EASTERN WASHINGTON EAGLES EAGLE QUICK FACTS LOCATION: CHENEY, WASH ENROLLMENT: 10,750 NICKNAME: EAGLES COLORS: RED AND WHITE STADIUM/CAPACITY: ROOS FIELD/8,600 PLAYING SURFACE: RED SPRINTURF PRESIDENT: DR. RODOLFO ARÉVALO ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: BILL CHAVES SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: DAVE COOK PHONE: (509) 359-6334 (OFFICE) (509) 235-4672 (HOME) (509) 280-2502 (CELL) (509) 359-6351 (PRESS BOX) (509) 359-2828 (FAX) E-MAIL: [email protected] ATHLETIC WEB SITE: WWW.GOEAGS.COM EAGLE FOOTBALL FACTS EWU TEAM NOTES HEAD COACH: BEAU BALDWIN Eastern Washington won its final against Montana State in a battle of RECORD AT EWU (YEARS): 27-11 (3) 11 games of the 2010 season en the co-defending Big Sky champions. OVERALL RECORD (YEARS): 37-14 (4) route to the Division I National Cham- FOOTBALL OFFICE PHONE: (509) 359-2456 pionship. The Eagles beat Southeast The Eagles led the nation in TIME TO CONTACT COACH: MORNINGS Missouri State, North turnovers forced Dakota State and Vil- in 2010, netting 47 2010 RECORD: 13-2, 7-1 BIG SKY lanova in the playoffs total turnovers in BIG SKY TITLES: FIVE/1992, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2010 at home before rallying 15 games. Eastern FCS POSTSEASON RECORD: 9-7 from a 19-0 third- Washington also NCAA FCS CHAMPIONSHIPS: 2010 quarter deficit to beat led the nation in Delaware 20-19 in the interceptions with EAGLE FOOTBALL STAFF national championship 26. game in Frisco, Texas. HEAD COACH: BEAU BALDWIN Beau Baldwin’s OFF. COOR./OL: AARON BEST Eastern Wash- club is set to return ASST. HEAD COACH/DEF. COOR.: JOHN GRAHAM ington finished 8-0 at 16 starters from the SAFETIES/SPECIAL TEAMS: JEFF SCHMEDDING home in 2010, its first national champion- WIDE RECEIVERS: JUNIOR ADAMS season on the red turf ship squad. Among RUNNING BACKS: CHRIS HANSEN also known as “The Inferno.” Eastern those returning are All-American Washington has just four regular- center Chris Powers, All-American DEFENSIVE LINE: RYAN SAWYER season games at home this season. defensive tackle Renard Williams and TIGHT ENDS: HEALTH PULVER EWU returns to “The Inferno” for the All-American safety Matt Johnson, QUARTERBACKS: ZAK HILL first time this season on Sept. 24 and quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell. CORNERBACKS: TOREY HUNTER LINEBACKERS: JOSH FETTER EWU ADMINISTRATION EAGLE PERSONNEL OFFENSIVE FORMATION: SHORT PASSING GAME DEFENSIVE FORMATION: 4-3 STARTERS RETURNING: (O/D/SP): 8/7/1 LETTERMEN RETURNING: 50 LETTERMEN LOST: 17 RETURNING ALL-CONF. PERFORMERS: 11 DR. RODOLFO ARÉVALO RON DALLA BILL CHAVES PAM PARKS DAVE COOK PRESIDENT FACULTY ATHLETIC ATHLETICS ASSISTANT ATHLETICS SPORTS INFORMATION REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/SWA DIRECTOR BIG SKY CONFERENCE FOOTBALL 22 BIGSKYCONF.COM EASTERN WASHINGTON EAGLES EWU 2011 SCHEDULE 2011 RESULTS DATE OPPONENT RESULT DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME SERIES LAST MEETING 9/2 AT NEVADA L 49-24 9/3 AT WASHINGTON SEATTLE, WASH. 4:05 FIRST MEETING 9/11 ^CENTRAL WASHINGTON W 35-32 AT OUTH AKOTA ERMILLION IRST EETING 9/10 S D V , S.D. 4:05 F M 9/18 *MONTANA W 36-27 9/17 *AT MONTANA MISSOULA, MONT. 1:05 UM 25-11-1 EWU 36-27, 2010 9/25 *AT MONTANA STATE L 30-7 9/24 *MONTANA STATE CHENEY, WASH. 4:05 EWU 35-25 MSU 30-7, 2010 10/2 *AT WEBER STATE W 35-24 10/1 *WEBER STATE CHENEY, WASH. 12:35 EWU 15-14 EWU 35-24, 2010 10/9 *NORTHERN ARIZONA W 21-14 10/8 *AT NORTHERN ARIZONA FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. 3:05 EWU 18-10 EWU 21-14, 2010 11/16 *AT NORTHERN COLORADO W 35-28 10/15 *NORTHERN COLORADO CHENEY, WASH. 4:05 EWU 7-1 EWU 35-28, 2010 11/23 *SACRAMENTO STATE W 28-24 10/22 *AT SACRAMENTO STATE SACRAMENTO, CALIF. 6:05 EWU 15-4 EWU 28-24, 2010 11/30 *AT PORTLAND STATE W 50-17 11/13 SOUTHERN UTAH W 31-24 10/29 *PORTLAND STATE CHENEY, WASH. 1:05 PSU 18-14-1 EWU 50-17, 2010 11/20 *IDAHO STATE W 34-7 11/12 AT CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF. 6:05 TIED 2-2 CP 40-35, 2005 12/4 #SE MISSOURI ST (SECOND) W 37-17 11/19 *AT IDAHO STATE POCATELLO, IDAHO 4:05 EWU 23-9 EWU 34-7, 2010 12/11 #NORTH DAKOTA ST. (QF) W 38-31, OT 12/17 #VILLANOVA (SF) W 41-31 *Big Sky Conference Game 1/7 #VS. DELAWARE (CHAMP) W 20-19 Local Site/Subject to Change ^GAME AT QUEST FIELD/SEATTLE #NCAA PLAYOFF GAME Center Chris Powers Wide Receiver Brandon Kaufman EWU STAR WATCH BO LEVI MITCHELL RENARD WILLIAMS MATT JOHNSON QUARTERBACK DEFENSIVE TACKLE SAFETY 6-2, 210, SR. 6-2, 210, SR. 6-2, 220, SR. THREW FOR 3,496 YARDS AND A FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE IN SCHOOL-RECORD 37 TOUCHDOWN PASSES 2009 AND 2010. A PRESEASON CANDIDATE FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE IN IN 2010. FOR THE BUCK BUCHANAN AWARD. 2010. A PRESEASON CANDIDATE FOR THE BUCK BUCHANAN AWARD. TALLIED 302 PASSING YARDS AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS IN EWU'S REGISTERED 54 TOTAL TACKLES IN 2010 WITH 13 FOR LOSS AND 20-19 VICTORY OVER DELAWARE IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. 6.5 SACKS. TIED FOR THE BIG SKY LEAD WITH FIVE INTERCEPTIONS IN 2010. ALSO TALLIED 105 TOTAL TACKLES. COMPLETED 66 PERCENT OF HIS PASSES FOR 913 YARDS WITH 12 ENTERS HIS SENIOR SEASON WITH 17 CAREER SACKS AND 35.5 TOUCHDOWNS AND FOUR INTERCEPTIONS IN FOUR PLAYOFF GAMES. TACKLES FOR LOSS. ENTERS SENIOR SEASON WITH 15 CAREER INTERCEPTIONS. NEEDS TWO MORE TO MOVE INTO THE BIG SKY'S ALL-TIME TOP 10. BIG SKY CONFERENCE FOOTBALL 23 BIGSKYCONF.COM EASTERN WASHINGTON EAGLES BEAU BALDWIN FILE BALDWIN'S RECORD VS. BIG SKY SCHOOLS ALMA MATER: CENTRAL WASHINGTON '96 YEARS AT EWU: ENTERING FOURTH S CHOOL WON L OST RECORD AT EWU: 27-11 ISU 3 0 CAREER RECORD/YEARS: 37-14/FOUR UM 1 2 MSU 2 1 NAU 3 0 BALDWIN GUIDED EASTERN WASHING- UNC 3 0 TON TO ITS FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN PSU 2 1 2010. EWU CLOSED THE 2010 SEASON BY SAC 2 1 WINNING 11 CONSECUTIVE GAMES WSU 2 1 ALDWIN EAR BY EAR BALDWIN WAS A FINALIST FOR THE LIBERTY MUTUAL COACH OF THE YEAR B Y - -Y YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONF. FINISH AWARD IN 2010. 2007 C. WASH. 10-3 6-2 2008 E. WASH. 6-5 5-3 T3 BALDWIN SERVED AS EWU'S OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR FROM 2003-06 2009 E. WASH. 8-4 6-2 T2 BEFORE SERVING AS HEAD COACH AT HIS ALMA MATER CENTRAL WASHINGTON IN 2010 E. WASH. 13-2 7-1 T1 2007. TOTALS 37-14 24-8 BALDWIN WAS CENTRAL WASHINGTON'S QUARTERBACKS COACH FROM Head Coach 1994-2002, BEFORE TAKING OVER AS OC AT EWU. Beau Baldwin 2010 TEAM STATISTICS 2010 INDIVIDUAL SATATISTICAL LEADERS TEAM STATISTICS EWU OPP SCORING 472 374 RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Points Per Game 31.5 24.9 Taiwan Jones 12 221 1807 65 1742 7.9 14 77 145.2 FIRST DOWNS 300 307 Mario Brown 15 100 361 20 341 3.4 1 24 22.7 Rushing 111 131 D. Beaumonte 14 81 231 12 219 2.7 2 11 15.6 Passing 162 159 Bo Mitchell 15 58 187 140 47 0.8 0 19 3.1 Penalty 27 17 RUSHING YARDAGE 2341 2094 PASSING G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Yards gained rushing 2626 2519 Bo Mitchell 15 135.79 300-505-15 59.4 3496 37 82 233.1 Yards lost rushing 285 425 Nick Gauthier 4 218.10 6-8-0 75.0 97 1 70 24.2 Rushing Attempts 492 599 Average Per Rush 4.8 3.5 Average Per Game 156.1 139.6 RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G TDs Rushing 17 23 Brandon Kaufman 15 76 1214 16.0 15 76 80.9 PASSING YARDAGE 3615 3589 Nicolas Edwards 15 57 614 10.8 7 40 40.9 Comp-Att-Int 309-524-16 305-537-26 Ashton Gant 12 37 345 9.3 4 37 28.8 Average Per Pass 6.9 6.7 Greg Herd 15 31 350 11.3 3 39 23.3 Average Per Catch 11.7 11.8 Taiwan Jones 12 24 342 14.2 3 82 28.5 Average Per Game 241.0 239.3 Tyler Hart 13 23 191 8.3 1 25 14.7 TDs Passing 38 16 TOTAL OFFENSE 5956 5683 Total Plays 1016 1136 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Average Per Play 5.9 5.0 Alante Wright 13 20 1.5 0 8 Average Per Game 397.1 378.9 Taiwan Jones 3 28 9.3 0 17 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 61-1429 69-1681 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 24-128 28-188 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long INT RETURNS: #-Yards 26-400 16-267 Matt Johnson 5 73 14.6 0 42 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.4 24.4 J.C. Sherritt 3 37 12.3 0 33 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 5.3 6.7 Jeff Minnerly 3 80 26.7 0 65 INT RETURN AVERAGE 15.4 16.7 Jesse Hoffman 3 32 10.7 0 20 FUMBLES-LOST 35-19 34-21 PENALTIES-Yards 87-717 100-937 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Average Per Game 47.8 62.5 Jesse Hoffman 25 712 28.5 3 97 PUNTS-Yards 71-2781 75-2860 Taiwan Jones 15 309 20.6 0 30 Average Per Punt 39.2 38.1 Net punt average 34.3 35.4 |------ PATs ------| TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28:05 31:55 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points 3RD-DOWN Conversions 75/206 96/238 Taiwan Jones 17 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 102 3rd-Down Pct 36% 40% Brandon Kaufman 15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 90 4TH-DOWN Conversions 15/23 18/30 Mike Jarrett 0 10-19 54-55 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 84 4th-Down Pct 65% 60% Nicolas Edwards 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 SACKS BY-Yards 32-191 23-115 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 63 48 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 12-22 13-18 Bo Mitchell 15 563 47 3496 3543 236.2 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 2-3 Taiwan Jones 12 221 1742 0 1742 145.2 RED-ZONE SCORES 37-47 79% 38-58 66% Mario Brown 15 100 341 0 341 22.7 RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 29-47 62% 30-58 52% PAT-ATTEMPTS 58-60 97% 45-47 96% ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ATTENDANCE 51784 43863 Taiwan Jones 12 1742 342 28 309 0 2421 201.8 Games/Avg Per Game 8/6473 5/8773 Brandon Kaufman 15 0 1214 0 0 0 1214 80.9 Neutral Site Games 2/9584 Jesse Hoffman 15 0 0 0 712 32 744 49.6 Mario Brown 15 341 143 0 208 0 692 46.1 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Nicolas Edwards 15 0 614 0 0 0 614 40.9 Eastern Washington 114 135 105 111 7 472 Greg Herd 15 10 350 0 30 0 390 26.0 Opponents 101 88 91 94 0 374 BIG SKY CONFERENCE FOOTBALL BIGSKYCONF.COM 24 EASTERN WASHINGTON EAGLES NO.