# 2014 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

The 2014 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Beau Baldwin, who was in his seventh 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 to become Big Sky Conference champions. They received the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated fellow Big Sky member Montana in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Illinois State.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 23 | 12:30 pm | No. 17 Sam Houston State* | No. 1 | Roos FieldCheney, WA (FCS Kickoff) | ESPN | W 56–35 | 10,310 |
| August 30 | 6:05 pm | Montana Western* | No. 1 | Roos FieldCheney, WA | SWX | W 41–9 | 9,116 |
| September 6 | 12:05 pm | at Washington* | No. 2 | Husky StadiumSeattle, WA | P12N | L 52–59 | 62,861 |
| September 20 | 12:05 pm | at No. 14 Montana State* | No. 2 | Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT | RTNW | W 52–51 | 19,377 |
| September 27 | 6:05 pm | at UC Davis | No. 2 | Aggie StadiumDavis, CA | BSTV | W 37–14 | 6,954 |
| October 4 | 1:35 pm | Idaho State | No. 2 | Roos FieldCheney, WA | SWX | W 56–53 | 11,256 |
| October 11 | 12:05 pm | at Southern Utah | No. 2 | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | BSTV | W 42–30 | 2,450 |
| October 18 | 1:05 pm | Northern Colorado | No. 2 | Roos FieldCheney, WA | SWX | W 26–18 | 10,064 |
| October 25 | 12:35 pm | at Northern Arizona | No. 2 | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | RTNW | L 27–28 | 9,699 |
| November 1 | 2:05 pm | North Dakota | No. 6 | Roos FieldCheney, WA | SWX | W 54–3 | 9,212 |
| November 8 | 12:05 pm | No. 11 Montana | No. 5 | Roos FieldCheney, WA (EWU–UM Governors Cup) | RTNW | W 36–26 | 11,339 |
| November 21 | 7:05 pm | at Portland State | No. 5 | Providence ParkPortland, OR (The Dam Cup) | RTNW | W 56–34 | 5,955 |
| December 6 | 1:30 pm | No. 12 Montana* | No. 4 | Roos FieldCheney, WA (NCAA Division I Second Round) | ESPN3 | W 37–20 | 7,919 |
| December 13 | 1:00 pm | No. 7 Illinois State* | No. 4 | Roos FieldCheney, WA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal) | ESPN3 | L 46–59 | 6,239 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time ||||||||
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Montana State on September 20 is considered a non conference game.

## Game summaries
### Sam Houston State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bearkats | 0 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| • Eagles | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 | 56 |

### Montana Western

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| • Eagles | 14 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 41 |

### Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 14 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 52 |
| • Huskies | 24 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 59 |

### Montana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Eagles | 14 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 52 |
| Bobcats | 23 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 51 |

### UC Davis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Eagles | 6 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 37 |
| Aggies | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### Idaho State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 14 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 53 |
| • Eagles | 21 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 56 |

### Southern Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Eagles | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| Thunderbirds | 14 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 30 |

### Northern Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| • Eagles | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 |

### Northern Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| • Lumberjacks | 0 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 28 |

### North Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| North Dakota | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| • Eagles | 7 | 31 | 3 | 13 | 54 |

### Montana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Grizzlies | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| • Eagles | 13 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 36 |

### Portland State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Eagles | 7 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 56 |
| Vikings | 0 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 34 |

## FCS Playoffs
### FCS Playoffs Second Round

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Grizzlies | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| • Eagles | 7 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 37 |

### FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Redbirds | 10 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 59 |
| Eagles | 7 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 46 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = First-place votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
| Sports Network | 1 (82) | 2 (63) | 2 (21) | 2 (15) | 2 (9) | 2 (3) | 2 (3) | 2 (4) | 2 (2) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Coaches | 2 (6) | 2 (2) | 2 | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |