2016 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

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Ranking
STATS	No. 21
FCS Coaches	No. 18

2016 Patriot League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 21 Lehigh $^	6	–	0	9	–	3
Fordham	5	–	1	8	–	3
Colgate	4	–	2	5	–	5
Bucknell	3	–	3	4	–	7
Holy Cross	2	–	4	4	–	7
Lafayette	1	–	5	2	–	9
Georgetown	0	–	6	3	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team represented Lehigh University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 11th-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 9–3, 6–0 in Patriot League play to be crowned Patriot League champions. They earned the League's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs where they lost in the first round to New Hampshire.

Schedule

September 312:30 PMMonmouth*

SE2L 21–23 4,828 September 106:00 PMat No. 22 Villanova*

NNAAL 21–26 6,419 September 175:00 PMat Penn*

ILDNW 49–28 5,650 September 2412:30 PMPrinceton*

Goodman Stadium
Bethlehem, PA

PLN
SE2W 42–28 5,493 October 11:30 PMat Yale*

OWSPNW 63–35 2,196 October 812:30 PMColgate

Goodman Stadium
Bethlehem, PA

PLN
SE2W 45–31 9,255 October 152:00 PMat Georgetown

PLNW 35–3 2,455 October 2212:00 PMat Holy Cross

ASNW 46–14 3,668 October 2912:30 PMFordham

Goodman Stadium
Bethlehem, PA

PLN
SE2W 58–37 6,009 November 512:30 PMBucknellNo. 24

Goodman Stadium
Bethlehem, PA

PLNW 20–13 7,049 November 1912:30 PMat LafayetteNo. 19

Fisher Field
Easton, PA (152nd meeting of The Rivalry)

WFMZW 45–21 12,587 November 262:00 PMat No. 22 New Hampshire*No. 18

ESPN3L 21–64 2,240

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Source: Schedule

Game summaries

Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	7	7	9	23
Mountain Hawks	0	0	7	14	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–1	2014	MON, 28–21

at Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	0	14	0	7	21
#22 Wildcats	6	0	14	6	26

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–7	2010	NOVA, 35–0

at Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	21	14	7	49
Quakers	14	14	0	0	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–44	2015	LEH, 42–21

Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	7	0	14	28
Mountain Hawks	7	14	14	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–40–2	2015	PRIN, 52–26

at Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	21	21	21	0	63
Bulldogs	7	21	0	7	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–17	2015	YALE, 27–12

Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	14	3	7	7	31
Mountain Hawks	7	7	24	7	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–29–2	2015	COL, 49–42

at Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	7	14	7	35
Hoyas	0	3	0	0	3

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–5	2015	LEH, 33–28

at Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	11	21	7	46
Crusaders	7	0	0	7	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–13–1	2015	LEH, 51–38

Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	6	3	7	21	37
Mountain Hawks	16	21	14	7	58

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–5	2015	FORD, 59–42

Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	7	6	0	0	13
#24 Mountain Hawks	7	0	13	0	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
45–31–3	2015	LEH, 21–10

at Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Mountain Hawks	7	24	14	0	45
Leopards	0	7	6	8	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
68–78–5	2015	LEH, 49–35

FCS Playoffs

First Round–New Hampshire

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Mountain Hawks	0	14	7	0	21
#22 Wildcats	15	21	14	14	64

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–12	2014	UNH, 45–27

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	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	24	23	19	18	21
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	24	21	18	17	15	18

References

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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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