2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

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.

2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
Patriot League co-champion
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 29–59 vs. Stony Brook
Conference	Patriot League
2017 record	5–7 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach	Andy Coen (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Drew Folmar
Defensive coordinator	Joe Bottiglieri
Home stadium	Goodman Stadium (Capacity: 16,000)

2017 Patriot League football standings
	Conf							Overall
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

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]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	12:30 p.m.	No. 10 Villanova*	No. 17	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	SE2	L 35–38	5,816
September 9	1:00 p.m.	at Monmouth*	No. 19	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	L 27–46	2,839
September 16	12:30 p.m.	Yale*		Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	SE2	L 28–56	4,996
September 23	12:30 p.m.	Penn*		Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	SE2	L 47–65	5,060
September 30	6:00 p.m.	at Wagner*		Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	NECFR	L 20–37	2,073
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at Colgate		Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	Stadium	W 41–38	2,986
October 14	12:30 p.m.	Georgetown		Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	SE2 Stadium	W 54–35	4,438
October 28	1:00 p.m.	at Fordham		Coffey Field Bronx, NY	Stadium	L 35-45	7,962
November 4	Noon	at Bucknell		Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	Stadium	W 42–21	4,226
November 11	12:30 p.m.	Holy Cross		Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	SE2 Stadium	W 34–21	7,247
November 18	12:30 p.m.	Lafayette		Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA (153rd meeting of The Rivalry)	Stadium WFMZ	W 38–31	15,270
November 25	2:00 p.m.	at No. 10 Stony Brook*		Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 29–59	4,131
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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

See also: 2017 Villanova Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–8	2016	NOVA, 26–21

at Monmouth

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

See also: 2017 Monmouth Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–2	2016	MON, 23–21

Yale

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

See also: 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–7	2016	LEH, 63–35

Penn

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

See also: 2017 Penn Quakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–44	2016	LEH, 49–28

at Wagner

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

See also: 2017 Wagner Seahawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Colgate

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

See also: 2017 Colgate Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–29–2	2016	LEH, 45–31

Georgetown

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

See also: 2017 Georgetown Hoyas football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–5	2016	LEH, 35–3

at Fordham

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

See also: 2017 Fordham Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–5	2016	LEH, 58–37

at Bucknell

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

See also: 2017 Bucknell Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
46–31–3	2016	LEH, 20–13

Holy Cross

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

See also: 2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–13–1	2016	LEH, 46–14

Lafayette

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

See also: 2017 Lafayette Leopards football team and The Rivalry (Lehigh–Lafayette)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
68–78–5	2016	LEH, 45–21

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

See also: 2017 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2004	LEH, 25–2

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	17	19	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV
Coaches	17	19	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

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