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2021 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

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2021 Eastern Washington Eagles football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 7
FCS CoachesNo. 9
Record10–3 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorIan Shoemaker (first nine games) (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorPat McCann (interim season)
Defensive coordinatorEti Ena (3rd season)
Home stadiumRoos 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.

Preseason

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Polls

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

Preseason All–Big Sky team

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

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.m.at UNLV*No. 11StadiumW 35–33 2OT21,970
September 111:00 p.m.Central Washington*No. 7SWX/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 UtahNo. 6ESPN+W 50–217,096
October 27:30 p.m.No. 4 MontanaNo. 6
ESPN2W 34–287,944
October 912:00 p.m.at Northern ColoradoNo. 4ESPN+W 63–175,413
October 161:00 p.m.IdahoNo. 2
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
RTNWW 71–215,380
October 231:00 p.m.Weber StateNo. 2
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX/ESPN+L 34–355,676
November 61:00 p.m.No. 4 Montana StateNo. 5
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX/ESPN+L 20–236,981
November 135:00 p.m.at No. 6 UC DavisNo. 7ESPN+W 38–207,344
November 202:05 p.m.at Portland StateNo. 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

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At UNLV

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1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
No. 11 Eagles 0 3 17 078 35
Rebels 0 6 0 1476 33

Central Washington

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1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 0 7 14
No. 7 Eagles 18 28 10 7 63

At Western Illinois

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Eagles 28 27 7 0 62
Leathernecks 21 0 14 21 56

At Southern Utah

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Eagles 9 21 13 7 50
Thunderbirds 7 7 7 0 21

No. 4 Montana

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Grizzlies 7 7 7 7 28
No. 6 Eagles 7 3 0 24 34

At Northern Colorado

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Eagles 22 21 10 10 63
Bears 3 7 7 0 17

Idaho

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1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 7 7 0 7 21
No. 2 Eagles 29 14 14 14 71

Weber State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 13 7 15 35
No. 2 Eagles 7 7 7 13 34

No. 4 Montana State

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Bobcats 7 9 0 7 23
No. 5 Eagles 13 0 0 7 20

At No. 6 UC Davis

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Eagles 0 14 10 14 38
No. 6 Aggies 7 3 7 3 20

At Portland State

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Eagles 7 7 21 7 42
Vikings 7 7 7 7 28

FCS Playoffs

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Northern Iowa–First Round

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1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 7 0 2 9
No. 4 Eagles 6 3 7 3 19

At No. 5 Montana–Second Round

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Eagles 14 7 7 13 41
No. 5 Grizzlies 10 10 24 13 57

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS11776642 (9)2 (14)757547
Coaches1486664 (2)2 (1)2 (2)758669

References

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  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.