2019 Portland State Vikings football team

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2019 Portland State Vikings football
Portland State Athletics wordmark.svg
Conference Big Sky Conference
Record5–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Leunen (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Pro spread
Defensive coordinatorPayam Saadat (2nd season)
Base defense 3–3–5
Home stadium Hillsboro Stadium
Seasons
  2018
2020  
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. 4 Montana State ^  6 2   11 4  
No. 6 Montana ^  6 2   10 4  
Eastern Washington  6 2   7 5  
Idaho  3 5   5 7  
Portland State  3 5   5 7  
UC Davis  3 5   5 7  
Northern Arizona  2 6   4 8  
Cal Poly  2 6   3 8  
Idaho State  2 6   3 9  
Southern Utah  2 6   3 9  
Northern Colorado  2 6   2 10  
  • + 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

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.

Contents

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 finishTeamVotes (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 finishTeamVotes (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 * SECN L 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 * ESPN2 L 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

1234Total
Vikings330713
Razorbacks1007320

Simon Fraser

1234Total
Clan70007
Vikings714351470

At Boise State

1234Total
Vikings1000010
No. 22 (FBS) Broncos141410745

Eastern Oregon

1234Total
Mountaineers00639
Vikings141721759

At Idaho State

1234Total
Vikings01014024
Bengals20217351

Southern Utah

1234Total
Thunderbirds01071431
Vikings10287752

Idaho

1234Total
Vandals00000
Vikings00101424

At Northern Colorado

1234Total
Vikings10147738
Bears01410630

At Northern Arizona

1234Total
Vikings0911929
Lumberjacks1477331

Montana

1234Total
No. 8 Grizzlies77141038
Vikings0176023

UC Davis

1234Total
Aggies71072145
Vikings0147728

At Eastern Washington–The Dam Cup

1234Total
Vikings71082146
Eagles171315853

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. July 15, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. "2019 Football Schedule". Portland State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved April 24, 2019.