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American college football season
The 2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The team was coached by first-year head coach Aaron Best , who was promoted from Offensive Line coach. 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 7–4, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. Despite being ranked in the top 25 at the end of the regular season, they were not selected to participate in the FCS Playoffs.
Schedule [ edit ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 1:00 p.m. at Texas Tech * No. 5 RTNW L 10–5654,988
September 9 1:05 p.m. No. 2 North Dakota State * No. 7 ESPN3 L 13–4010,231
September 16 10:00 a.m. at Fordham * No. 12 STADIUM W 56–213,029
September 23 5:05 p.m. at Montana No. 11 RTNW[1] W 48–4125,944
September 30 1:05 p.m. Sacramento State No. 9 SWX WA W 52–3110,917
October 7 6:00 p.m. at UC Davis No. 10 Pluto TV W 41–388,158
October 14 1:05 p.m. Montana State No. 10 SWX WA W 31–1911,301
October 21 4:00 p.m. at Southern Utah No. 8 ELVN L 28–467,463
November 4 1:05 p.m. No. 19 Weber State No. 11 SWX WA L 20–289,451
November 11 11:05 a.m. at North Dakota No. 19 Midco W 21–148,247
November 18 3:05 p.m. Portland State No. 18 RTNW[1] W 59–338,717
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
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Game summaries [ edit ]
At Texas Tech [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 5 Eagles
0
10
0
0
10
Red Raiders
7
21
21
7
56
North Dakota State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 2 Bison
9
10
7
14
40
No. 7 Eagles
7
3
3
0
13
At Fordham [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Eagles
7
14
21
14
56
Rams
7
0
7
7
21
At Montana [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 11 Eagles
3
3
21
21
48
Grizzlies
14
10
3
14
41
Sacramento State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
7
10
7
7
31
No. 9 Eagles
21
7
14
10
52
At UC Davis [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Eagles
6
7
7
21
41
Aggies
7
7
14
10
38
Montana State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bobcats
0
7
0
12
19
No. 10 Eagles
7
10
7
7
31
At Southern Utah [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 8 Eagles
14
7
0
7
28
Thunderbirds
0
15
10
21
46
Weber State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Wildcats
0
14
7
7
28
No. 11 Eagles
7
7
0
6
20
At North Dakota [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Eagles
7
14
0
0
21
Fighting Hawks
7
0
0
7
14
Portland State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Vikings
14
12
0
7
33
No. 18 Eagles
14
17
28
0
59
Ranking movements [ edit ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking т = Tied with team above or below Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS 5 7 12 11 9 10 10 8 14 11 19 18 17 21 Coaches 4 6–T 12 11 8–T 10 9 8 12 11 21 20 19 22
References [ edit ]
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