2019 Portland State Vikings football team

The 2019 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Bruce Barnum and played their home games at Hillsboro Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place.

2019 Portland State Vikings football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2019 record5–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coachBruce Barnum (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorMatt Leunen (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorPayam Saadat (2nd season)
Home stadiumHillsboro Stadium
(Capacity: 7,600)
2019 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 3 Weber State +^  7 –1     11 –4  
No. 9 Sacramento State +^  7 –1     9 –4  
No. 6 Montana ^  6 –2     10 –4  
No. 4 Montana State ^  6 –2     11 –4  
Eastern Washington  6 –2     7 –5  
UC Davis  3 –5     5 –7  
Idaho  3 –5     5 –7  
Portland State  3 –5     5 –7  
Cal Poly  2 –6     3 –8  
Southern Utah  2 –6     3 –9  
Northern Arizona  2 –6     4 –8  
Northern Colorado  2 –6     2 –10  
Idaho State  2 –6     3 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Although North Dakota was classified as an independent, games against them still counted as Big Sky Conference games.
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Vikings finished the 2018 season 4–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for ninth place.

Preseason

Big Sky preseason poll

The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Vikings were picked to finish in tenth place in both polls.[1]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Eastern Washington536 (25)
2UC Davis510 (13)
3Weber State472 (4)
4Montana State417
5Montana396 (1)
6Northern Arizona302
7Idaho State285
8Idaho248
9Cal Poly196
10Portland State178
11Southern Utah160
12Sacramento State125
13Northern Colorado90
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Eastern Washington140 (10)
2UC Davis127 (2)
3Weber State124
4Montana104 (1)
5Montana State100
6Northern Arizona88
7Idaho State72
8Idaho65
9Cal Poly56
10Portland State42
11Sacramento State40
12Southern Utah38
13Northern Colorado19

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Vikings had two players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 311:00 p.m.at Arkansas*
SECNL 13–2061,055
September 72:05 p.m.Simon Fraser*
Pluto TVW 70–73,217
September 147:15 p.m.at No. 22 (FBS) Boise State*
ESPN2L 10–4531,068
September 212:05 p.m.Eastern Oregon*
  • Hillsboro Stadium
  • Hillsboro, OR
W 59–93,312
September 282:05 p.m.at Idaho State
Pluto TVL 24–516,398
October 52:05 p.m.Southern Utah
  • Hillsboro Stadium
  • Hillsboro, OR
Pluto TVW 52–313,222
October 122:05 p.m.Idaho
  • Hillsboro Stadium
  • Hillsboro, OR
Pluto TVW 24–04,675
October 1912:05 p.m.at Northern Colorado
Pluto TVW 38–304,357
October 263:00 p.m.at Northern Arizona
Pluto TVL 29–317,234
November 22:05 p.m. No. 8 Montana
  • Hillsboro Stadium
  • Hillsboro, OR
Pluto TVL 23–386,191
November 92:05 p.m.UC Davis
  • Hillsboro Stadium
  • Hillsboro, OR
Pluto TVL 28–453,378
November 231:05 p.m.at Eastern Washington
Pluto TVL 46–538,629

Game summaries

at Arkansas
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 3 3 0 7 13
Razorbacks 10 0 7 3 20
See also: 2019 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Simon Fraser
1 2 3 4 Total
Clan 7 0 0 0 7
Vikings 7 14 35 14 70
See also: Simon Fraser Clan football
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–2 1982 PSU, 28–21

at Boise State
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 10 0 0 0 10
No. 22 (FBS) Broncos 14 14 10 7 45
See also: 2019 Boise State Broncos football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–6 2005 BSU, 21–14

Eastern Oregon
1 2 3 4 Total
Mountaineers 0 0 6 3 9
Vikings 14 17 21 7 59
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–5–1 2013 PSU, 57–17

at Idaho State
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 10 14 0 24
Bengals 20 21 7 3 51
See also: 2019 Idaho State Bengals football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–26–1 2018 ISU, 48–45

Southern Utah
1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 10 7 14 31
Vikings 10 28 7 7 52
See also: 2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–4 2016 SUU, 45–31

Idaho
1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 0 0 0 0 0
Vikings 0 0 10 14 24
See also: 2019 Idaho Vandals football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–12 2018 IDA, 20–7

at Northern Colorado
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 10 14 7 7 38
Bears 0 14 10 6 30
See also: 2019 Northern Colorado Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–5 2018 UNC, 35–14

at Northern Arizona
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 9 11 9 29
Lumberjacks 14 7 7 3 31
See also: 2019 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–17 2017 NAU, 42–20

Montana
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Grizzlies 7 7 14 10 38
Vikings 0 17 6 0 23
See also: 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–30 2018 PSU, 22–20

UC Davis
1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 10 7 21 45
Vikings 0 14 7 7 28
See also: 2019 UC Davis Aggies football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–5 2017 UCD, 37–14

at Eastern Washington–The Dam Cup
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 7 10 8 21 46
Eagles 17 13 15 8 53
See also: 2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team and The Dam Cup
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–20–1 2018 EWU, 74–23

References
  1. "Scoreboard: Big Sky Conference preseason football polls". 406 MT SPORTS. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  2. "Big Sky Conference announces preseason all-conference teams". MTSPX. 15 July 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. "2019 Football Schedule". Portland State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
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