The 2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by head coach Beau Baldwin , who was in his ninth 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 the season 12–2, 8–0 in Big Sky play to share the conference championship with North Dakota . They received the automatic bid into the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Central Arkansas and Richmond in the second round and quarterfinals, before losing to Youngstown State in the semifinals.
On January 16, 2017, head coach Beau Baldwin resigned to become the offensive coordinator at California .[ 1]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 5:00 pm at Washington State * No. 14 P12N W 45–4232,952 September 10 12:30 pm at No. 1 North Dakota State * No. 8 SWX L 44–50 OT 18,906 September 17 4:05 pm No. 10 Northern Iowa * No. 8 SWX W 34–309,111 September 24 4:05 pm at Northern Arizona No. 4 SWX W 50–3510,179 October 1 1:05 pm UC Davis No. 4 RTNW W 63–3010,741 October 8 1:05 pm Northern Colorado No. 4 SWX W 49–3110,924 October 22 11:05 am at Montana State No. 3 RTNW W 41–1718,087 October 29 12:35 pm No. 16 Montana No. 3 RTNW W 35–1610,931 November 5 6:05 pm at No. 14 Cal Poly No. 3 WBS W 42–219,722 November 12 3:35 pm Idaho State No. 3 SWX W 48–179,302 November 18 7:35 pm at Portland State No. 3 RTNW W 35–285,669 December 3 1:00 pm No. 14 Central Arkansas * No. 3 ESPN3 W 31–146,085 December 10 1:00 pm No. 12 Richmond * No. 3 Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal) ESPN3 W 38–05,150 December 17 3:30 pm No. 13 Youngstown State * No. 3 Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Semifinal) ESPNU L 38–405,233 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
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2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible Roster
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2
3
4
Total
#14 Eagles
7
17
14
7
45
Cougars
14
14
0
14
42
At North Dakota State
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1
2
3
4 OT
Total
#8 Eagles
0
14
10
20 0
44
#1 Bison
7
14
7
16 6
50
1
2
3
4
Total
#10 Panthers
10
14
0
6
30
#8 Eagles
0
7
14
13
34
1
2
3
4
Total
#4 Eagles
12
10
14
14
50
Lumberjacks
7
14
7
7
35
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
0
23
7
0
30
#4 Eagles
14
0
35
14
63
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
7
10
7
7
31
#4 Eagles
3
11
21
14
49
1
2
3
4
Total
#3 Eagles
14
10
7
10
41
Bobcats
14
3
0
0
17
1
2
3
4
Total
#16 Grizzlies
7
3
6
0
16
#3 Eagles
7
14
14
0
35
1
2
3
4
Total
#3 Eagles
14
7
14
7
42
#14 Mustangs
7
7
7
0
21
1
2
3
4
Total
Bengals
3
7
7
0
17
#3 Eagles
7
13
14
14
48
1
2
3
4
Total
#3 Eagles
7
0
14
14
35
Vikings
14
0
14
0
28
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1
2
3
4
Total
#14 Bears
0
14
0
0
14
#3 Eagles
0
21
3
7
31
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1
2
3
4
Total
#12 Spiders
0
0
0
0
0
#3 Eagles
7
14
10
7
38
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1
2
3
4
Total
#13 Penguins
7
10
3
20
40
#3 Eagles
10
14
7
7
38
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS 14 8 (1) 8 4 4 4 4 3 (17) 3 (18) 3 (18) 3 (19) 3 (21) 3 (14) 4 Coaches 17 8 7 5 5 5 5 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 4 (1) 4 FCS Playoffs Not released 3 2 2 Not released
