2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

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2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Eastern Washington University wordmark.svg
Conference Big Sky Conference
Record6–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Aaron Best (15th season)
Defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding (1st season)
Home stadium Roos Field
Seasons
  2014
2016  
2015 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

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.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 55:00 pmat No. 7 (FBS) Oregon *No. 6 P12N L 42–6158,128
September 122:00 pmat No. 14 Northern Iowa *No. 7 ESPN3 L 35–3812,292
September 191:05 pmNo. 11 Montana State *No. 14 RTNW W 55–5010,912
September 266:05 pmat Sacramento State No. 11 WBS W 28–207,211
October 101:05 pm Cal Poly No. 7
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX W 42–41 OT10,352
October 171:35 pmat Idaho State No. 8WBSW 45–288,942
October 2412:35 pmat Northern Colorado No. 7WBSW 43–414,254
October 3112:05 pm Weber State No. 5
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
RTNWW 14–138,759
November 73:05 pm Northern Arizona Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 4
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWXL 30–529,214
November 1412:35 pmat No. 22 Montana No. 10RTNWL 16–5725,213
November 212:05 pmNo. 11 Portland State No. 18
SWXL 31–348,649
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Despite Montana State also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the September 19 game against Eastern Washington was considered a non-conference game.

Game summaries

At #7 (FBS) Oregon

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#6 Eagles71414742
#7 (FBS) Ducks201717761

At Northern Iowa

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#7 Eagles7771435
#14 Panthers02101738

Montana State

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#11 Bobcats710141950
#14 Eagles211314755

At Sacramento State

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#11 Eagles0702128
Hornets10100020

Cal Poly

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Mustangs71477641
#7 Eagles67022742

At Idaho State

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#8 Eagles14177745
Bengals1470728

At Northern Colorado

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#7 Eagles61371743
Bears77141341

Weber State

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Wildcats1030013
#5 Eagles077014

Northern Arizona

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Lumberjacks77102852
#4 Eagles0771630

At Montana

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#10 Eagles367016
#22 Grizzlies141620757

Portland State

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#11 Vikings13014734
#18 Eagles10701431

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS 67 (6)1411978754101823RV
Coaches 6715119887541019RVRV

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