The Mountain Hawks were led by second-year head coach Kevin Cahill and played home games at Goodman Stadium in Lower Saucon, Pennsylvania.

In Lehigh's previous season, the Mountain Hawks' roster was very senior heavy, with most of the team's starting players graduating.

[1] Additionally, coach Cahill has highlighted the new freshmen defenders, including Broc Bender, second-team all-state linebacker from Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia.

[5] Lehigh had three quarterbacks take snaps in an effort to confuse Army, with Dante Perri, Matt Machalik and Hayden Johnson all being used in different packages.

[5] at Goodman Stadium • Lower Saucon Township, Pennsylvania Seeking to bounce back from their defeat by Army, Lehigh started their home opener by scoring first off a 16-yard pass from Dante Perri to wide receiver Geoffrey Jamiel, following with two more touchdowns to take a 21–0 lead only 5 minutes into the game.

[9] Junior defensive back Nick Peltekian said “This should be the standard for this team every week.”[7] The game was also head coach Kevin Cahill's first ever home win.

[10] The LIU sharks opened scoring with a 13-yard pass from Luca Stanzani to Michael Love before the Mountain Hawks tied with a Luke Yoder rushing touchdown.

[12] at Goodman Stadium • Lower Saucon Township, Pennsylvania Lehigh hosted Princeton for its "Parents Weekend" homecoming game.

[13] Both teams' marching bands put on special halftime performances, and food-trucks provided food to the homecoming crowd.

[15] The fourth quarter started off with Johnson finding an open Geoffrey Jamiel on a 17-yard passing touchdown to put Lehigh's lead back to 14 points with 14:10 remaining in the game.

[15] Princeton got the ball back with 1:54 remaining with a chance to have a game-winning drive, however, Brycen Edwards intercepted Blaine Hipa to secure the win for Lehigh.

[15] at Goodman Stadium • Lower Saucon Township, Pennsylvania The game was branded as "Tackle Cancer Day" sponsored by Red Robin in partnership with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Lehigh's response was short lived, as they fumbled the ball which was recovered by Bucknell's Gavin Willis to end the game 38–35.

[19][20] Yale's opening drive started when Aidan Singleton picked off the Bulldog's Grant Jordan, however, Lehigh was unable to capitalize on the turnover.

[23] The second quarter would open with Junior defensive back Nick Peltekian catching an interception for Lehigh, resulting in a go-ahead one-yard rushing touchdown by Hayden Johnson.

[23] In the two ensuing drives Lehigh's Jaden Green would score rushing touchdowns, while Georgetown missed a 29-yard field goal, making it 24–0 at halftime.

[27] at Goodman Stadium • Lower Saucon Township, Pennsylvania Returning home for the "Salute to Service" game sponsored by Weis Markets, Lehigh gained 475 total yards of offense with 271 from rushing.

[28][29] On the first drive of the second half Lehigh would score again with Johnson hitting sophomore Mason Humphrey for 19-yards, quickly followed by a 330-yard rushing touchdown from Jaden Green to put the Mountain Hawks up 31–3.

[30][29] at Goodman Stadium • Lower Saucon Township, Pennsylvania Lehigh went into the 160th edition of The Rivalry tied for first in the Patriot league with a win guaranteeing a championship season.

[33] The win gave the Mountain Hawks their 13th Patriot League championship, and with the tie-breaker against Holy Cross, a ticket to the FCS playoffs.

[35] Northampton County district attorney Stephen Baratta, a proud Lafayette alumni, stated that the act constituted "criminal code violations" and that " this is not behavior that we can really sanction."

[37] The Spiders would respond by entering the red-zone with 15 seconds left on the clock, being forced to settle for a field goal and a 9–7 halftime lead.

[39] Lehigh's defense had a strong first-quarter performance, keeping the game to one-score until 12 minutes left in the half when Idaho's Jack Layne found Jordan Dwyer deep downfield for a 62-yard passing touchdown.

[40] Lehigh held its annual post-season banquet on February 2, 2025, at which linebacker Mike DeNucci won the Archibald Johnston Cup, given to the program's most outstanding player.

Sophomore Luke Yoder and first-year Jaden Green, both second team All-Patriot League honorees, won the outstanding offensive back award, while sophomore Mason Humphrey and junior Langston Jones received the other offensive positional awards, Jones was also a first team All-Patriot League selection.

The Nick Timko Award, given to the best scout team players, was won by senior Matt Rauscher and sophomore Benjamin Manley.

[41] First-year running back Jaden Green was named one of 25 finalists for the Jerry Rice Award while head coach Kevin Cahill was one of 15 finalists for the Eddie Robinson Award.The Mountain Hawks ranked in the top 10 in the FCS in rushing offense, pass defense and total defense and their turnaround from 2–9 to 9-4 was the best in school history.