The 2001 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an
American football team that represented
Lehigh University during the
2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season
The 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I-AA level, began in August 2001, and concluded with the 2001 NCAA Divisi ...
. Lehigh was undefeated in the regular season and won a fourth consecutive
Patriot League
The Patriot League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United States. Outside the Ivy League, it is among the most selective gr ...
championship, but lost in the second round of the Division I-AA national playoffs.
In their first year under head coach
Pete Lembo, the Mountain Hawks compiled a 11–1 record (10–0 in the regular season).
Brant Hall, Matt Salvaterra, Josh Snyder and Morris Taylor were the team captains.
The Mountain Hawks outscored opponents 410 to 182.
With the addition of
Georgetown to the conference, Lehigh's undefeated record made it the first team to win seven Patriot League games in one year.
The Mountain Hawks were ranked No. 10 in the preseason
Division I-AA national poll, and rose in the rankings as their 10-game win streak progressed, ending the season at No. 5. Lehigh qualified for the
Division I-AA playoffs, hosting and winning a first-round game before losing, in the quarterfinals, to eventual national runner-up
Furman.
Like most of the Patriot League, Lehigh played just 10 of its 11 scheduled regular season games, after its September 15 matchup, against
Ivy League opponent
Penn, was canceled following the
September 11 attacks.
Lehigh played its home games at
Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
References
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Lehigh Mountain Hawks football seasons
Patriot League football champion seasons
Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks football program represents Lehigh University in college football. Lehigh competes as the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level as members of the Patriot League. The Mountain Hawks play their home games ...