2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football

Patriot League co-champion
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 29–59 vs. Stony Brook
Conference	Patriot League
Record	5–7 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach	Andy Coen (12th season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Bottiglieri
Home stadium	Goodman Stadium
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Patriot League football standings
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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]

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		Crown Field at 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

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

References

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

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Venues	Taylor Stadium (1914–1987) Goodman Stadium (1988–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Delaware Lafayette: The Rivalry
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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National championship seasons in bold

Patriot League football champions

Holy Cross (1986)
Holy Cross (1987)
Lafayette (1988)
Holy Cross (1989)
Holy Cross (1990)
Holy Cross (1991)
Lafayette (1992)
Lehigh (1993)
Lafayette (1994)
Lehigh (1995)
Bucknell (1996)
Colgate (1997)
Lehigh (1998)
Colgate & Lehigh (1999)
Lehigh (2000)
Lehigh (2001)
Colgate & Fordham (2002)
Colgate (2003)
Lafayette & Lehigh (2004)
Colgate & Lafayette (2005)
Lafayette & Lehigh (2006)
Fordham (2007)
Colgate (2008)
Holy Cross (2009)
Lehigh (2010)
Lehigh (2011)
Colgate (2012)
Lafayette (2013)
Fordham (2014)
Colgate (2015)
Lehigh (2016)
Colgate & Lehigh (2017)
Colgate (2018)
Holy Cross (2019)
Holy Cross (2020)
Holy Cross (2021)
Holy Cross (2022)
Holy Cross & Lafayette (2023)

v t e 2017 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Central Arkansas Central Connecticut Elon Furman Jacksonville State James Madison Kennesaw State Lehigh Monmouth New Hampshire Nicholls State North Dakota State Northern Arizona Northern Iowa Sam Houston State Samford San Diego South Dakota South Dakota State Southern Utah Stony Brook Weber State Western Illinois Wofford
Champion – North Dakota State