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
Record5–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Leunen (2nd season)
Offensive schemePro spread
Defensive coordinatorPayam Saadat (2nd season)
Base defense3–3–5
Home stadiumHillsboro 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

Preseason

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Big Sky preseason poll

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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)
1 Eastern Washington 536 (25)
2 UC Davis 510 (13)
3 Weber State 472 (4)
4 Montana State 417
5 Montana 396 (1)
6 Northern Arizona 302
7 Idaho State 285
8 Idaho 248
9 Cal Poly 196
10 Portland State 178
11 Southern Utah 160
12 Sacramento State 125
13 Northern Colorado 90
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 140 (10)
2 UC Davis 127 (2)
3 Weber State 124
4 Montana 104 (1)
5 Montana State 100
6 Northern Arizona 88
7 Idaho State 72
8 Idaho 65
9 Cal Poly 56
10 Portland State 42
11 Sacramento State 40
12 Southern Utah 38
13 Northern Colorado 19

Preseason All–Big Sky team

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

Schedule

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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 StatePluto 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 ColoradoPluto TVW 38–304,357
October 263:00 p.m.at Northern ArizonaPluto 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 WashingtonPluto TVL 46–538,629

Game summaries

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At Arkansas

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

Simon Fraser

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1 2 3 4 Total
Clan 7 0 0 0 7
Vikings 7 14 35 14 70

At Boise State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 10 0 0 0 10
No. 22 (FBS) Broncos 14 14 10 7 45

Eastern Oregon

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mountaineers 0 0 6 3 9
Vikings 14 17 21 7 59

At Idaho State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 10 14 0 24
Bengals 20 21 7 3 51

Southern Utah

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1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 10 7 14 31
Vikings 10 28 7 7 52

Idaho

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1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 0 0 0 0 0
Vikings 0 0 10 14 24

At Northern Colorado

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1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 10 14 7 7 38
Bears 0 14 10 6 30

At Northern Arizona

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1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 9 11 9 29
Lumberjacks 14 7 7 3 31

Montana

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Grizzlies 7 7 14 10 38
Vikings 0 17 6 0 23

UC Davis

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1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 10 7 21 45
Vikings 0 14 7 7 28

At Eastern Washington–The Dam Cup

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1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 7 10 8 21 46
Eagles 17 13 15 8 53

References

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  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.