2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

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2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Eastern Washington wordmark.png
Conference Big Sky Conference
Record7–5 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Ian Shoemaker (1st season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinatorEti Ena (1st season)
Base defense 4-2-5
Home stadium Roos Field
Seasons
←  2018
2020  →
2019 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Weber State +^  7 –1   11 –4  
No. 9 Sacramento State +^  7 –1   9 –4  
No. 4 Montana State ^  6 –2   11 –4  
No. 6 Montana ^  6 –2   10 –4  
Eastern Washington  6 –2   7 –5  
Idaho  3 –5   5 –7  
Portland State  3 –5   5 –7  
UC Davis  3 –5   5 –7  
Northern Arizona  2 –6   4 –8  
Cal Poly  2 –6   3 –8  
Idaho State  2 –6   3 –9  
Southern Utah  2 –6   3 –9  
Northern Colorado  2 –6   2 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Although North Dakota was classified as an independent, games against them still counted as Big Sky Conference games.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by third year head coach Aaron Best. 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 7–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.

Contents

Preseason

Polls

On July 15, 2019 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Eagles were predicted to win the Big Sky by both the coaches and media. [1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Eastern Washington140 (10)
2UC Davis127 (2)
3Weber State124
4Montana104 (1)
5Montana State100
6Northern Arizona88
7Idaho State72
8Idaho65
9Cal Poly56
10Portland State42
11Sacramento State40
12Southern Utah38
13Northern Colorado19
Media poll
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Eastern Washington536 (25)
2UC Davis510 (13)
3Weber State472 (4)
4Montana State417
5Montana396 (1)
6Northern Arizona302
7Idaho State285
8Idaho248
9Cal Poly196
10Portland State178
11Southern Utah160
12Sacramento State125
13Northern Colorado90

Preseason All-Conference Team

The Eagles had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team. [2]

Chris Schlichting – Sr. OT

Award watch lists

AwardPlayerPositionYear
Walter Payton Award [3] Eric Barriere QBJR

Coaching and personnel changes

On January 18, defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding left to take a position as linebackers coach/co-special teams coordinator with Boise State. [4] Defensive line coach Eti Ena was promoted to replace Schmedding on January 23, 2019. [5]

On February 9, former starting quarterback Gage Gubrud was granted a medical redshirt year by the NCAA after suffering a season-ending foot injury in a game against Montana State on September 29, 2018. He transferred to Washington State for his final year of eligibility. [6]

On February 12, offensive coordinator Bodie Reeder left to become the co-offensive coordinator at North Texas. [7] On February 25, Central Washington head coach Ian Shoemaker was hired to replace him. [8]

Schedule

EWU has scheduled 12 games in the 2019 season instead of the 11 normally allowed for FCS programs. Under a standard provision of NCAA rules, all FCS teams are allowed to schedule 12 regular-season games in years in which the period starting with Labor Day weekend and ending with the last Saturday of November contains 14 Saturdays. [9]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3112:00 p.m.at No. 13 (FBS) Washington *No. 4
 P12N L 14–4765,709
September 71:00 p.m. Lindenwood *No. 4
 SWX W 59–316,785
September 141:00 p.m.at No. 17 Jacksonville State *No. 4
 ESPN+ L 45–4920,901
September 2112:00 p.m.at Idaho *No. 11
 RTNW L 27–356,567
September 282:05 p.m. North Dakota No. 21
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWXW 35–208,726
October 56:05 p.m.at Sacramento State No. 22
 ELVN L 27–489,640
October 121:05 p.m. Northern Colorado
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
RTNWW 54–219,091
October 2611:05 a.m.at No. 10 Montana
RTNWL 17–3424,072
November 21:05 p.m. Northern Arizona
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWXW 66–388,602
November 91:35 p.m.at Idaho State
Pluto TV W 48–55,377
November 165:05 p.m.at Cal Poly
Pluto TVW 42–416,582
November 231:05 p.m. Portland State
SWXW 53–468,629

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game vs. Idaho will count as a non-conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky standings. [10]

Although North Dakota is classified as an FCS Independent, games against them still count as Big Sky conference games through the 2019 season. [11]

Game summaries

At Washington

1234Total
No. 4 Eagles070714
No. 13 (FBS) Huskies21714547

Lindenwood

1234Total
Lions01714031
No. 4 Eagles211021759

At Jacksonville State

1234Total
No. 4 Eagles28710045
No. 17 Gamecocks71472149

At Idaho

1234Total
No. 11 Eagles0072027
Vandals14140735

North Dakota

1234Total
Fighting Hawks707620
No. 21 Eagles14140735

At Sacramento State

1234Total
No. 22 Eagles776727
Hornets21671448

Northern Colorado

1234Total
Bears0014721
Eagles103014054

At Montana

1234Total
Eagles0143017
No. 10 Grizzlies37101434

Northern Arizona

1234Total
Lumberjacks14107738
Eagles172121766

At Idaho State

1234Total
Eagles31721748
Bengals20305

At Cal Poly

1234Total
Eagles14147742
Mustangs014141341

Portland State

1234Total
Vikings71082146
Eagles171315853

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS 4 (3)4 (1)4112122RVRVRV——RVRVRV
Coaches 3 (2)55112221RVRV———RVRVRV

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References

  1. ↑ "Eastern Washington voted to win Big Sky football title". July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Maier, Olson lead preseason All-Conference team". July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ "25 named to Walter Payton Award watch list". July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding leaves Eastern Washington to join staff at Boise State". January 18, 2019. Archived from the original on January 19, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Eastern Washington promotes Eti Ena to defensive coordinator". January 23, 2019. Archived from the original on January 29, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Former Eastern Washington QB Gage Gubrud gets NCAA approval for sixth season, will transfer to Washington State". February 9, 2019. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  7. ↑ "UNT to hire Bodie Reeder as new offensive coordinator". February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  8. ↑ "CWU's Ian Shoemaker takes OC job at Eastern". February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Bylaw 17.10.5.1: Number of Contests, Maximum Limitations—Institutional" (PDF). 2018–19 NCAA Division I Manual. NCAA. July 2018. p. 273. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
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  11. ↑ "North Dakota no longer a Big Sky Conference school, but it's not going away any time soon". July 19, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
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