EWU takes on North Dakota State in football playoffs

CHENEY — EWU will play a road playoff game in the Fargodome on Saturday, April 24 against the North Dakota State Bison.

Not including championship games in 2010 and 2018, Eastern’s last 17 games in the playoffs have come in Cheney. The Eagles have won 13 of them.

Eastern’s last road game in the playoffs was Nov. 28, 2009, in Nacogdoches, Texas, in a 44-33 loss to Stephen F. Austin, back when head coach Aaron Best was an offensive line coach.

The first-round game features a pair of runners-up in their leagues. No. 9 Eastern finished 5-1 and with a five-game winning streak to earn an at-large berth out of the Big Sky Conference. The No. 2 Bison are 6-2 and also received an at-large entry after losing to Missouri Valley Conference champion South Dakota State 27-17 April 17 at the Fargodome.

Eastern is 1-3 all-time versus the Bison.

The game kicks off at 12:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN3.