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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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Villanova [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Wildcats
7
21
7
3
38
No. 17 Mountain Hawks
7
7
14
7
35
At Monmouth [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Mountain Hawks
14
7
6
0
27
Hawks
14
6
13
13
46
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
14
14
14
14
56
Mountain Hawks
7
6
8
7
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Quakers
14
21
14
16
65
Mountain Hawks
14
14
7
12
47
At Wagner [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountain Hawks
7
7
6
0
20
Seahawks
7
10
14
6
37
At Colgate [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountain Hawks
14
7
7
13
41
Raiders
7
21
0
10
38
Georgetown [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hoyas
0
14
7
14
35
Mountain Hawks
7
27
10
10
54
At Fordham [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountain Hawks
7
7
7
14
35
Rams
7
7
14
17
45
At Bucknell [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountain Hawks
28
7
7
0
42
Bison
7
7
0
7
21
Holy Cross [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
0
7
0
14
21
Mountain Hawks
14
0
10
10
34
Lafayette [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Leopards
7
17
7
0
31
Mountain Hawks
14
0
14
10
38
FCS Playoffs [ edit ] At Stony Brook–First Round [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountain Hawks
0
14
7
8
29
No. 10 Seawolves
0
24
14
21
59
Ranking movements [ edit ] 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 [ edit ]
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