2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football
2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	6–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Beau Baldwin (8th season);
Offensive coordinator	Aaron Best (15th season)
Defensive coordinator	Jeff Schmedding (1st season)
Home stadium	Roos Field

2015 Big Sky Conference football standings

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
	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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	5:00 pm	at No. 7 (FBS) Oregon*	No. 6	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	P12N	L 42–61	58,128
September 12	2:00 pm	at No. 14 Northern Iowa*	No. 7	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN3	L 35–38	12,292
September 19	1:05 pm	No. 11 Montana State*	No. 14	Roos Field Cheney, WA	RTNW	W 55–50	10,912
September 26	6:05 pm	at Sacramento State	No. 11	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	WBS	W 28–20	7,211
October 10	1:05 pm	Cal Poly	No. 7	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX	W 42–41 ^OT	10,352
October 17	1:35 pm	at Idaho State	No. 8	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	WBS	W 45–28	8,942
October 24	12:35 pm	at Northern Colorado	No. 7	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	WBS	W 43–41	4,254
October 31	12:05 pm	Weber State	No. 5	Roos Field Cheney, WA	RTNW	W 14–13	8,759
November 7	3:05 pm	Northern Arizona	No. 4	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX	L 30–52	9,214
November 14	12:35 pm	at No. 22 Montana	No. 10	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (EWU–UM Governors Cup)	RTNW	L 16–57	25,213
November 21	2:05 pm	No. 11 Portland State	No. 18	Roos Field Cheney, WA (The Dam Cup)	SWX	L 31–34	8,649
*Non-conference game Homecoming 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

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Eagles	7	14	14	7	42
#7 (FBS) Ducks	20	17	17	7	61

At Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Eagles	7	7	7	14	35
#14 Panthers	0	21	0	17	38

Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Bobcats	7	10	14	19	50
#14 Eagles	21	13	14	7	55

At Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Eagles	0	7	0	21	28
Hornets	10	10	0	0	20

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mustangs	7	14	7	7	6	41
#7 Eagles	6	7	0	22	7	42

At Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Eagles	14	17	7	7	45
Bengals	14	7	0	7	28

At Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Eagles	6	13	7	17	43
Bears	7	7	14	13	41

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	10	3	0	0	13
#5 Eagles	0	7	7	0	14

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	7	7	10	28	52
#4 Eagles	0	7	7	16	30

At Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Eagles	3	6	7	0	16
#22 Grizzlies	14	16	20	7	57

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Vikings	13	0	14	7	34
#18 Eagles	10	7	0	14	31

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS	6	7 (6)	14	11	9	7	8	7	5	4	10	18	23	RV
Coaches	6	7	15	11	9	8	8	7	5	4	10	19	RV	RV

Eastern Washington Eagles football
Venues	Roos Field (1967–present) Joe Albi Stadium (alternate)
Bowls & rivalries	Montana: EWU–UM Governors Cup Portland State: The Dam Cup
Culture & lore	Swoop The Inferno "Go, Eagles, Go"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910–1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold