Lehigh competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level as members of the Patriot League.

[2] The Mountain Hawks play their home games at Goodman Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Lehigh has won thirteen Patriot League titles and has played in 20 postseason games, winning 10 of the contests.

During this period, Lehigh's program grew stronger and the team moved into its new home, Taylor Stadium.

Keady's teams would go 55–22–3 (68%) during his nine years as head coach and produce many fine players, including All American quarterback Pat Pazzetti.

Dunlap's plan for improvement was to implement the Delaware Wing T offense in an attempt to score more points.

This offense was popularized by Delaware coach Tubby Raymond and featured misdirection, ball handling, multiple runners and numerous passing targets.

The Engineers finished 8–3 that year and set a tone that would see plenty of points scored, many wins and a long line of excellent quarterbacks.

Dunlap returned to his alma mater Colgate University to coach and later serve as director of athletics.

Lehigh had participated in two of the first three Division II tournaments (1973, 1975) so they were prepared for the rigors of post season play.

Led by an explosive offense, Lehigh outlasted Massachusetts 30–23, outscored the University of California (Davis) 39–30, then clobbered Jacksonville State 33–0 in the Pioneer Bowl final in Texas.

In addition to a national championship and national runner up status, Lehigh has won ten Patriot League titles, has participated in the FCS playoffs eight times, have been declared Lambert champs seven times as well as winners of 14 Middle Three championships (Rutgers, Lafayette).

(...) The bowl itself was constructed in the 1960s: an era of expansion and visionary plans for the school, working in close collaboration with partner Bethlehem Steel.

Steel and the Bethlehem community generally, money and resources consequently dried up, forcing the University to consider more practical alternatives, such as leaving the team for the time being in the now older Taylor Stadium.

During the 1990s, the NFL team the Philadelphia Eagles used Goodman Stadium and accompanying fields as their preseason camp and headquarters.

To further improve play, the Patriot League recently approved a plan allowing member schools to expand recruiting through the awarding of merit aid.

These scholarships (60 over four seasons) will allow schools to expand their recruitment of student athletes by offering assistance to the vast middle class.

The Mountain Hawks, then known as the Lehigh Engineers, have made 12 appearances in the NCAA Division I-AA/FCS playoffs 12 times, with a record of 7–11.

The Mountain Hawks, then known as the Lehigh Engineers, made three appearances in the NCAA Division II college football playoffs in 1973, 1975, and 1977, with a combined record of 3–2.

Former assistant Kevin Higgins coached the team for seven seasons, compiling an overall record of 56–25–1 for a winning percentage of 68%.

Under Andy Coen, Lehigh has compiled a winning record and has won over 69% of Patriot League games, including four titles.

The 2011 team lost only one regular season game, then entered the playoffs and claiming a one-point win at CAA champion Towson University.

The Mountain Hawks lost in the semi-finals to eventual national champions North Dakota State.

Now in his 11th year as Lehigh's head football coach, Andy Coen has compiled a 77-49 overall record and 46-18 in Patriot League action.