2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

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Ranking
STATS	No. 3
FCS Coaches	No. 4

2016 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 12 North Dakota +^		8	–	0					9	–	3
No. 25 Weber State ^		6	–	2					7	–	5
No. 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 champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS 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

September 35:00 PMat Washington State*No. 14

• Martin Stadium
• Pullman, WA

P12NW 45–42 32,952 September 1012:30 PMat No. 1 North Dakota State*No. 8

• Fargodome
• Fargo, ND

SWXL 44–50 ^OT18,906 September 174:05 PMNo. 10 Northern Iowa*No. 8

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA

SWXW 34–30 9,111 September 244:05 PMat Northern ArizonaNo. 4

• Walkup Skydome
• Flagstaff, AZ

SWXW 50–35 10,179 October 11:05 PMUC DavisNo. 4

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA

RTNWW 63–30 10,741 October 81:05 PMNorthern ColoradoNo. 4

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA

SWXW 49–31 10,924 October 2211:05 AMat Montana StateNo. 3

• Bobcat Stadium
• Bozeman, MT

RTNWW 41–17 18,087 October 2912:35 PMNo. 16 MontanaNo. 3

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA (EWU–UM Governors Cup)

RTNWW 35–16 10,931 November 56:05 PMat No. 14 Cal PolyNo. 3

• Alex G. Spanos Stadium
• San Luis Obispo, CA

WBSW 42–21 9,722 November 123:35 PMIdaho StateNo. 3

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA

SWXW 48–17 9,302 November 187:35 PMat Portland StateNo. 3

• Providence Park
• Portland, OR (The Dam Cup)

RTNWW 35–28 5,669 December 31:00 PMNo. 14 Central Arkansas*No. 3

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Second Round)

ESPN3W 31–14 6,085 December 101:00 PMNo. 12 Richmond*No. 3

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)

ESPN3W 38–0   December 17TBDNo. 13 Youngstown State*No. 3

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Semifinals)

 

• 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

See also: 2016 Washington State Cougars football team

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

See also: 2016 North Dakota State Bison football team

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

See also: 2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

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

See also: 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

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

See also: 2016 UC Davis Aggies football team

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

See also: 2016 Northern Colorado Bears football team

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

See also: 2016 Montana State Bobcats football team

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

See also: 2016 Montana Grizzlies football team and EWU–UM Governors Cup

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

See also: 2016 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

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

See also: 2016 Idaho State Bengals football team

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

See also: 2016 Portland State Vikings football team

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

See also: 2016 Central Arkansas Bears football team

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

See also: 2016 Richmond Spiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = 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