2013 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

2013 Eastern Washington Eagles football
2013 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Big Sky champion
FCS Semifinals, L 31–35 vs. Towson
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 3
FCS Coaches	No. 3
Record	12–3 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Beau Baldwin (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Aaron Best (12th season)
Defensive coordinator	John Graham (5th season)
Home stadium	Roos Field
	Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

2013 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 Eastern Washington $^	8	–	0	12	–	3
No. 5 Northern Arizona ^	7	–	1	9	–	3
No. 8 Montana ^	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 21 Southern Utah ^	5	–	3	8	–	5
No. 20 Montana State	5	–	3	7	–	5
Cal Poly	5	–	3	6	–	6
UC Davis	5	–	3	5	–	7
Sacramento State	4	–	4	5	–	7
Portland State	3	–	5	6	–	6
North Dakota	2	–	6	3	–	8
Idaho State	1	–	7	3	–	9
Weber State	1	–	7	2	–	10
Northern Colorado	0	–	8	1	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2013 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Beau Baldwin, who was in his sixth 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 with a record of 11–3, 8–0 in Big Sky play to win the capture the Big Sky Regular season title. They qualify for the FCS playoffs which they defeated South Dakota State in the second round, Jacksonville State in the quarterfinals before losing to Towson in the semifinals.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	3:00 pm	at No. 25 (FBS) Oregon State*	No. 4	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 49–46	41,649
September 7	4:05 pm	Western Oregon*	No. 2	Roos Field Cheney, WA		W 43–14	6,349
September 14	4:00 pm	at Toledo*	No. 2	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	ESPN3	L 21–33	20,459
September 28	12:00 pm	at No. 4 Sam Houston State*	No. 2	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	CSNNW	L 34–49	8,621
October 5	4:05 pm	Weber State	No. 6	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX	W 41–19	9,734
October 12	12:30 pm	at North Dakota	No. 6	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	MSN	W 35–14	7,951
October 19	5:05 pm	Southern Utah	No. 4	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX	W 34–10	10,135
October 26	12:35 pm	at No. 10 Montana	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (EWU–UM Governors Cup)	RTNW	W 42–37	26,082
November 2	2:00 pm	at Idaho State	No. 3	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID		W 55–34	4,984
November 9	12:05 pm	No. 4 Montana State*	No. 3	Roos Field Cheney, WA	RTNW	W 54–29	10,223
November 16	12:30 pm	at Cal Poly	No. 3	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	RTNW	W 35–22	6,847
November 23	2:30 pm	Portland State	No. 3	Roos Field Cheney, WA (The Dam Cup)	RTNW	W 42–41	9,522
December 7	1:00 pm	No. 13 South Dakota State*	No. 3	Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	W 41–17	6,127
December 14	1:00 pm	No. 20 Jacksonville State*	No. 3	Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)	ESPN3	W 35–24	4,277
December 21	11:00 am	No. 5 Towson*	No. 3	Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Semifinal)	ESPNU	L 31–35	6,209
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

@ Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Eagles	6	23	7	13	49
#25 (FBS) Beavers	7	10	15	14	46

The Eagles upset of AP #25 Oregon State is only the fourth time ever that a ranked FBS team has been beaten by an FCS program.

Western Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolves	0	0	0	14	14
#2 Eagles	29	0	7	7	43

@ Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Eagles	14	0	0	7	21
Rockets	13	3	7	10	33

@ Sam Houston State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Eagles	13	7	7	7	34
#4 Bearkats	7	21	14	7	49

Last seasons meeting was in the FCS Playoffs.

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	6	6	0	7	19
#6 Eagles	13	14	14	0	41

@ North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Eagles	0	14	14	7	35
North Dakota	3	3	8	0	14

Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	0	3	0	7	10
#4 Eagles	14	0	13	7	34

@ Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Eagles	7	21	14	0	42
#10 Grizzlies	3	14	0	20	37

@ Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Eagles	10	21	17	7	55
Bengals	10	14	3	7	34

Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Bobcats	7	14	0	8	29
#3 Eagles	13	13	14	14	54

@ Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Eagles	0	14	21	0	35
Mustangs	3	0	0	19	22

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	7	14	0	20	41
#3 Eagles	7	0	14	21	42

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	4	2	2	2	2	6	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Coaches	3	2	2	4	3	8	8	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	3

References

^ Official Schedule

[1] Official Schedule

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v t e Eastern Washington Eagles football
Venues	Roos Field (1967–present) Joe Albi Stadium (alternate)
Bowls & rivalries	Montana: EWU–UM Governors Cup Portland State: The Dam Cup
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 1917–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 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 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Big Sky Conference football champions
College Division / Division II	Idaho State (1963) Montana State (1964) Weber State & Idaho (1965) Montana State (1966) Montana State (1967) Idaho, Montana State, & Weber State (1968) Montana (1969) Montana (1970) Idaho (1971) Montana State (1972) Boise State (1973) Boise State (1974) Boise State (1975) Montana State (1976) Boise State (1977)
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