2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 football 2016 Eastern Washington Eagles Eastern Washington University wordmark.svg 200 Big Sky Conference Big Sky 4 4 12–2 8–0 Beau Baldwin 9th Aaron Best 16th Jeff Schmedding 2nd Multiple 4–2–5 Roos Field Big Sky co-champion FCS Playoffs Semifinals L 38–40 vs. Youngstown State 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.http://www.oregonlive.com/pac-12/index.ssf/2017/01/cal_reportedly_targeting_beau_baldwin_of_eastern_w.html Eastern Washington coach Beau Baldwin hired as Cal's OC January 17, 2017 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.https://bigskyconf.com/news/2016/7/12/FB_0712161745.aspx?path=football Northern Arizona voted first in #BigSkyFB Media, Coaches' Preseason Polls July 19, 2016 January 27, 2025 +Coaches' pollEastern Washington Eagles 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 pollEastern Washington Eagles 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 2016 NCAA Division I FCS STATS Pacific September 3 5:00 pm w y y 14 Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, WA P12N 45–42 32,952 September 10 12:30 pm l y y 8 North Dakota State 1 Fargodome Fargo, ND SWX 44–50 OT 18,906 September 17 4:05 pm w y 8 Northern Iowa 10 Roos Field Cheney, WA SWX 34–30 9,111 September 24 4:05 pm w y 4 Northern Arizona Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ SWX 50–35 10,179 October 1 1:05 pm w 4 UC Davis Roos Field Cheney, WA RTNW 63–30 10,741 October 8 1:05 pm w y 4 Northern Colorado Roos Field Cheney, WA SWX 49–31 10,924 October 22 11:05 am w y 3 Montana State Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT RTNW 41–17 18,087 October 29 12:35 pm w 3 Montana 16 Roos Field Cheney, WA EWU–UM Governors Cup RTNW 35–16 10,931 November 5 6:05 pm w y 3 Cal Poly 14 Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA http://goeags.com/sports/2016/1/5/watchbigsky.aspx?id=73 WBS 42–21 9,722 November 12 3:35 pm w 3 Idaho State Roos Field Cheney, WA SWX 48–17 9,302 November 18 7:35 pm w y 3 Portland State Providence Park Portland, OR The Dam Cup RTNW 35–28 5,669 December 3 1:00 pm w y 3 Central Arkansas 14 Roos Field Cheney, WA NCAA Division I Second Round ESPN3 31–14 6,085 December 10 1:00 pm w y 3 Richmond 12 Roos Field Cheney, WA NCAA Division I Quarterfinal ESPN3 38–0 5,150 December 17 3:30 pm l y 3 Youngstown State 13 Roos Field Cheney, WA NCAA Division I Semifinal ESPNU 38–40 5,233 Schedule Roster 2016 Eastern Washington Eagles y 8 Soph Gage Gubrud QB yes y 12 Soph Reilly Hennessey QB yes 28 FR Antoine Custer Jr. RB 30 FR Tamarick Pierce RB 2 SR Jabari Wilson RB yes 10 Sr Cooper Kupp WR yes y 11 Sr Kendrick Bourne WR y 1 Sr Shaq Hill WR yes 7 Jr Nic Sblendorio WR yes 81 Soph Stu Stiles WR 9 SR Zach Wimberly TE yes 3 SR Samson Ebukam DL y 32 SR Zach Bruce DB yes https://goeags.com/roster.aspx?roster=157&path=football *Beau Baldwin Game summaries At Washington State 2016 Washington State Cougars football team No. 14 Eagles 7 17 14 7 Cougars 14 14 0 14 At No. 1 North Dakota State 2016 North Dakota State Bison football team No. 8 Eagles 0 14 10 20 0 No. 1 Bison 7 14 7 16 6 No. 10 Northern Iowa 2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team No. 10 Panthers 10 14 0 6 No. 8 Eagles 0 7 14 13 At Northern Arizona 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team No. 4 Eagles 12 10 14 14 Lumberjacks 7 14 7 7 UC Davis 2016 UC Davis Aggies football team Aggies 0 23 7 0 No. 4 Eagles 14 0 35 14 Northern Colorado 2016 Northern Colorado Bears football team Bears 7 10 7 7 No. 4 Eagles 3 11 21 14 At Montana State 2016 Montana State Bobcats football team No. 3 Eagles 14 10 7 10 Bobcats 14 3 0 0 No. 16 Montana 2016 Montana Grizzlies football team EWU–UM Governors Cup No. 16 Grizzlies 7 3 6 0 No. 3 Eagles 7 14 14 0 At No. 14 Cal Poly 2016 Cal Poly Mustangs football team No. 3 Eagles 14 7 14 7 No. 14 Mustangs 7 7 7 0 Idaho State 2016 Idaho State Bengals football team Bengals 3 7 7 0 No. 3 Eagles 7 13 14 14 At Portland State 2016 Portland State Vikings football team No. 3 Eagles 7 0 14 14 Vikings 14 0 14 0 FCS playoffs No. 14 Central Arkansas (Second Round) 2016 Central Arkansas Bears football team No. 14 Bears 0 14 0 0 No. 3 Eagles 0 21 3 7 No. 12 Richmond (Quarterfinals) 2016 Richmond Spiders football team No. 12 Spiders 0 0 0 0 No. 3 Eagles 7 14 10 7 No. 13 Youngstown State (Semifinals) 2016 Youngstown State Penguins football team No. 13 Penguins 7 10 3 20 No. 3 Eagles 10 14 7 7 Ranking movements STATS 0 13 14 8 (1) 8 4 4 4 4 3 (17) 3 (18) 3 (18) 3 (19) 3 (21) 3 (14) 4 Coaches 0 13 17 8 7 5 5 5 5 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 4 (1) 4 FCS Playoffs 9 11 3 2 2 References Eastern Washington Category:Eastern Washington Eagles football seasons Category:Big Sky Conference football champion seasons Eastern Washington Eastern Washington Eagles football