2016 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

2016 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football

Patriot League champions
FCS Playoffs, L 21–64 vs. New Hampshire
Conference	Patriot League
Ranking
STATS	No. 18
FCS Coaches	No. 15
2016 record	9–3 (6–0 Patriot)
Head coach	Andy Coen (11th year)
Offensive coordinator	Drew Folmar
Defensive coordinator	Joe Bottiglieri
Home stadium	Goodman Stadium (Capacity: 16,000)

2016 Patriot League football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#19 Lehigh $^		6	–	0		9	–	2
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 FCS 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

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	12:30 PM	Monmouth*		Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA	SE2	L 21–23	4,828
September 10	6:00 PM	at No. 22 Villanova*		Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA	NNAA	L 21–26	6,419
September 17	5:00 PM	at Penn*		Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	ILDN	W 49–28	5,650
September 24	12:30 PM	Princeton*		Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA	PLN SE2	W 42–28	5,493
October 1	1:30 PM	at Yale*		Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	OWSPN	W 63–35	2,196
October 8	12:30 PM	Colgate		Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA	PLN SE2	W 45–31	9,255
October 15	2:00 PM	at Georgetown		Cooper Field • Washington, D.C.	PLN	W 35–3	2,455
October 22	12:00 PM	at Holy Cross		Fitton Field • Worcester, MA	ASN	W 46–14	3,668
October 29	12:30 PM	Fordham		Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA	PLN SE2	W 58–37	6,009
November 5	12:30 PM	Bucknell	No. 24	Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA	PLN	W 20–13	7,049
November 19	12:30 PM	at Lafayette	No. 19	Fisher Field • Easton, PA (152nd meeting of The Rivalry)	WFMZ	W 45–21	12,587
November 26	2:00 PM	at No. 22 New Hampshire*	No. 18	Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 21–64	2,240
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: Schedule

Game notes

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.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	24	23	19	18
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	24	21	18	17	15

References

Lehigh Mountain Hawks football

Venues	Taylor Stadium (1914–1987) Goodman Stadium (1988–present)

Bowls & rivalries	The Rivalry (Lafayette)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

2016 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Cal Poly Central Arkansas Charleston Southern Chattanooga The Citadel Eastern Washington Illinois State Jacksonville State James Madison Lehigh New Hampshire North Carolina A&T North Dakota North Dakota State Richmond Saint Francis (PA) Samford Sam Houston State San Diego South Dakota State Villanova Weber State Wofford Youngstown State

Champion – TBD

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