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. Rabih Abdullah, Caleb Moyer and Nate Kmieciak were the team captains.

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.

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

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