2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Big Sky co-champion
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 4
FCS Coaches No. 4
2016 record 12–2 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach Beau Baldwin (9th season)
Offensive coordinator Aaron Best (16th season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding (2nd season)
Base defense 4–2–5
Home stadium Roos Field
(Capacity: 8,600)
2016 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#4 Eastern Washington +^  8 –0     12 –2  
#12 North Dakota +^  8 –0     9 –3  
#25 Weber State ^  6 –2     7 –5  
#24 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 represented Eastern Washington University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by head coach Beau Baldwin, who was in his ninth 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 12–2, 8–0 in Big Sky play to share the conference championship with North Dakota. They received the automatic bid into the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Central Arkansas and Richmond in the second round and quarterfinals, before losing to Youngstown State in the semifinals.

On January 16, 2017, head coach Beau Baldwin resigned to become the offensive coordinator at California.[1] He finished at Eastern Washington with a nine year record of 85–32.

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 Coloradodagger 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 W 38–0   5,150
December 17 3:30 PM No. 13 Youngstown State* No. 3 Roos Field • Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Semifinals) ESPNU L 38–40   5,233
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Game summaries

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 4OT Total
#8 Eagles 0 14 10 200 44
#1 Bison 7 14 7 166 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 7 14 10 7 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Semifinals–Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Penguins 7 10 3 20 40
#3 Eagles 10 14 7 7 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 1997 I-AA Playoffs YSU, 25–14

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) 4 
Coaches 17 8 7 5 5 5 5 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 4 (1) 4 
FCS Playoffs Not released 3 2 2 Not released

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.