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

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