American college football season
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The 2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The team was coached by Beau Baldwin , who was in his fifth 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 play to share the conference championship with Cal Poly and Montana State . They received the Big Sky's automatic bid into the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Wagner in the second round and Illinois State in the quarterfinals before falling in the semifinals to Sam Houston State .
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 6:00 pm at Idaho * No. 12 ESPN3 W 20–311,136
September 8 12:00 pm at Washington State * No. 9 P12N L 20–2433,598
September 22 5:05 pm at Weber State No. 9 Big Sky TV W 32–269,434
September 29 4:05 pm No. 21 Montana No. 7 RTNW W 32–2610,529
October 6 5:05 pm North Dakota No. 7 SWX /Big Sky TVW 55–178,646
October 13 12:35 pm at No. 2 Montana State No. 6 RTNW W 27–2420,477
October 20 4:05 pm Sacramento State No. 1 SWX/Big Sky TV W 31–288,714
October 27 12:00 pm at Southern Utah No. 1 Big Sky TV L 27–303,344
November 3 1:35 pm No. 16 Cal Poly * No. 7 Big Sky TV W 34–178,644
November 10 1:35 pm UC Davis No. 5 SWX/Big Sky TV W 31–286,011
November 17 1:05 pm at Portland State No. 5 CSNNW /Big Sky TVW 41–345,758
December 1 3:00 pm Wagner * No. 4 Roos Field Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Second Round) ESPN3 W 29–197,039
December 8 3:00 pm No. 16 Illinois State * No. 4 Roos Field Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals) ESPN3 W 51–357,512
December 15 1:00 pm No. 5 Sam Houston State * No. 4 Roos Field Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Semifinals) ESPNU L 42–457,615
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game against Cal Poly on November 3 was considered a non conference game and had no effect on the Big Sky standings.
Game summaries [ ]
@ Idaho [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#12 Eagles
3
7
3
7
20
Vandals
3
0
0
0
3
@ Washington State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#9 Eagles
7
7
0
6
20
Cougars
14
10
0
0
24
@ Weber State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#9 Eagles
10
10
9
3
32
Wildcats
0
3
16
7
26
Montana [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#21 Grizzlies
7
3
13
3
26
#7 Eagles
7
10
0
15
32
North Dakota [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
10
7
0
0
17
#7 Eagles
20
14
14
7
55
@ Montana State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#6 Eagles
0
3
10
14
27
#2 Bobcats
0
10
7
7
24
Sacramento State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
7
0
7
14
28
#1 Eagles
3
10
11
7
31
@ Southern Utah [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#1 Eagles
7
6
14
0
27
Thunderbirds
7
6
7
10
30
Cal Poly [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#16 Mustangs
3
7
0
7
17
#7 Eagles
14
10
7
3
34
UC Davis [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
3
22
3
0
28
#5 Eagles
14
0
10
7
31
@ Portland State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#5 Eagles
0
14
13
14
41
Vikings
13
0
13
8
34
FCS Playoffs [ ]
Wagner–FCS Playoffs Second Round [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Seahawks
0
6
13
0
19
#4 Eagles
0
14
8
7
29
Illinois State–FCS Quarterfinals [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#16 Redbirds
10
7
10
8
35
#4 Eagles
10
14
14
13
51
Sam Houston State–FCS Semifinals [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#5 Bearkats
14
21
0
10
45
#4 Eagles
0
0
21
21
42
Only previous meeting was in the 2004 FCS Playoffs quarterfinals.
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Final
Sports Network
12
9
10
9
7
7
6
1 (92)
1 (125)
7
5
5
4
Coaches
15
11
11
9
7
7
6
1 (11)
1 (22)
8 (1)
6
5
4
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore
Swoop
The Inferno
"Go, Eagles, Go "
People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
College Division / Division II I-AA/FCS
Northern Arizona (1978)
Montana State (1979)
Boise State (1980)
Idaho State (1981)
Montana , Idaho , & Montana State (1982)
Nevada (1983)
Montana State (1984)
Idaho (1985)
Nevada (1986)
Idaho (1987)
Idaho (1988)
Idaho (1989)
Nevada (1990)
Nevada (1991)
Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992)
Montana (1993)
Boise State (1994)
Montana (1995)
Montana (1996)
Eastern Washington (1997)
Montana (1998)
Montana (1999)
Montana (2000)
Montana (2001)
Montana , Montana State , & Idaho State (2002)
Montana State , Montana , & Northern Arizona (2003)
Montana & Eastern Washington (2004)
Eastern Washington , Montana State , & Montana (2005)
Montana (2006)
Montana (2007)
Weber State & Montana (2008)
Montana (2009)
Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010)
Montana State & Montana (2011)
Eastern Washington , Montana State , & Cal Poly (2012)
Eastern Washington (2013)
Eastern Washington (2014)
Southern Utah (2015)
Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016)
Southern Utah & Weber State (2017)
Eastern Washington , UC Davis , & Weber State (2018)
Sacramento State & Weber State (2019)
Weber State (2020)
Sacramento State (2021)
National championships in bold
Champion – North Dakota State