Eastern Washington University will visit Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2021 when the Eagle football team plays at the UNLV on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two schools reached and signed an agreement to play their first-ever game against one another at one of America's newest major stadiums.
 
The Rebels are a member of the Mountain West Conference and the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision. Eastern is 8-24 all-time against current members of the league, with 24 of those meetings coming versus former Big Sky Conference rivals Boise State and UNR (Nevada Reno).
 
The Rebels recently completed the abbreviated 2020 season 0-6 – all Mountain West games -- and had two games canceled because of the pandemic. All three of their home games were played in Allegiant Stadium.
 
They were 4-8 overall in 2019, including a season-opening 56-23 victory over Southern Utah of the Big Sky. UNLV was 2-6 in the Mountain West, and ended the season with victories over San Jose State (38-35) and UNR (33-30 in overtime).
 
Allegiant Stadium is located on about 62 acres of land west of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Interstate 15. Construction on the new domed stadium began on Nov. 13, 2017, and seats 65,000 people for football.
 
It serves as the home stadium for the National Football League's Las Vegas Raiders, as well as UNLV. It is scheduled to host the Pac-12 Conference Championship games in 2021 (it was also scheduled to be there in 2020 but moved to the Los Angeles Coliseum), the NFL Pro Bowl in 2021 and the annual Las Vegas Bowl college game.
 
The Raiders beat New Orleans on Sept. 21, 2020, in the first football game played in the stadium. The first college game was UNLV's loss to the rival Nevada Wolf Pack on Oct. 31, 2020.
 
Besides UNLV, Eastern has never played Mountain West members Colorado State, Hawaii, New Mexico, Wyoming and Fresno State. However, Eastern recently announced a game versus Fresno State scheduled for Sept. 9, 2023.
 
The last time EWU played a team from that league came in 2010 when Eastern lost at UNR 49-24, but then won 13 of its last 14 to claim the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision title.
 
Although Eastern is 8-24 overall versus the league, just six of them (2-6 record) have come versus members of the FBS.  Eastern is 6-13 overall versus Boise State, but 1-2 since it moved to FBS in the mid-1990's. Nevada also left the Big Sky at that time, and EWU was 1-7 versus UNR prior to that (1-8 overall). Eastern also lost to San Diego State in 2003, Air Force in 2004 and San Jose State in 2005, and defeated Utah State in 1994.
 
Eastern's 2021 schedule is nearly complete, with one more game left to announce. The Eagles were supposed to play Jacksonville State on Sept. 11, but they backed out of that home-and-home agreement which included last fall's game at JSU. Eastern will play at Western Illinois on Sept. 18 before opening Big Sky Conference play at home versus Portland State on Sept. 25.
 
Eastern is scheduled to play its spring-only 2020-21 Big Sky Conference schedule on Feb. 27 at Portland State, followed by a March 6 home game at Roos Field versus Montana. That will be the first game on the new red Astroturf surface installed at "The Inferno" last summer.
 
 

EWU 2020-21 Spring Football Schedule

 
Date - Opponent - Site - Series/Streak-
Feb. 27 - at Portland State* - Hillsboro, Ore. - EWU 21-20-1/+4
Mar. 6 - Montana* - Cheney, Wash. - UM 28-17-1/-1
Mar. 13 - at UC Davis* - Davis, Calif. - EWU 8-0/+8
Mar. 20 - Open
Mar. 27 - Idaho* - Cheney, Wash. - UI 16-7/-1
April 3 - Montana State* - Bozeman, Mont. - EWU 32-10/+7
Apr. 10 - Cal Poly* - Cheney, Wash. - EWU 9-2/+7
Apr. 17 - Open
Apr. 24 - First Round of NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs
May 1 - Quarterfinals of NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs
May 8 - Semifinals of NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs
May 15 (approx.) - NCAA Division I Football Championship Game
 
*Big Sky Conference Game.
 
 

EWU Future Football Schedules

 
2021 Season
9/4/21         UNLV (FBS)
9/11/21       To Be Announced
9/18/21       at Western Illinois
9/25/21       Portland State
10/2/21       Bye
10/9/21       at Montana State
10/16/21     Southern Utah
10/23/21     at Cal Poly
10/30/21     at Idaho
11/6/21       Sacramento State
11/13/21     at Northern Arizona
11/20/21     Idaho State
 
2022 Season
9/3/22         at Oregon
9/10/22       Open
9/17/22       Open
9/24/22       Northern Colorado
10/1/22       Open
10/8/22       at Montana
10/15/22     UC Davis
10/22/22     at Portland State
10/29/22     Idaho
11/5/22       at Idaho State
11/12/22     at Weber State
11/19/22     Cal Poly
 
2023 Season
9/2/23         Open
9/9/23         at Fresno State
9/16/23       Open
9/23/23       Bye/Open
9/30/23       at Northern Colorado
10/7/23       Montana State
10/14/23     at Idaho
10/21/23     Portland State
10/28/23     at Sacramento State
11/4/23       at Southern Utah
11/11/23     Northern Arizona
11/18/23     Weber State