Northern Arizona
at Eastern Washington
Saturday, Oct. 9, 1:05 p.m.
Cheney, Wash.
Roos Field
(11,000 Red Sprinturf)
TV: SWX (Spokane)
Internet: Big Sky TV
Series History: EWU leads 17-10.
Last Meeting: Matt Nichols threw for 408 yards and five touchdowns, including the game-winner with 3:30 left to play as the Eagles won 49-45 in Flagstaff. NAU’s Michael Herrick threw for 574 yards and four touchdowns in the loss.
The Coaches: NAU’s Jerome Souers is 69-71 in his 13th season...EWU’s Beau Baldwin is 17-11 in his third season...Baldwin is 2-0 vs. Souers.
Notes: This is EWU’s second game on its new red turf. The Eagles are 1-0 at “The Inferno” having beaten UM 36-27 on Sept. 18...NAU last won in Cheney in 2006...The teams first met in 1982...EWU’s Taiwan Jones, the nation’s all-purpose yardage leader, sat out last week’s game with an injury...NAU leads the league in scoring defense (17.8 ppg), run defense (84.0 ypg) and total defense (270.8 ypg)...NAU is +4 in turnover margin. EWU is +3...NAU freshman Zach Bauman leads the league with seven rushing touchdowns...EWU’s Bo Levi Mitchell threw for 377 yards and four touchdowns last week...EWU’s J.C. Sherritt is averaging 10 tackles per game, second in the Big Sky...EWU is third in the league in total offense and ninth in total defense...NAU is 2-1 on the road this season. This is NAU’s fourth straight road game.