2021 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

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The 2021 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Aaron Best, the Eagles played their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington.

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2021 Eastern Washington Eagles football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 7
FCS CoachesNo. 9
Record10–3 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorIan Shoemaker (first nine games) (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorPat McCann (interim season)
Defensive coordinatorEti Ena (3rd season)
Home stadiumRoos Field
Seasons
 2020
2022 
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2021 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Sacramento State $^  8 0   9 3  
No. 2 Montana State ^  7 1   11 3  
No. 7 Eastern Washington ^  6 2   10 3  
No. 6 Montana ^  6 2   10 3  
No. 17 UC Davis ^  5 3   8 4  
Weber State  5 3   6 5  
Northern Arizona  4 4   5 6  
Portland State  4 4   5 6  
Idaho  3 5   4 7  
Northern Colorado  2 6   3 8  
Cal Poly  1 7   2 9  
Idaho State  1 7   1 10  
Southern Utah  0 8   1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll
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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.[1]

More information Predicted finish, Team ...
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Weber State (7)
2 Montana (3)
3 Eastern Washington (2)
4 Montana State (1)
5 Sacramento State (1)
6 UC Davis
7 Northern Arizona
8 Idaho
9 Idaho State
10 Portland State
11 Southern Utah
12 Cal Poly
13 Northern Colorado
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More information Predicted finish, Team ...
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Weber State (14)
2 Montana (4)
3 Eastern Washington (3)
4 Montana State (3)
5 Sacramento State
6 UC Davis
7 Northern Arizona
8 Idaho
9 Idaho State
10 Portland State
11 Southern Utah
12 Northern Colorado
13 Cal Poly
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Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Eagles had four players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]

Schedule

More information Date, Time ...
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.m.at UNLV*No. 11StadiumW 35–33 2OT21,970
September 111:00 p.m.Central Washington*No. 7SWX/ESPN+W 63–144,523
September 181:00 p.m.at Western Illinois*No. 7ESPN+W 62–565,385
September 255:00 p.m.at Southern UtahNo. 6ESPN+W 50–217,096
October 27:30 p.m.No. 4 MontanaNo. 6
ESPN2W 34–287,944
October 912:00 p.m.at Northern ColoradoNo. 4ESPN+W 63–175,413
October 161:00 p.m.IdahoNo. 2
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
RTNWW 71–215,380
October 231:00 p.m.Weber StateNo. 2
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX/ESPN+L 34–355,676
November 61:00 p.m.No. 4 Montana StateNo. 5
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX/ESPN+L 20–236,981
November 135:00 p.m.at No. 6 UC DavisNo. 7ESPN+W 38–207,344
November 202:05 p.m.at Portland StateNo. 5ESPN+W 42–280
November 271:00 p.m.Northern Iowa*No. 4
ESPN+W 19–93,845
December 36:00 p.m.at No. 5 Montana*No. 4
ESPN+L 41–5724,065
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Game summaries

At UNLV

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1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
No. 11 Eagles 0 3 17 078 35
Rebels 0 6 0 1476 33
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Central Washington

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1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 0 7 14
No. 7 Eagles 18 28 10 7 63
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At Western Illinois

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Eagles 28 27 7 0 62
Leathernecks 21 0 14 21 56
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At Southern Utah

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Eagles 9 21 13 7 50
Thunderbirds 7 7 7 0 21
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No. 4 Montana

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Grizzlies 7 7 7 7 28
No. 6 Eagles 7 3 0 24 34
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At Northern Colorado

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Eagles 22 21 10 10 63
Bears 3 7 7 0 17
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Idaho

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1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 7 7 0 7 21
No. 2 Eagles 29 14 14 14 71
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Weber State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 13 7 15 35
No. 2 Eagles 7 7 7 13 34
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No. 4 Montana State

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Bobcats 7 9 0 7 23
No. 5 Eagles 13 0 0 7 20
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At No. 6 UC Davis

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Eagles 0 14 10 14 38
No. 6 Aggies 7 3 7 3 20
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At Portland State

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Eagles 7 7 21 7 42
Vikings 7 7 7 7 28
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FCS Playoffs

Northern Iowa–First Round

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1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 7 0 2 9
No. 4 Eagles 6 3 7 3 19
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At No. 5 Montana–Second Round

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Eagles 14 7 7 13 41
No. 5 Grizzlies 10 10 24 13 57
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Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS11776642 (9)2 (14)757547
Coaches1486664 (2)2 (1)2 (2)758669
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