2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team


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. He finished at Eastern Washington with a nine year record of 85–32.

Schedule

Game summaries

at Washington State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–32012WAZZU, 24–20

at North Dakota State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–02010 FCS PlayoffsEWU, 38–31 OT

Northern Iowa

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–62015UNI, 38–35

at Northern Arizona

Overall recordLast meetingResult
19–122015NAU, 52–30

UC Davis

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–02014EWU, 37–14

Northern Colorado

Overall recordLast meetingResult
10–12015EWU, 43–41

at Montana State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
29–102015EWU, 55–50

Montana

Overall recordLast meetingResult
15–27–12015MONT, 57–16

at Cal Poly

Overall recordLast meetingResult
6–22015EWU, 42–41 OT

Idaho State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
27–92015EWU, 45–28

at Portland State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
17–20–12015PSU, 34–31

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Central Arkansas

Quarterfinals–Richmond

Semifinals–Youngstown State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–11997 I-AA PlayoffsYSU, 25–14

Ranking movements