2005 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

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.

2005 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
Conference	Patriot League
Record	8–3 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach	Pete Lembo (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Gerard Wilcher (1st season)
Captains	Mark Borda Kaloma Cardwell Anthony Graziani Adam Selmasska
Home stadium	Goodman Stadium
Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Patriot League football standings

v t e	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

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	Monmouth*	No. 14	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 54–26	8,063	[4]
September 10	at No. 10 Delaware*	No. 14	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 33–34	22,537	[5]
September 24	at VMI*	No. 13	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	W 28–26	6,524	[6]
October 1	at Harvard*	No. 11	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 49–24	9,339	[7]
October 8	Holy Cross	No. 10	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 10–13	5,713	[8]
October 15	Yale*	No. 20	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 28–21 OT	10,414	[9]
October 22	at Bucknell	No. 21	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 42–10	2,695	[10]
October 29	at Colgate	No. 16	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	W 50–34		[1]
November 5	Georgetown	No. 13	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 46–14	13,071	[11]
November 12	at Fordham	No. 13	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	W 40–3	3,983	[12]
November 19	Lafayette	No. 12	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA (The Rivalry)	L 19–23	16,017	[13]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game