2016 Portland State Vikings football team

The 2016 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Bruce Barnum and played their home games at Providence Park. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a four way tie for ninth place.

2016 Portland State Vikings football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2016 record3–8 (2–6 Big Sky)
Head coachBruce Barnum (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorSteve Morton
Defensive coordinatorMalik Roberson
Home stadiumProvidence Park
(Capacity: 20,674)
2016 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^  8 0     12 2  
No. 12 North Dakota +^  8 0     9 3  
No. 25 Weber State ^  6 2     7 5  
No. 24 Cal Poly ^  5 3     7 5  
Southern Utah  5 3     6 5  
Northern Colorado  4 4     6 5  
Northern Arizona  4 4     5 6  
Montana  3 5     6 5  
Montana State  2 6     4 7  
Portland State  2 6     3 8  
UC Davis  2 6     3 8  
Sacramento State  2 6     2 9  
Idaho State  1 7     2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 32:30 PMCentral Washington*No. 17GoViksW 43–264,898
September 101:30 PMat San Jose State*No. 16L 35–6613,210
September 175:00 PMat No. 8 (FBS) Washington*No. 19
P12NL 3–4157,151
September 245:00 PMat Southern UtahNo. 25GoViksL 31–4510,306
October 12:30 PMIdaho State
  • Providence Park
  • Portland, OR
Eversport.tv
GoViks
W 45–204,916
October 86:00 PMat Weber StateGoViks
KJZZ
L 10–1410,217
October 152:30 PMNo. 19 Cal Poly
  • Providence Park
  • Portland, OR
GoViksL 33–534,019
October 292:30 PMNorthern Colorado
  • Providence Park
  • Portland, OR
GoViksL 49–56 OT3,446
November 54:00 PMat UC Davis
Eversport.tvW 51–295,665
November 126:00 PMat Sacramento State
Eversport.tvL 35–425,086
November 187:00 PMNo. 3 Eastern Washington
RTNWL 28–355,669

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Game summaries

Central Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 12 7 0 26
#17 Vikings 7 14 0 22 43
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–3 1977 PSU, 53–6

at San Jose State

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Vikings 7 7 7 14 35
Spartans 7 21 24 14 66
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Vikings 0 0 3 0 3
#8 (FBS) Huskies 14 14 0 13 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2012 UW, 52–13

at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Vikings 3 7 14 7 31
Thunderbirds 7 24 7 7 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–3 2015 PSU, 24–23

This matchup quickly became known for the controversial comments made by Coach Barnum leading up to the game when he said, referring to Cedar City, Utah (home of SUU), "I didn’t want to stay in Whoville. We are going to stay up in the Grinch's Castle. We are going to go down, play them Saturday, whoop up on them." SUU fans responded by setting a single-game attendance record, with many students carrying signs mocking Barnum's remarks.[2]

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 6 0 0 14 20
Vikings 14 17 7 7 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–24–1 2015 PSU, 34–14

at Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 7 0 3 10
Wildcats 0 0 7 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–20 2014 PSU, 30–17

Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Mustangs 13 14 14 14 55
Vikings 7 7 14 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–11 2015 PSU, 38–35

Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4OT Total
Bears 3 10 29 77 56
Vikings 7 14 14 140 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–4 2015 UNC, 35–32

at UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 10 20 14 7 51
Aggies 6 10 0 13 29
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–4 2014 PSU, 23–14

at Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 7 14 7 7 35
Hornets 7 14 14 7 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–11 2014 SAC, 48–41

Eastern Washington–The Dam Cup

1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Eagles 7 0 14 14 35
Vikings 14 0 14 0 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–17–1 2015 PSU, 34–31

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 17 16 19 25 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches 12 14 17 25–T RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
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