2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

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2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
Lehigh Athletics wordmark.png
Patriot League co-champion
Conference Patriot League
Record5–7 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorScott Brisson (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJoe Bottiglieri (4th season)
Home stadium Goodman Stadium
Seasons
  2016
2018  
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

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.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 212:30 p.m.No. 10 Villanova *No. 17 SE2 L 35–385,816
September 91:00 p.m.at Monmouth *No. 19 ESPN3 L 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 Stadium W 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, WFMZ W 38–3115,270
November 252:00 p.m.at No. 10 Stony Brook *ESPN3L 29–594,131

Game summaries

Villanova

1234Total
No. 10 Wildcats7217338
No. 17 Mountain Hawks7714735

At Monmouth

1234Total
No. 19 Mountain Hawks1476027
Hawks146131346

Yale (Yank Townsend Trophy)

1234Total
Bulldogs1414141456
Mountain Hawks768728

Penn

1234Total
Quakers1421141665
Mountain Hawks141471247

At Wagner

1234Total
Mountain Hawks776020
Seahawks71014637

At Colgate

1234Total
Mountain Hawks14771341
Raiders72101038

Georgetown

1234Total
Hoyas01471435
Mountain Hawks727101054

At Fordham

1234Total
Mountain Hawks7771435
Rams77141745

At Bucknell

1234Total
Mountain Hawks2877042
Bison770721

Holy Cross

1234Total
Crusaders0701421
Mountain Hawks140101034

Lafayette

1234Total
Leopards7177031
Mountain Hawks140141038

FCS Playoffs

At Stony Brook–First Round

1234Total
Mountain Hawks0147829
No. 10 Seawolves024142159

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS 1719RVRV
Coaches 1719RV

References