2005 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

2005 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
ConferencePatriot League
Record8–3 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorGerard Wilcher (1st season)
Captains
  • Mark Borda
  • Kaloma Cardwell
  • Anthony Graziani
  • Adam Selmasska
Home stadiumGoodman Stadium
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Patriot League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 21 Lafayette +^   5 1     8 4  
No. 23 Colgate +^   5 1     8 4  
Lehigh   4 2     8 3  
Holy Cross   3 3     6 5  
Georgetown   2 4     4 7  
Fordham   2 4     2 9  
Bucknell   0 6     1 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2005 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh finished third in the Patriot League.

In their fifth and final year under head coach Pete Lembo, the Mountain Hawks compiled an 8–3 record.[1] Mark Borda, Kaloma Cardwell, Anthony Graziani and Adam Selmasska were the team captains.[2]

The Mountain Hawks outscored opponents 399 to 228. Their 4–2 conference record placed third out of seven in the Patriot League.[3]

The Mountain Hawks were ranked No. 14 in the preseason Division I-AA national poll. They remained in the top 25, ranging as high as No. 11 and as low as No. 20, until the final week of the regular season. A loss to unranked archrival Lafayette dropped Lehigh out of the final poll.

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

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 24. 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. 10. Retrieved August 10, 2020.