Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 (a) OF THE
                                                      SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Larry A. Dreyer, Chief Executive Officer of Eagle Bancorp, certify that:

|1. |  | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB
of Eagle Bancorp;
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|2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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|3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations
     and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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|4. |  | The small business issuers other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
for the small business issuer and have:
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| | a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
         procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating
         to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
         others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
         prepared;
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| | b) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuers disclosure controls
and procedures
         and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
         and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;
         and
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| | c) | Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuers internal control over
         financial reporting that occurred during small business issuers most recent fiscal quarter
         (the small business issuers fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
         materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuers
         internal control over financial reporting;  and
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|5. |  | The small business issuers other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
our most
     recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuers
     auditors and the audit committee of small business issuers board of directors (or persons
     performing the equivalent functions):
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| | a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
 of internal
         control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small
         business issuers ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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| | b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
         who have a significant role in the small business issuers internal control over financial
         reporting.
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Date: September 14, 2007

/s/ Larry A. Dreyer
Larry A. Dreyer Chief Executive Officer

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