American college football season
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 [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 1:00 p.m. at Texas Tech * No. 5 RTNW L 10–5654,988 September 9 1:05 p.m. No. 2 North Dakota State * No. 7 ESPN3 L 13–4010,231 September 16 10:00 a.m. at Fordham * No. 12 STADIUM W 56–213,029 September 23 5:05 p.m. at Montana No. 11 RTNW[1] W 48–4125,944 September 30 1:05 p.m. Sacramento State No. 9 SWX WA W 52–3110,917 October 7 6:00 p.m. at UC Davis No. 10 Pluto TV W 41–388,158 October 14 1:05 p.m. Montana State No. 10 SWX WA W 31–1911,301 October 21 4:00 p.m. at Southern Utah No. 8 ELVN L 28–467,463 November 4 1:05 p.m. No. 19 Weber State No. 11 SWX WA L 20–289,451 November 11 11:05 a.m. at North Dakota No. 19 Midco W 21–148,247 November 18 3:05 p.m. Portland State No. 18 RTNW[1] W 59–338,717 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
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Game summaries [ edit ] At Texas Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 5 Eagles 0 10 0 0 10 Red Raiders 7 21 21 7 56
North Dakota State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 2 Bison 9 10 7 14 40 No. 7 Eagles 7 3 3 0 13
At Fordham [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 12 Eagles 7 14 21 14 56 Rams 7 0 7 7 21
At Montana [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 11 Eagles 3 3 21 21 48 Grizzlies 14 10 3 14 41
Sacramento State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Hornets 7 10 7 7 31 No. 9 Eagles 21 7 14 10 52
At UC Davis [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 10 Eagles 6 7 7 21 41 Aggies 7 7 14 10 38
Montana State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 0 7 0 12 19 No. 10 Eagles 7 10 7 7 31
At Southern Utah [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 8 Eagles 14 7 0 7 28 Thunderbirds 0 15 10 21 46
Weber State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 19 Wildcats 0 14 7 7 28 No. 11 Eagles 7 7 0 6 20
At North Dakota [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 19 Eagles 7 14 0 0 21 Fighting Hawks 7 0 0 7 14
Portland State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 14 12 0 7 33 No. 18 Eagles 14 17 28 0 59
Ranking movements [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking т = Tied with team above or below 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
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Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold