2013 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

The 2013 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Beau Baldwin, who was in his sixth 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 with a record of 11–3, 8–0 in Big Sky play to win the capture the Big Sky Regular season title. They qualify for the FCS playoffs which they defeated South Dakota State in the second round, Jacksonville State in the quarterfinals before losing to Towson in the semifinals.

2013 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Big Sky champion
FCS Semifinals, L 31–35 vs. Towson
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 3
FCS CoachesNo. 3
Record12–3 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAaron Best (12th season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Graham (5th season)
Home stadiumRoos Field
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Eastern Washington $^   8 0     12 3  
No. 5 Northern Arizona ^   7 1     9 3  
No. 8 Montana ^   6 2     10 3  
No. 21 Southern Utah ^   5 3     8 5  
No. 20 Montana State   5 3     7 5  
Cal Poly   5 3     6 6  
UC Davis   5 3     5 7  
Sacramento State   4 4     5 7  
Portland State   3 5     6 6  
North Dakota   2 6     3 8  
Idaho State   1 7     3 9  
Weber State   1 7     2 10  
Northern Colorado   0 8     1 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 313:00 pmat No. 25 (FBS) Oregon State*No. 4P12NW 49–4641,649
September 74:05 pmWestern Oregon*No. 2W 43–146,349
September 144:00 pmat Toledo*No. 2ESPN3L 21–3320,459
September 2812:00 pmat No. 4 Sam Houston State*No. 2CSNNWL 34–498,621
October 54:05 pmWeber StateNo. 6
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWXW 41–199,734
October 1212:30 pmat North DakotaNo. 6MSNW 35–147,951
October 195:05 pmSouthern Utah No. 4
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWXW 34–1010,135
October 2612:35 pmat No. 10 MontanaNo. 3RTNWW 42–3726,082
November 22:00 pmat Idaho StateNo. 3W 55–344,984
November 912:05 pmNo. 4 Montana State*No. 3
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
RTNWW 54–2910,223
November 1612:30 pmat Cal PolyNo. 3RTNWW 35–226,847
November 232:30 pmPortland StateNo. 3
RTNWW 42–419,522
December 71:00 pmNo. 13 South Dakota State*No. 3
ESPN3W 41–176,127
December 141:00 pmNo. 20 Jacksonville State*No. 3
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)
ESPN3W 35–244,277
December 2111:00 amNo. 5 Towson*No. 3
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Semifinal)
ESPNUL 31–356,209

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Game summaries edit

@ Oregon State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Eagles 6 23 7 13 49
#25 (FBS) Beavers 7 10 15 14 46

The Eagles upset of AP #25 Oregon State is only the fourth time ever that a ranked FBS team has been beaten by an FCS program.

Western Oregon edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolves 0 0 0 14 14
#2 Eagles 29 0 7 7 43

@ Toledo edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Eagles 14 0 0 7 21
Rockets 13 3 7 10 33

@ Sam Houston State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Eagles 13 7 7 7 34
#4 Bearkats 7 21 14 7 49

Last seasons meeting was in the FCS Playoffs.

Weber State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 6 6 0 7 19
#6 Eagles 13 14 14 0 41

@ North Dakota edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Eagles 0 14 14 7 35
North Dakota 3 3 8 0 14

Southern Utah edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 3 0 7 10
#4 Eagles 14 0 13 7 34

@ Montana edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Eagles 7 21 14 0 42
#10 Grizzlies 3 14 0 20 37

@ Idaho State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Eagles 10 21 17 7 55
Bengals 10 14 3 7 34

Montana State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Bobcats 7 14 0 8 29
#3 Eagles 13 13 14 14 54

@ Cal Poly edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Eagles 0 14 21 0 35
Mustangs 3 0 0 19 22

Portland State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 7 14 0 20 41
#3 Eagles 7 0 14 21 42

Ranking movements edit

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
Sports Network422226643333333
Coaches322438864443333

References edit