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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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]
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September 2 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 10 Villanova* | No. 17 | | SE2 | L 35–38 | 5,816 |
September 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at Monmouth* | No. 19 | | 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* | | | NECFR | L 20–37 | 2,073 |
October 7 | 1:00 p.m. | at Colgate | | | 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 | | | Stadium | L 35-45 | 7,962 |
November 4 | Noon | at Bucknell | | | 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* | | | ESPN3 | L 29–59 | 4,131 |
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Villanova
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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No. 10 Wildcats |
7 |
21 |
7 |
3 |
38 |
No. 17 Mountain Hawks |
7 |
7 |
14 |
7 |
35 |
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At Monmouth
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
No. 19 Mountain Hawks |
14 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
27 |
Hawks |
14 |
6 |
13 |
13 |
46 |
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Yale
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Bulldogs |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
56 |
Mountain Hawks |
7 |
6 |
8 |
7 |
28 |
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Penn
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Quakers |
14 |
21 |
14 |
16 |
65 |
Mountain Hawks |
14 |
14 |
7 |
12 |
47 |
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At Wagner
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Mountain Hawks |
7 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
20 |
Seahawks |
7 |
10 |
14 |
6 |
37 |
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At Colgate
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mountain Hawks |
14 |
7 |
7 |
13 |
41 |
Raiders |
7 |
21 |
0 |
10 |
38 |
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Georgetown
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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Hoyas |
0 |
14 |
7 |
14 |
35 |
Mountain Hawks |
7 |
27 |
10 |
10 |
54 |
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At Fordham
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Mountain Hawks |
7 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
35 |
Rams |
7 |
7 |
14 |
17 |
45 |
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At Bucknell
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Mountain Hawks |
28 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
42 |
Bison |
7 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
21 |
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Holy Cross
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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Crusaders |
0 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
21 |
Mountain Hawks |
14 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
34 |
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Lafayette
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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Leopards |
7 |
17 |
7 |
0 |
31 |
Mountain Hawks |
14 |
0 |
14 |
10 |
38 |
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At Stony Brook–First Round
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mountain Hawks |
0 |
14 |
7 |
8 |
29 |
No. 10 Seawolves |
0 |
24 |
14 |
21 |
59 |
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Ranking movements
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 17 | 19 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV |
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Coaches | 17 | 19 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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