2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

The 2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Beau Baldwin, who was in his eighth 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 6–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a four way tie for fourth place. They failed to reach the FCS Playoffs for the first time since 2011.

2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2015 record	6–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Beau Baldwin (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Aaron Best (15th season)
Defensive coordinator	Jeff Schmedding (1st season)
Home stadium	Roos Field (Capacity: 8,600)

2015 Big Sky Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 18 Southern Utah $^		7	–	1					8	–	4
No. 10 Portland State ^		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 14 Montana ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
North Dakota		5	–	3					7	–	4
Northern Arizona		5	–	3					7	–	4
Eastern Washington		5	–	3					6	–	5
Weber State		5	–	3					6	–	5
Northern Colorado		3	–	5					6	–	5
Montana State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Cal Poly		3	–	5					4	–	7
UC Davis		2	–	6					2	–	9
Idaho State		1	–	7					2	–	9
Sacramento State		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	5:00 PM	at No. 7 (FBS) Oregon*	No. 6	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	P12N	L 42–61	58,128
September 12	2:00 PM	at No. 14 Northern Iowa*	No. 7	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN3	L 35–38	12,292
September 19	1:05 PM	No. 11 Montana State*	No. 14	Roos Field Cheney, WA	RTNW	W 55–50	10,912
September 26	6:05 PM	at Sacramento State	No. 11	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	WBS	W 28–20	7,211
October 10	1:05 PM	Cal Poly	No. 7	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX	W 42–41 ^OT	10,352
October 17	1:35 PM	at Idaho State	No. 8	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	WBS	W 45–28	8,942
October 24	12:35 PM	at Northern Colorado	No. 7	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	WBS	W 43–41	4,254
October 31	12:05 PM	Weber State	No. 5	Roos Field Cheney, WA	RTNW	W 14–13	8,759
November 7	3:05 PM	Northern Arizona	No. 4	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX	L 30–52	9,214
November 14	12:35 PM	at No. 22 Montana	No. 10	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (EWU–UM Governors Cup)	RTNW	L 16–57	25,213
November 21	2:05 PM	No. 11 Portland State	No. 18	Roos Field Cheney, WA (The Dam Cup)	SWX	L 31–34	8,649
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

• Source: Official Schedule

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Montana State on September 19 is considered a non conference game.

Game summaries

at #7 (FBS) Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Eagles	7	14	14	7	42
#7 (FBS) Ducks	20	17	17	7	61

See also: 2015 Oregon Ducks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Eagles	7	7	7	14	35
#14 Panthers	0	21	0	17	38

See also: 2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–5	2005 FCS Playoffs	UNI, 41–38

Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Bobcats	7	10	14	19	50
#14 Eagles	21	13	14	7	55

See also: 2015 Montana State Bobcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–10	2014	EWU, 52–51

at Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Eagles	0	7	0	21	28
Hornets	10	10	0	0	20

See also: 2015 Sacramento State Hornets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–8	2014	EWU, 31–28

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mustangs	7	14	7	7	6	41
#7 Eagles	6	7	0	22	7	42

See also: 2015 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–2	2013	EWU, 35–22

at Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Eagles	14	17	7	7	45
Bengals	14	7	0	7	28

See also: 2015 Idaho State Bengals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–9	2014	EWU, 56–53

at Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Eagles	6	13	7	17	43
Bears	7	7	14	13	41

See also: 2015 Northern Colorado Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–1	2014	EWU, 26–18

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	10	3	0	0	13
#5 Eagles	0	7	7	0	14

See also: 2015 Weber State Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–17	2013	EWU, 41–19

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	7	7	10	28	52
#4 Eagles	0	7	7	16	30

See also: 2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–11	2014	NAU, 28–27

at Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Eagles	3	6	7	0	16
#22 Grizzlies	14	16	20	7	57

See also: 2015 Montana Grizzlies football team and EWU–UM Governors Cup

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–26–1	2014 FCS Playoffs	EWU, 37–20

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Vikings	13	0	14	7	34
#18 Eagles	10	7	0	14	31

See also: 2015 Portland State Vikings football team and The Dam Cup

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–19–1	2014	EWU, 56–34

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS	6	7 (6)	14	11	9	7	8	7	5	4	10	18	23	RV
Coaches	6	7	15	11	9	8	8	7	5	4	10	19	RV	RV

References