2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
Patriot League co-champion
ConferencePatriot League
Record5–7 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJoe Bottiglieri
Home stadiumGoodman Stadium
2017 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Colgate +  5 –1   7 –4  
Lehigh +^  5 –1   5 –7  
Holy Cross  3 –3   4 –7  
Fordham  3 –3   4 –7  
Lafayette  3 –3   3 –8  
Bucknell  2 –4   5 –6  
Georgetown  0 –6   1 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant

The 2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team represented Lehigh University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mountain Hawks were led by 12th-year head coach Andy Coen and played their home games at Goodman Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 5–7, 5–1 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for the Patriot League championship with Colgate. Due to their head-to-head win over Colgate, Lehigh received the Patriot League's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Stony Brook in the first round.

Schedule

The 2017 schedule consists of six home and five away games. The Mountain Hawks will host Patriot League foes Georgetown, Holy Cross, and Lafayette for the 153rd meeting of The Rivalry, and will travel to Colgate, Fordham, and Bucknell.

In 2017, Lehigh's non-conference opponents will be Villanova of the Colonial Athletic Association, Monmouth of the Big South Conference, Yale and Penn of the Ivy League, and Wagner of the Northeast Conference.[1]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 212:30 p.m.No. 10 Villanova*No. 17
SE2L 35–385,816
September 91:00 p.m.at Monmouth*No. 19
ESPN3L 27–462,839
September 1612:30 p.m.Yale*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
SE2L 28–564,996
September 2312:30 p.m.Penn*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
SE2L 47–655,060
September 306:00 p.m.at Wagner*
NECFRL 20–372,073
October 71:00 p.m.at Colgate
StadiumW 41–382,986
October 1412:30 p.m.Georgetown
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
SE2
Stadium		W 54–354,438
October 281:00 p.m.at Fordham
StadiumL 35-457,962
November 4Noonat Bucknell
StadiumW 42–214,226
November 1112:30 p.m.Holy Cross
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
SE2
Stadium		W 34–217,247
November 1812:30 p.m.Lafayette
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA (153rd meeting of The Rivalry)
Stadium
WFMZ		W 38–3115,270
November 252:00 p.m.at No. 10 Stony Brook*
ESPN3L 29–594,131

Game summaries

Villanova

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Wildcats 7 21 7 3 38
No. 17 Mountain Hawks 7 7 14 7 35

At Monmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Mountain Hawks 14 7 6 0 27
Hawks 14 6 13 13 46

Yale

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 14 14 14 14 56
Mountain Hawks 7 6 8 7 28

Penn

1 2 3 4 Total
Quakers 14 21 14 16 65
Mountain Hawks 14 14 7 12 47

At Wagner

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 7 7 6 0 20
Seahawks 7 10 14 6 37

At Colgate

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 14 7 7 13 41
Raiders 7 21 0 10 38

Georgetown

1 2 3 4 Total
Hoyas 0 14 7 14 35
Mountain Hawks 7 27 10 10 54

At Fordham

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 7 7 7 14 35
Rams 7 7 14 17 45

At Bucknell

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 28 7 7 0 42
Bison 7 7 0 7 21

Holy Cross

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 7 0 14 21
Mountain Hawks 14 0 10 10 34

Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 7 17 7 0 31
Mountain Hawks 14 0 14 10 38

FCS Playoffs

At Stony Brook–First Round

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 14 7 8 29
No. 10 Seawolves 0 24 14 21 59

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS1719RV——————————RV
Coaches1719RV———————————

References

  1. ↑ "Lehigh Mountain Hawks - 2017 Football Schedule". Lehigh University Athletics. Retrieved April 7, 2017.


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