American college football season
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 [ edit ] 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 ESPN3 W 29–197,039 December 8 3:00 pm No. 16 Illinois State * No. 4 Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal) ESPN3 W 51–357,512 December 15 1:00 pm No. 5 Sam Houston State * No. 4 Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Semifinal) ESPNU L 42–457,615
[1] 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 [ edit ] @ Idaho [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #12 Eagles 3 7 3 7 20 Vandals 3 0 0 0 3
@ Washington State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #9 Eagles 7 7 0 6 20 Cougars 14 10 0 0 24
@ Weber State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #9 Eagles 10 10 9 3 32 Wildcats 0 3 16 7 26
Montana [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #21 Grizzlies 7 3 13 3 26 #7 Eagles 7 10 0 15 32
North Dakota [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total North Dakota 10 7 0 0 17 #7 Eagles 20 14 14 7 55
@ Montana State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #6 Eagles 0 3 10 14 27 #2 Bobcats 0 10 7 7 24
Sacramento State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Hornets 7 0 7 14 28 #1 Eagles 3 10 11 7 31
@ Southern Utah [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #1 Eagles 7 6 14 0 27 Thunderbirds 7 6 7 10 30
Cal Poly [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #16 Mustangs 3 7 0 7 17 #7 Eagles 14 10 7 3 34
UC Davis [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 3 22 3 0 28 #5 Eagles 14 0 10 7 31
@ Portland State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #5 Eagles 0 14 13 14 41 Vikings 13 0 13 8 34
FCS Playoffs [ edit ] Wagner–FCS Playoffs Second Round [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Seahawks 0 6 13 0 19 #4 Eagles 0 14 8 7 29
Illinois State–FCS Quarterfinals [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #16 Redbirds 10 7 10 8 35 #4 Eagles 10 14 14 13 51
Sam Houston State–FCS Semifinals [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = 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 [ edit ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore 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) Montana State & Sacramento State (2022) Montana (2023) National championships in bold
Champion – North Dakota State