2021 Eastern Washington Eagles football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 7
FCS CoachesNo. 9
Record10–3 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorIan Shoemaker (first nine games) (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorPat McCann (interim season)
Defensive coordinatorEti Ena (3rd season)
Home stadiumRoos Field
2021 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Sacramento State $^  8 –0   9 –3  
No. 2 Montana State ^  7 –1   11 –3  
No. 7 Eastern Washington ^  6 –2   10 –3  
No. 6 Montana ^  6 –2   10 –3  
No. 17 UC Davis ^  5 –3   8 –4  
Weber State  5 –3   6 –5  
Northern Arizona  4 –4   5 –6  
Portland State  4 –4   5 –6  
Idaho  3 –5   4 –7  
Northern Colorado  2 –6   3 –8  
Cal Poly  1 –7   2 –9  
Idaho State  1 –7   1 –10  
Southern Utah  0 –8   1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2021 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Aaron Best, the Eagles played their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington.

Preseason

Polls

On July 26, 2021, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Eagles were predicted to finish third in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Weber State (7)
2 Montana (3)
3 Eastern Washington (2)
4 Montana State (1)
5 Sacramento State (1)
6 UC Davis
7 Northern Arizona
8 Idaho
9 Idaho State
10 Portland State
11 Southern Utah
12 Cal Poly
13 Northern Colorado
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Weber State (14)
2 Montana (4)
3 Eastern Washington (3)
4 Montana State (3)
5 Sacramento State
6 UC Davis
7 Northern Arizona
8 Idaho
9 Idaho State
10 Portland State
11 Southern Utah
12 Northern Colorado
13 Cal Poly

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Eagles had four players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.m.at UNLV*No. 11
StadiumW 35–33 2OT21,970
September 111:00 p.m.Central Washington*No. 7
SWX/ESPN+W 63–144,523
September 181:00 p.m.at Western Illinois*No. 7
ESPN+W 62–565,385
September 255:00 p.m.at Southern UtahNo. 6
ESPN+W 50–217,096
October 27:30 p.m.No. 4 MontanaNo. 6
ESPN2W 34–287,944
October 912:00 p.m.at Northern ColoradoNo. 4
ESPN+W 63–175,413
October 161:00 p.m.IdahoNo. 2
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
RTNWW 71–215,380
October 231:00 p.m.Weber StateNo. 2
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX/ESPN+L 34–355,676
November 61:00 p.m.No. 4 Montana StateNo. 5
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX/ESPN+L 20–236,981
November 135:00 p.m.at No. 6 UC DavisNo. 7
ESPN+W 38–207,344
November 202:05 p.m.at Portland StateNo. 5
ESPN+W 42–280
November 271:00 p.m.Northern Iowa*No. 4
ESPN+W 19–93,845
December 36:00 p.m.at No. 5 Montana*No. 4
ESPN+L 41–5724,065

Game summaries

At UNLV

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
No. 11 Eagles 0 3 17 078 35
Rebels 0 6 0 1476 33

Central Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 0 7 14
No. 7 Eagles 18 28 10 7 63

At Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Eagles 28 27 7 0 62
Leathernecks 21 0 14 21 56

At Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Eagles 9 21 13 7 50
Thunderbirds 7 7 7 0 21

No. 4 Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Grizzlies 7 7 7 7 28
No. 6 Eagles 7 3 0 24 34

At Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Eagles 22 21 10 10 63
Bears 3 7 7 0 17

Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 7 7 0 7 21
No. 2 Eagles 29 14 14 14 71

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 13 7 15 35
No. 2 Eagles 7 7 7 13 34

No. 4 Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Bobcats 7 9 0 7 23
No. 5 Eagles 13 0 0 7 20

At No. 6 UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Eagles 0 14 10 14 38
No. 6 Aggies 7 3 7 3 20

At Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Eagles 7 7 21 7 42
Vikings 7 7 7 7 28

FCS Playoffs

Northern Iowa–First Round

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 7 0 2 9
No. 4 Eagles 6 3 7 3 19

At No. 5 Montana–Second Round

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Eagles 14 7 7 13 41
No. 5 Grizzlies 10 10 24 13 57

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS11776642 (9)2 (14)757547
Coaches1486664 (2)2 (1)2 (2)758669

References

  1. ↑ "Eastern Washington Football Picked to Finish Third by both the Coaches and Media". July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Four Eagles Represent Eastern Washington on the Big Sky Preseason Team". goeags.com. July 26, 2020. Retrieved June 28, 2020.


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