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2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

The 2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by third year head coach Aaron Best. 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 7–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.

Preseason

Polls

On July 15, 2019 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Eagles were predicted to win the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.[1]

Preseason All-Conference Team

The Eagles had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]

Chris Schlichting – Sr. OT

Award watch lists

Coaching and personnel changes

On January 18, defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding left to take a position as linebackers coach/co-special teams coordinator with Boise State.[4] Defensive line coach Eti Ena was promoted to replace Schmedding on January 23, 2019.[5]

On February 9, former starting quarterback Gage Gubrud was granted a medical redshirt year by the NCAA after suffering a season-ending foot injury in a game against Montana State on September 29, 2018. He transferred to Washington State for his final year of eligibility.[6]

On February 12, offensive coordinator Bodie Reeder left to become the co-offensive coordinator at North Texas.[7] On February 25, Central Washington head coach Ian Shoemaker was hired to replace him.[8]

Schedule

EWU has scheduled 12 games in the 2019 season instead of the 11 normally allowed for FCS programs. Under a standard provision of NCAA rules, all FCS teams are allowed to schedule 12 regular-season games in years in which the period starting with Labor Day weekend and ending with the last Saturday of November contains 14 Saturdays.[9]

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game vs. Idaho will count as a non-conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky standings.[10]

Although North Dakota is classified as an FCS Independent, games against them still count as Big Sky conference games through the 2019 season.[11]

Game summaries

At Washington

Eastern Washington at Washington – Game summary

at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA

  • Date: August 31, 2019
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. PDT
  • Game weather: 74 °F (23 °C) • Hazy • Wind @ 0 mph (0 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 65,709
  • Referee: Kevin Mar
  • TV announcers (P12N): Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, and Lewis Johnson

Lindenwood

At Jacksonville State

At Idaho

North Dakota

At Sacramento State

Northern Colorado

At Montana

Northern Arizona

At Idaho State

At Cal Poly

Portland State

Ranking movements

References

  1. ^ "Eastern Washington voted to win Big Sky football title". July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "Maier, Olson lead preseason All-Conference team". July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "25 named to Walter Payton Award watch list". July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  4. ^ "Defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding leaves Eastern Washington to join staff at Boise State". January 18, 2019. Archived from the original on January 19, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  5. ^ "Eastern Washington promotes Eti Ena to defensive coordinator". January 23, 2019. Archived from the original on January 29, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  6. ^ "Former Eastern Washington QB Gage Gubrud gets NCAA approval for sixth season, will transfer to Washington State". February 9, 2019. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  7. ^ "UNT to hire Bodie Reeder as new offensive coordinator". February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  8. ^ "CWU's Ian Shoemaker takes OC job at Eastern". February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  9. ^ "Bylaw 17.10.5.1: Number of Contests, Maximum Limitations—Institutional" (PDF). 2018–19 NCAA Division I Manual. NCAA. July 2018. p. 273. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  10. ^ "Eastern Washington's 2019 schedule includes Washington, FCS power Jacksonville State". January 11, 2019. Archived from the original on January 12, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  11. ^ "North Dakota no longer a Big Sky Conference school, but it's not going away any time soon". July 19, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2019.