2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football
2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	7–5 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Aaron Best (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Ian Shoemaker (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Eti Ena (1st season)
Base defense	4-2-5
Home stadium	Roos Field; (Capacity: 8,600)

The 2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by third year head coach Aaron Best. 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 7–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.

2019 Big Sky Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 Weber State +^	7	–	1	11	–	4
No. 9 Sacramento State +^	7	–	1	9	–	4
No. 4 Montana State ^	6	–	2	11	–	4
No. 6 Montana ^	6	–	2	10	–	4
Eastern Washington	6	–	2	7	–	5
Idaho	3	–	5	5	–	7
Portland State	3	–	5	5	–	7
UC Davis	3	–	5	5	–	7
Northern Arizona	2	–	6	4	–	8
Cal Poly	2	–	6	3	–	8
Idaho State	2	–	6	3	–	9
Southern Utah	2	–	6	3	–	9
Northern Colorado	2	–	6	2	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Although North Dakota was classified as an independent, games against them still counted as Big Sky Conference games. Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

Polls

On July 15, 2019 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Eagles were predicted to win the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Eastern Washington	140 (10)
2	UC Davis	127 (2)
3	Weber State	124
4	Montana	104 (1)
5	Montana State	100
6	Northern Arizona	88
7	Idaho State	72
8	Idaho	65
9	Cal Poly	56
10	Portland State	42
11	Sacramento State	40
12	Southern Utah	38
13	Northern Colorado	19

Media poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Eastern Washington	536 (25)
2	UC Davis	510 (13)
3	Weber State	472 (4)
4	Montana State	417
5	Montana	396 (1)
6	Northern Arizona	302
7	Idaho State	285
8	Idaho	248
9	Cal Poly	196
10	Portland State	178
11	Southern Utah	160
12	Sacramento State	125
13	Northern Colorado	90

Preseason All-Conference Team

The Eagles had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]

Chris Schlichting – Sr. OT

Award watch lists

Award	Player	Position	Year
Walter Payton Award[3]	Eric Barriere	QB	JR

Coaching and personnel changes

On January 18, defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding left to take a position as linebackers coach/co-special teams coordinator with Boise State.[4] Defensive line coach Eti Ena was promoted to replace Schmedding on January 23, 2019.[5]

On February 9, former starting quarterback Gage Gubrud was granted a medical redshirt year by the NCAA after suffering a season-ending foot injury in a game against Montana State on September 29, 2018. He transferred to Washington State for his final year of eligibility.[6]

On February 12, offensive coordinator Bodie Reeder left to become the co-offensive coordinator at North Texas.[7] On February 25, Central Washington head coach Ian Shoemaker was hired to replace him.[8]

Schedule

EWU has scheduled 12 games in the 2019 season instead of the 11 normally allowed for FCS programs. Under a standard provision of NCAA rules, all FCS teams are allowed to schedule 12 regular-season games in years in which the period starting with Labor Day weekend and ending with the last Saturday of November contains 14 Saturdays.[9]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	12:00 p.m.	at No. 13 (FBS) Washington*	No. 4	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	P12N	L 14–47	65,709
September 7	1:00 p.m.	Lindenwood*	No. 4	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX	W 59–31	6,785
September 14	1:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Jacksonville State*	No. 4	Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL	ESPN+	L 45–49	20,901
September 21	12:00 p.m.	at Idaho*	No. 11	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	RTNW	L 27–35	6,567
September 28	2:05 p.m.	North Dakota	No. 21	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX	W 35–20	8,726
October 5	6:05 p.m.	at Sacramento State	No. 22	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	ELVN	L 27–48	9,640
October 12	1:05 p.m.	Northern Colorado		Roos Field Cheney, WA	RTNW	W 54–21	9,091
October 26	11:05 a.m.	at No. 10 Montana		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (EWU–UM Governors Cup)	RTNW	L 17–34	24,072
November 2	1:05 p.m.	Northern Arizona		Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX	W 66–38	8,602
November 9	1:35 p.m.	at Idaho State		Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Pluto TV	W 48–5	5,377
November 16	5:05 p.m.	at Cal Poly		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	Pluto TV	W 42–41	6,582
November 23	1:05 p.m.	Portland State		Roos Field Cheney, WA (The Dam Cup)	SWX	W 53–46	8,629
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Source: Schedule Archived 2019-01-23 at the Wayback Machine

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game vs. Idaho will count as a non-conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky standings.[10]

Although North Dakota is classified as an FCS Independent, games against them still count as Big Sky conference games through the 2019 season.[11]

Game summaries

At Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 4 Eagles	0	7	0	7	14
No. 13 (FBS) Huskies	21	7	14	5	47

Lindenwood

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	17	14	0	31
No. 4 Eagles	21	10	21	7	59

At Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 4 Eagles	28	7	10	0	45
No. 17 Gamecocks	7	14	7	21	49

At Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 11 Eagles	0	0	7	20	27
Vandals	14	14	0	7	35

North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Hawks	7	0	7	6	20
No. 21 Eagles	14	14	0	7	35

At Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Eagles	7	7	6	7	27
Hornets	21	6	7	14	48

Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	14	7	21
Eagles	10	30	14	0	54

At Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	14	3	0	17
No. 10 Grizzlies	3	7	10	14	34

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	14	10	7	7	38
Eagles	17	21	21	7	66

At Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	17	21	7	48
Bengals	2	0	3	0	5

At Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	14	14	7	7	42
Mustangs	0	14	14	13	41

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	7	10	8	21	46
Eagles	17	13	15	8	53

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS	4 (3)	4 (1)	4	11	21	22	RV	RV	RV	—	—	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	3 (2)	5	5	11	22	21	RV	RV	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV

References

"Eastern Washington voted to win Big Sky football title". July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
"Maier, Olson lead preseason All-Conference team". July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
"25 named to Walter Payton Award watch list". July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
"Defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding leaves Eastern Washington to join staff at Boise State". January 18, 2019. Archived from the original on January 19, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
"Eastern Washington promotes Eti Ena to defensive coordinator". January 23, 2019. Archived from the original on January 29, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
"Former Eastern Washington QB Gage Gubrud gets NCAA approval for sixth season, will transfer to Washington State". February 9, 2019. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
"UNT to hire Bodie Reeder as new offensive coordinator". February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
"CWU's Ian Shoemaker takes OC job at Eastern". February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
"Bylaw 17.10.5.1: Number of Contests, Maximum Limitations—Institutional" (PDF). 2018–19 NCAA Division I Manual. NCAA. July 2018. p. 273. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
"Eastern Washington's 2019 schedule includes Washington, FCS power Jacksonville State". January 11, 2019. Archived from the original on January 12, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
"North Dakota no longer a Big Sky Conference school, but it's not going away any time soon". July 19, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

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[1] "Eastern Washington voted to win Big Sky football title". July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.

[2] "Maier, Olson lead preseason All-Conference team". July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.

[3] "25 named to Walter Payton Award watch list". July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.

[4] "Defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding leaves Eastern Washington to join staff at Boise State". January 18, 2019. Archived from the original on January 19, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

[5] "Eastern Washington promotes Eti Ena to defensive coordinator". January 23, 2019. Archived from the original on January 29, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

[6] "Former Eastern Washington QB Gage Gubrud gets NCAA approval for sixth season, will transfer to Washington State". February 9, 2019. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

[7] "UNT to hire Bodie Reeder as new offensive coordinator". February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

[8] "CWU's Ian Shoemaker takes OC job at Eastern". February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.

[9] "Bylaw 17.10.5.1: Number of Contests, Maximum Limitations—Institutional" (PDF). 2018–19 NCAA Division I Manual. NCAA. July 2018. p. 273. Retrieved March 14, 2019.

[10] "Eastern Washington's 2019 schedule includes Washington, FCS power Jacksonville State". January 11, 2019. Archived from the original on January 12, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

[11] "North Dakota no longer a Big Sky Conference school, but it's not going away any time soon". July 19, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

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 Award winners Retired jerseys NFL draftees
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