2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football
2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Big Sky co-champion
FCS Playoffs Semifinals, L 38–40 vs. Youngstown State
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 4
FCS Coaches	No. 4
Record	12–2 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Beau Baldwin (9th season);
Offensive coordinator	Aaron Best (16th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jeff Schmedding (2nd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Roos Field
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

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.

2016 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^	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

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	5:00 pm	at Washington State*	No. 14	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	W 45–42	32,952
September 10	12:30 pm	at No. 1 North Dakota State*	No. 8	Fargodome Fargo, ND	SWX	L 44–50 ^OT	18,906
September 17	4:05 pm	No. 10 Northern Iowa*	No. 8	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX	W 34–30	9,111
September 24	4:05 pm	at Northern Arizona	No. 4	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	SWX	W 50–35	10,179
October 1	1:05 pm	UC Davis	No. 4	Roos Field Cheney, WA	RTNW	W 63–30	10,741
October 8	1:05 pm	Northern Colorado	No. 4	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX	W 49–31	10,924
October 22	11:05 am	at Montana State	No. 3	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	RTNW	W 41–17	18,087
October 29	12:35 pm	No. 16 Montana	No. 3	Roos Field Cheney, WA (EWU–UM Governors Cup)	RTNW	W 35–16	10,931
November 5	6:05 pm	at No. 14 Cal Poly	No. 3	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	WBS	W 42–21	9,722
November 12	3:35 pm	Idaho State	No. 3	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX	W 48–17	9,302
November 18	7:35 pm	at Portland State	No. 3	Providence Park Portland, OR (The Dam Cup)	RTNW	W 35–28	5,669
December 3	1:00 pm	No. 14 Central Arkansas*	No. 3	Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	W 31–14	6,085
December 10	1:00 pm	No. 12 Richmond*	No. 3	Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)	ESPN3	W 38–0	5,150
December 17	3:30 pm	No. 13 Youngstown State*	No. 3	Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Semifinal)	ESPNU	L 38–40	5,233
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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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

Beau Baldwin

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

At Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Eagles	7	17	14	7	45
Cougars	14	14	0	14	42

At North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
#8 Eagles	0	14	10	20	0	44
#1 Bison	7	14	7	16	6	50

Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Panthers	10	14	0	6	30
#8 Eagles	0	7	14	13	34

At Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Eagles	12	10	14	14	50
Lumberjacks	7	14	7	7	35

UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	23	7	0	30
#4 Eagles	14	0	35	14	63

Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	10	7	7	31
#4 Eagles	3	11	21	14	49

At Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Eagles	14	10	7	10	41
Bobcats	14	3	0	0	17

Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Grizzlies	7	3	6	0	16
#3 Eagles	7	14	14	0	35

At Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Eagles	14	7	14	7	42
#14 Mustangs	7	7	7	0	21

Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	3	7	7	0	17
#3 Eagles	7	13	14	14	48

At Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Eagles	7	0	14	14	35
Vikings	14	0	14	0	28

FCS playoffs

Second round – Central Arkansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Bears	0	14	0	0	14
#3 Eagles	0	21	3	7	31

Quarterfinals–Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Spiders	0	0	0	0	0
#3 Eagles	7	14	10	7	38

Semifinals–Youngstown State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Penguins	7	10	3	20	40
#3 Eagles	10	14	7	7	38

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS	14	8 (1)	8	4	4	4	4	3 (17)	3 (18)	3 (18)	3 (19)	3 (21)	3 (14)	4
Coaches	17	8	7	5	5	5	5	3 (1)	3 (1)	3 (1)	3 (1)	3 (1)	4 (1)	4
FCS Playoffs	Not released									3	2	2	Not released

References

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2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Contents

Schedule

Roster

Game summaries

At Washington State

At North Dakota State

Northern Iowa

At Northern Arizona

UC Davis

Northern Colorado

At Montana State

Montana

At Cal Poly

Idaho State

At Portland State

FCS playoffs

Second round – Central Arkansas

Quarterfinals–Richmond

Semifinals–Youngstown State

Ranking movements

References