2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 21
FCS Coaches No. 22
2017 record 7–4 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach Aaron Best (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Bodie Reeder (1st season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding (3rd season)
Base defense 4–2–5
Home stadium Roos Field
(Capacity: 8,600)
2017 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 14 Southern Utah +^  7 –1     9 –3  
No. 5 Weber State +^  7 –1     11 –3  
Northern Arizona ^  6 –2     7 –5  
No. 21 Eastern Washington  6 –2     7 –4  
Sacramento State  6 –2     7 –4  
Montana  5 –3     7 –4  
Montana State  5 –3     5 –6  
UC Davis  3 –5     5 –6  
Idaho State  2 –6     4 –7  
Northern Colorado  2 –6     3 –7  
North Dakota  2 –6     3 –8  
Cal Poly  1 –7     1 –10  
Portland State  0 –8     0 –11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by first-year head coach Aaron Best, who was promoted from Offensive Line coach. 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 7–4, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. Despite being ranked in the top 25 at the end of the regular season, they were not selected to participate in the FCS Playoffs.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 1:00 p.m. at Texas Tech* No. 5 Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX RTNW L 10–56   54,988
September 9 1:05 p.m. No. 2 North Dakota State* No. 7 Roos Field • Cheney, WA ESPN3 L 13–40   10,231
September 16 10:00 a.m. at Fordham* No. 12 Coffey Field • Bronx, NY STADIUM W 56–21   3,029
September 23 5:05 p.m. at Montana No. 11 Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (EWU–UM Governors Cup) RTNW[1] W 48–41   25,944
September 30 1:05 p.m. Sacramento State No. 9 Roos Field • Cheney, WA SWX WA W 52–31   10,917
October 7 6:00 p.m. at UC Davis No. 10 Aggie Stadium • Davis, CA Pluto TV W 41–38   8,158
October 14 1:05 p.m. Montana State No. 10 Roos Field • Cheney, WA SWX WA W 31–19   11,301
October 21 4:00 p.m. at Southern Utah No. 8 Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT ELVN L 28–46   7,463
November 4 1:05 p.m. No. 19 Weber Statedagger No. 11 Roos Field • Cheney, WA SWX WA L 20–28   9,451
November 11 11:05 a.m. at North Dakota No. 19 Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND Midco W 21–14   8,247
November 18 3:05 p.m. Portland State No. 18 Roos Field • Cheney, WA (The Dam Cup) RTNW[1] W 59–33   8,717
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Game summaries

at Texas Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Eagles 0 10 0 0 10
Red Raiders 7 21 21 7 56
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2008 TTU, 49–24

North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 2 Bison 9 10 7 14 40
No. 7 Eagles 7 3 3 0 13
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2016 NDSU, 50–44OT

at Fordham

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Eagles 7 14 21 14 56
Rams 7 0 7 7 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Eagles 3 3 21 21 48
Grizzlies 14 10 3 14 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–27–1 2016 EWU, 35–16

Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 7 10 7 7 31
No. 9 Eagles 21 7 14 10 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–4 2015 EWU, 28–20

at UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Eagles 6 7 7 21 41
Aggies 7 7 14 10 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–0 2016 EWU, 63–30

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 0 7 0 12 19
No. 10 Eagles 7 10 7 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–10 2016 EWU, 41–17

at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Eagles 14 7 0 7 28
Thunderbirds 0 15 10 21 46
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–2 2014 EWU, 42–30

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Wildcats 0 14 7 7 28
No. 11 Eagles 7 7 0 6 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–10 2015 EWU, 14–13

at North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Eagles 7 14 0 0 21
Fighting Hawks 7 0 0 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 2014 EWU, 54–3

Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 14 12 0 7 33
No. 18 Eagles 14 17 28 0 59
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–20–1 2016 EWU, 35–28

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 5 7 12 11 9 10 10 8 14 11 19 18 17 21 
Coaches 4 6–T 12 11 8–T 10 9 8 12 11 21 20 19 22

References

  1. 1 2 "BIG SKY, ROOT SPORTS ANNOUNCE CONTRACT EXTENSION, 2017 SCHEDULE". Big Sky Conference. March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
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