2021 Eastern Washington Eagles Football Team
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Eastern Washington University Eastern Washington University (EWU) is a public university in Cheney, Washington. It also offers programs at a campus in EWU Spokane at the Riverpoint Campus and other campus locations throughout the state. Founded in 1882, the university is ...
as a member of the
Big Sky Conference The Big Sky Conference (BSC) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the eigh ...
during the
2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season The 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. After the prio ...
. Led by fifth-year head coach
Aaron Best Aaron Best (born January 27, 1978) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head coach at Eastern Washington Eagles football, Eastern Washington University, his alma mater, promoted from offensive coordinator in January 2017 E ...
, the Eagles played their home games at
Roos Field Roos Field is an outdoor college football stadium in the Northwest United States, northwest United States, on the campus of Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, southwest of Spokane, Washington, Spokane. It is the home venue of the ...
in
Cheney, Washington Cheney ( ) is a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States. The full-time resident population was 13,255 as of 2020 census. Eastern Washington University is located in Cheney. When classes are in session at EWU, the city's population rea ...
.


Previous season

The Eagles finished the 2020–21 season with an overall record of 5–2 and a mark of 5–1 in conference play to place second in the Big Sky. They received an at-large bid to the
FCS playoffs The NCAA Division I Football Championship is an annual post-season college football game, played since 2006, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). From 1978 to 2005, the game was k ...
, where they lost to
North Dakota State North Dakota State University (NDSU, formally North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences) is a public land-grant research university in Fargo, North Dakota. It was founded as North Dakota Agricultural College in 1890 as t ...
in the first round.


Preseason


Polls

On July 26, 2021, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Eagles were predicted to finish third in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.


Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Eagles had four players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team. Offense Eric Barriere – QB Talolo Limu-Jones – WR Tristen Taylor – OT Defense Mitchell Johnson – DE


Schedule

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Game summaries


At UNLV


Central Washington


At Western Illinois


At Southern Utah


No. 4 Montana


At Northern Colorado


Idaho


Weber State


No. 4 Montana State


At No. 6 UC Davis


At Portland State


FCS Playoffs


Northern Iowa–First Round


At No. 5 Montana–Second Round


Ranking movements


References

Eastern Washington Eastern Washington is the region of the U.S. state of Washington located east of the Cascade Range. It contains the city of Spokane (the second largest city in the state), the Tri-Cities, the Columbia River and the Grand Coulee Dam, the Hanfor ...
Eastern Washington Eagles football seasons 2021 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Eastern Washington Eagles football The Eastern Washington Eagles football team represents Eastern Washington University in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The Eastern Eagles are members of the Big Sky Conference and play at Roos Field, which is known for bein ...
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