Eastern Washington on Saturday notched its second victory of the football season, 35-27 over Portland State, following a week of practice that head coach Aaron Best said was his team’s best of the year.
Eastern Washington played well enough in clutch moments Saturday to win for the second time in as many home games this season, holding off the Portland State Vikings for a 35-27 victory at Roos Field in Cheney.
As the Eastern Washington defense took the field to protect a late lead on Saturday night, Myles Mayovsky turned to fellow linebacker Read Sunn and reflected on the moment. “This is what we play for,” the redshirt junior Mayovsky said. …
For the second straight season, the Eastern Washington football team is 1-4 through five games, preparing for a game that it must win to keep any playoff hopes alive. The Eagles’ opponent is winless Portland State (0-5, 0-1). The two …
Bruce Barnum may not have received an official invitation to his alma mater’s Homecoming, but he’s taking the schedule maker’s decision to pit Eastern Washington against his Portland State football team at Roos Field on Saturday as something close to one.
When Eric Sanders talked to the Eastern Washington defense about its performance last week against Montana State, he didn’t try to pretend that what happened didn’t happen. “We faced some hard truths, and we got kicked in the teeth,” EWU’s …
BOZEMAN – Considering the vastly different schedules played by Big Sky football teams, the league’s coaches don’t put much stock into the nonconference matchups when evaluating opponents. “Whether it’s 4-0, 3-1, 0-3 or 1-3 or 0-4, you throw the records …
Last week in Eastern Washington’s home opener, Jared Taylor did just about everything he could – short of playing in the game – to get his team pumped up and prepared to defeat Western Illinois.
Stout, effective rushing attacks have been a staple at Montana State since Brent Vigen arrived there in 2021. Much of that was built around Tommy Mellott, who from 2021 to 2024 played in 39 games and rushed for 2,847 yards …
Eastern Washington opened its football season with three straight road games, and for the families of Eagles players, there can be a degree of gamesmanship in deciding which of those games to attend.
Three games in, the Eastern Washington football team’s season has so far been defined by two plays. The first was in the opener: A fumbled handoff that killed a fourth-quarter drive with the Eagles trailing by three, set up just …
Over the span of an eight-month offseason and three regular-season football games, Nate Bell went from No. 4 on Eastern Washington’s depth chart to starting quarterback. Before Bell got his first start last weekend – a game the Eagles lost …
Following Eastern Washington’s loss at Boise State, the Eagles’ focus was largely on the health of quarterback Jared Taylor. Understandably so, and head coach Aaron Best reiterated after the football game that it was just that – a game – …
It was just about this time last football season that Eastern Washington lost a home game in overtime to Drake, a nonscholarship program, and failed to create the momentum it could have with a 2-0 start.
When Chad Germer agreed to become Eastern Washington’s offensive line coach this offseason, the veteran coach had a good idea of what he was getting into. Germer has been in and around football programs in this part of the country …
An injury to Jared Taylor in the fourth quarter of a 51-14 loss at Boise State on Friday cast a shadow of uncertainty over Eastern Washington’s quarterback situation heading into this Saturday’s matchup at Northern Iowa.
BOISE – There are certain hallmarks of the sort of upset Eastern Washington was attempting to pull off on Friday night. Turnovers in the underdog’s favor: An offense that can keep pace in a back-and-forth game. Maybe a special teams …
As Boen Phelps closed in on a decision about where he wanted to play college football, the choice to stay close to home and attend Eastern Washington was always an option.
In the immediate aftermath of their Week 1 loss to Incarnate Word, Eastern Washington players were sure that they had missed an opportunity for a coveted road victory in their nonconference schedule. Two days later, safeties coach Zach Bruce was still convinced. “We could have beat that team,” he said.
Read Sunn’s five years at Wyoming included three winning seasons, a couple of bowl game victories and a personal resume of 42 games played. But when he first arrived as a transfer at Eastern Washington during the offseason, one specific …