Eastern Washington·Big Sky

2018 — The Ten-Win Year

Eastern Washington's 2018 season (12-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 12-3
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 vs Cent Was 58-13 W @ Nort Ari 31-26 L @ Wash St 24-59 W vs Cal Poly 70-17 W @ Mont Sta 34-17 W vs Sout Uta 55-17 L @ Webe Sta 6-14 W vs Idaho 38-14 W @ Nort Col 48-13 W vs UC Davis 59-20 W @ Port Sta 74-23 W vs Nicholls 42-21 W vs UC Davis 34-29 W vs Maine 50-19 Bowl L @ Nort Sta 24-38 Bowl
Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Eastern Washington 70, Cal Poly 17. A 53-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Eastern Washington 24, Washington State 59. A 35-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Eastern Washington fell to North Dakota State 24-38 in the postseason.

"Go Eagles"
— Eastern Washington fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 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.