The 2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented

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in the

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. They were led by head coach

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, who was in his ninth season with Eastern Washington. The Eagles played their home games at

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and were a member of the

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. They finished the season 12–2, 8–0 in Big Sky play to share the conference championship with

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. They received the automatic bid into the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Central Arkansas and Richmond in the second round and quarterfinals, before losing to Youngstown State in the semifinals. On January 16, 2017, head coach Beau Baldwin resigned to become the offensive coordinator at

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. He finished at Eastern Washington with a nine year record of 85–32.

Preseason

Big Sky polls

On July 19, 2016, the Big Sky Conference released its preseason coaches' and media polls. The Wildcats were predicted to finish fourth in the coaches' poll and third in the media poll.

Schedule

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Roster

Game summaries

At Washington State

At No. 1 North Dakota State

No. 10 Northern Iowa

At Northern Arizona

UC Davis

Northern Colorado

At Montana State

No. 16 Montana

At No. 14 Cal Poly

Idaho State

At Portland State

FCS playoffs

No. 14 Central Arkansas (Second Round)

No. 12 Richmond (Quarterfinals)

No. 13 Youngstown State (Semifinals)

Ranking movements

References

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Eastern Washington Eagles football seasons Big Sky Conference football champion seasons

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