2016 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

2016 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
Patriot League champion
ConferencePatriot League
Ranking
STATSNo. 21
FCS CoachesNo. 18
Record9–3 (6–0 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDrew Folmar (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorJoe Bottiglieri (3rd season)
Home stadiumGoodman Stadium
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
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

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

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 312:30 pmMonmouth*SE2L 21–234,828
September 106:00 pmat No. 22 Villanova*NNAAL 21–266,419
September 175:00 pmat Penn*ILDNW 49–285,650
September 2412:30 pmPrinceton*
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
PLN
SE2
W 42–285,493
October 11:30 pmat Yale*OWSPNW 63–352,196
October 812:30 pmColgate
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
PLN
SE2
W 45–319,255
October 152:00 pmat GeorgetownPLNW 35–32,455
October 2212:00 pmat Holy CrossASNW 46–143,668
October 2912:30 pmFordham
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
PLN
SE2
W 58–376,009
November 512:30 pmBucknellNo. 24
  • Goodman Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
PLNW 20–137,049
November 1912:30 pmat LafayetteNo. 19WFMZW 45–2112,587
November 262:00 pmat No. 22 New Hampshire*No. 18ESPN3L 21–642,240

Roster

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2016 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 14 Matt Timochenko Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

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Monmouth

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

At Villanova

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

At Penn

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

Princeton

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

At Yale

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

Colgate

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

At Georgetown

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

At Holy Cross

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

Fordham

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

Bucknell

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

At Lafayette

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

FCS Playoffs

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First Round–New Hampshire

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1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Mountain Hawks 0 14 7 0 21
#22 Wildcats 15 21 14 14 64

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCSRVRVRV2423191821
CoachesRVRVRV242118171518

References

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