| 1997 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football | |
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| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 4–7 (2–4 Patriot) |
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| Home stadium | Goodman Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| 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* |
| 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 |
| L 14–20 | 4,865 | [10] | ||
| November 15 | No. 3 Delaware* |
| L 19–24 | 7,122 | [11] | ||
| November 18 | Lafayette |
| W 43–31 | 14,393 | [12] | ||
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References
- ^ a b c "Year-by-Year Results". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 22. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Lehigh Football Captains". Lehigh Football Record Book (PDF). Bethlehem, Pa.: Lehigh University. p. 12. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (September 21, 1997). "Lehigh Gets Its Phil in Win Over Towson". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (September 28, 1997). "Lehigh's Rally Falls Short vs. Harvard". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Colgate Rolls with 678 Yards in Romp". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. October 5, 1997. pp. 6F, 7F – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (October 12, 1997). "Stambaugh, Abdullah Steer Lehigh Past Penn". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Lessels, Allen (October 26, 1997). "Green's Streak Is Ended". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. F14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (November 2, 1997). "Lehigh Gets Muddled by Bucknell in Mud Bath". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (November 26, 1997). "Turnovers and Quick Strikes Doom Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Tomashek, Tom (November 16, 1997). "'Flat' Blue Hens Slip Past Lehigh". Sunday News Journal. Wilmington, Del. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (November 23, 1997). "Lehigh Engineers Great Comeback". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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