2013 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

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Ranking
Sports Network	No. 3
FCS Coaches	No. 3

2013 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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

August 313:00 PMat No. 25 (FBS) Oregon State*No. 4

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

P12NW 49–46 41,649 September 74:05 PMWestern Oregon*No. 2

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA

W 43–14 6,349 September 144:00 PMat Toledo*No. 2

• Glass Bowl
• Toledo, OH

ESPN3L 21–33 20,459 September 2812:00 PMat No. 4 Sam Houston State*No. 2

• Bowers Stadium
• Huntsville, TX

CSNNWL 34–49 8,621 October 54:05 PMWeber StateNo. 6

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA

SWXW 41–19 9,734 October 1212:30 PMat North DakotaNo. 6

• Alerus Center
• Grand Forks, ND

MSNW 35–14 7,951 October 195:05 PMSouthern UtahNo. 4

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA

SWXW 34–10 10,135 October 2612:35 PMat No. 10 MontanaNo. 3

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT (EWU–UM Governors Cup)

RTNWW 42–37 26,082 November 22:00 PMat Idaho StateNo. 3

• Holt Arena
• Pocatello, ID

W 55–34 4,984 November 912:05 PMNo. 4 Montana State*No. 3

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA

RTNWW 54–29 10,223 November 1612:30 PMat Cal PolyNo. 3

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

RTNWW 35–22 6,847 November 232:30 PMPortland StateNo. 3

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA (The Dam Cup)

RTNWW 42–41 9,522 December 71:00 PMNo. 13 South Dakota State*No. 3

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

ESPN3W 41–17 6,127 December 141:00 PMNo. 20 Jacksonville State*No. 3

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

ESPN3W 35–24 4,277 December 2111:00 AMNo. 5 Towson*No. 3

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

ESPNUL 31–35 6,209

• Source: Official Schedule

Game notes

@ Oregon State

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

See also: 2013 Oregon State Beavers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2006	OSU, 56–17

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–9–1	2009	EWU, 35–14

@ Toledo

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

See also: 2013 Toledo Rockets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

@ Sam Houston State

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

See also: 2013 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2012	SHSU, 45–42

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

See also: 2013 Weber State Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–14	2012	EWU, 32–26

@ North Dakota

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

See also: 2013 University of North Dakota football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2012	EWU, 55–17

Southern Utah

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

See also: 2013 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	2012	SUU, 30–27

@ Montana

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

See also: 2013 Montana Grizzlies football team and EWU–UM Governors Cup

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–26–1	2012	EWU, 32–26

@ Idaho State

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

See also: 2013 Idaho State Bengals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–9	2011	EWU, 45–14

Montana State

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

See also: 2013 Montana State Bobcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–10	2012	EWU, 27–24

@ Cal Poly

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

See also: 2013 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	2012	EWU, 34–17

Portland State

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

See also: 2013 Portland State Vikings football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–19–1	2012	EWU, 41–34

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