2013 Portland State Vikings football team

The 2013 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth year head coach Nigel Burton and played their home games at Jeld-Wen Field. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 6–6, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in ninth place.

2013 Portland State Vikings football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2013 record	6–6 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Nigel Burton (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bruce Barnum
Defensive coordinator	Jaime Hill
Home stadium	Jeld-Wen Field (Capacity: 20,674)

2013 Big Sky Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Eastern Washington $^		8	–	0					12	–	3
No. 5 Northern Arizona ^		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 8 Montana ^		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 21 Southern Utah ^		5	–	3					8	–	5
No. 20 Montana State		5	–	3					7	–	5
Cal Poly		5	–	3					6	–	6
UC Davis		5	–	3					5	–	7
Sacramento State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Portland State		3	–	5					6	–	6
North Dakota		2	–	6					3	–	8
Idaho State		1	–	7					3	–	9
Weber State		1	–	7					2	–	10
Northern Colorado		0	–	8					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:05 PM	Eastern Oregon*	Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon	BSTV	W 57–17	5,174
September 7	2:00 PM	at California*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California	P12N	L 30–37	43,594
September 14	1:05 PM	Humboldt State*	Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon	BSTV	W 43–6	5,028
September 21	6:00 PM	at UC Davis*	Aggie Stadium Davis, California	BSTV	W 41–10	5,040
September 26	7:05 PM	No. 18 Cal Poly	Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon	RTNW	L 34–38	6,726
October 5	12:35 PM	at No. 10 Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, Montana	RTNW	L 27–55	25,604
October 12	1:05 PM	at Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, Utah	BSTV	L 7–17	6,539
October 26	1:05 PM	North Dakota	Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon	BSTV	W 14–10	5,120
November 2	1:05 PM	Weber State	Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon	BSTV	W 45–24	4,285
November 9	2:00 PM	at Idaho State	Holt Arena Pocatello, Idaho	BSTV	W 38–31	4,926
November 16	1:05 PM	Sacramento State	Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon	BSTV	L 42–43	4,553
November 23	2:35 PM	at No. 3 Eastern Washington	Roos Field Cheney, Washington (The Dam Cup)	RTNW	L 41–42	9,522
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with UC Davis on September 21 is considered a non conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky Standings.

Game summaries

Eastern Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	0	0	3	14	17
Vikings	14	22	0	21	57

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–5–1	1964	PSU, 41–6

@ California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	14	9	7	0	30
Golden Bears	10	17	10	0	37

See also: 2013 California Golden Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2006	CAL, 42–16

Humboldt State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	0	6	0	0	6
Vikings	7	6	23	7	43

See also: Humboldt State Lumberjacks football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–5	1987	PSU, 50–14

@ UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	7	7	13	14	41
Aggies	0	7	3	0	10

See also: 2013 UC Davis Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–4	2012	PSU, 49–21

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Mustangs	0	7	14	17	38
Vikings	7	14	0	13	34

See also: 2013 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–9	2012	POLY, 37–25

@ Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	13	7	0	7	27
#10 Grizzlies	21	14	10	10	55

See also: 2013 Montana Grizzlies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–28	2011	MONT, 30–24

@ Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	7	0	0	7
Thunderbirds	0	10	0	7	17

See also: 2013 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–2	2012	SUU, 49–42

North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Dakota	7	3	0	0	10
Vikings	0	0	0	17	17

See also: 2013 University of North Dakota football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2012	ND, 45–37

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	3	7	7	7	24
Vikings	10	14	7	14	45

See also: 2013 Weber State Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–20	2011	WSU, 48–33

@ Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	21	7	10	0	38
Bengals	7	14	7	3	31

See also: 2013 Idaho State Bengals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–23–1	2012	PSU, 77–10

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	3	7	21	12	43
Vikings	7	14	14	7	42

See also: 2013 Sacramento State Hornets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–9	2011	PSU, 29–20

@ Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	7	14	0	20	41
#3 Eagles	7	0	14	21	42

See also: 2013 Eastern Washington Eagles football team and The Dam Cup

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–15–1	2012	EWU, 41–34

References

1. "Football Schedule". Portland State Athletics. Retrieved September 9, 2013.