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.

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.