Eastern Washington·Big Sky

2014 — The Ten-Win Year

Eastern Washington's 2014 season (11-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 11-3
Final result 11-win season
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -2.5 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Sam Hou 56-35 W vs Mont Wes 41-9 L @ Washin 52-59 W @ Mont Sta 52-51 W @ UC Davis 37-14 W vs Idah Sta 56-53 W @ Sout Uta 42-30 W vs Nort Col 26-18 L @ Nort Ari 27-28 W vs Nort Dak 54-3 W vs Montana 36-26 W @ Port Sta 56-34 W vs Montana 37-20 L vs Illi Sta 46-59
Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Eastern Washington 54, North Dakota 3. A 51-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Eastern Washington 46, Illinois State 59. A 13-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Eagles"
— Eastern Washington fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Eastern Washington — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.