# 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.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 10 Villanova* | No. 17 | Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA | SE2 | L 35–38 | 5,816 |
| September 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at Monmouth* | No. 19 | Kessler FieldWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN3 | L 27–46 | 2,839 |
| September 16 | 12:30 p.m. | Yale* | | Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA | SE2 | L 28–56 | 4,996 |
| September 23 | 12:30 p.m. | Penn* | | Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA | SE2 | L 47–65 | 5,060 |
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | at Wagner* | | Wagner College StadiumStaten Island, NY | NECFR | L 20–37 | 2,073 |
| October 7 | 1:00 p.m. | at Colgate | | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | Stadium | W 41–38 | 2,986 |
| October 14 | 12:30 p.m. | Georgetown | | Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA | SE2, Stadium | W 54–35 | 4,438 |
| October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | at Fordham | | Coffey FieldBronx, NY | Stadium | L 35-45 | 7,962 |
| November 4 | 12:00 p.m. | at Bucknell | | Christy Mathewson–Memorial StadiumLewisburg, PA | Stadium | W 42–21 | 4,226 |
| November 11 | 12:30 p.m. | Holy Cross | | Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA | SE2, Stadium | W 34–21 | 7,247 |
| November 18 | 12:30 p.m. | Lafayette | | Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA (The Rivalry) | Stadium, WFMZ | W 38–31 | 15,270 |
| November 25 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 10 Stony Brook* | | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY (NCAA Division I First Round) | ESPN3 | L 29–59 | 4,131 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll 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 (Yank Townsend Trophy)

| | 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 | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |