2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football

Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 5
FCS Coaches	No. 4
2017 record	0–0 (0–0 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. 23 Cal Poly		0	–	0		0	–	0
No. 5 Eastern Washington		0	–	0		0	–	0
Idaho State		0	–	0		0	–	0
Montana		0	–	0		0	–	0
Montana State		0	–	0		0	–	0
No. 8 North Dakota		0	–	0		0	–	0
Northern Arizona		0	–	0		0	–	0
Northern Colorado		0	–	0		0	–	0
Portland State		0	–	0		0	–	0
Sacramento State		0	–	0		0	–	0
Southern Utah		0	–	0		0	–	0
UC Davis		0	–	0		0	–	0
Weber State		0	–	0		0	–	0

Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football team will represent Eastern Washington University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team will be coached by first-year head coach Aaron Best, who was promoted from Offensive Line coach. The Eagles play their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington and are a member of the Big Sky Conference.

On January 16, 2017, former head coach Beau Baldwin accepted the Offensive Coordinator position at California of the Pac-12 Conference, ending his nine year tenure as head coach at Eastern Washington.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV
September 2	1:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech*	No. 5	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	FSN
September 9	1:05 p.m.	North Dakota State*		Roos Field • Cheney, WA	SWX WA
September 16	10:00 a.m.	at Fordham*		Coffey Field • Bronx, NY
September 23	5:05 p.m.	at Montana		Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (EWU–UM Governors Cup)	RTNW^[1]
September 30	1:05 p.m.	Sacramento State		Roos Field • Cheney, WA	SWX WA
October 7	6:00 p.m.	at UC Davis		Aggie Stadium • Davis, CA
October 14	1:05 p.m.	Montana State		Roos Field • Cheney, WA	SWX WA
October 21	4:00 p.m.	at Southern Utah		Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT	ELVN
November 4	1:05 p.m.	Weber State		Roos Field • Cheney, WA	SWX WA
November 11	TBD	at North Dakota		Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	Midco
November 18	TBD	Portland State		Roos Field • Cheney, WA (The Dam Cup)	RTNW^[1]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Eagles					0
Red Raiders					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2008	TTU, 49–24

North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison					0
Eagles					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2016	NDSU, 50–44^OT

at Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles					0
Rams					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles					0
Grizzlies					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–27–1	2016	EWU, 35–16

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets					0
Eagles					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–4	2015	EWU, 28–20

at UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles					0
Mustangs					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2016	EWU, 63–30

Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats					0
Eagles					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–10	2016	EWU, 41–17

at Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles					0
Thunderbirds					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–2	2014	EWU, 42–30

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats					0
Eagles					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–10	2015	EWU, 14–13

at North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles					0
Fighting Hawks					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2014	EWU, 54–3

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings					0
Eagles					0

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
Coaches	4

References

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

Eastern Washington Eagles football
Venues	Roos Field (1967–present) Joe Albi Stadium (alternate)
Bowls & rivalries	EWU–UM Governors Cup (Montana) The Dam Cup (Portland State)
Culture & lore	Swoop The Inferno "Go, Eagles, Go"
People	Head coaches Award winners Retired jerseys NFL Draftees
Seasons	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
National championship seasons in bold

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