BETHLEHEM (Interstat) — Lehigh scored in every quarter and defeated Colgate 33-7 in an NCAA Football Championship Division game Saturday at Goodman Stadium. The Mountain Hawks improved to 8-2, while the Raiders fell to 5-5. Attendance was 4,881. Lehigh finished with three touchdowns and four field goals, and its defense kept Colgate off the scoreboard until the final minute. The Mountain Hawks forced two interceptions and recorded two sacks while limiting the Raiders to one late touchdown.

Lehigh quarterback Patrick Coan was the top star, completing 13 of 24 passes for 221 yards and a touchdown and running eight times for 47 yards. Coan had recently completed all three of his passes for 46 yards and a touchdown and run twice for 3 yards against Bucknell. Colgate split time between two quarterbacks. Jake Stearney completed 8 of 16 passes for 105 yards and ran seven times for 6 yards. Jackson Kilburg completed 5 of 11 passes for 48 yards and a touchdown and added seven carries for 42 yards.

Lehigh’s Connor Poole made four field goals, from 22, 36, 23 and 32 yards. The Mountain Hawks also scored on a 19-yard run by Luke Yoder, a 31-yard pass from Coan to Bryce Werner and a 7-yard run by Yoder. Poole opened the scoring with a 22-yard field goal with 5:09 remaining in the first quarter. Yoder then broke free for a 19-yard touchdown run with 1:06 left in the first. In the second quarter, Poole made a 36-yard field goal with 12:43 remaining, Coan hit Werner for a 31-yard touchdown with 2:44 left and Poole added a 23-yard field goal with 31 seconds remaining. Poole’s 32-yard field goal with 5:23 left in the third quarter extended the lead, and Yoder’s 7-yard touchdown run with 10:41 remaining in the fourth made it 33-0. Colgate ended the shutout bid when Kilburg found P.J. Holmes for a 12-yard touchdown with 28 seconds remaining. Poole also punted twice for 77 yards.

For Lehigh, Harry Miller made three tackles. Anthony Feaster had five receptions for 82 yards. Joshua Jones made three tackles, Jackson Dowd made three tackles and TJ Hill made three tackles. DJ Brown recorded three tackles and an interception. Davis Rice made four tackles, Luke Denny made four tackles and Josh Lenart made five tackles. Matt D’Avino had one reception for 13 yards and one kick return. Jamaire Harden had one reception for 39 yards and one kick return for 13 yards. Nick Palumbo added three receptions for 41 yards. Werner finished with three receptions for 46 yards and a touchdown. Jadin Nelson recorded three tackles and a sack. William Parton made three tackles. Walker Blair, Kingsley Acho and Aidan Williams each had two tackles. Mick McKee returned two punts for 23 yards and made two tackles. Lucas Manderbach had two tackles and a sack. Preston Davis added two tackles. Ignatious Williams had one tackle and an interception. Cayden Vassa, Dayyan O’Neal, Cole Hughes and Tre Meadows each made one tackle. Andrew Sharga had one quarterback hurry.

For Colgate, Reece Allan made three tackles. Cole Fulton ran three times for 13 yards and had two receptions for 16 yards. Danny Shaban ran five times for 9 yards and had one reception for 40 yards. O’Shea Faison ran three times for 6 yards and had two receptions for 12 yards. Peyton Way had three receptions for 30 yards and two kick returns for 33 yards. Holmes had five receptions for 55 yards and a touchdown. Christian Magliacano made 11 tackles, and Trooper Price made 11 tackles. Jeb Koetting returned two kicks for 11 yards and made seven tackles. Justin Tedim had five tackles and half a sack. Tymir Wynn returned three kicks for 52 yards and made four tackles. Kenny Langston made four tackles, Paul-Marie Dogui made four tackles and Justyn Toler made four tackles. Trey Tremba ran five times for 12 yards and made one tackle. Joe Kelly made three tackles. Chase Jarrett made two tackles and Blake Turner made two tackles. Martin Geary had two tackles, half a sack and a quarterback hurry.

Lehigh entered at 7-2 after a 31-30 victory over Bucknell in its previous game, while Colgate entered at 5-4 after a 37-0 win over William & Mary. The Mountain Hawks are next scheduled to play at Richmond, and the Raiders are next scheduled to host Lafayette. Lehigh’s victory came in a game that featured 4,881 fans at Goodman Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Mountain Hawks finished with more total offense and kept the Raiders out of the end zone until the closing seconds. Colgate’s defense got double-digit tackle totals from Magliacano and Price, and it also got a half sack from Tedim and Geary. Lehigh’s special teams and defense complemented the offense throughout the game, and the Mountain Hawks protected their lead from start to finish.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Lehigh 33, Colgate 17. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Lehigh with a 92.4 percent probability to win.