2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football team
The 2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Beau Baldwin, who was in his eighth 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 6–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a four way tie for fourth place. They failed to reach the FCS Playoffs for the first time since 2011.
Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 5 |
5:00 PM |
at No. 7 (FBS) Oregon* |
No. 6 |
Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR |
P12N |
L 42–61 |
58,128 |
September 12 |
2:00 PM |
at No. 14 Northern Iowa* |
No. 7 |
UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA |
ESPN3 |
L 35–38 |
12,292 |
September 19 |
1:05 PM |
No. 11 Montana State* |
No. 14 |
Roos Field • Cheney, WA |
RTNW |
W 55–50 |
10,912 |
September 26 |
6:05 PM |
at Sacramento State |
No. 11 |
Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, CA |
WBS |
W 28–20 |
7,211 |
October 10 |
1:05 PM |
Cal Poly |
No. 7 |
Roos Field • Cheney, WA |
SWX |
W 42–41 OT |
10,352 |
October 17 |
1:35 PM |
at Idaho State |
No. 8 |
Holt Arena • Pocatello, ID |
WBS |
W 45–28 |
8,942 |
October 24 |
12:35 PM |
at Northern Colorado |
No. 7 |
Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO |
WBS |
W 43–41 |
4,254 |
October 31 |
12:05 PM |
Weber State |
No. 5 |
Roos Field • Cheney, WA |
RTNW |
W 14–13 |
8,759 |
November 7 |
3:05 PM |
Northern Arizona |
No. 4 |
Roos Field • Cheney, WA |
SWX |
L 30–52 |
9,214 |
November 14 |
12:35 PM |
at No. 22 Montana |
No. 10 |
Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (EWU–UM Governors Cup) |
RTNW |
L 16–57 |
25,213 |
November 21 |
2:05 PM |
No. 11 Portland State |
No. 18 |
Roos Field • Cheney, WA (The Dam Cup) |
SWX |
L 31–34 |
8,649 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time. |
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Montana State on September 19 is considered a non conference game.
Game notes
at #7 (FBS) Oregon
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#6 Eagles |
7 |
14 |
14 |
7 |
42 |
#7 (FBS) Ducks |
20 |
17 |
17 |
7 |
61 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
at Northern Iowa
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#7 Eagles |
7 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
35 |
#14 Panthers |
0 |
21 |
0 |
17 |
38 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–5 |
2005 FCS Playoffs |
UNI, 41–38 |
Montana State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#11 Bobcats |
7 |
10 |
14 |
19 |
50 |
#14 Eagles |
21 |
13 |
14 |
7 |
55 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
28–10 |
2014 |
EWU, 52–51 |
at Sacramento State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#11 Eagles |
0 |
7 |
0 |
21 |
28 |
Hornets |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
11–8 |
2014 |
EWU, 31–28 |
Cal Poly
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 | OT |
Total |
Mustangs |
7 |
14 |
7 |
7 | 6 |
41 |
#7 Eagles |
6 |
7 |
0 |
22 | 7 |
42 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
5–2 |
2013 |
EWU, 35–22 |
at Idaho State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#8 Eagles |
14 |
17 |
7 |
7 |
45 |
Bengals |
14 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
28 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
26–9 |
2014 |
EWU, 56–53 |
at Northern Colorado
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#7 Eagles |
6 |
13 |
7 |
17 |
43 |
Bears |
7 |
7 |
14 |
13 |
41 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
9–1 |
2014 |
EWU, 26–18 |
Weber State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Wildcats |
10 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
#5 Eagles |
0 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
25–17 |
2013 |
EWU, 41–19 |
Northern Arizona
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks |
7 |
7 |
10 |
28 |
52 |
#4 Eagles |
0 |
7 |
7 |
16 |
30 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
19–11 |
2014 |
NAU, 28–27 |
at Montana
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#10 Eagles |
3 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
16 |
#22 Grizzlies |
14 |
16 |
20 |
7 |
57 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
15–26–1 |
2014 FCS Playoffs |
EWU, 37–20 |
Portland State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#11 Vikings |
13 |
0 |
14 |
7 |
34 |
#18 Eagles |
10 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
31 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
17–19–1 |
2014 |
EWU, 56–34 |
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 |
6 |
7 (6) |
14 |
11 |
9 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
18 |
23 |
RV |
Coaches |
6 |
7 |
15 |
11 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
19 |
RV |
RV |
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