Lehigh University
3-4 , 0-2
Holy Cross
5-2 , 2-0
Holy Cross offense races past Lehigh
10/20/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
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The 59 points were the most ever scored by a visiting team at Goodman Stadium, while the 49 point margin of defeat was the largest for Lehigh in the stadium’s 20 year history.
"The bottom line is Holy Cross came out and made plays today, and we did not," Lehigh head coach Andy Coen said afterwards. "We did not come out and compete the way I know we're capable of and that is frustrating to me. I put this one on my shoulders and I take full responsibility for that performance this afternoon. That was not Lehigh football."
The Crusaders received the opening kickoff and drove 64 yards in eight plays.
Lehigh answered Holy Cross’ second score by securing its first of the day. Junior Jason Leo capped off a nine play 54 yard drive with a 23 yard field goal to make it 14-3. The Crusaders wasted little time however, as on their next drive Terrance Gass raced 74 yards up the middle for Holy Cross’ third touchdown of the opening quarter.
A Jason Leo punt pinned the Crusaders at their own one yard line at the start of the second quarter, but Holy Cross marched 96 yards down to the Lehigh three yard line, before the Mountain Hawk defense buckled down and held the Crusaders to a 20 yard Matt Partain field goal, which made it 24-3 halfway through the second.
The Mountain Hawks finally put the ball in the end zone with half a minute to play in the first half. Faced with a fourth down, Leo kept the drive alive, rushing 27 yards on a fake punt. Threatt capped off the 66 yard drive with a 15 yard touchdown pass to junior Mike Fitzgerald, and Lehigh went into the locker room trailing 24-10.
Threatt finished the half 9-of-19 for 98 yards and a touchdown, and added 32 yards on eight carries. Junior Josh Pastore rushed for 37 yards, while Fitzgerald caught three passes for 46 yards.
Holy Cross found the end zone again on its opening drive of the second half, as Gass capped off a 75 yard drive with his second touchdown run of the game, this one from seven yards out. The lead grew to 38-10 as Mike Kielt added a one yard touchdown run, capping off an 82 yard drive following a Threatt interception. Things got worse for the Brown and White when on the ensuing drive as Threatt was picked off by Kyle Mushaweh, who returned the interception 46 yards for the score.
In the fourth quarter, Holy Cross tacked on two more scores, with
Threatt finished the game 12-of-25 for 146 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions, before giving way to sophomore Chris Bokosky and then
For Holy Cross, Gass ran eight times for 97 yards, while Maher caught nine balls for 165 yards.
The Mountain Hawks return to the gridiron next Saturday when they play host to
EXTRA POINTS… After these two teams played in monsoon-like conditions each of the last two years, the game kicked off with sunny skies and a temperature of 67 degrees with 20 mile per hour winds… Lehigh’s 21 first quarter (and third quarter) points allowed were the most allowed in a quarter since the Mountain Hawks allowed 21 to Villanova in the second quarter of their 2006 meeting… the 59 points allowed were the most since Lehigh gave up 61 in a loss to Colgate in 1997… Lehigh’s previous worst loss at Goodman Stadium was a 55-16 loss to the Crusaders in 1989… The Mountain Hawks have lost three straight games for the first time since 1997 (Bucknell, Holy Cross,
Team Stats
HC 7, LEHIGH 0
HC - Thomas Harrison 8 yd pass from Dom. Randolph (Matt Partain kick) 8 plays, 64 yards, TOP 2:38
HC 14, LEHIGH 0
HC - Thomas Harrison 15 yd pass from Dom. Randolph (Matt Partain kick) 8 plays, 86 yards, TOP 3:27
HC 14, LEHIGH 3
LEHIGH - Leo, Jason 23 yd field goal 9 plays, 57 yards, TOP 3:24
HC 21, LEHIGH 3
HC - Terrance Gass 74 yd run (Matt Partain kick), 2 plays, 79 yards, TOP 0:47
HC 24, LEHIGH 3
HC - Matt Partain 20 yd field goal 16 plays, 97 yards, TOP 7:02
HC 24, LEHIGH 10
LEHIGH - Fitzgerald, Mik 15 yd pass from Threatt, Sedale (Leo, Jason kick) 10 plays, 66 yards, TOP 1:49
HC 31, LEHIGH 10
HC - Terrance Gass 7 yd run (Matt Partain kick), 11 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:44
HC 38, LEHIGH 10
HC - Mike Kielt 1 yd run (Matt Partain kick), 5 plays, 82 yards, TOP 2:08
HC 45, LEHIGH 10
HC - Kyle Mushaweh 46 yd interception (Matt Partain kick)
HC 52, LEHIGH 10
HC - Ryan Maher 27 yd pass from Dom. Randolph (Matt Partain kick) 4 plays, 33 yards, TOP 1:52
HC 59, LEHIGH 10
HC - Daryl Brown 44 yd interception (Matt Partain kick)
