2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Big Sky co-champion
FCS Playoffs Semifinals, L 42–45 vs. Sam Houston State
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 4
FCS Coaches	No. 4
2012 record	11–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Beau Baldwin (5th year)
Offensive coordinator	Aaron Best (12th year)
Defensive coordinator	John Graham (5th year)
Home stadium	Roos Field (Capacity: 8,600)

2012 Big Sky football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#4 Eastern Washington +^		7	–	1					11	–	3
#2 Montana State +^		7	–	1					11	–	2
#12 Cal Poly +^		7	–	1					9	–	3
#20 Northern Arizona		6	–	2					8	–	3
Sacramento State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Northern Colorado		4	–	4					5	–	6
Southern Utah		4	–	4					5	–	6
North Dakota		3	–	5					5	–	6
Montana		3	–	5					5	–	6
UC Davis		3	–	5					4	–	7
Portland State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Weber State		2	–	6					2	–	9
Idaho State		0	–	8					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant As of December 15, 2012 ; Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Beau Baldwin, who was in his fifth season with Eastern Washington. The Eagles played their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington and were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 11–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to share the conference championship with Cal Poly and Montana State. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid into the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Wagner in the second round and Illinois State in the quarterfinals before falling in the semifinals to Sam Houston State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 PM	at Idaho*	No. 12	Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID	ESPN3	W 20–3	11,136
September 8	12:00 PM	at Washington State*	No. 9	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	L 20–24	33,598
September 22	5:05 PM	at Weber State	No. 9	Stewart Stadium • Ogden, UT	Big Sky TV	W 32–26	9,434
September 29	4:05 PM	No. 21 Montana	No. 7	Roos Field • Cheney, WA (Governors Cup)	RTNW	W 32–26	10,529
October 6	5:05 PM	North Dakota	No. 7	Roos Field • Cheney, WA	SWX/Big Sky TV	W 55–17	8,646
October 13	12:35 PM	at No. 2 Montana State	No. 6	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT	RTNW	W 27–24	20,477
October 20	4:05 PM	Sacramento State	No. 1	Roos Field • Cheney, WA	SWX/Big Sky TV	W 31–28	8,714
October 27	12:00 PM	at Southern Utah	No. 1	Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT	Big Sky TV	L 27–30	3,344
November 3	1:35 PM	No. 16 Cal Poly*	No. 7	Roos Field • Cheney, WA	Big Sky TV	W 34–17	8,644
November 10	1:35 PM	UC Davis	No. 5	Roos Field • Cheney, WA	SWX/Big Sky TV	W 31–28	6,011
November 17	1:05 PM	at Portland State	No. 5	Jeld-Wen Field • Portland, OR (The Dam Cup)	CSNNW/Big Sky TV	W 41–34	5,758
December 1	3:00 PM	Wagner*	No. 4	Roos Field • Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 29–19	7,039
December 8	3:00 PM	No. 16 Illinois State*	No. 4	Roos Field • Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN3	W 51–35	7,512
December 15	1:00 PM	No. 5 Sam Houston State*	No. 4	Roos Field • Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Semifinals)	ESPNU	L 42–45	7,615
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

• Source: Official Schedule

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game against Cal Poly on November 3 was considered a non conference game and had no effect on the Big Sky standings.

Game notes

@ Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Eagles	3	7	3	7	20
Vandals	3	0	0	0	3

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–15	2003	EWU, 8–5

@ Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Eagles	7	7	0	6	20
Cougars	14	10	0	0	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	1908	WSU, 73–0

@ Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Eagles	10	10	9	3	32
Wildcats	0	3	16	7	26

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–14	2011	EWU, 27–21

Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Grizzlies	7	3	13	3	26
#7 Eagles	7	10	0	15	32

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–26–1	2011	MONT, 17–14

North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Dakota	10	7	0	0	17
#7 Eagles	20	14	14	7	55

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

@ Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Eagles	0	3	10	14	27
#2 Bobcats	0	10	7	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–10	2011	MSU, 36–21

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	7	0	7	14	28
#1 Eagles	3	10	11	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–4	2011	EWU, 42–35

@ Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
#1 Eagles	7	6	14	0	27
Thunderbirds	7	6	7	10	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–1	2010	EWU, 31–24

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Mustangs	3	7	0	7	17
#7 Eagles	14	10	7	3	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2011	EWU, 53–51

UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	3	22	3	0	28
#5 Eagles	14	0	10	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2007	EWU, 41–31

@ Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Eagles	0	14	13	14	41
Vikings	13	0	13	8	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–19–1	2011	PSU, 43–26

FCS Playoffs

Wagner–FCS Playoffs Second Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	6	13	0	19
#4 Eagles	0	14	8	7	29

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Illinois State–FCS Quarterfinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Redbirds	10	7	10	8	35
#4 Eagles	10	14	14	13	51

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1987	ISU, 31–14

Sam Houston State–FCS Semifinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Bearkats	14	21	0	10	45
#4 Eagles	0	0	21	21	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2004	SHS, 35–34

Only previous meeting was in the 2004 FCS Playoffs quarterfinals.

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	13	14	15	Final
Sports Network	12	9	10	9	7	7	6	1 (92)	1 (125)	7	5	5	4
Coaches	15	11	11	9	7	7	6	1 (11)	1 (22)	8 (1)	6	5	4

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