1997 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

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.

1997 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
ConferencePatriot League
Record4–7 (2–4 Patriot)
Head coach
Captains
  • Rabih Abdullah
  • Nate Kmieciak
  • Caleb Moyer
Home stadiumGoodman Stadium
1997 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
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

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.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13 at Fordham*
L 35–42 OT [1]
September 20 at Towson
W 16–14 2,765 [4]
September 27 Harvard*
L 30–35 11,107 [5]
October 4 at Colgate
L 28–61 6,000 [6]
October 11 Penn*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 24–7 10,111 [7]
October 18 at Hofstra*
L 38–45 [1]
October 25 at Dartmouth*
W 46–26 4,525 [8]
November 1 at Bucknell
L 14–21 3,074 [9]
November 8 Holy Cross
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 14–20 4,865 [10]
November 15 No. 3 Delaware*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)
L 19–24 7,122 [11]
November 18 Lafayette
W 43–31 14,393 [12]

References
  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.
  4. Blockus, Gary R. (September 21, 1997). "Lehigh Gets Its Phil in Win Over Towson". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Blockus, Gary R. (September 28, 1997). "Lehigh's Rally Falls Short vs. Harvard". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Colgate Rolls with 678 Yards in Romp". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. October 5, 1997. pp. 6F, 7F – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Blockus, Gary R. (October 12, 1997). "Stambaugh, Abdullah Steer Lehigh Past Penn". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Lessels, Allen (October 26, 1997). "Green's Streak Is Ended". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. F14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Blockus, Gary R. (November 2, 1997). "Lehigh Gets Muddled by Bucknell in Mud Bath". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Blockus, Gary R. (November 26, 1997). "Turnovers and Quick Strikes Doom Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Tomashek, Tom (November 16, 1997). "'Flat' Blue Hens Slip Past Lehigh". Sunday News Journal. Wilmington, Del. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Blockus, Gary R. (November 23, 1997). "Lehigh Engineers Great Comeback". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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