2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

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2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Eastern Washington University wordmark.svg
Big Sky co-champion
FCS Playoffs Semifinals, L 42–45 vs. Sam Houston State
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 4
FCS CoachesNo. 4
2012 record11–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Aaron Best (12th season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Graham (5th season)
Home stadium Roos Field
(Capacity: 8,600)
Seasons
  2011
2013  
2012 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

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.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 pmat Idaho *No. 12 ESPN3 W 20–311,136
September 812:00 pmat Washington State *No. 9 P12N L 20–2433,598
September 225:05 pmat Weber State No. 9Big Sky TVW 32–269,434
September 294:05 pmNo. 21 Montana No. 7 RTNW W 32–2610,529
October 65:05 pm North Dakota No. 7
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX/Big Sky TVW 55–178,646
October 1312:35 pmat No. 2 Montana State No. 6RTNWW 27–2420,477
October 204:05 pm Sacramento State Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 1
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX/Big Sky TVW 31–288,714
October 2712:00 pmat Southern Utah No. 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 pm UC Davis No. 5
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX/Big Sky TVW 31–286,011
November 171:05 pmat Portland State No. 5 CSNNW/Big Sky TVW 41–345,758
December 13:00 pm Wagner *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)
ESPNU L 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

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#12 Eagles373720
Vandals30003

@ Washington State

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#9 Eagles770620
Cougars14100024

@ Weber State

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#9 Eagles10109332
Wildcats0316726

Montana

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#21 Grizzlies7313326
#7 Eagles71001532

North Dakota

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North Dakota1070017
#7 Eagles201414755

@ Montana State

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#6 Eagles03101427
#2 Bobcats0107724

Sacramento State

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Hornets7071428
#1 Eagles31011731

@ Southern Utah

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#1 Eagles7614027
Thunderbirds7671030

Cal Poly

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#16 Mustangs370717
#7 Eagles14107334

UC Davis

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Aggies3223028
#5 Eagles14010731

@ Portland State

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#5 Eagles014131441
Vikings13013834

FCS Playoffs

Wagner–FCS Playoffs Second Round

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Seahawks0613019
#4 Eagles0148729

Illinois State–FCS Quarterfinals

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#16 Redbirds10710835
#4 Eagles1014141351

Sam Houston State–FCS Semifinals

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#5 Bearkats142101045
#4 Eagles00212142

Only previous meeting was in the 2004 FCS Playoffs quarterfinals.

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Sports Network 1291097761 (92)1 (125)7554
Coaches 15111197761 (11)1 (22)8 (1)654

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