Each Patriot League football team scored at least 25 points higher than the sport's four-year APR average of 946. Patriot League schools came in with glowing marks in the latest release of the NCAA Academic Progress Rate, as 97 percent of Patriot Lea… more »

Coming off its best season in a decade, Lehigh's football team faces a challenging schedule as it tries to repeat as Patriot League champs and return to the FCS playoffs. The Mountain Hawks will play four games against scholarship programs, two games… more »

AS COLLEGE spending on football spins out of control, the Patriot League is to be cheered for not caving in to competitive envy and boosterism. The presidents of the seven colleges and universities in the league, which include Worcester’s Holy Cross, la… more »

Asked last week to decide whether their institutions should break with tradition and finally award athletic scholarships to football players, the presidents of the Patriot League decided to punt. And while an official decision has been put off for at le… more »

In front of a crowd of almost 6,000 fans, the football team defeated the University of Northern Iowa Panthers on Saturday 14-7 and advanced to the second round of the FCS playoffs. The Mountain Hawks move into the round of sixteen and will travel to… more »

UNI runs out of gas during 14-7 loss to Lehigh University. The 2010 University of Northern Iowa football season ended Saturday as the Lehigh University Mountain Hawks stole away a 14-7 first round playoff win in the UNI-Dome. The loss was the Panther… more »

If Holy Cross wins its final three games, the Crusaders win the Patriot League and get an automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs for the second straight year. It’s that simple. Simple, but no one said it will be easy. The first step will be beating… more »

Lehigh driven by 21-point quarter. On a blustery but resplendent autumn afternoon, the Harvard football team was, quite simply, blown away. Northwest winds of 25 miles per hour that reached gusts of 38 and wreaked havoc on field position. By Lehig… more »

They are looking at other numbers as football scholarship decision looms He wasn't making excuses, but Lehigh University football coach Andy Coen couldn't avoid the topic either. In his postgame press conference at the University of New Hampshire… more »

Stuck between Villanova and UNH, Mountain Hawks need to beat Princeton. It didn't matter that it came against the defending national champs and a team ranked No. 1 in the nation in one poll and No. 2 in another. The Lehigh football team was embarr… more »

Villanova football coach respects Lehigh, Lafayette If you think Talley will overlook the Mountain Hawks, forget it. He has great respect for the Patriot League and believes that if the league ever decides to offer scholarships in football — a dec… more »

Drake started its football season two quarters too late in Saturday’s 28-14 loss to Lehigh. Playing before a crowd of 3,628 at Drake Stadium, the Bulldogs were dominated in the first half and fell behind 21-0, but rallied in the second half. Drake cl… more »

Lehigh University's season opener at Drake in Des Moines, Iowa, will be a homecoming of sorts for Mountain Hawks junior Jake Drwal. Drwal, a wide receiver, grew up in Omaha, Neb., some two hours away. "I'm going to have a bunch of family up there,… more »

The Lehigh University football team has rushed for 130 yards or more in six of its last seven games. So it's no surprise that coach Andy Coen wanted to continue that success on the ground as the Mountain Hawks open the 2010 season at Drake University… more »

Lehigh opens difficult schedule in Iowa. Lehigh football coach Andy Coen said there was a point about 10 days to two weeks ago in preseason camp when it dawned on him that this season could be different. "It was like bang, wow. … I looked around a… more »