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American college football season
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 SE2 L 35–385,816 September 9 1:00 p.m. at Monmouth * No. 19 ESPN3 L 27–462,839 September 16 12:30 p.m. Yale * Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA SE2 L 28–564,996 September 23 12:30 p.m. Penn * Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA SE2 L 47–655,060 September 30 6:00 p.m. at Wagner * NECFR L 20–372,073 October 7 1:00 p.m. at Colgate Stadium W 41–382,986 October 14 12:30 p.m. Georgetown Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA SE2 W 54–354,438 October 28 1:00 p.m. at Fordham Stadium L 35-457,962 November 4 Noon at Bucknell Stadium W 42–214,226 November 11 12:30 p.m. Holy Cross Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA SE2 W 34–217,247 November 18 12:30 p.m. Lafayette Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA (153rd meeting of The Rivalry ) StadiumWFMZ W 38–3115,270 November 25 2:00 p.m. at No. 10 Stony Brook * ESPN3 L 29–594,131
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
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountain Hawks
0
14
7
8
29
No. 10 Seawolves
0
24
14
21
59
Ranking movements
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking 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
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