2018 Portland State Vikings football team

2018 Portland State Vikings football
Conference Big Sky Conference
2018 record 2–4 (1–2 Big Sky)
Head coach Bruce Barnum (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Payam Saadat (1st season)
Home stadium Hillsboro Stadium
(Capacity: 7,600)
Providence Park
(Capacity: 20,674)
2018 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington  3 –0     5 –1  
Idaho State  3 –0     4 –1  
No. 14 UC Davis  2 –0     4 –1  
No. 22 Montana  2 –1     4 –2  
Northern Arizona  2 –1     3 –3  
Montana State  1 –1     3 –2  
No. 13 Weber State  1 –1     3 –2  
Idaho  1 –2     2 –3  
Cal Poly  1 –2     2 –4  
Portland State  1 –2     2 –4  
Sacramento State  0 –2     2 –3  
Southern Utah  0 –2     0 –5  
Northern Colorado  0 –3     0 –6  
  • *Although North Dakota is classified as an independent, games against them still count as Big Sky conference games.
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Portland State Vikings football team represents Portland State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by fourth-year head coach Bruce Barnum and play their home games at Hillsboro Stadium and Providence Park. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

The Vikings finished the 2017 season 0–11, 0–8 in Big Sky play to finish in last place.

Preseason

Polls

On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Vikings were predicted to finish in last place in both the coaches and media poll.[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 134 (6)
2 Weber State 124 (3)
3 Northern Arizona 121 (3)
4 Idaho 101 (1)
5 Sacramento State 94
6 Southern Utah 91
7 Montana 82
8 Montana State 76
9 UC Davis 64
10 Cal Poly 40
11 Northern Colorado 30
12 Idaho State 29
13 Portland State 21
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 651 (27)
2 Weber State 636 (19)
3 Northern Arizona 535 (1)
4 Montana 496 (2)
5 Idaho 483 (3)
6 Southern Utah 449 (1)
7 Sacramento State 415
8 Montana State 391 (1)
9 UC Davis 331 (1)
10 Idaho State 170
11 Cal Poly 169
12 Northern Colorado 166
13 Portland State 103

Preseason All-Conference Team

The Vikings had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]

Charlie Taumoepeau – Jr. TE

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 p.m.at Nevada*
L 19–7217,525
September 811:00 a.m.at No. 23 (FBS) Oregon*
P12NL 14–6247,210
September 152:00 p.m.College of Idaho*
Pluto TV 232W 63–142,354
September 222:00 p.m.Montana State
  • Hillsboro Stadium
  • Hillsboro, OR
Pluto TV 232L 23–434,135
September 292:00 p.m.at Idaho
Pluto TV 242L 7–2010,566
October 61:00 p.m.at No. 14 Montana
Pluto TV 237W 22–2025,205
October 132:00 p.m.Northern Colorado
Pluto TV 232
October 276:00 p.m.at Sacramento State
Pluto TV 233
November 32:00 p.m.Idaho State
  • Hillsboro Stadium
  • Hillsboro, OR
ELVN
November 1012:00 p.m.at North Dakota
Pluto TV 240
November 167:00 p.m.Eastern Washington
Pluto TV 232

Game summaries

at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 9 10 0 0 19
Wolf Pack 9 21 28 14 72
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–6 1976 NEV, 35–22

at Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 7 0 7 14
No. 23 (FBS) Ducks 14 21 14 13 62
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2010 ORE, 69–0

College of Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 7 7 0 0 14
Vikings 28 21 0 14 63
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 6 20 17 0 43
Vikings 3 13 7 0 23
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–20 2017 MSU, 30–22

at Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 0 7 0 7
Vandals 3 17 0 0 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–11 1997 IDA, 46–0

at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 10 3 0 9 22
No. 14 Grizzlies 0 0 14 6 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–30 2017 MONT, 45–33

Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0
Vikings 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–5 2016 UNC, 56–49

at Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0
Hornets 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–12 2016 SAC, 42–35

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0
Vikings 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–25–1 2017 ISU, 59–30

at North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0
Fighting Hawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–5 2017 UND, 48–21

Eastern Washington–The Dam Cup

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0
Vikings 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–19–1 2017 EWU, 59–33

References

  1. ↑ "Eastern Washington Picked to Win the Big Sky".
  2. ↑ "Doss, Buss Headline Big Sky Football Preseason All-Conference Team".
  3. ↑ "2018 Football Schedule". Portland State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
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