2018 Portland State Vikings football team

The 2018 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Bruce Barnum and played their home games at Hillsboro Stadium and Providence Park. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for ninth place.

2018 Portland State Vikings football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2018 record4–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coachBruce Barnum (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorPayam Saadat (1st season)
Home stadiumHillsboro Stadium
(Capacity: 7,600)
Providence Park
(Capacity: 20,674)
2018 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 6 Weber State +^  7 1     10 3  
No. 2 Eastern Washington +^  7 1     12 3  
No. 7 UC Davis +^  7 1     10 3  
No. 17 Montana State ^  5 3     8 5  
Idaho State  5 3     6 5  
Montana  4 4     6 5  
Cal Poly  4 4     5 6  
Northern Arizona  3 4     4 6  
Portland State  3 5     4 7  
Idaho  3 5     4 7  
Northern Colorado  2 6     2 9  
Southern Utah  1 7     1 10  
Sacramento State  0 7     2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ 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

Previous season

The Vikings finished the 2017 season 0–11, 0–8 in Big Sky play to finish in last place.

Preseason

Polls

On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Vikings were predicted to finish in last place in both the coaches and media poll.[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 134 (6)
2 Weber State 124 (3)
3 Northern Arizona 121 (3)
4 Idaho 101 (1)
5 Sacramento State 94
6 Southern Utah 91
7 Montana 82
8 Montana State 76
9 UC Davis 64
10 Cal Poly 40
11 Northern Colorado 30
12 Idaho State 29
13 Portland State 21
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 651 (27)
2 Weber State 636 (19)
3 Northern Arizona 535 (1)
4 Montana 496 (2)
5 Idaho 483 (3)
6 Southern Utah 449 (1)
7 Sacramento State 415
8 Montana State 391 (1)
9 UC Davis 331 (1)
10 Idaho State 170
11 Cal Poly 169
12 Northern Colorado 166
13 Portland State 103

Preseason All-Conference Team

The Vikings had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]

Charlie Taumoepeau – Jr. TE

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 p.m.at Nevada*L 19–7217,525
September 811:00 a.m.at No. 23 (FBS) Oregon*P12NL 14–6247,210
September 152:00 p.m.College of Idaho*Pluto TV 232W 63–142,354
September 222:00 p.m.Montana State
  • Hillsboro Stadium
  • Hillsboro, OR
Pluto TV 232L 23–434,135
September 292:00 p.m.at IdahoPluto TV 242L 7–2010,566
October 61:00 p.m.at No. 14 MontanaPluto TV 237W 22–2025,205
October 132:00 p.m.Northern ColoradoPluto TV 232W 35–144,375
October 276:00 p.m.at Sacramento StatePluto TV 233W 41–143,267
November 32:00 p.m.Idaho State
  • Hillsboro Stadium
  • Hillsboro, OR
ELVNL 45–483,924
November 1012:00 p.m.at North DakotaPluto TV 240L 10–177,494
November 167:00 p.m.No. 4 Eastern Washington
Pluto TV 232L 23–744,205

Game summaries

at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 9 10 0 0 19
Wolf Pack 9 21 28 14 72
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–6 1976 NEV, 35–22

at Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 7 0 7 14
No. 23 (FBS) Ducks 14 21 14 13 62
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2010 ORE, 69–0

College of Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 7 7 0 0 14
Vikings 28 21 0 14 63
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 6 20 17 0 43
Vikings 3 13 7 0 23
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–20 2017 MSU, 30–22

at Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 0 7 0 7
Vandals 3 17 0 0 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–11 1997 IDA, 46–0

at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 10 3 0 9 22
No. 14 Grizzlies 0 0 14 6 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–30 2017 MONT, 45–33

Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 14 14
Vikings 14 14 7 0 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–5 2016 UNC, 56–49

at Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 3 21 3 14 41
Hornets 0 7 0 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–12 2016 SAC, 42–35

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 14 17 10 7 48
Vikings 3 21 14 7 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–25–1 2017 ISU, 59–30

at North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 3 7 0 10
Fighting Hawks 7 0 0 10 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–5 2017 UND, 48–21

Eastern Washington–The Dam Cup

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Eagles 14 13 27 20 74
Vikings 0 14 7 2 23
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–19–1 2017 EWU, 59–33
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