Lehigh left out of postseason playoff party
11/23/2003 12:00:00 AM | Football
Bethlehem, PA – Despite an 8-3 overall record and a 6-1 mark in the highly competitive Patriot League, the Lehigh football team was not selected as one of the eight at-large bids to the NCAA Division I-AA football playoffs. The voting committee – made up of eight I-AA Athletics Directors – made their announcement Sunday afternoon. The Mountain Hawks end their season with an 8-3 mark – Lehigh’s sixth straight 8+ win season for the first time in the program’s history. Lehigh’s three losses came at the hands of two top ten, undefeated I-AA teams – Colgate and Penn, and Division I-A UConn, who is perhaps bowl-bound with a 9-3 overall record. Lehigh also defeated then-No. 9 Fordham in the second week of the season. Lehigh’s seniors wrapped up their careers with a 30-10 victory over archrival Lafayette on Saturday at Goodman Stadium. Those seniors were a career 21-2 inside the picturesque venue, including a playoff victory over Hofstra in 2001. The Class of 2004 leaves Lehigh with a career record of 39-9, good for a career winning percentage of .813.
