2009 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| mode = football
| year = 2009
| team = Lehigh Mountain Hawks
| image =
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| conference = Patriot League
| short_conf = Patriot
| record = 4–7
| conf_record = 4–2
| head_coach = Andy Coen
| hc_year = 4th
| off_coach = Trey Brown
| oc_year = 4th
| captain = B.J. Benning
| captain2 = Matt Cohen
| stadium = Goodman Stadium
}}
{{2009 Patriot League football standings}}
The 2009 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Lehigh tied for second in the Patriot League.
In their fourth year under head coach Andy Coen, the Mountain Hawks compiled a 4–7 record.{{cite book |title=Lehigh Football Record Book |chapter=Year-by-Year Results |publisher=Lehigh University |location=Bethlehem, Pa. |page=24 |access-date=June 20, 2020 |url=https://static.lehighsports.com/custompages/Record%20Books/Football/Football%20Record%20Book%20060419.pdf}} B.J. Benning and Matt Cohen were the team captains.{{cite book |title=Lehigh Football Record Book |chapter=Lehigh Football Captains |publisher=Lehigh University |location=Bethlehem, Pa. |page=12 |access-date=June 20, 2020 |url=https://static.lehighsports.com/custompages/Record%20Books/Football/Football%20Record%20Book%20060419.pdf}}
The Mountain Hawks were outscored 234 to 230. All of their losses, however, were to non-conference opponents, and their 4–2 conference record placed them in a three-way tie with Colgate and Lafayette for second in the Patriot League standings.{{cite book|url=https://patriotleague.org/documents/2020/7/14/2020_PatriotFB_Record_Book.pdf|title=Patriot League Football Record Book|chapter=Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results|publisher=Patriot League|location=Center Valley, Pa.|date=2020|access-date=August 10, 2020|page=12}}
Lehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
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| rankyear = 2009
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll =The Sports Network
| September 5 | | Central Connecticut State
| Goodman Stadium | Bethlehem, PA | L 21 28
| 6,140 | {{cite news |title=Lehigh Offense Listless in 28-21 Defeat |first=Keith |last=Groller |date=September 6, 2009 |page=Sports 2 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64436689/2009-lehigh-central/ }}
| September 12 | @ | #3 Villanova
| Villanova Stadium | Villanova, PA | L 17 38
| 8,811 | {{cite news |title=Whitney and 'Nova Run Over Lehigh, 38-17 |first=Kevin |last=Tatum |date=September 13, 2009 |page=E3 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64386205/2009-lehigh-villanova/ }}
| September 26 | | Princeton
| Goodman Stadium | Bethlehem, PA | L 14 17
| 8,168 | {{cite news |title=Lehigh Offense Can't Get It Done Against Princeton |first=Keith |last=Groller |date=September 27, 2009 |page=Sports 1 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64393327/2009-lehigh-princeton/ }}
| October 3 | | Harvard
| Goodman Stadium | Bethlehem, PA | L 14 28
| 5,457 | {{cite news |title=More Gloom at Goodman as Harvard Dumps Lehigh |first=Keith |last=Groller |date=October 4, 2009 |page=Sports 1 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64432937/2009-harvard-lehigh/ }}
| October 10 | | Georgetown
| Goodman Stadium | Bethlehem, PA | W 27 0
| 5,789 | {{cite news |title=Lehigh Shuts Out Georgetown |first=Keith |last=Groller |date=October 11, 2009 |page=Sports 1 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64436959/2009-georgetown-lehigh/ }}
| October 17 | | Yale
| Goodman Stadium | Bethlehem, PA | L 0 7
| 5,847 | {{cite news |title=Hawks Fall to Yale 7-0, First Shutout Since 1986 |first=Keith |last=Groller |date=October 18, 2009 |page=Sports 10 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64438045/2009-lehigh-yale/ }}
| October 24 | @ | Bucknell
| Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium | Lewisburg, PA | W 35 16
| 2,246 | {{cite news |title=Lehigh Tames Bison |date=October 25, 2009 |page=C4 |newspaper=The Express-Times |location=Easton, Pa. |via=NewsBank}}
| October 31 | @ | #24 Colgate
| Andy Kerr Stadium | Hamilton, NY | L 20 27
| November 7 | | #13 Holy Cross
| Goodman Stadium | Bethlehem, PA | L 20 24
| 9,797 | {{cite news |title=Late TD Allows Holy Cross to Escape Lehigh |first=Keith |last=Groller |date=November 8, 2009 |page=Sports 5 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64465822/2009-lehigh-hc/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Summaries |date=November 8, 2009 |page=C17 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.}}
| November 14 | @ | Fordham
| Coffey Field | Bronx, NY | W 35 28
| November 21 | | #21 Lafayette
| Goodman Stadium | Bethlehem, PA (The Rivalry) | W 27 21
| 15,714 | {{cite news |title=An Improbable Overtime Win |first=Paul |last=Reinhard |date=November 22, 2009 |page=Sports 1 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64470129/2009-lafayette-lehigh/ }}
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