2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Big Sky co-champion
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 4
FCS CoachesNo. 4
Record12–2 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAaron Best (16th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJeff Schmedding (2nd season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumRoos Field
2016 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 +^   8 – 0     12 – 2  
No. 12 North Dakota +^   8 – 0     9 – 3  
No. 25 Weber State ^   6 – 2     7 – 5  
No. 24 Cal Poly ^   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Southern Utah   5 – 3     6 – 5  
Northern Colorado   4 – 4     6 – 5  
Northern Arizona   4 – 4     5 – 6  
Montana   3 – 5     6 – 5  
Montana State   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Portland State   2 – 6     3 – 8  
UC Davis   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Sacramento State   2 – 6     2 – 9  
Idaho State   1 – 7     2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by head coach Beau Baldwin, who was in his ninth 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 12–2, 8–0 in Big Sky play to share the conference championship with North Dakota. They received the automatic bid into the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Central Arkansas and Richmond in the second round and quarterfinals, before losing to Youngstown State in the semifinals.

On January 16, 2017, head coach Beau Baldwin resigned to become the offensive coordinator at California.[1] He finished at Eastern Washington with a nine year record of 85–32.

Preseason

Big Sky polls

On July 19, 2016, the Big Sky Conference released its preseason coaches' and media polls. The Wildcats were predicted to finish fourth in the coaches' poll and third in the media poll.[2]

Coaches' poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Northern Arizona 132 (8)
2 Portland State 121 (2)
Montana 121
4 Eastern Washington 112 (2)
5 North Dakota 105 (1)
6 Weber State 83
7 Southern Utah 73
Montana State 73
9 Cal Poly 66
10 Northern Colorado 43
11 Sacramento State 30
12 Idaho State 24
13 UC Davis 23
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Northern Arizona 287 (8)
2 Montana 283 (7)
3 Eastern Washington 269 (5)
4 North Dakota 262 (2)
5 Portland State 252 (3)
6 Weber State 174
7 Southern Utah 162
8 Montana State 157
9 Cal Poly 153
10 Northern Colorado 111
11 Idaho State 58
12 UC Davis 56
13 Sacramento State 50

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 35:00 pmat Washington State*No. 14
P12NW 45–4232,952
September 1012:30 pmat No. 1 North Dakota State*No. 8
SWXL 44–50 OT18,906
September 174:05 pmNo. 10 Northern Iowa*No. 8
SWXW 34–309,111
September 244:05 pmat Northern ArizonaNo. 4
SWXW 50–3510,179
October 11:05 pmUC DavisNo. 4
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
RTNWW 63–3010,741
October 81:05 pmNorthern ColoradoNo. 4
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWXW 49–3110,924
October 2211:05 amat Montana StateNo. 3
RTNWW 41–1718,087
October 2912:35 pmNo. 16 MontanaNo. 3
RTNWW 35–1610,931
November 56:05 pmat No. 14 Cal PolyNo. 3
WBSW 42–219,722
November 123:35 pmIdaho StateNo. 3
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWXW 48–179,302
November 187:35 pmat Portland StateNo. 3
RTNWW 35–285,669
December 31:00 pmNo. 14 Central Arkansas*No. 3
ESPN3W 31–146,085
December 101:00 pmNo. 12 Richmond*No. 3
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)
ESPN3W 38–05,150
December 173:30 pmNo. 13 Youngstown State*No. 3
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Semifinal)
ESPNUL 38–405,233
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[3]

Roster

2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 8 Gage Gubrud  So
QB 12 Reilly Hennessey  So
RB 28 Antoine Custer Jr. Fr
RB 30 Tamarick Pierce Fr
RB 2 Jabari Wilson  Sr
WR 10 Cooper Kupp  Sr
WR 11 Kendrick Bourne Sr
WR 1 Shaq Hill  Sr
WR 7 Nic Sblendorio  Jr
WR 81 Stu Stiles So
TE 9 Zach Wimberly  Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL 3 Samson Ebukam Sr
DB 32 Zach Bruce  Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

At Washington State

See also: 2016 Washington State Cougars football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Eagles 7 17 14 7 45
Cougars 14 14 0 14 42

At No. 1 North Dakota State

See also: 2016 North Dakota State Bison football team
1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 8 Eagles 0 14 10 200 44
No. 1 Bison 7 14 7 166 50

No. 10 Northern Iowa

See also: 2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Panthers 10 14 0 6 30
No. 8 Eagles 0 7 14 13 34

At Northern Arizona

See also: 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Eagles 12 10 14 14 50
Lumberjacks 7 14 7 7 35

UC Davis

See also: 2016 UC Davis Aggies football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 23 7 0 30
No. 4 Eagles 14 0 35 14 63

Northern Colorado

See also: 2016 Northern Colorado Bears football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 10 7 7 31
No. 4 Eagles 3 11 21 14 49

At Montana State

See also: 2016 Montana State Bobcats football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Eagles 14 10 7 10 41
Bobcats 14 3 0 0 17

No. 16 Montana

See also: 2016 Montana Grizzlies football team and EWU–UM Governors Cup
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Grizzlies 7 3 6 0 16
No. 3 Eagles 7 14 14 0 35

At No. 14 Cal Poly

See also: 2016 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Eagles 14 7 14 7 42
No. 14 Mustangs 7 7 7 0 21

Idaho State

See also: 2016 Idaho State Bengals football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 3 7 7 0 17
No. 3 Eagles 7 13 14 14 48

At Portland State

See also: 2016 Portland State Vikings football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Eagles 7 0 14 14 35
Vikings 14 0 14 0 28

FCS playoffs

No. 14 Central Arkansas (Second Round)

See also: 2016 Central Arkansas Bears football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Bears 0 14 0 0 14
No. 3 Eagles 0 21 3 7 31

No. 12 Richmond (Quarterfinals)

See also: 2016 Richmond Spiders football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Spiders 0 0 0 0 0
No. 3 Eagles 7 14 10 7 38

No. 13 Youngstown State (Semifinals)

See also: 2016 Youngstown State Penguins football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Penguins 7 10 3 20 40
No. 3 Eagles 10 14 7 7 38

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS148 (1)844443 (17)3 (18)3 (18)3 (19)3 (21)3 (14)4
Coaches178755553 (1)3 (1)3 (1)3 (1)3 (1)4 (1)4
FCS PlayoffsNot released322Not released

References

  1. ^ "Eastern Washington coach Beau Baldwin hired as Cal's OC". January 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "Northern Arizona voted first in #BigSkyFB Media, Coaches' Preseason Polls". July 19, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  3. ^ Schedule
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