Lehigh University Athletics
Five home dates including #Rivalry155, California trip highlight 2019 football schedule
1/31/2019 1:22:00 PM | Football
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Five home dates, including the 155th meeting of college football's most-played rivalry and the program's first west coast trip in more than 20 years, highlight Lehigh's 2019 football schedule, formally unveiled Thursday.
The schedule announcement coincides with the fact that Lehigh has moved up its ticket timelines. Season ticket renewals for the 2019 campaign will begin on Wednesday, February 6, which coincides with the traditional National Signing Day.
New season tickets will go on sale April 15, while mini plans and group tickets will go on sale May 13. Single game tickets go on sale June 17, which also marks the start of the ticket request process for the Lafayette game. Purchasing season tickets continues to be the best way to guarantee tickets to the annual Lehigh-Lafayette game.
Under the direction of first-year head coach Tom Gilmore, Lehigh will play an 11-game schedule in 2019 with three Northeast Conference foes on the non-league slate along with teams from the Colonial Athletic Association and Big Sky Conference, in addition to the Patriot League schedule.
Lehigh will open its season at home for the fourth consecutive season and for the second straight year the opponent will be the Saint Francis Red Flash as Gilmore will make his debut as Lehigh head coach on August 31. The Mountain Hawks won last year's opener 21-19 behind three Dom Bragalone touchdowns and a blocked field goal on the game's final play.
The Mountain Hawks will head down the Main Line the following week to meet Villanova, marking the fourth straight season that Lehigh and Villanova will meet on the gridiron.
September 14 marks the Mountain Hawks' first trip to California since 1998 when they play at UC Davis. The game was announced, along with the remainder of Lehigh's 2019 non-league opponents last July. It will mark Lehigh's first game in California since a 22-16 win at St. Mary's in 1998. Lehigh has met UC Davis once before, a 39-30 win in the Knute Rockne Bowl in Davis, in the Division II national semifinal that propelled the Brown and White to the 1977 national championship. The Aggies are coming off a 10-3 campaign in which they reached the FCS quarterfinals, losing to conference foe Eastern Washington.
Following the first of two bye weeks (September 21), Lehigh returns to Goodman Stadium to host Wagner September 28 in just the second meeting between the schools and the Seahawks' first-ever visit to Goodman Stadium.
Patriot League play begins the following weekend in Hamilton, N.Y. as Lehigh and Colgate meet in a game that always seems to have league title implications. The teams have won or shared the last four Patriot League titles, with Colgate winning last year's title and advancing to the FCS quarterfinals.
A second bye week (October 12) will be followed by a visit to Fordham (October 19) and then back-to-back home games against Georgetown (October 26) and Holy Cross (November 2). The game against Holy Cross will match Gilmore against the team he served as head coach for from 2004 to 2017.
Lehigh will then play consecutive road games, visiting Bucknell on November 9 and then closing out the non-league schedule at Sacred Heart, November 16 in Fairfield, Conn., in the first meeting between the two schools in football.
The regular season concludes when Lehigh hosts Lafayette on November 23 for the 155th edition of the Rivalry. Lehigh has won the last four meetings, including a 34-3 triumph last season in Easton.
Lehigh will be looking to bounce back from a 3-8 campaign in 2018, which followed back-to-back Patriot League titles in 2016 and 2017. The Mountain Hawks had four All-Patriot League selections a season ago and return two of those all-league honorees in wide receiver Jorge Portorreal and safety Sam McCloskey.
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The schedule announcement coincides with the fact that Lehigh has moved up its ticket timelines. Season ticket renewals for the 2019 campaign will begin on Wednesday, February 6, which coincides with the traditional National Signing Day.
New season tickets will go on sale April 15, while mini plans and group tickets will go on sale May 13. Single game tickets go on sale June 17, which also marks the start of the ticket request process for the Lafayette game. Purchasing season tickets continues to be the best way to guarantee tickets to the annual Lehigh-Lafayette game.
Under the direction of first-year head coach Tom Gilmore, Lehigh will play an 11-game schedule in 2019 with three Northeast Conference foes on the non-league slate along with teams from the Colonial Athletic Association and Big Sky Conference, in addition to the Patriot League schedule.
Lehigh will open its season at home for the fourth consecutive season and for the second straight year the opponent will be the Saint Francis Red Flash as Gilmore will make his debut as Lehigh head coach on August 31. The Mountain Hawks won last year's opener 21-19 behind three Dom Bragalone touchdowns and a blocked field goal on the game's final play.
The Mountain Hawks will head down the Main Line the following week to meet Villanova, marking the fourth straight season that Lehigh and Villanova will meet on the gridiron.
September 14 marks the Mountain Hawks' first trip to California since 1998 when they play at UC Davis. The game was announced, along with the remainder of Lehigh's 2019 non-league opponents last July. It will mark Lehigh's first game in California since a 22-16 win at St. Mary's in 1998. Lehigh has met UC Davis once before, a 39-30 win in the Knute Rockne Bowl in Davis, in the Division II national semifinal that propelled the Brown and White to the 1977 national championship. The Aggies are coming off a 10-3 campaign in which they reached the FCS quarterfinals, losing to conference foe Eastern Washington.
Following the first of two bye weeks (September 21), Lehigh returns to Goodman Stadium to host Wagner September 28 in just the second meeting between the schools and the Seahawks' first-ever visit to Goodman Stadium.
Patriot League play begins the following weekend in Hamilton, N.Y. as Lehigh and Colgate meet in a game that always seems to have league title implications. The teams have won or shared the last four Patriot League titles, with Colgate winning last year's title and advancing to the FCS quarterfinals.
A second bye week (October 12) will be followed by a visit to Fordham (October 19) and then back-to-back home games against Georgetown (October 26) and Holy Cross (November 2). The game against Holy Cross will match Gilmore against the team he served as head coach for from 2004 to 2017.
Lehigh will then play consecutive road games, visiting Bucknell on November 9 and then closing out the non-league schedule at Sacred Heart, November 16 in Fairfield, Conn., in the first meeting between the two schools in football.
The regular season concludes when Lehigh hosts Lafayette on November 23 for the 155th edition of the Rivalry. Lehigh has won the last four meetings, including a 34-3 triumph last season in Easton.
Lehigh will be looking to bounce back from a 3-8 campaign in 2018, which followed back-to-back Patriot League titles in 2016 and 2017. The Mountain Hawks had four All-Patriot League selections a season ago and return two of those all-league honorees in wide receiver Jorge Portorreal and safety Sam McCloskey.
Like Lehigh Football on Facebook and follow on Twitter and Instagram for exclusive updates throughout the season.
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