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2004 Eastern Washington

9–⁠3 (6–⁠1 Big Sky). The season’s Wikipedia article records 9–⁠4, over 13 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

Eastern Washington in 2004, game by game: lost at Nicholls 14–37; lost at Air Force 20–42; won vs. Central Washington 39–8; won vs. Idaho State 47–22; won vs. Portland State 41–21; won vs. Northern Arizona 45–14; lost vs. Montana 28–31; won at Weber State 51–7; won vs. Sacramento State 45–10; won vs. Cal Poly 38–21; won at Montana State 51–44; won vs. Southern Illinois 35–31+44−23Lost 14–37 at Nicholls-23NichollsLost 20–42 at Air Force-22Air ForceWon 39–8 vs. Central Washington+31Central Washing…Won 47–22 vs. Idaho State+25Idaho StateWon 41–21 vs. Portland State+20Portland StateWon 45–14 vs. Northern Arizona+31Northern ArizonaLost 28–31 vs. Montana-3MontanaWon 51–7 at Weber State+44Weber StateWon 45–10 vs. Sacramento State+35Sacramento StateWon 38–21 vs. Cal Poly+17Cal PolyWon 51–44 at Montana State+7Montana StateWon 35–31 vs. Southern Illinois+4Southern Illino…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atNichollsL 14–⁠3745%
Sep 11atAir ForceL 20–⁠4221%
Sep 18vsCentral WashingtonW 39–⁠861%
Sep 25vsIdaho StateW 47–⁠2250%
Oct 2vsPortland StateW 41–⁠2144%
Oct 9vsNorthern ArizonaW 45–⁠1453%
Oct 16vsMontanaL 28–⁠3151%
Oct 23atWeber StateW 51–⁠774%
Oct 30vsSacramento StateW 45–⁠1079%
Nov 6vsCal PolyW 38–⁠2151%
Nov 13atMontana StateW 51–⁠4459%
Nov 27vsSouthern IllinoisIaa PlayoffsW 35–⁠3135%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Southern Illinois 35–⁠31; unranked in the final AP poll; Big Sky champions.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 52 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Eastern Washington’s 2004 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 4vsSam HoustonL 34–⁠35Eastern Washington’s article

Big Sky champions6–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Montana

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠1 shared first in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
454–⁠288
Coach
—
Elo
1488 +169 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−7.0 No. 12 of 118 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 2005

The 2005 draft
Rd 2Michael Roos OTTennessee Titans

2004 Big Sky standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Montana6–⁠110–⁠2
Eastern Washington6–⁠19–⁠3
Portland State4–⁠37–⁠4
Montana State4–⁠36–⁠5
Northern Arizona3–⁠44–⁠7
Idaho State2–⁠53–⁠8
Sacramento State2–⁠53–⁠8
Weber State1–⁠61–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.