Eastern Washington·Big Sky

2016 — The Ten-Win Year

Eastern Washington's 2016 season (12-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 12-2
Final result 12-win season
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -0.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Wash St 45-42 L @ Nort Sta 44-50 W vs Nort Iow 34-30 W @ Nort Ari 50-35 W vs UC Davis 63-30 W vs Nort Col 49-31 W @ Mont Sta 41-17 W vs Montana 35-16 W @ Cal Poly 42-21 W vs Idah Sta 48-17 W @ Port Sta 35-28 W vs Cent Ark 31-14 W vs Richmond 38-0 L vs Youn Sta 38-40 Bowl
Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Eastern Washington 38, Richmond 0. A 38-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Eastern Washington 44, North Dakota State 50. A 6-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Eastern Washington fell to Youngstown State 38-40 in the postseason.

"Go Eagles"
— Eastern Washington fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 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.