2021 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

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2021 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Eastern Washington wordmark.png
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 7
FCS CoachesNo. 9
Record10–3 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinators
  • Ian Shoemaker (3rd season; first 9 games)
  • Pat McCann (interim; remainder of season)
Defensive coordinatorEti Ena (3rd season)
Home stadium Roos Field
Seasons
  2020
2022  
2021 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Sacramento State $^  8 0   9 3  
No. 2 Montana State ^  7 1   11 3  
No. 7 Eastern Washington ^  6 2   10 3  
No. 6 Montana ^  6 2   10 3  
No. 17 UC Davis ^  5 3   8 4  
Weber State  5 3   6 5  
Northern Arizona  4 4   5 6  
Portland State  4 4   5 6  
Idaho  3 5   4 7  
Northern Colorado  2 6   3 8  
Cal Poly  1 7   2 9  
Idaho State  1 7   1 10  
Southern Utah  0 8   1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2021 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Aaron Best, the Eagles played their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington.

Contents

Preseason

Polls

On July 26, 2021, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Eagles were predicted to finish third in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media. [1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Weber State(7)
2Montana(3)
3Eastern Washington(2)
4Montana State(1)
5Sacramento State(1)
6UC Davis
7Northern Arizona
8Idaho
9Idaho State
10Portland State
11Southern Utah
12Cal Poly
13Northern Colorado
Media poll
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Weber State(14)
2Montana(4)
3Eastern Washington(3)
4Montana State(3)
5Sacramento State
6UC Davis
7Northern Arizona
8Idaho
9Idaho State
10Portland State
11Southern Utah
12Northern Colorado
13Cal Poly

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Eagles had four players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team. [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.m.at UNLV *No. 11 Stadium W 35–33 2OT21,970
September 111:00 p.m. Central Washington *No. 7 SWX/ESPN+ W 63–144,523
September 181:00 p.m.at Western Illinois *No. 7ESPN+W 62–565,385
September 255:00 p.m.at Southern Utah No. 6ESPN+W 50–217,096
October 27:30 p.m.No. 4 Montana No. 6
ESPN2 W 34–287,944
October 912:00 p.m.at Northern Colorado No. 4ESPN+W 63–175,413
October 161:00 p.m. Idaho No. 2
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
RTNW W 71–215,380
October 231:00 p.m. Weber State No. 2
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX/ESPN+L 34–355,676
November 61:00 p.m.No. 4 Montana State No. 5
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX/ESPN+L 20–236,981
November 135:00 p.m.at No. 6 UC Davis No. 7ESPN+W 38–207,344
November 202:05 p.m.at Portland State No. 5ESPN+W 42–280
November 271:00 p.m. Northern Iowa *No. 4
ESPN+W 19–93,845
December 36:00 p.m.at No. 5 Montana*No. 4
ESPN+L 41–5724,065

Game summaries

At UNLV

1234OT2OTTotal
No. 11 Eagles031707835
Rebels060147633

Central Washington

1234Total
Wildcats700714
No. 7 Eagles182810763

At Western Illinois

1234Total
No. 7 Eagles28277062
Leathernecks210142156

At Southern Utah

1234Total
No. 6 Eagles92113750
Thunderbirds777021

No. 4 Montana

1234Total
No. 4 Grizzlies777728
No. 6 Eagles7302434

At Northern Colorado

1234Total
No. 4 Eagles2221101063
Bears377017

Idaho

1234Total
Vandals770721
No. 2 Eagles2914141471

Weber State

1234Total
Wildcats01371535
No. 2 Eagles7771334

No. 4 Montana State

1234Total
No. 4 Bobcats790723
No. 5 Eagles1300720

At No. 6 UC Davis

1234Total
No. 7 Eagles014101438
No. 6 Aggies737320

At Portland State

1234Total
No. 5 Eagles7721742
Vikings777728

FCS Playoffs

Northern Iowa–First Round

1234Total
Panthers07029
No. 4 Eagles637319

At No. 5 Montana–Second Round

1234Total
No. 4 Eagles14771341
No. 5 Grizzlies1010241357

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS 11776642 (9)2 (14)757547
Coaches 1486664 (2)2 (1)2 (2)758669

References

  1. "Eastern Washington Football Picked to Finish Third by both the Coaches and Media". July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  2. "Four Eagles Represent Eastern Washington on the Big Sky Preseason Team". goeags.com. July 26, 2020. Retrieved June 28, 2020.