#21 Montana
at #7 E. Washington
Saturday, Sept. 29, 4:15 p.m.
Cheney, Wash.
Roos Field
(11.000 Red FieldTurf)
TV: ROOT SPORTS
DirecTV’s Audience Network
Series History: UM leads 26-11-1.
Last Meeting: Montana edged Eastern Washington 17-14 in Missoula in 2011.
The Coaches: Montana’s Mick Delaney is 2-2 in his first season...EWU’s Beau Baldwin is 35-17 in his fifth season.
Notes: UM has won seven of the last nine meetings against the Eagles...EWU won 36-27 the last time the teams met in Cheney...This is EWU’s first home game of the season...EWU leads the league in scoring defense at 17.7 points per game...EWU ranks third in the league in rushing defense at 112 yards per game. UM is second in the league in rushing offense at 207.5 yards per game...UM advanced to the FCS title game in 2008 and 2009. EWU won the championship in 2010...UM has a league-high 12 sacks. EWU has allowed just four sacks in three games...UM OC Timm Rosenbach was OC at EWU from 2000-02...Since 1999, EWU is 11-2 in home openers...UM is trying to avoid its first 0-2 start in conference since 1992...EWU is 12-for-12 in red zone chances...EWU started redshirt freshman Vernon Adams at QB last week. Kyle Padron played the second half...Both teams are ranked for this game for the fifth straight season.