American college football season
2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football |
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Big Sky co-champion |
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Conference | Big Sky Conference |
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Ranking |
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Sports Network | No. 4 |
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FCS Coaches | No. 4 |
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Record | 11–3 (7–1 Big Sky) |
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Head coach | - Beau Baldwin (5th season)
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Offensive coordinator | Aaron Best (12th season) |
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Defensive coordinator | John Graham (5th season) |
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Home stadium | Roos Field |
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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.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 6:00 pm | at Idaho* | No. 12 | | ESPN3 | W 20–3 | 11,136 |
September 8 | 12:00 pm | at Washington State* | No. 9 | | P12N | L 20–24 | 33,598 |
September 22 | 5:05 pm | at Weber State | No. 9 | | Big Sky TV | W 32–26 | 9,434 |
September 29 | 4:05 pm | No. 21 Montana | No. 7 | | RTNW | W 32–26 | 10,529 |
October 6 | 5:05 pm | North Dakota | No. 7 | | SWX/Big Sky TV | W 55–17 | 8,646 |
October 13 | 12:35 pm | at No. 2 Montana State | No. 6 | | RTNW | W 27–24 | 20,477 |
October 20 | 4:05 pm | Sacramento State | No. 1 | | SWX/Big Sky TV | W 31–28 | 8,714 |
October 27 | 12:00 pm | at Southern Utah | No. 1 | | Big Sky TV | L 27–30 | 3,344 |
November 3 | 1:35 pm | No. 16 Cal Poly* | No. 7 | | Big Sky TV | W 34–17 | 8,644 |
November 10 | 1:35 pm | UC Davis | No. 5 | | SWX/Big Sky TV | W 31–28 | 6,011 |
November 17 | 1:05 pm | at Portland State | No. 5 | | CSNNW/Big Sky TV | W 41–34 | 5,758 |
December 1 | 3:00 pm | Wagner* | No. 4 | | 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 |
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[1] 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 |
@ Washington State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#9 Eagles | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
Cougars | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
@ Weber State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#9 Eagles | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 32 |
Wildcats | 0 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 26 |
Montana
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#21 Grizzlies | 7 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
#7 Eagles | 7 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 32 |
North Dakota
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
North Dakota | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
#7 Eagles | 20 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 55 |
@ Montana State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#6 Eagles | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 |
#2 Bobcats | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Sacramento State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Hornets | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
#1 Eagles | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
@ Southern Utah
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#1 Eagles | 7 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
Thunderbirds | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
Cal Poly
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#16 Mustangs | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
#7 Eagles | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
UC Davis
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Aggies | 3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 28 |
#5 Eagles | 14 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
@ Portland State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#5 Eagles | 0 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 41 |
Vikings | 13 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 34 |
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 |
Illinois State–FCS Quarterfinals
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#16 Redbirds | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 35 |
#4 Eagles | 10 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 51 |
Sam Houston State–FCS Semifinals
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#5 Bearkats | 14 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 45 |
#4 Eagles | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 42 |
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 |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
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Sports Network | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 (92) | 1 (125) | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | | | | |
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Coaches | 15 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 (11) | 1 (22) | 8 (1) | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | |
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References
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National championship seasons in bold |
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College Division / Division II | |
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I-AA/FCS | - Northern Arizona (1978)
- Montana State (1979)
- Boise State (1980)
- Idaho State (1981)
- Montana, Idaho, & Montana State (1982)
- Nevada (1983)
- Montana State (1984)
- Idaho (1985)
- Nevada (1986)
- Idaho (1987)
- Idaho (1988)
- Idaho (1989)
- Nevada (1990)
- Nevada (1991)
- Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992)
- Montana (1993)
- Boise State (1994)
- Montana (1995)
- Montana (1996)
- Eastern Washington (1997)
- Montana (1998)
- Montana (1999)
- Montana (2000)
- Montana (2001)
- Montana, Montana State, & Idaho State (2002)
- Montana State, Montana, & Northern Arizona (2003)
- Montana & Eastern Washington (2004)
- Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Montana (2005)
- Montana (2006)
- Montana (2007)
- Weber State & Montana (2008)
- Montana (2009)
- Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010)
- Montana State & Montana (2011)
- Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Cal Poly (2012)
- Eastern Washington (2013)
- Eastern Washington (2014)
- Southern Utah (2015)
- Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016)
- Southern Utah & Weber State (2017)
- Eastern Washington, UC Davis, & Weber State (2018)
- Sacramento State & Weber State (2019)
- Weber State (2020)
- Sacramento State (2021)
- Montana State & Sacramento State (2022)
- Montana (2023)
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National championships in bold |
2012 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants |
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Champion – North Dakota State |