2016 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

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.

2016 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
Patriot League champion
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 21–64 vs. New Hampshire
Conference	Patriot League
Ranking
STATS	No. 21
FCS Coaches	No. 18
2016 record	9–3 (6–0 Patriot)
Head coach	Andy Coen (11th season)
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
No. 21 Lehigh $^		6	–	0					9	–	3
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 Poll

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 Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	7	7	9	23
Mountain Hawks	0	0	7	14	21

at Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	0	14	0	7	21
#22 Wildcats	6	0	14	6	26

at Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	21	14	7	49
Quakers	14	14	0	0	28

Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	7	0	14	28
Mountain Hawks	7	14	14	7	42

at Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	21	21	21	0	63
Bulldogs	7	21	0	7	35

Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	14	3	7	7	31
Mountain Hawks	7	7	24	7	45

at Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	7	14	7	35
Hoyas	0	3	0	0	3

at Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	11	21	7	46
Crusaders	7	0	0	7	14

Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	6	3	7	21	37
Mountain Hawks	16	21	14	7	58

Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	7	6	0	0	13
#24 Mountain Hawks	7	0	13	0	20

at Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Mountain Hawks	7	24	14	0	45
Leopards	0	7	6	8	21

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

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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	21
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	24	21	18	17	15	18

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