1997 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

1997 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
ConferencePatriot League
Record4–7 (2–4 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAndy Coen (2nd season)
Captains
  • Rabih Abdullah
  • Nate Kmieciak
  • Caleb Moyer
Home stadiumGoodman Stadium
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Patriot League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Colgate $^   6 0     7 5  
No. 24 Bucknell   5 1     10 1  
Fordham   4 2     5 6  
Holy Cross   2 4     4 7  
Lehigh   2 4     4 7  
Lafayette   2 4     3 8  
Towson   0 6     2 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1997 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh tied for second-to-last in the Patriot League.

In their fourth year under head coach Kevin Higgins, the Mountain Hawks compiled a 4–7 record.[1] Rabih Abdullah, Caleb Moyer and Nate Kmieciak were the team captains.[2]

The Mountain Hawks were outscored 326 to 307. Lehigh's 2–4 conference record placed it in a three-way tie for fourth in the seven-team Patriot League standings.[3]

Lehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 22. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Lehigh Football Captains". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 12. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 6. Retrieved August 10, 2020.