2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

The 2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Beau Baldwin, who was in his fifth 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 11–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to share the conference championship with Cal Poly and Montana State. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid into the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Wagner in the second round and Illinois State in the quarterfinals before falling in the semifinals to Sam Houston State.

2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Big Sky co-champion
FCS Playoffs Semifinals, L 42–45 vs. Sam Houston State
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 4
FCS CoachesNo. 4
2012 record11–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAaron Best (12th season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Graham (5th season)
Home stadiumRoos Field
(Capacity: 8,600)
2012 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^  7 1     11 3  
No. 2 Montana State +^  7 1     11 2  
No. 12 Cal Poly +^  7 1     9 3  
No. 20 Northern Arizona  6 2     8 3  
Sacramento State  4 4     6 5  
Northern Colorado  4 4     5 6  
Southern Utah  4 4     5 6  
North Dakota  3 5     5 6  
Montana  3 5     5 6  
UC Davis  3 5     4 7  
Portland State  2 6     3 8  
Weber State  2 6     2 9  
Idaho State  0 8     1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 pmat Idaho*No. 12ESPN3W 20–311,136
September 812:00 pmat Washington State*No. 9P12NL 20–2433,598
September 225:05 pmat Weber StateNo. 9Big Sky TVW 32–269,434
September 294:05 pmNo. 21 MontanaNo. 7RTNWW 32–2610,529
October 65:05 pmNorth DakotaNo. 7
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX/Big Sky TVW 55–178,646
October 1312:35 pmat No. 2 Montana StateNo. 6RTNWW 27–2420,477
October 204:05 pmSacramento StateNo. 1
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX/Big Sky TVW 31–288,714
October 2712:00 pmat Southern UtahNo. 1Big Sky TVL 27–303,344
November 31:35 pmNo. 16 Cal Poly*No. 7
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
Big Sky TVW 34–178,644
November 101:35 pmUC DavisNo. 5
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX/Big Sky TVW 31–286,011
November 171:05 pmat Portland StateNo. 5CSNNW/Big Sky TVW 41–345,758
December 13:00 pmWagner*No. 4
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Second Round)
ESPN3W 29–197,039
December 83:00 pmNo. 16 Illinois State*No. 4
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)
ESPN3W 51–357,512
December 151:00 pmNo. 5 Sam Houston State*No. 4
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Semifinals)
ESPNUL 42–457,615

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game against Cal Poly on November 3 was considered a non conference game and had no effect on the Big Sky standings.

Game summaries

@ Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Eagles 3 7 3 7 20
Vandals 3 0 0 0 3

@ Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total
#9 Eagles 7 7 0 6 20
Cougars 14 10 0 0 24

@ Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
#9 Eagles 10 10 9 3 32
Wildcats 0 3 16 7 26

Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Grizzlies 7 3 13 3 26
#7 Eagles 7 10 0 15 32

North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
North Dakota 10 7 0 0 17
#7 Eagles 20 14 14 7 55

@ Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Eagles 0 3 10 14 27
#2 Bobcats 0 10 7 7 24

Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 7 0 7 14 28
#1 Eagles 3 10 11 7 31

@ Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
#1 Eagles 7 6 14 0 27
Thunderbirds 7 6 7 10 30

Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Mustangs 3 7 0 7 17
#7 Eagles 14 10 7 3 34

UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 3 22 3 0 28
#5 Eagles 14 0 10 7 31

@ Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Eagles 0 14 13 14 41
Vikings 13 0 13 8 34

FCS Playoffs

Wagner–FCS Playoffs Second Round

1 2 3 4 Total
Seahawks 0 6 13 0 19
#4 Eagles 0 14 8 7 29

Illinois State–FCS Quarterfinals

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Redbirds 10 7 10 8 35
#4 Eagles 10 14 14 13 51

Sam Houston State–FCS Semifinals

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Bearkats 14 21 0 10 45
#4 Eagles 0 0 21 21 42

Only previous meeting was in the 2004 FCS Playoffs quarterfinals.

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 13 14 15 Final 
Sports Network 12 9 10 9 7 7 6 1 (92) 1 (125) 7 5 5 4  
Coaches 15 11 11 9 7 7 6 1 (11) 1 (22) 8 (1) 6 5 4

References

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