2003 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
ConferencePatriot League
Record8–3 (6–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorTom Gilmore (4th season)
Captains
  • Mike Gregorek
  • Tom McGeoy
  • Jermaine Pugh
  • Michael Taggart
Home stadiumGoodman Stadium
Seasons
← 2002
2004 →
2003 Patriot League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Colgate $^   7 – 0     15 – 1  
No. 23 Lehigh   6 – 1     8 – 3  
Fordham   4 – 3     9 – 3  
Bucknell   4 – 3     6 – 6  
Towson   3 – 4     6 – 6  
Lafayette   2 – 5     5 – 6  
Georgetown   1 – 6     4 – 8  
Holy Cross   1 – 6     1 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2003 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh finished second in the Patriot League.

In their third year under head coach Pete Lembo, the Mountain Hawks compiled an 8–3 record.[1] Mike Gregorek, Tom McGeoy, Jermaine Pugh and Michael Taggart were the team captains.[2]

The Mountain Hawks outscored opponents 327 to 185. Their 6–1 conference record placed second in the eight-team Patriot League.[3]

The Mountain Hawks were unranked in the preseason Division I-AA national poll. Two separate win streaks of three games each earned them spots in the top 25, but Lehigh only spent a total of four weeks in the poll. At the end of the year, Lehigh was ranked No. 23 in the final poll.

Lehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6 Holy Cross
W 38–20 8,697 [4]
September 13 No. 9 Fordham
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 23–16 7,401 [5]
September 20 at Princeton* No. 20
W 28–13 [1]
September 27 No. 21 Penn* No. 19
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 24–31 10,503 [6]
October 4 at Connecticut* No. 24
L 17–35 35,322 [7]
October 11 at Saint Mary's*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 35–7 7,642 [8]
October 25 at Georgetown
W 45–24 2,123 [9]
November 1 Towson
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 35–3 13,853 [10]
November 8 at No. 10 Colgate No. 24
L 10–17 [1]
November 15 at Bucknell
W 45–9 4,032 [11]
November 22 Lafayette
W 30–10 16,000 [12]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 22. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Lehigh Football Captains". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 12. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 9. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. ^ Courogen, Chris A. (September 7, 2003). "Snap Judgments Doom Crusaders". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "LU Rides Running of Pugh to Victory". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. September 14, 2003. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Groller, Keith (September 28, 2003). "Penn Bolts Past Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 28, 2003. p. C15.
  7. ^ Price, Terry (October 5, 2003). "In Ugly Win, Edsall Takes Offense". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Groller, Keith (October 12, 2003). "Lehigh Wins Amid a Sense of Incompleteness". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Orton, Kathy (October 26, 2003). "Early Lehigh Surge Buries Georgetown". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. p. E14 – via ProQuest.
  10. ^ Groller, Keith (November 2, 2003). "Led by Fired-Up Defense, Lehigh Sticks It to Towson". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Housenick, Tom (November 16, 2003). "Keating Returns to Knock Off Bison". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Meixell, Ted (November 23, 2003). "Lehigh and Pugh Put the 'Pards Away". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.