All Eastern Washington home games to kick off in the afternoon

Eastern Washington finalized a fan-friendly football schedule on Monday, with all five Eagles home games kicking off in the afternoon.

After opening at Texas Tech on Sept. 2, the defending Big Sky Conference champion Eagles will open their home schedule with a 1:05 p.m. kickoff the following week against North Dakota State, which won five straight FCS titles from 2011 to 2015.

After road games at Fordham (10 a.m.) and Montana (5 p.m.), the Eagles host Sacramento State on Sept. 30 at 1:35 p.m. Two weeks later, Montana State is at Roos Field for another 1:05 p.m. kickoff.

Eastern hosts Weber State on Nov. 4 in a Homecoming game that starts at 1:05 p.m.

The home finale on Nov. 18 against Portland State will kick off at 3:05 p.m.

The first four home games will be broadcast regionally by SWX, while the game versus Portland State will be televised by ROOT Sports.

ROOT is in the process of finalizing its NBA schedule for the coming year and may have to adjust its Big Sky Conference broadcast times.

As a result, game times for EWU’’s home games on Oct. 14, Nov. 4 and Nov. 18 are considered tentative and may be adjusted slightly.

Eastern’s other road games are at UC Davis on Oct. 7 at 6 p.m., Southern Utah on Oct. 21 at 4:05 p.m. (via Eleven Sports) and North Dakota on Nov. 11 at 11:05 a.m. (on the MidCo Sports Network).

Season tickets are also still being sold at goeeags.com/tickets. In addition, a “Rivalry Pack” is now being sold which includes tickets to Eastern’s home games versus Montana State and Portland State, starting at $41.

Remaining single game tickets will go on sale on Aug. 9 at 7 a.m.