Lehigh Shuts Out Fordham 34-0, Extends 23-Game Streak

No. 6 Lehigh shut out Fordham 34-0 on Oct. 3, improving to 6-0 and 4-0 in the Patriot League and extending its FCS-best regular-season unbeaten streak to 23 games. The Mountain Hawks scored 31 points in the second quarter, forced five turnovers, and held Fordham to 42 rushing yards. Derek Morgan completed 10 of 20 passes for 152 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. He hit Anthony Feaster for a 30-yard score capping a 98-yard drive and later a 29-yard touchdown, and found Aiden Schomp for a 10-yard score after a 55-yard drive in which Luke Yoder ran for 45 yards. After Jakub Mwangelwa fumbled a kickoff recovered by Silas Day, Yoder scored on a 10-yard run to make it 21-0 with 44 seconds left in the half. Ignatious Williams intercepted Gunnar Smith and returned it 15 yards to the Fordham 29; Nick Peltekian and William Parton also intercepted Smith. Feaster finished with three catches for 67 yards and two touchdowns. AP and CBS Sports reported Yoder with 171 rushing yards and a touchdown; The Brown and White reported 174 yards. Lehigh has a bye before traveling to Cornell on Oct. 17. Fordham hosts Richmond next.