E ASTERN W ASHINGTON EAGLE QUICK FACTS LOCATION: CHENEY, WASH ENROLLMENT: 11,504 NICKNAME: EAGLES COLORS: RED AND WHITE STADIUM/CAPACITY: WOODWARD/8,600 PLAYING SURFACE: SPINTURF PRESIDENT: DR. RODOLFO ARÉVALO ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: BILL CHAVES SID: 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 TEAM NOTES EAGLE FOOTBALL FACTS HEAD COACH: BEAU BALDWIN Eastern Washington earned an at- Roos donated $500,000 to help RECORD AT EWU (YEARS): 14-9 (2) large bid to the FCS playoffs in 2009, fund the Eagles’ new red synthetic the program’s fourth postseason OVERALL RECORD (YEARS): 24-12 (3) turf. Eastern Washington will make its appearance in the past six years. FOOTBALL OFFICE PHONE: (509) 359-2456 debut on the red surface on Sept. 18 The Eagles lost to Stephen F. Austin against Big Sky rival Montana. East- BEST TIME TO CONTACT COACH: MORNINGS of the Southland Conference 44-33 in ern Washington’s fi rst “home” game 2009 RECORD: 8-4, 6-2 BIG SKY the fi rst round of the playoffs. BIG SKY TITLES: FOUR/1992, 1997, 2004, of the 2010 season against Central 2005 Eastern Washington led the Big Washington Sept. 11 will be played at FCS POSTSEASON RECORD: 5-7 Sky in total offense in 2009, aver- Qwest Field in Seattle. NCAA FCS CHAMPIONSHIPS: NONE aging 462.2 yards per game. The Eagles were fi rst in passing offense Southern Methodist transfer Bo EAGLE PERSONNEL at 321.2 yards per game, third in Levi Mitchell was named the Eagles’ rushing offense (140.9) yards per OFF. FORMATION: SHORT PASSING GAME starting quarterback in spring ball, game and second in scoring offense replacing record-setting, two-time Big DEFENSIVE FORMATION: 4-3 (33.7 points per game). STARTERS RETURNING: (O/D/SP): (5/5/2) Sky MVP Matt Nichols. Mitchell start- ed all 12 games as a true freshman LETTERMEN RETURNING: 44 Eastern Washington announced LETTERMEN LOST: 17 in May that the name of Woodward in 2008 for the Mustangs, throwing RETURNING ALL-CONFERENCE PERFORMERS: 5 Field has been changed to Roos for 2,865 yards and 24 touchdowns. Field, honoring NFL All-Pro and He appeared in nine games in 2009, EAGLES' COACHING STAFF former Eagle offensive lineman Mi- throwing for 1,725 yards and 12 HEAD COACH: BEAU BALDWIN chael Roos of the Tennessee Titans. touchdowns. OFFENSIVE COORD./OLS: AARON BEST DEFENSIVE COORD./LBS: JOHN GRAHAM EASTERN WASHINGTON ADMINISTRATION RUNNING BACKS: CHRIS HANSEN SAFETIES/SPECIAL TEAMS: JEFF SCHMEDDING WIDE RECEIVERS: JUNIOR ADAMS DEFENSIVE LINE: RYAN SAWYER CORNER BACKS: TOREY HUNTER QUARTERBACKS: ZAK HILL AVE OOK TIGHT ENDS: HEATH PULVER DR. RODOLFO ARÉVALO RON DALLA BILL CHAVES PAM PARKS D C PORTS NFORMATION PRESIDENT FACULTY ATHLETIC ATHLETICS ASSISTANT ATHLETICS S I IRECTOR REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/SWA D BIG SKY CONFERENCE FOOTBALL 22 BIGSKYCONF.COM E ASTERN W ASHINGTON EAGLES TO WATCH J.C. SHERRITT LINEBACKER 5-10, 220, SR. WAS A CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICAN AND FINISHED SEC- OND IN VOTING FOR THE BUCK BUCHANAN AWARD IN 2009 LED THE NATION AND SET A BIG SKY SINGLE-SEASON RECORD WITH 170 TOTAL TACKLES AS A JUNIOR SET A BIG SKY SINGLE-GAME RECORD WITH 24 TOTAL TACKLES IN A LOSS TO WEBER STATE SENIOR NOSE TACKLE TYLER JOLLEY TAIWAN JONES RUNNING BACK 6-1, 200, JR. EARNED ALL-AMERICAN HONORS AS AN ALL-PURPOSE PLAYER IN 2009 AVERAGED 7.5 YARDS PER RUSH, GAINING 1,213 YARDS WITH 15 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS AS A SOPHOMORE FINISHED SECOND IN THE NATION IN ALL-PURPOSE YARDS AT 195.4 PER GAME RENARD WILLIAMS DEFENSIVE TACKLE 6-2, 300, JR. EARNED FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS IN 2009 TALLIED 9 ½ SACKS AND 15 ½ TACKLES FOR LOSS AS A JUNIOR SOPHOMORE RUNNING BACK NEEDS SIX SACKS TO CRACK THE SCHOOL'S ALL-TIME TOP 10 LIST TAIWAN JONES 2010 EAGLES' SCHEDULE 2009 RESULTS (8-4, 6-2) DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME SERIES LAST MEETING DATE TEAM RESULT SEPT. 2 AT NEVADA RENO, NEV. 6:05 NEV 7-1 UN 51-14, 1991 9/5 WESTERN OREGON W 35-14 AT AL SEPT. 11 CENTRAL WASHINGTON SEATTLE, WASH.@ 6:05 EWU 33-30-5 CWU 21-14, 2006 9/12 C L 59-7 9/19 *NO. COLORADO W 16-0 SEPT. 18 *MONTANA CHENEY, WASH. 4:05 UM 25-10-1 UM 41-34, 2009 9/26 *AT SAC STATE W 56-30 SEPT. 25 *AT MONTANA STATE BOZEMAN, MONT. 1:05 EWU 25-8 EWU 35-24, 2009 10/3 *AT IDAHO STATE W 38-3 OCT. 2 *AT WEBER STATE OGDEN, UTAH 1:35 TIED 14-14 WSU 31-13, 2009 10/10 *WEBER STATE L 31-13 OCT. 9 *NORTHERN ARIZONA CHENEY, WASH. 1:05 EWU 17-10 EWU 49-45, 2009 10/17 *AT MONTANA L 41-34 OCT. 16 *AT NORTHERN COLORADO GREELEY, COLO. 1:35 EWU 6-1 EWU 16-0, 2009 10/24 *MONTANA STATE W 35-24 OCT. 23 *SACRAMENTO STATE CHENEY, WASH. 1:05 EWU 14-4 EWU 56-30, 2009 10/31 *PORTLAND STATE W 47-10 OCT. 30 *AT PORTLAND STATE HILLSBORO, ORE. 5:05 PSU 18-13-1 EWU 47-10, 2009 11/14 AT SOUTHERN UTAH W 41-28 NOV. 13 SOUTHERN UTAH CHENEY, WASH. 1:05 EWU 3-1 EWU 41-28, 2009 11/21 *AT NO. ARIZONA W 49-45 NOV. 20 *IDAHO STATE CHENEY, WASH. 1:05 EWU 22-9 EWU 38-3, 2009 11/28 AT S.F. AUSTIN (FIRST) L 44-33 *BIG SKY CONFERENCE GAME. @GAME AT QWEST FIELD OCT. 31 GAME AT QWEST FIELD IN SEATTLE TIMES LOCAL TO SITE/SUBJECT TO CHANGE *BIG SKY CONFERENCE GAME BIG SKY CONFERENCE FOOTBALL 23 BIGSKYCONF.COM E ASTERN W ASHINGTON BEAU BALDWIN FILE ALMA MATER: CENTRAL WASHINGTON '96 BALDWIN'S RECORD VS. BIG SKY SCHOOLS YEARS AT EWU: ENTERING THIRD RECORD AT EWU: 14-9 S CHOOL W ON L OST ISU 2 0 CAREER RECORD/YEARS: 24-12/THREE UM 0 2 MSU 2 0 LED EASTERN WASHINGTON NAU 2 0 TO A POSTSEASON BID IN 2009, AFTER UNC 2 0 FINISHING 6-2 IN CONFERENCE AND 8-3 IN PSU 1 1 REGULAR-SEASON PLAY. SAC 1 1 BALDWIN SERVED AS EWU'S OFFENSIVE COORDINA- WSU 1 1 TOR FROM 2003-06 BEFORE SERVING AS HEAD COACH AT BALDWIN YEAR-BY-YEAR HIS ALMA MATER CENTRAL WASHINGTON IN 2007. HEAD COACH YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONF. FINISH BALDWIN WAS CENTRAL WASHINGTON'S QUARTER- 2007 C. WASH. 10-3 6-2 BEAU BALDWIN BACKS COACH FROM BEFORE TAKING OVER AS 1994-2002, 2008 E. WASH. 6-5 5-3 T3 OC AT EWU. 2009 E. WASH. 8-4 6-2 T2 WITH BALDWIN RUNNING EWU'S OFFENSE IN TOTALS 24-12 17-7 2005, THE EAGLES AVERAGED 477.8 YARDS PER GAME TO RANK FOURTH NATIONALLY, AND WERE 14TH IN SCORING (35.0). 2009 TEAM STATISTICS 2009 INDIVIDUAL SATATISTICAL LEADERS TEAM STATISTICS EWU OPP SCORING 404 329 RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Points Per Game 33.7 27.4 Taiwan Jones 12 162 1253 40 1213 7.5 15 96 101.1 FIRST DOWNS 269 264 Tyler Hart 10 56 208 14 194 3.5 2 19 19.4 Rushing 88 89 D. Beaumonte 10 41 144 9 135 3.3 1 15 13.5 Passing 164 156 Matt Nichols 12 69 264 162 102 1.5 2 52 8.5 Penalty 17 19 Chase King 9 22 87 4 83 3.8 0 25 9.2 RUSHING YARDAGE 1691 1676 Yards gained rushing 2036 1991 PASSING G Effi c Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Yards lost rushing 345 315 Matt Nichols 12 156.47 298-458-6 65.1 3830 33 80 319.2 Rushing Attempts 379 427 Jeff Minnerly 7 56.30 4-8-0 50.0 6 0 6 0.9 Average Per Rush 4.5 3.9 Scott Burgett 2 179.80 2-2-0 100.0 19 0 18 9.5 Average Per Game 140.9 139.7 TDs Rushing 20 18 RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G PASSING YARDAGE 3855 3466 Tony Davis 12 77 948 12.3 1 50 79.0 Comp-Att-Int 304-469-6 307-487-17 Nathan Overbay 12 51 588 11.5 13 29 49.0 Average Per Pass 8.2 7.1 Taiwan Jones 12 40 561 14.0 4 80 46.8 Average Per Catch 12.7 11.3 Aaron Boyce 7 39 634 16.3 6 53 90.6 Average Per Game 321.2 288.8 Nicolas Edwards 12 26 334 12.8 3 42 27.8 TDs Passing 33 21 TOTAL OFFENSE 5546 5142 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Total Plays 848 914 Tony Davis 13 103 7.9 0 25 Average Per Play 6.5 5.6 Average Per Game 462.2 428.5 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 57-1031 57-1369 Matt Johnson 6 58 9.7 1 33 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 17-110 28-234 Kevin Hatch 4 9 2.2 0 9 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 17-207 6-89 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 18.1 24.0 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.5 8.4 Taiwan Jones 28 571 20.4 0 52 INT RETURN AVERAGE 12.2 14.8 J.T. Leggin 11 178 16.2 0 24 FUMBLES-LOST 23-11 28-15 PENALTIES-Yards 83-744 68-664 |------ PATs ------| Average Per Game 62.0 55.3 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points PUNTS-Yards 61-2369 50-2060 Taiwan Jones 19 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 114 Average Per Punt 38.8 41.2 Nathan Overbay 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 78 Net punt average 33.0 37.4 Mike Jarrett 0 5-10 51-56 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 66 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 29:12 30:48 Aaron Boyce 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 3RD-DOWN Conversions 66/164 70/184 3rd-Down Pct 40% 38% TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G 4TH-DOWN Conversions 8/21 9/27 Matt Nichols 12 527 102 3830 3932 327.7 4th-Down Pct 38% 33% Taiwan Jones 12 162 1213 0 1213 101.1 SACKS BY-Yards 29-188 30-158 Tyler Hart 10 56 194 0 194 19.4 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 56 40 D.