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

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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 313:00 pmat No. 25 (FBS) Oregon State*No. 4
P12NW 49–4641,649
September 74:05 pmWestern Oregon*No. 2
W 43–146,349
September 144:00 pmat Toledo*No. 2
ESPN3L 21–3320,459
September 2812:00 pmat No. 4 Sam Houston State*No. 2
CSNNWL 34–498,621
October 54:05 pmWeber StateNo. 6
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWXW 41–199,734
October 1212:30 pmat North DakotaNo. 6
MSNW 35–147,951
October 195:05 pmSouthern UtahdaggerNo. 4
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWXW 34–1010,135
October 2612:35 pmat No. 10 MontanaNo. 3
RTNWW 42–3726,082
November 22:00 pmat Idaho StateNo. 3
W 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. 3
RTNWW 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

@ Oregon State

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

See also: 2013 Oregon State Beavers football team

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

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

@ Toledo

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

See also: 2013 Toledo Rockets football team

@ Sam Houston State

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

See also: 2013 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

Last seasons meeting was in the FCS Playoffs.

Weber State

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

See also: 2013 Weber State Wildcats football team

@ North Dakota

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

See also: 2013 University of North Dakota football team

Southern Utah

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

See also: 2013 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

@ Montana

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

See also: 2013 Montana Grizzlies football team and EWU–UM Governors Cup

@ Idaho State

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

See also: 2013 Idaho State Bengals football team

Montana State

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

See also: 2013 Montana State Bobcats football team

@ Cal Poly

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

See also: 2013 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Portland State

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

See also: 2013 Portland State Vikings football team

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
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References

  1. ^ Official Schedule
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