2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football

Big Sky co-champion
FCS Playoffs
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 3
FCS Coaches	No. 4
2016 record	11–1 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Beau Baldwin (9th year)
Offensive coordinator	Aaron Best (16th year)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jeff Schmedding (2nd year)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Roos Field (Capacity: 8,600)

2016 Big Sky football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 Eastern Washington +^		8	–	0		11	–	1
#8 North Dakota +^		8	–	0		9	–	3
#25 Weber State ^		6	–	2		7	–	5
#21 Cal Poly ^		5	–	3		7	–	5
Southern Utah		5	–	3		6	–	5
Northern Colorado		4	–	4		6	–	5
Northern Arizona		4	–	4		5	–	6
Montana		3	–	5		6	–	5
Montana State		2	–	6		4	–	7
Portland State		2	–	6		3	–	8
UC Davis		2	–	6		3	–	8
Sacramento State		2	–	6		2	–	9
Idaho State		1	–	7		2	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represents Eastern Washington University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by head coach Beau Baldwin, who is in his ninth season with Eastern Washington. The Eagles play their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington and are a member of the Big Sky Conference.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	5:00 PM	at Washington State*	No. 14	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	W 45–42	32,952
September 10	12:30 PM	at No. 1 North Dakota State*	No. 8	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	SWX	L 44–50 ^OT	18,906
September 17	4:05 PM	No. 10 Northern Iowa*	No. 8	Roos Field • Cheney, WA	SWX	W 34–30	9,111
September 24	4:05 PM	at Northern Arizona	No. 4	Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ	SWX	W 50–35	10,179
October 1	1:05 PM	UC Davis	No. 4	Roos Field • Cheney, WA	RTNW	W 63–30	10,741
October 8	1:05 PM	Northern Colorado	No. 4	Roos Field • Cheney, WA	SWX	W 49–31	10,924
October 22	11:05 AM	at Montana State	No. 3	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT	RTNW	W 41–17	18,087
October 29	12:35 PM	No. 16 Montana	No. 3	Roos Field • Cheney, WA (EWU–UM Governors Cup)	RTNW	W 35–16	10,931
November 5	6:05 PM	at No. 14 Cal Poly	No. 3	Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA	WBS	W 42–21	9,722
November 12	3:35 PM	Idaho State	No. 3	Roos Field • Cheney, WA	SWX	W 48–17	9,302
November 18	7:35 PM	at Portland State	No. 3	Providence Park • Portland, OR (The Dam Cup)	RTNW	W 35–28	5,669
December 3	1:00 PM	No. 14 Central Arkansas*	No. 3	Roos Field • Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 31–14	6,085
December 10	1:00 PM	No. 12 Richmond*	No. 3	Roos Field • Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN3
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source: Schedule

Game notes

at Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Eagles	7	17	14	7	45
Cougars	14	14	0	14	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2012	WAZZU, 24–20

at North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
#8 Eagles	0	14	10	20	0	44
#1 Bison	7	14	7	16	6	50

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2010 FCS Playoffs	EWU, 38–31 ^OT

Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Panthers	10	14	0	6	30
#8 Eagles	0	7	14	13	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–6	2015	UNI, 38–35

at Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Eagles	12	10	14	14	50
Lumberjacks	7	14	7	7	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–12	2015	NAU, 52–30

UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	23	7	0	30
#4 Eagles	14	0	35	14	63

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–0	2014	EWU, 37–14

Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	10	7	7	31
#4 Eagles	3	11	21	14	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–1	2015	EWU, 43–41

at Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Eagles	14	10	7	10	41
Bobcats	14	3	0	0	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
29–10	2015	EWU, 55–50

Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Grizzlies	7	3	6	0	16
#3 Eagles	7	14	14	0	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–27–1	2015	MONT, 57–16

at Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Eagles	14	7	14	7	42
#14 Mustangs	7	7	7	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–2	2015	EWU, 42–41 ^OT

Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	3	7	7	0	17
#3 Eagles	7	13	14	14	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–9	2015	EWU, 45–28

at Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Eagles	7	0	14	14	35
Vikings	14	0	14	0	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–20–1	2015	PSU, 34–31

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Central Arkansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Bears	0	14	0	0	14
#3 Eagles	0	21	3	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Quarterfinals–Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Spiders	0	0	0	0	0
#3 Eagles	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS	14	8 (1)	8	4	4	4	4	3 (17)	3 (18)	3 (18)	3 (19)	3 (21)	3 (14)
Coaches	17	8	7	5	5	5	5	3 (1)	3 (1)	3 (1)	3 (1)	3 (1)	4 (1)
FCS Playoffs	Not released									3	2	2	Not released

References

Eastern Washington Eagles football

Venues	Roos Field (1967–present) Joe Albi Stadium (alternate)

Bowls & rivalries	EWU–UM Governors Cup (Montana) The Dam Cup (Portland State)

Culture & lore	Swoop The Inferno "Go, Eagles, Go"

People	Head coaches Award winners Retired jerseys NFL Draftees

Seasons	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Big Sky Conference football champions

Idaho State (1963) Montana State (1964) Weber State & Idaho (1965) Montana State (1966) Montana State (1967) Idaho, Montana State, & Weber State (1968) Montana (1969) Montana (1970) Idaho (1971) Montana State (1972) Boise State (1973) Boise State (1974) Boise State (1975) Montana State (1976) Boise State (1977) Northern Arizona (1978) Montana State (1979) Boise State (1980) Idaho State (1981) Montana, Idaho, & Montana State (1982) Nevada (1983) Montana State (1984) Idaho (1985) Nevada (1986) Idaho (1987) Idaho (1988) Idaho (1989) Nevada (1990) Nevada (1991) Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992) Montana (1993) Boise State (1994) Montana (1995) Montana (1996) Eastern Washington (1997) Montana (1998) Montana (1999) Montana (2000) Montana (2001) Montana, Montana State, & Idaho State (2002) Montana State, Montana, & Northern Arizona (2003) Montana & Eastern Washington (2004) Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Montana (2005) Montana (2006) Montana (2007) Weber State & Montana (2008) Montana (2009) Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010) Montana State & Montana (2011) Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Cal Poly (2012) Eastern Washington (2013) Eastern Washington (2014) Southern Utah (2015) Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016)

National championships in bold

2016 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Cal Poly Central Arkansas Charleston Southern Chattanooga The Citadel Eastern Washington Illinois State Jacksonville State James Madison Lehigh New Hampshire North Carolina A&T North Dakota North Dakota State Richmond Saint Francis (PA) Samford Sam Houston State San Diego South Dakota State Villanova Weber State Wofford Youngstown State

Champion – TBD

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