Lehigh Mountain Hawks at Lafayette Leopards

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Lehigh Mountain Hawks

12-0, 6-0 Away

Final
42 - 32

Lafayette Leopards

8-4, 4-2 Home

Luke Yoder's 4 TDs lead Lehigh past Lafayette 42-32 to become back-to-back Patriot League champions

Hayden Johnson scores 1-yard rushing touchdown

Lehigh (12-0, 7-0), ranked No. 4 in the FCS coaches' poll, earned the league's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs in the 161st meeting of college football’s most-played rivalry. Lehigh’s 17-game regular-season winning streak is the longest in the FCS.

Lehigh trailed 17-14 at halftime before two Yoder touchdowns in the third quarter, the first from 80 yards, put the Mountain Hawks ahead 28-24 entering the fourth. His 6-yard score made it 35-24.

After Lafayette got within 35-32 on a 4-yard touchdown and 2-point conversion, Lehigh went on a 10-play, 75-yard drive that chewed up more than five minutes and ended in a 1-yard run by Johnson with 1:53 left for a 10-point lead.

Johnson rushed for 64 yards on seven carries for Lehigh, which was coming off a 27-7 win at Colgate in a game that was called due to lightning with 3:54 to play.

Kente Edwards rushed for 157 yards on 41 carries and he scored three times for Lafayette (8-4, 6-1), which entered 6-0 in Patriot League play for the first time in program history. The Leopards finished league action 5-0 in 1988, '92 and ‘94.

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Scoring Summary

TD	1st Period 8:00	Kente Edwards 1 Yd Run (Jack Simonetta Kick)
TD	1st Period 4:46	Luke Yoder 29 Yd Run (Connor Poole Kick)
TD	2nd Period 14:21	Dean DeNobile 2 Yd Run (Jack Simonetta Kick)
TD	2nd Period 7:32	Mason Humphrey 77 Yd pass from Hayden Johnson (Connor Poole Kick)
FG	2nd Period 1:03	Jack Simonetta 21 Yd Field Goal
TD	3rd Period 14:42	Luke Yoder 80 Yd Run (Connor Poole Kick)
TD	3rd Period 2:46	Kente Edwards 1 Yd Run (Jack Simonetta Kick)
TD	3rd Period 0:48	Luke Yoder 3 Yd Run (Connor Poole Kick)
TD	4th Period 10:20	Luke Yoder 6 Yd Run (Connor Poole Kick)
TD	4th Period 7:14	Kente Edwards 4 Yd Run (Jason Penza Pass to Mason Kuehner for Two-Point Conversion)
TD	4th Period 1:53	Hayden Johnson 1 Yd Run (Connor Poole Kick)

Statistics

LEH		LAF
18	1st Downs	27
2-5	3rd down efficiency	13-18
1-1	4th down efficiency	1-3
479	Total Yards	424
159	Passing	275
11/16	Comp/Att	26/38
9.9	Yards per pass	7.2
320	Rushing	149
33	Rushing Attempts	47
9.7	Yards per rush	3.2
5-39	Penalties	0-0
1	Turnovers	1
0	Fumbles lost	0
1	Interceptions thrown	1
24:22	Possession	35:38

Game Information

Venue: Fisher Stadium

Location: Easton, PA
Attendance: 13,367 · Capacity:

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