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
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2018 record	4–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bruce Barnum (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Payam Saadat (1st season)
Home stadium	Hillsboro 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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	at Nevada*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		L 19–72	17,525
September 8	11:00 a.m.	at No. 23 (FBS) Oregon*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	P12N	L 14–62	47,210
September 15	2:00 p.m.	College of Idaho*	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	Pluto TV 232	W 63–14	2,354
September 22	2:00 p.m.	Montana State	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	Pluto TV 232	L 23–43	4,135
September 29	2:00 p.m.	at Idaho	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	Pluto TV 242	L 7–20	10,566
October 6	1:00 p.m.	at No. 14 Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	Pluto TV 237	W 22–20	25,205
October 13	2:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado	Providence Park Portland, OR	Pluto TV 232	W 35–14	4,375
October 27	6:00 p.m.	at Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	Pluto TV 233	W 41–14	3,267
November 3	2:00 p.m.	Idaho State	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ELVN	L 45–48	3,924
November 10	12:00 p.m.	at North Dakota	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	Pluto TV 240	L 10–17	7,494
November 16	7:00 p.m.	No. 4 Eastern Washington	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR (The Dam Cup)	Pluto TV 232	L 23–74	4,205
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

at Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	9	10	0	0	19
Wolf Pack	9	21	28	14	72

See also: 2018 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

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

See also: 2018 Oregon Ducks football team

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

See also: 2018 Montana State Bobcats football team

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

See also: 2018 Idaho Vandals football team

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

See also: 2018 Montana Grizzlies football team

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

See also: 2018 Northern Colorado Bears football team

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

See also: 2018 Sacramento State Hornets football team

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

See also: 2018 Idaho State Bengals football team

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

See also: 2018 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

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

See also: 2018 Eastern Washington Eagles football team and The Dam Cup

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–19–1	2017	EWU, 59–33

References

1. "Eastern Washington Picked to Win the Big Sky".
2. "Doss, Buss Headline Big Sky Football Preseason All-Conference Team".
3. "2018 Football Schedule". Portland State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved April 30, 2018.