2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

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2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record6–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAaron Best (15th season)
Defensive coordinatorJeff Schmedding (1st season)
Home stadiumRoos Field
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 18 Southern Utah $^   7 1     8 4  
No. 10 Portland State ^   6 2     9 3  
No. 14 Montana ^   6 2     8 5  
North Dakota   5 3     7 4  
Northern Arizona   5 3     7 4  
Eastern Washington   5 3     6 5  
Weber State   5 3     6 5  
Northern Colorado   3 5     6 5  
Montana State   3 5     5 6  
Cal Poly   3 5     4 7  
UC Davis   2 6     2 9  
Idaho State   1 7     2 9  
Sacramento State   1 7     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Beau Baldwin, who was in his eighth 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 6–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a four way tie for fourth place. They failed to reach the FCS Playoffs for the first time since 2011.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 55:00 pmat No. 7 (FBS) Oregon*No. 6P12NL 42–6158,128
September 122:00 pmat No. 14 Northern Iowa*No. 7ESPN3L 35–3812,292
September 191:05 pmNo. 11 Montana State*No. 14RTNWW 55–5010,912
September 266:05 pmat Sacramento StateNo. 11WBSW 28–207,211
October 101:05 pmCal PolyNo. 7
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWXW 42–41 OT10,352
October 171:35 pmat Idaho StateNo. 8WBSW 45–288,942
October 2412:35 pmat Northern ColoradoNo. 7WBSW 43–414,254
October 3112:05 pmWeber StateNo. 5
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
RTNWW 14–138,759
November 73:05 pmNorthern ArizonadaggerNo. 4
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWXL 30–529,214
November 1412:35 pmat No. 22 MontanaNo. 10RTNWL 16–5725,213
November 212:05 pmNo. 11 Portland StateNo. 18
SWXL 31–348,649
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Despite Montana State also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the September 19 game against Eastern Washington was considered a non-conference game.

Game summaries[edit]

At #7 (FBS) Oregon[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Eagles 7 14 14 7 42
#7 (FBS) Ducks 20 17 17 7 61

At Northern Iowa[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Eagles 7 7 7 14 35
#14 Panthers 0 21 0 17 38

Montana State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Bobcats 7 10 14 19 50
#14 Eagles 21 13 14 7 55

At Sacramento State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Eagles 0 7 0 21 28
Hornets 10 10 0 0 20

Cal Poly[edit]

1 2 3 4OT Total
Mustangs 7 14 7 76 41
#7 Eagles 6 7 0 227 42

At Idaho State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Eagles 14 17 7 7 45
Bengals 14 7 0 7 28

At Northern Colorado[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Eagles 6 13 7 17 43
Bears 7 7 14 13 41

Weber State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 10 3 0 0 13
#5 Eagles 0 7 7 0 14

Northern Arizona[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 7 10 28 52
#4 Eagles 0 7 7 16 30

At Montana[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#10 Eagles 3 6 7 0 16
#22 Grizzlies 14 16 20 7 57

Portland State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Vikings 13 0 14 7 34
#18 Eagles 10 7 0 14 31

Ranking movements[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS67 (6)1411978754101823RV
Coaches6715119887541019RVRV

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