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American college football season
The 2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The team was coached by first-year head coach Aaron Best , who was promoted from Offensive Line coach. 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 7–4, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. Despite being ranked in the top 25 at the end of the regular season, they were not selected to participate in the FCS Playoffs.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 1:00 p.m. at Texas Tech * No. 5 RTNW L 10–5654,988 September 9 1:05 p.m. No. 2 North Dakota State * No. 7 ESPN3 L 13–4010,231 September 16 10:00 a.m. at Fordham * No. 12 STADIUM W 56–213,029 September 23 5:05 p.m. at Montana No. 11 RTNW[ 1] W 48–4125,944 September 30 1:05 p.m. Sacramento State No. 9 SWX WA W 52–3110,917 October 7 6:00 p.m. at UC Davis No. 10 Pluto TV W 41–388,158 October 14 1:05 p.m. Montana State No. 10 SWX WA W 31–1911,301 October 21 4:00 p.m. at Southern Utah No. 8 ELVN L 28–467,463 November 4 1:05 p.m. No. 19 Weber State No. 11 SWX WA L 20–289,451 November 11 11:05 a.m. at North Dakota No. 19 Midco W 21–148,247 November 18 3:05 p.m. Portland State No. 18 RTNW[ 1] W 59–338,717 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
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1
2
3
4
Total
No. 5 Eagles
0
10
0
0
10
Red Raiders
7
21
21
7
56
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 2 Bison
9
10
7
14
40
No. 7 Eagles
7
3
3
0
13
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Eagles
7
14
21
14
56
Rams
7
0
7
7
21
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 11 Eagles
3
3
21
21
48
Grizzlies
14
10
3
14
41
1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
7
10
7
7
31
No. 9 Eagles
21
7
14
10
52
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Eagles
6
7
7
21
41
Aggies
7
7
14
10
38
1
2
3
4
Total
Bobcats
0
7
0
12
19
No. 10 Eagles
7
10
7
7
31
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 8 Eagles
14
7
0
7
28
Thunderbirds
0
15
10
21
46
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Wildcats
0
14
7
7
28
No. 11 Eagles
7
7
0
6
20
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Eagles
7
14
0
0
21
Fighting Hawks
7
0
0
7
14
1
2
3
4
Total
Vikings
14
12
0
7
33
No. 18 Eagles
14
17
28
0
59
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS 5 7 12 11 9 10 10 8 14 11 19 18 17 21 Coaches 4 6–T 12 11 8–T 10 9 8 12 11 21 20 19 22
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