American college football season
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 [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 5:00 pm at Washington State * No. 14 P12N W 45–4232,952 September 10 12:30 pm at No. 1 North Dakota State * No. 8 SWX L 44–50 OT 18,906 September 17 4:05 pm No. 10 Northern Iowa * No. 8 SWX W 34–309,111 September 24 4:05 pm at Northern Arizona No. 4 SWX W 50–3510,179 October 1 1:05 pm UC Davis No. 4 RTNW W 63–3010,741 October 8 1:05 pm Northern Colorado No. 4 SWX W 49–3110,924 October 22 11:05 am at Montana State No. 3 RTNW W 41–1718,087 October 29 12:35 pm No. 16 Montana No. 3 RTNW W 35–1610,931 November 5 6:05 pm at No. 14 Cal Poly No. 3 WBS W 42–219,722 November 12 3:35 pm Idaho State No. 3 SWX W 48–179,302 November 18 7:35 pm at Portland State No. 3 RTNW W 35–285,669 December 3 1:00 pm No. 14 Central Arkansas * No. 3 ESPN3 W 31–146,085 December 10 1:00 pm No. 12 Richmond * No. 3 Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal) ESPN3 W 38–05,150 December 17 3:30 pm No. 13 Youngstown State * No. 3 Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Semifinal) ESPNU L 38–405,233 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
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2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster
Game summaries [ edit ] At Washington State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #14 Eagles 7 17 14 7 45 Cougars 14 14 0 14 42
At North Dakota State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total #8 Eagles 0 14 10 20 0 44 #1 Bison 7 14 7 16 6 50
Northern Iowa [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #10 Panthers 10 14 0 6 30 #8 Eagles 0 7 14 13 34
At Northern Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #4 Eagles 12 10 14 14 50 Lumberjacks 7 14 7 7 35
UC Davis [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 0 23 7 0 30 #4 Eagles 14 0 35 14 63
Northern Colorado [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 7 10 7 7 31 #4 Eagles 3 11 21 14 49
At Montana State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #3 Eagles 14 10 7 10 41 Bobcats 14 3 0 0 17
Montana [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #16 Grizzlies 7 3 6 0 16 #3 Eagles 7 14 14 0 35
At Cal Poly [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #3 Eagles 14 7 14 7 42 #14 Mustangs 7 7 7 0 21
Idaho State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 3 7 7 0 17 #3 Eagles 7 13 14 14 48
At Portland State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #3 Eagles 7 0 14 14 35 Vikings 14 0 14 0 28
FCS playoffs [ edit ] Second round – Central Arkansas [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #14 Bears 0 14 0 0 14 #3 Eagles 0 21 3 7 31
Quarterfinals–Richmond [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #12 Spiders 0 0 0 0 0 #3 Eagles 7 14 10 7 38
Semifinals–Youngstown State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #13 Penguins 7 10 3 20 40 #3 Eagles 10 14 7 7 38
Ranking movements [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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) 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 [ edit ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
College Division / Division II I-AA/FCS Northern Arizona (1978) Montana State (1979) Boise State (1980) Idaho State (1981) Montana , Idaho , & Montana State (1982) Nevada (1983) Montana State (1984) Idaho (1985) Nevada (1986) Idaho (1987) Idaho (1988) Idaho (1989) Nevada (1990) Nevada (1991) Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992) Montana (1993) Boise State (1994) Montana (1995) Montana (1996) Eastern Washington (1997) Montana (1998) Montana (1999) Montana (2000) Montana (2001) Montana , Montana State , & Idaho State (2002) Montana State , Montana , & Northern Arizona (2003) Montana & Eastern Washington (2004) Eastern Washington , Montana State , & Montana (2005) Montana (2006) Montana (2007) Weber State & Montana (2008) Montana (2009) Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010) Montana State & Montana (2011) Eastern Washington , Montana State , & Cal Poly (2012) Eastern Washington (2013) Eastern Washington (2014) Southern Utah (2015) Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016) Southern Utah & Weber State (2017) Eastern Washington , UC Davis , & Weber State (2018) Sacramento State & Weber State (2019) Weber State (2020) Sacramento State (2021) Montana State & Sacramento State (2022) Montana (2023) National championships in bold