2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
Patriot League co-champion
ConferencePatriot League
Record5–7 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorScott Brisson (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJoe Bottiglieri (4th season)
Home stadiumGoodman Stadium
2017 Patriot League football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Colgate +   5 – 1     7 – 4  
+^   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

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, StadiumW 54–354,438
October 281:00 p.m.at Fordham
StadiumL 35-457,962
November 412:00 p.m.at Bucknell
StadiumW 42–214,226
November 1112:30 p.m.Holy Cross
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
SE2, StadiumW 34–217,247
November 1812:30 p.m.Lafayette
Stadium, WFMZW 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
See also: 2017 Villanova Wildcats football team

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

Yale (Yank Townsend Trophy)

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 and Yank Townsend Trophy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 (Lafayette–Lehigh)

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

Ranking movements

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

References

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