2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 21
FCS CoachesNo. 22
Record7–4 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBodie Reeder (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJeff Schmedding (3rd season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumRoos Field
2017 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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 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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 21:00 p.m.at Texas Tech*No. 5
RTNWL 10–5654,988
September 91:05 p.m.No. 2 North Dakota State*No. 7
ESPN3L 13–4010,231
September 1610:00 a.m.at Fordham*No. 12
STADIUMW 56–213,029
September 235:05 p.m.at MontanaNo. 11
RTNW[1]W 48–4125,944
September 301:05 p.m.Sacramento StateNo. 9
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX WAW 52–3110,917
October 76:00 p.m.at UC DavisNo. 10
Pluto TVW 41–388,158
October 141:05 p.m.Montana StateNo. 10
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX WAW 31–1911,301
October 214:00 p.m.at Southern UtahNo. 8
ELVNL 28–467,463
November 41:05 p.m.No. 19 Weber StatedaggerNo. 11
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX WAL 20–289,451
November 1111:05 a.m.at North DakotaNo. 19
MidcoW 21–148,247
November 183:05 p.m.Portland StateNo. 18
RTNW[1]W 59–338,717
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS571211910108141119181721
Coaches46–T12118–T1098121121201922

References

  1. 1 2 "BIG SKY, ROOT SPORTS ANNOUNCE CONTRACT EXTENSION, 2017 SCHEDULE". Big Sky Conference. March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  2. ↑ Schedule
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