2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

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Ranking
STATS	No. 5
FCS Coaches	No. 4

2017 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 14 Southern Utah +^	7	–	1	9	–	3
No. 5 Weber State +^	7	–	1	11	–	3
Northern Arizona ^	6	–	2	7	–	5
No. 21 Eastern Washington	6	–	2	7	–	4
Sacramento State	6	–	2	7	–	4
Montana	5	–	3	7	–	4
Montana State	5	–	3	5	–	6
UC Davis	3	–	5	5	–	6
Idaho State	2	–	6	4	–	7
Northern Colorado	2	–	6	3	–	7
North Dakota	2	–	6	3	–	8
Cal Poly	1	–	7	1	–	10
Portland State	0	–	8	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football team will represent Eastern Washington University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team will be coached by first-year head coach Aaron Best, who was promoted from Offensive Line coach. The Eagles play their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington and are a member of the Big Sky Conference.

On January 16, 2017, former head coach Beau Baldwin accepted the Offensive Coordinator position at California of the Pac-12 Conference, ending his nine year tenure as head coach at Eastern Washington.

Schedule

September 21:00 p.m.at Texas Tech*No. 5

FSN September 91:05 p.m.North Dakota State*

SWX WA September 1610:00 a.m.at Fordham*

September 235:05 p.m.at Montana

RTNW^[1] September 301:05 p.m.Sacramento State

Roos Field
Cheney, WA

SWX WA October 76:00 p.m.at UC Davis

October 141:05 p.m.Montana State

Roos Field
Cheney, WA

SWX WA October 214:00 p.m.at Southern Utah

ELVN November 41:05 p.m.Weber State

Roos Field
Cheney, WA

SWX WA November 11TBDat North Dakota

Midco November 18TBDPortland State

Roos Field
Cheney, WA (The Dam Cup)

RTNW^[1]

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Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Eagles					0
Red Raiders					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2008	TTU, 49–24

North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison					0
Eagles					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2016	NDSU, 50–44^OT

at Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles					0
Rams					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles					0
Grizzlies					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–27–1	2016	EWU, 35–16

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets					0
Eagles					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–4	2015	EWU, 28–20

at UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles					0
Mustangs					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2016	EWU, 63–30

Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats					0
Eagles					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–10	2016	EWU, 41–17

at Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles					0
Thunderbirds					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–2	2014	EWU, 42–30

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats					0
Eagles					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–10	2015	EWU, 14–13

at North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles					0
Fighting Hawks					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2014	EWU, 54–3

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings					0
Eagles					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–20–1	2016	EWU, 35–28

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS	5
Coaches	4

References

^ ^a ^b "BIG SKY, ROOT SPORTS ANNOUNCE CONTRACT EXTENSION, 2017 SCHEDULE". Big Sky Conference. March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.

[tvschedule2017-1] "BIG SKY, ROOT SPORTS ANNOUNCE CONTRACT EXTENSION, 2017 SCHEDULE". Big Sky Conference. March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.

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