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Photo by: Iain Crimmons
Mountain Hawks' Championship Season Ends In Second Round At Idaho
12/8/2024 1:17:00 AM | Football
MOSCOW, Idaho – Lehigh's run through the FCS playoffs came to an end Saturday with a 34-13 loss to No. 8 Idaho at the P1FCU Kibbie Dome. The Vandals' passing attack posted 318 yards against Lehigh's top 10-ranked pass defense to advance to next week's quarterfinals against No. 1 seed Montana State.
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The Mountain Hawks fell behind 12-0 in the second quarter and trailed 19-6 at halftime and didn't reach the end zone until the game's final minutes.
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Lehigh racked up 371 yards of its own but struggled to have its drives end in touchdowns. The Mountain Hawks converted just 5-of-15 third downs and were 0-for-3 on fourth downs, while Idaho (10-3) was 7-for-12 on third downs and converted its only fourth down attempt.
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Sophomores Luke Yoder and Mason Humphrey paced Lehigh offensively, with Yoder gaining 74 yards on 11 carries to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark for the season. Humphrey was targeted 14 times in the passing game and had six receptions for 98 yards.
Yoder raced 28 yards on Lehigh's first play from scrimmage but the Mountain Hawks were eventually forced to punt. Idaho answered with a 14-play, 80-yard drive on its first possession, capped by a five-yard scoring pass from Jack Lane to Jordan Dwyer.
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Lehigh pinned Idaho deep early in the second quarter, but Lane hit Mark Hamper on a screen pass that went for 28 yards to convert a 3rd-and-11 and on the very next play hit Dwyer on a 62-yard bomb. A second failed conversion left the Vandals up 12-0.
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An 11-play, 57-yard drive stalled inside the Idaho 20 with junior Nick Garrido booting a 35-yard field goal to put the Mountain Hawks on the board.
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Idaho added to its lead late in the first half on a long, 42-yard scoring strike from Lane to Hamper. The Mountain Hawks answered by driving down the field and with the clock running out on the half, Garrido raced onto the field with his field goal unit and connected from 39 yards to bring Lehigh within 19-6 at halftime.
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The second half opened with a 75-yard Idaho drive capped by a two-yard Deshaun Buchanan touchdown run, with a two-point conversion extending the Vandals' lead to 27-6.
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Lehigh moved 44 yards in 10 plays on its first possession of the half but on 4th-and-5, quarterback Hayden Johnson was picked off by Zach Johnson, who ran 74 yards for a touchdown that put the Mountain Hawks down by 28.
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Late in the fourth quarter, Johnson gave way to graduate student Dante Perri, who engineered an eight-play, 70-yard scoring drive. Highlighted by a 42-yard connection with junior Geoffrey Jamiel, Perri capped the drive with a one-yard touchdown rush to give Lehigh its lone touchdown of the night.
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Johnson completed 13-of-27 for 143 yards and an interception and also ran for 69 yards on 12 carries. Perri was 4-for-4 for 59 yards and rushed twice for five yards.
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Jamiel added four receptions for 67 yards in the passing game.
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Defensively, sophomore William Parton led the way with nine tackles, including a tackle-for-loss. Junior Brycen Edwards added eight tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss. Junior TJ Burke had Lehigh's lone sack.
Lane finished 16-of-22 for 318 yards passing with three touchdowns. Dwyer caught seven for 166 and two scores, while Hamper added 97 and a touchdown on five receptions.
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The Patriot League champion Mountain Hawks finished the season at 9-4 after going 2-9 in 2023. The seven-win turnaround was the second-best in Division I FCS football.
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 EXTRA POINTS… Lehigh rushed for 169 yards, its 20th consecutive game gaining more than 100, and limited Idaho to just 92 yards on the ground… prior to Saturday's game, the longest pass play allowed by Lehigh this season was 36 yards… Idaho had three plays longer than that Saturday night… Lehigh is now 1-3 all-time playing in indoor venues and 0-2 in the Kibbie Dome… Lehigh is now 10-14 overall in the FCS playoffs and 7-12 at the FCS level… sophomore Broc Bender made his first career start at Lehigh's stud position… Yoder finished his sophomore season with 1,014 yards for Lehigh's first 1,000-yard rushing campaign since Dom Bragalone ran for 1,388 in 2017… Lehigh lost for the first time this season while wearing white pants… the Mountain Hawks were 9-1 in white pants and 0-3 in brown pants in 2024.
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The Mountain Hawks fell behind 12-0 in the second quarter and trailed 19-6 at halftime and didn't reach the end zone until the game's final minutes.
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Lehigh racked up 371 yards of its own but struggled to have its drives end in touchdowns. The Mountain Hawks converted just 5-of-15 third downs and were 0-for-3 on fourth downs, while Idaho (10-3) was 7-for-12 on third downs and converted its only fourth down attempt.
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Sophomores Luke Yoder and Mason Humphrey paced Lehigh offensively, with Yoder gaining 74 yards on 11 carries to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark for the season. Humphrey was targeted 14 times in the passing game and had six receptions for 98 yards.
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— Lehigh Football (@LehighFootball) December 8, 2024
Yoder raced 28 yards on Lehigh's first play from scrimmage but the Mountain Hawks were eventually forced to punt. Idaho answered with a 14-play, 80-yard drive on its first possession, capped by a five-yard scoring pass from Jack Lane to Jordan Dwyer.
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Lehigh pinned Idaho deep early in the second quarter, but Lane hit Mark Hamper on a screen pass that went for 28 yards to convert a 3rd-and-11 and on the very next play hit Dwyer on a 62-yard bomb. A second failed conversion left the Vandals up 12-0.
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An 11-play, 57-yard drive stalled inside the Idaho 20 with junior Nick Garrido booting a 35-yard field goal to put the Mountain Hawks on the board.
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Idaho added to its lead late in the first half on a long, 42-yard scoring strike from Lane to Hamper. The Mountain Hawks answered by driving down the field and with the clock running out on the half, Garrido raced onto the field with his field goal unit and connected from 39 yards to bring Lehigh within 19-6 at halftime.
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The second half opened with a 75-yard Idaho drive capped by a two-yard Deshaun Buchanan touchdown run, with a two-point conversion extending the Vandals' lead to 27-6.
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Lehigh moved 44 yards in 10 plays on its first possession of the half but on 4th-and-5, quarterback Hayden Johnson was picked off by Zach Johnson, who ran 74 yards for a touchdown that put the Mountain Hawks down by 28.
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Late in the fourth quarter, Johnson gave way to graduate student Dante Perri, who engineered an eight-play, 70-yard scoring drive. Highlighted by a 42-yard connection with junior Geoffrey Jamiel, Perri capped the drive with a one-yard touchdown rush to give Lehigh its lone touchdown of the night.
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Johnson completed 13-of-27 for 143 yards and an interception and also ran for 69 yards on 12 carries. Perri was 4-for-4 for 59 yards and rushed twice for five yards.
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Jamiel added four receptions for 67 yards in the passing game.
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Defensively, sophomore William Parton led the way with nine tackles, including a tackle-for-loss. Junior Brycen Edwards added eight tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss. Junior TJ Burke had Lehigh's lone sack.
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Lane finished 16-of-22 for 318 yards passing with three touchdowns. Dwyer caught seven for 166 and two scores, while Hamper added 97 and a touchdown on five receptions.
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The Patriot League champion Mountain Hawks finished the season at 9-4 after going 2-9 in 2023. The seven-win turnaround was the second-best in Division I FCS football.
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 EXTRA POINTS… Lehigh rushed for 169 yards, its 20th consecutive game gaining more than 100, and limited Idaho to just 92 yards on the ground… prior to Saturday's game, the longest pass play allowed by Lehigh this season was 36 yards… Idaho had three plays longer than that Saturday night… Lehigh is now 1-3 all-time playing in indoor venues and 0-2 in the Kibbie Dome… Lehigh is now 10-14 overall in the FCS playoffs and 7-12 at the FCS level… sophomore Broc Bender made his first career start at Lehigh's stud position… Yoder finished his sophomore season with 1,014 yards for Lehigh's first 1,000-yard rushing campaign since Dom Bragalone ran for 1,388 in 2017… Lehigh lost for the first time this season while wearing white pants… the Mountain Hawks were 9-1 in white pants and 0-3 in brown pants in 2024.
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Team Stats
LEH
IDA
Total Yards
371
410
Pass Yards
202
318
Rushing Yards
169
92
Penalty Yards
5
40
1st Downs
20
19
3rd Downs
5
7
4th Downs
0
1
TOP
31:18
28:42
1st Quarter
LEH 0, IDA 6
IDA - Dwyer,Jordan 5 yd pass from Layne,Jack () 14 plays, 80 yards, TOP 06:57
2nd Quarter
LEH 0, IDA 12
IDA - Dwyer,Jordan 62 yd pass from Layne,Jack () 4 plays, 89 yards, TOP 01:04
LEH 3, IDA 12
LEH - Garrido,Nick 35 yd field goal 11 plays, 57 yards, TOP 05:24
LEH 3, IDA 19
IDA - Hamper,Mark 42 yd pass from Layne,Jack (Pope,Cameron kick) 1 plays, 42 yards, TOP 00:07
LEH 6, IDA 19
LEH - Garrido,Nick 39 yd field goal 10 plays, 53 yards, TOP 01:33
3rd Quarter
LEH 6, IDA 27
IDA - Buchanan,Deshaun 2 yd run (Dwyer,Jordan pass), 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 03:55
LEH 6, IDA 34
IDA - Johnson,Zach 74 yd interception (Pope,Cameron kick)
4th Quarter
LEH 13, IDA 34
LEH - Perri,Dante 1 yd run (Garrido,Nick kick), 8 plays, 70 yards, TOP 03:46
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
13
TD
0
YDS
143
INT
1
CMP
4
TD
0
YDS
59
INT
0
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