2021 Portland State Vikings football team

2021 Portland State Vikings football
2021 Portland State Vikings football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	5–6 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bruce Barnum (7th season);
Offensive coordinator	Matt Leunen (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro spread
Defensive coordinator	Payam Saadat (4th season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Hillsboro Stadium
	Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

Last updated December 13, 2023

2021 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 10 Sacramento State $^	8	–	0	9	–	3
No. 2 Montana State ^	7	–	1	11	–	3
No. 7 Eastern Washington ^	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 6 Montana ^	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 17 UC Davis ^	5	–	3	8	–	4
Weber State	5	–	3	6	–	5
Northern Arizona	4	–	4	5	–	6
Portland State	4	–	4	5	–	6
Idaho	3	–	5	4	–	7
Northern Colorado	2	–	6	3	–	8
Cal Poly	1	–	7	2	–	9
Idaho State	1	–	7	1	–	10
Southern Utah	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2021 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Bruce Barnum, they played their home games at Hillsboro Stadium in Portland, Oregon.

Preseason

Polls

On July 26, 2021, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Vikings were predicted to finish tenth in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.^[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Weber State	(7)
2	Montana	(3)
3	Eastern Washington	(2)
4	Montana State	(1)
5	Sacramento State	(1)
6	UC Davis
7	Northern Arizona
8	Idaho
9	Idaho State
10	Portland State
11	Southern Utah
12	Cal Poly
13	Northern Colorado

Media poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Weber State	(14)
2	Montana	(4)
3	Eastern Washington	(3)
4	Montana State	(3)
5	Sacramento State
6	UC Davis
7	Northern Arizona
8	Idaho
9	Idaho State
10	Portland State
11	Southern Utah
12	Northern Colroado
13	Cal Poly

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Vikings had one player selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.^[2]

Defense

Anthony Adams – S

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	9:00 p.m.	at Hawaii *	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex Honolulu, HI	SPEC PPV	L 35–49	0
September 11	3:00 p.m.	at Washington State *	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	L 24–44	22,651
September 18	2:05 p.m.	Western Oregon *	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	W 21–7	3,124
September 25	2:05 p.m.	No. 13 Montana State	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	L 17–30	4,095
October 2	5:00 p.m.	at Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	ESPN+	W 20–13	4,013
October 9	2:00 p.m.	at Idaho	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN+	L 35–42	7,034
October 16	2:05 p.m.	Idaho State	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	W 31–10	1,809
October 30	2:05 p.m.	Cal Poly	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	W 42–31	3,245
November 6	12:00 p.m.	at No. 24 Weber State	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	ESPN+	W 30–18	4,433
November 13	6:00 p.m.	at No. 12 Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	ESPN+	L 20–49	5,848
November 20	2:05 p.m.	No. 5 Eastern Washington	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR (The Dam Cup)	ESPN+	L 28–42	3,971
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Roster

2021 Portland State Vikings football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`3`	Job Dockery	Jr
WR	`4`	Deion Malone	Jr
QB	`6`	Davis Alexander	Sr
WR	`8`	George McCorley	Jr
QB	`9`	Nathan West	Jr
WR	`13`	Beau Kelly	Jr
WR	`14`	Jerad Toman	So
QB	`15`	Dante Chachere	Fr
QB	`16`	DeMontre Thomas	Fr
QB	`17`	Jalen Chatman	So
WR	`19`	Darien Chase	Fr
RB	`21`	Jarmar Julian	So
RB	`22`	Bishop Mitchell	Jr
RB	`25`	JoJo Siofele	Fr
RB	`27`	Malik Walker	Sr
RB	`28`	Jobi Malary	Fr
RB	`29`	Jalynnee McGee	Fr
RB	`36`	Ahmir McGee	So
OL	`60`	Brady Brick	Jr
OL	`61`	Shiloh Taʻase	So
OL	`62`	Bubba Waʻa	So
OL	`66`	Hayden Engel	Fr
OL	`67`	Ethan Wallis	Fr
OL	`71`	John Krahn	Sr
OL	`73`	D'Angalo Titialii	Fr
OL	`74`	Tyson Pauling	Jr
OL	`75`	Alex Rockwell	Jr
OL	`76`	Tommy Laverde	Sr
OL	`77`	Carlton Lorenz	GS
OL	`78`	Richard Estrella	Fr
OL	`79`	Carlos Barraza	Sr
WR	`80`	Emmanuel Daigbe	Sr
WR	`81`	Mataio Talalemotu	Jr
WR	`82`	Malcolm Tatum	Fr
TE	`83`	Daniel Giannosa	Sr
TE	`84`	Elias Spence	Fr
TE	`85`	Anthony Rodriguez	Jr
TE	`86`	John Schulte	So
WR	`87`	Nate Bennett	Fr
TE	`88`	Malik Thirdgill	Jr
WR		Tre Anderson	Fr
RB		Treyvon Westerling	Fr
QB		Caden Filer	Fr
ATH		Mason Packer	Fr
TE		Brad Young	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`1`	Broderick Harrell	Sr
S	`2`	Xavier Bell	Jr
DT	`5`	Semise Kofe	Sr
S	`7`	Ryan Lesch	Sr
S	`10`	De'Jon Fort	Jr
CB	`12`	Semaj Bolin	Fr
S	`14`	Anthony Adams	Jr
S	`15`	Robert Holt	Jr
S	`16`	KJ Walker	Sr
S	`20`	Greg Oliver	So
DB	`23`	Daluan Bright	Fr
DB	`24`	Davion Gaines	Fr
LB	`26`	Nicolas Ah Sam	Sr
CB	`28`	Arin Mannery	Sr
CB	`30`	Travis West	Fr
S	`31`	Karsonne Winters	Fr
LB	`32`	Isaiah Henry	So
S	`33`	David Joseph	So
S	`34`	Ty Apana-Purcell	Sr
DB	`35`	Michael Jackson	Fr
LB	`37`	Monquel Glasgow	Jr
CB	`38`	Evan Camarena	Jr
DB	`39`	Tyreese Shakir	Fr
CB	`40`	Benton Hoge	So
LB	`41`	Justice Pagan	Fr
LB	`42`	Steffen Jacobsen	Sr
DT	`43`	VJ Malo	Jr
LB	`44`	Zack Mandera	So
LB	`45`	Moses Finau	Jr
DL	`46`	Kennedy Freeman	Fr
LB	`47`	Tevita Tuitavake	Jr
LB	`49`	Parker McKenna	Fr
DE	`50`	Cody Brown	Sr
LB	`51`	Levi O'Connell	So
DE	`53`	Noah Yunker	Sr
DE	`54`	Jake Porter	Jr
DT	`55`	Boogie Davis	Jr
DT	`90`	Serge Rusnak	So
DE	`91`	Jayson Pace	So
DE	`92`	Zane Maningo	Fr
DL	`93`	Martin Salazar	Fr
DT	`94`	Ethan Tela-Porter	Fr
DE	`95`	Spencer Delacruz	Fr
DT	`97`	Tiano Tialavea	GS
DT	`98`	Holden Williams	Jr
DB		Jayden Brannan	Fr
DT		Jessie Brown	Fr
DB		Jermaine Flentroy	Fr
DB		Ronan Gay	Fr
DB		Stetler Harms	Fr
DB		Jake Urena	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
PK	`57`	Cody Williams	Jr
LS	`59`	Ryan Alvidrez	Fr
PK	`97`	Gianni Smith	Fr
P	`99`	Seth Vernon	Sr

Head coach

Bruce Barnum (Eastern Washington)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Payam Saadat (Washington State)
Associate head coach/defensive coordinator/defensive line
Matt Leunen (Portland State)
Offensive coordinator/offensive line
John Ely (Western Washington)
Linebackers
Evan Mozzochi (Western Oregon)
Quarterbacks/Tight Ends/co-Recruiting
Colin Fry (Nevada)
Defensive Backs/co-Recruiting
Skyler Fulton (Arizona State)
Wide receivers
Jason Diffee (Portland State)
Special teams

Support staff

Brad Packer (Eastern Washington)
Strength & conditioning

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: May 28, 2021

Game summaries

At Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	7	21	7	35
Rainbow Warriors	28	7	7	7	49

At Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	10	0	14	24
Cougars	7	23	7	7	44

Western Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolves	0	0	0	7	7
Vikings	7	0	14	0	21

No. 13 Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Bobcats	3	6	14	7	30
Vikings	10	0	7	0	17

At Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	10	3	7	20
Thunderbirds	3	7	3	0	13

At Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	7	7	0	21	35
Vandals	21	14	0	7	42

Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	7	0	3	10
Vikings	17	7	7	0	31

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	6	0	8	7	21
Vikings	14	0	7	21	42

At No. 24 Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	10	7	13	30
No. 24 Wildcats	7	0	3	8	18

At No. 12 Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	7	7	6	20
No. 12 Hornets	3	18	14	14	49

No 5. Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 5 Eagles	7	7	21	7	42
Vikings	7	7	7	7	28

Related Research Articles

Portland State Vikings is the nickname of the NCAA-affiliated, intercollegiate athletic teams representing Portland State University of Portland, Oregon. The Vikings compete at the NCAA Division I level in basketball, soccer, volleyball, golf, tennis, softball, indoor and outdoor track and field, and cross country. The university has been a member of the Big Sky Conference since 1996. Along with the other Big Sky football programs, Viking football takes-part in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly known as NCAA Division I-AA.

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References

↑ "Adams Named Preseason All-Big Sky, League Releases Preseason Polls". July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
↑ "Adams Named Preseason All-Big Sky, League Releases Preseason Polls". Portland State University Athletics. July 26, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
↑ "2021 Football Schedule". Portland State University Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2021.

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[1] "Adams Named Preseason All-Big Sky, League Releases Preseason Polls". July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.

[2] "Adams Named Preseason All-Big Sky, League Releases Preseason Polls". Portland State University Athletics. July 26, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.

[3] "2021 Football Schedule". Portland State University Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2021.

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