2004 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

The 2004 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh won the Patriot League co-championship but lost in the first round of the national playoffs.

2004 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
Patriot League co-champion
Conference	Patriot League
Record	9–3 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach	Pete Lembo (4th season)
Captains	Kaloma Cardwell Karrie Ford Jason Morrell Justin Terry
Home stadium	Goodman Stadium
Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Patriot League football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Lehigh +^		5	–	1					9	–	3
No. 19 Lafayette +^		5	–	1					8	–	4
Bucknell		4	–	2					7	–	4
Colgate		4	–	2					7	–	4
Fordham		2	–	4					5	–	6
Holy Cross		1	–	5					3	–	8
Georgetown		0	–	6					3	–	8
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

In their fourth year under head coach Pete Lembo, the Mountain Hawks compiled a 9–3 record.^[1] Kaloma Cardwell, Karrie Ford, Jason Morrell and Justin Terry were the team captains.^[2]

The Mountain Hawks outscored opponents 345 to 193. Their 5–1 conference record tied for best in the Patriot League standings.^[3] Though their co-champion Lafayette was awarded the Patriot League's automatic berth in the national Division I-AA playoffs, Lehigh qualified as an at-large selection. Both Patriot League representatives lost their first-round games.

Lehigh was ranked No. 23 in the preseason national Division I-AA poll, and remained ranked throughout the season. The Mountain Hawks' ranking peaked at No. 8 in mid-November, but losses to archrival Lafayette and in the first round of the playoffs dropped them to No. 15 in the postseason poll.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	Stony Brook*	No. 23	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 25–2	7,116	[4]
September 11	No. 8 Villanova*	No. 22	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 16–22	12,235	[5]
September 18	at Liberty*	No. 24	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 34–16	10,895	[6]
October 2	Albany*	No. 21	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 44–14	6,874	[7]
October 9	at Holy Cross	No. 17	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 42–14	6,826	[8]
October 16	at Yale*	No. 18	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 30–24	13,123	[9]
October 23	Bucknell	No. 16	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 40–17		[1]
October 30	No. 18 Colgate	No. 12	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 21–14	13,929	[10]
November 6	at Georgetown	No. 9	Harbin Field Washington, DC	W 49–18	2,111	[11]
November 13	Fordham	No. 8	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 21–14	6,218	[12]
November 20	at Lafayette	No. 8	Fisher Field Easton, PA (The Rivalry)	L 10–24		[1]
November 27	No. 8 James Madison*	No. 16	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA (Div. I-AA playoffs)	L 13–14	6,116	[13]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game