2023 Portland State Vikings football team

2023 Portland State Vikings football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	5–6 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bruce Barnum (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	AC Patterson (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro spread
Co-defensive coordinator	Colin Fry (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Mark Rhea (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Hillsboro Stadium
Seasons ←  2022 2024 →

2023 Big Sky Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Montana $^		7	–	1					12	–	1
No. 4 Idaho ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 5 Montana State ^		6	–	2					8	–	4
Northern Arizona		5	–	3					5	–	6
No. 25 UC Davis		5	–	3					7	–	4
No. 15 Sacramento State ^		4	–	4					8	–	5
Portland State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Weber State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Eastern Washington		3	–	5					4	–	7
Idaho State		3	–	5					3	–	8
Cal Poly		1	–	7					3	–	8
Northern Colorado		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2023 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Bruce Barnum, the Vikings played their home games off campus at Hillsboro Stadium in Hillsboro, Oregon, a suburb west of Portland.

Preseason

Polls

On July 23, 2023, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Vikings were predicted to finish eighth in the Big Sky by the coaches and ninth by the media. ^[1]

Coaches poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Montana State	120 (10)
2	UC Davis	96 (1)
3	Sacramento State	94 (1)
4	Weber State	91
5	Idaho	89
6	Montana	84
7	Eastern Washington	52
8	Portland State	45
9	Northern Arizona	44
10	Northern Colorado	37
11	Cal Poly	25
12	Idaho State	15

Media poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Montana State	447 (26)
2	Idaho	410 (8)
3	Montana	359 (2)
4	Sacramento State	334 (3)
5	UC Davis	330
6	Weber State	320
7	Eastern Washington	216
8	Northern Arizona	178
9	Portland State	167
10	Northern Colorado	109
11	Cal Poly	103
12	Idaho State	69

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	12:00 p.m.	at No. 15 (FBS) Oregon *	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	P12N	L 7–81	45,723
September 9	1:00 p.m.	at Wyoming *	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	MW Network	L 17–31	22,121
September 16	1:00 p.m.	North American *	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	W 91–0	1,411
September 23	1:00 p.m.	Cal Poly	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	W 59–21	1,672
September 30	1:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Montana State	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	ESPN+	L 22–38	22,017
October 14	2:00 p.m.	at Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	ESPN+	W 45–21	9,713
October 21	1:00 p.m.	Idaho State	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	L 24–38	2,174
October 28	1:00 p.m.	at Eastern Washington	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR (The Dam Cup)	ESPN+	W 47–35	3,189
November 4	4:00 p.m.	at UC Davis	UC Davis Health Stadium Davis, CA	ESPN+	L 23–37	8,945
November 11	6:00 p.m.	No. 3 Montana	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	L 10–34	4,578
November 18	11:00 a.m.	at Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	ESPN+	W 27–23	2,578
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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References

1. "Montana State Tabbed Preseason Football Favorites". July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
2. "2023 Football Schedule". Portland State University Athletics. Retrieved April 19, 2023.