2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

The 2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Beau Baldwin, who was in his fifth 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 11–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to share the conference championship with Cal Poly and Montana State. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid into the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Wagner in the second round and Illinois State in the quarterfinals before falling in the semifinals to Sam Houston State.

2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Big Sky co-champion
FCS Playoffs Semifinals, L 42–45 vs. Sam Houston State
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 4
FCS Coaches	No. 4
Record	11–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Beau Baldwin (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Aaron Best (12th season)
Defensive coordinator	John Graham (5th season)
Home stadium	Roos Field

2012 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 5 Montana State +^		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 12 Cal Poly +^		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 20 Northern Arizona		6	–	2					8	–	3
Sacramento State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Northern Colorado		4	–	4					5	–	6
Southern Utah		4	–	4					5	–	6
North Dakota		3	–	5					5	–	6
Montana		3	–	5					5	–	6
UC Davis		3	–	5					4	–	7
Portland State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Weber State		2	–	6					2	–	9
Idaho State		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 pm	at Idaho*	No. 12	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN3	W 20–3	11,136
September 8	12:00 pm	at Washington State*	No. 9	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	L 20–24	33,598
September 22	5:05 pm	at Weber State	No. 9	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	Big Sky TV	W 32–26	9,434
September 29	4:05 pm	No. 21 Montana	No. 7	Roos Field Cheney, WA (EWU–UM Governors Cup)	RTNW	W 32–26	10,529
October 6	5:05 pm	North Dakota	No. 7	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX/Big Sky TV	W 55–17	8,646
October 13	12:35 pm	at No. 2 Montana State	No. 6	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	RTNW	W 27–24	20,477
October 20	4:05 pm	Sacramento State	No. 1	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX/Big Sky TV	W 31–28	8,714
October 27	12:00 pm	at Southern Utah	No. 1	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	Big Sky TV	L 27–30	3,344
November 3	1:35 pm	No. 16 Cal Poly*	No. 7	Roos Field Cheney, WA	Big Sky TV	W 34–17	8,644
November 10	1:35 pm	UC Davis	No. 5	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX/Big Sky TV	W 31–28	6,011
November 17	1:05 pm	at Portland State	No. 5	Jeld-Wen Field Portland, OR (The Dam Cup)	CSNNW/Big Sky TV	W 41–34	5,758
December 1	3:00 pm	Wagner*	No. 4	Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	W 29–19	7,039
December 8	3:00 pm	No. 16 Illinois State*	No. 4	Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)	ESPN3	W 51–35	7,512
December 15	1:00 pm	No. 5 Sam Houston State*	No. 4	Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Semifinal)	ESPNU	L 42–45	7,615
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game against Cal Poly on November 3 was considered a non conference game and had no effect on the Big Sky standings.

Game summaries

@ Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Eagles	3	7	3	7	20
Vandals	3	0	0	0	3

See also: 2012 Idaho Vandals football team

@ Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Eagles	7	7	0	6	20
Cougars	14	10	0	0	24

See also: 2012 Washington State Cougars football team

@ Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Eagles	10	10	9	3	32
Wildcats	0	3	16	7	26

See also: 2012 Weber State Wildcats football team

Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Grizzlies	7	3	13	3	26
#7 Eagles	7	10	0	15	32

See also: 2012 Montana Grizzlies football team and EWU–UM Governors Cup

North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Dakota	10	7	0	0	17
#7 Eagles	20	14	14	7	55

See also: 2012 University of North Dakota football team

@ Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Eagles	0	3	10	14	27
#2 Bobcats	0	10	7	7	24

See also: 2012 Montana State Bobcats football team

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	7	0	7	14	28
#1 Eagles	3	10	11	7	31

See also: 2012 Sacramento State Hornets football team

@ Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
#1 Eagles	7	6	14	0	27
Thunderbirds	7	6	7	10	30

See also: 2012 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Mustangs	3	7	0	7	17
#7 Eagles	14	10	7	3	34

See also: 2012 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	3	22	3	0	28
#5 Eagles	14	0	10	7	31

See also: 2012 UC Davis Aggies football team

@ Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Eagles	0	14	13	14	41
Vikings	13	0	13	8	34

See also: 2012 Portland State Vikings football team and The Dam Cup

FCS Playoffs

Wagner–FCS Playoffs Second Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	6	13	0	19
#4 Eagles	0	14	8	7	29

See also: 2012 Wagner Seahawks football team

Illinois State–FCS Quarterfinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Redbirds	10	7	10	8	35
#4 Eagles	10	14	14	13	51

See also: 2012 Illinois State Redbirds football team

Sam Houston State–FCS Semifinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Bearkats	14	21	0	10	45
#4 Eagles	0	0	21	21	42

See also: 2012 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

Only previous meeting was in the 2004 FCS Playoffs quarterfinals.

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	13	14	15	Final
Sports Network	12	9	10	9	7	7	6	1 (92)	1 (125)	7	5	5	4
Coaches	15	11	11	9	7	7	6	1 (11)	1 (22)	8 (1)	6	5	4