 In the Lehigh Mountain Hawks 2016 football season they finished with 9 wins and 3 losses, and made the playoffs for the first time since 2011.They went undefeated in the Patriot League winning all 6 games, while winning 3 games and losing 2 games against out of conference opponents.They played the University of New Hampshire in the first round of the 2016 FCS playoffs, where they lost 21 to 64.