# 2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

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

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 1:00 p.m. | at Texas Tech* | No. 5 | Jones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX | RTNW | L 10–56 | 54,988 |
| September 9 | 1:05 p.m. | No. 2 North Dakota State* | No. 7 | Roos FieldCheney, WA | ESPN3 | L 13–40 | 10,231 |
| September 16 | 10:00 a.m. | at Fordham* | No. 12 | Coffey FieldBronx, NY | STADIUM | W 56–21 | 3,029 |
| September 23 | 5:05 p.m. | at Montana | No. 11 | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT (EWU–UM Governors Cup) | RTNW | W 48–41 | 25,944 |
| September 30 | 1:05 p.m. | Sacramento State | No. 9 | Roos FieldCheney, WA | SWX WA | W 52–31 | 10,917 |
| October 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at UC Davis | No. 10 | Aggie StadiumDavis, CA | Pluto TV | W 41–38 | 8,158 |
| October 14 | 1:05 p.m. | Montana State | No. 10 | Roos FieldCheney, WA | SWX WA | W 31–19 | 11,301 |
| October 21 | 4:00 p.m. | at Southern Utah | No. 8 | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | ELVN | L 28–46 | 7,463 |
| November 4 | 1:05 p.m. | No. 19 Weber State | No. 11 | Roos FieldCheney, WA | SWX WA | L 20–28 | 9,451 |
| November 11 | 11:05 a.m. | at North Dakota | No. 19 | Alerus CenterGrand Forks, ND | Midco | W 21–14 | 8,247 |
| November 18 | 3:05 p.m. | Portland State | No. 18 | Roos FieldCheney, WA (The Dam Cup) | RTNW | W 59–33 | 8,717 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### At Texas Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 5 Eagles | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Red Raiders | 7 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 56 |

### North Dakota State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 2 Bison | 9 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 40 |
| No. 7 Eagles | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 |

### At Fordham

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 12 Eagles | 7 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 56 |
| Rams | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### At Montana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 11 Eagles | 3 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 48 |
| Grizzlies | 14 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 41 |

### Sacramento State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| No. 9 Eagles | 21 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 52 |

### At UC Davis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 10 Eagles | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 41 |
| Aggies | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 38 |

### Montana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 19 |
| No. 10 Eagles | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |

### At Southern Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 8 Eagles | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Thunderbirds | 0 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 46 |

### Weber State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 19 Wildcats | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| No. 11 Eagles | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 |

### At North Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 19 Eagles | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Fighting Hawks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### Portland State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 14 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 33 |
| No. 18 Eagles | 14 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 59 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking т = Tied with team above or below :
| | 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 | 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 |