2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football
2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 21
FCS Coaches	No. 22
Record	7–4 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Aaron Best (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Bodie Reeder (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jeff Schmedding (3rd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Roos Field

2017 Big Sky Conference football standings

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	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 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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	1:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech*	No. 5	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX	RTNW	L 10–56	54,988
September 9	1:05 p.m.	No. 2 North Dakota State*	No. 7	Roos Field Cheney, WA	ESPN3	L 13–40	10,231
September 16	10:00 a.m.	at Fordham*	No. 12	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	STADIUM	W 56–21	3,029
September 23	5:05 p.m.	at Montana	No. 11	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (EWU–UM Governors Cup)	RTNW^[1]	W 48–41	25,944
September 30	1:05 p.m.	Sacramento State	No. 9	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX WA	W 52–31	10,917
October 7	6:00 p.m.	at UC Davis	No. 10	Aggie Stadium Davis, CA	Pluto TV	W 41–38	8,158
October 14	1:05 p.m.	Montana State	No. 10	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX WA	W 31–19	11,301
October 21	4:00 p.m.	at Southern Utah	No. 8	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	ELVN	L 28–46	7,463
November 4	1:05 p.m.	No. 19 Weber State	No. 11	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX WA	L 20–28	9,451
November 11	11:05 a.m.	at North Dakota	No. 19	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	Midco	W 21–14	8,247
November 18	3:05 p.m.	Portland State	No. 18	Roos Field Cheney, WA (The Dam Cup)	RTNW^[1]	W 59–33	8,717
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

At Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 5 Eagles	0	10	0	0	10
Red Raiders	7	21	21	7	56

North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 2 Bison	9	10	7	14	40
No. 7 Eagles	7	3	3	0	13

At Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Eagles	7	14	21	14	56
Rams	7	0	7	7	21

At Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 11 Eagles	3	3	21	21	48
Grizzlies	14	10	3	14	41

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	7	10	7	7	31
No. 9 Eagles	21	7	14	10	52

At UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 10 Eagles	6	7	7	21	41
Aggies	7	7	14	10	38

Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	0	7	0	12	19
No. 10 Eagles	7	10	7	7	31

At Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 8 Eagles	14	7	0	7	28
Thunderbirds	0	15	10	21	46

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 19 Wildcats	0	14	7	7	28
No. 11 Eagles	7	7	0	6	20

At North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 19 Eagles	7	14	0	0	21
Fighting Hawks	7	0	0	7	14

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	14	12	0	7	33
No. 18 Eagles	14	17	28	0	59

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ 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

References

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

[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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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 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 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold