2017 Portland State Vikings football team

The 2017 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Bruce Barnum and played their home games at Providence Park, with one home game at Hillsboro Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 0–11, 0–8 in Big Sky play to finish in last place.

2017 Portland State Vikings football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2017 record	0–11 (0–8 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bruce Barnum (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Morton
Defensive coordinator	Malik Roberson
Home stadium	Providence Park (Capacity: 20,674)

2017 Big Sky Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 14 Southern Utah +^		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 5 Weber State +^		7	–	1					11	–	3
Northern Arizona ^		6	–	2					7	–	5
No. 21 Eastern Washington		6	–	2					7	–	4
Sacramento State		6	–	2					7	–	4
Montana		5	–	3					7	–	4
Montana State		5	–	3					5	–	6
UC Davis		3	–	5					5	–	6
Idaho State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	7
North Dakota		2	–	6					3	–	8
Cal Poly		1	–	7					1	–	10
Portland State		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 26	Noon	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN	L 6–20	55,427
September 2	11:00 a.m.	at Oregon State*	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	L 32–35	34,737
September 16	2:00 p.m.	UC Davis*	Providence Park Portland, OR	ELVN	L 14–37	4,442
September 30	2:00 p.m.	Montana	Providence Park Portland, OR	Pluto TV	L 33–45	5,012
October 7	10:00 a.m.	at Montana State	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	RTNW[1]	L 22–30	18,987
October 14	2:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona	Providence Park Portland, OR	Pluto TV	L 20–42	4,430
October 21	1:30 p.m.	at Idaho State	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Pluto TV	L 30–59	5,942
October 28	4:00 p.m.	North Dakota	Providence Park Portland, OR	ELVN	L 21–48	3,002
November 4	6:05 p.m.	at Cal Poly	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	Pluto TV	L 28–35	5,393
November 11	2:00 p.m.	No. 14 Weber State	Providence Park Portland, OR	Pluto TV	L 17–63	3,792
November 18	3:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Eastern Washington	Roos Field Cheney, WA (The Dam Cup)	RTNW[1]	L 33–59	8,717
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS 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 16 is considered a non-conference game.

Game summaries

at BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	6	0	0	6
Cougars	7	7	0	6	20

See also: 2017 BYU Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	6	0	20	6	32
Beavers	7	7	14	7	35

See also: 2017 Oregon State Beavers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	2014	ORST, 29–14

UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	10	7	6	14	37
Vikings	0	0	7	7	14

See also: 2017 UC Davis Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–4	2016	PSU, 51–29

Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Grizzlies	10	17	13	5	45
Vikings	7	7	7	12	33

See also: 2017 Montana Grizzlies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–29	2015	PSU, 35–16

at Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	7	7	8	22
Bobcats	7	3	13	7	30

See also: 2017 Montana State Bobcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–19	2015	PSU, 59–42

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	14	0	14	14	42
Vikings	7	0	6	7	20

See also: 2017 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–16	2014	NAU, 21–17

at Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	9	7	7	7	30
Bengals	10	21	21	7	59

See also: 2017 Idaho State Bengals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–24–1	2016	PSU, 45–20

North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Hawks	0	13	21	14	48
Vikings	14	0	0	7	21

See also: 2017 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–4	2015	UND, 19–17

at Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	14	7	7	0	28
Mustangs	7	14	7	7	35

See also: 2017 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–12	2016	POLY, 53–33

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Wildcats	14	35	7	7	63
Vikings	3	0	7	7	17

See also: 2017 Weber State Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–21	2016	WEB, 14–10

at Eastern Washington–The Dam Cup

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	14	12	0	7	33
No. 18 Eagles	14	17	28	0	59

See also: 2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football team and The Dam Cup

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–18–1	2016	EWU, 35–28

References

1. "BIG SKY, ROOT SPORTS ANNOUNCE CONTRACT EXTENSION, 2017 SCHEDULE". Big Sky Conference. March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
2. "Football Schedule". Portland State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved January 16, 2017.