2019 Portland State Vikings football team

The 2019 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Bruce Barnum and played their home games at Hillsboro Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place.

2019 Portland State Vikings football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2019 record	5–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bruce Barnum (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Matt Leunen (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Payam Saadat (2nd season)
Home stadium	Hillsboro Stadium (Capacity: 7,600)

2019 Big Sky Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Weber State +^		7	–	1					11	–	4
No. 9 Sacramento State +^		7	–	1					9	–	4
No. 6 Montana ^		6	–	2					10	–	4
No. 4 Montana State ^		6	–	2					11	–	4
Eastern Washington		6	–	2					7	–	5
UC Davis		3	–	5					5	–	7
Idaho		3	–	5					5	–	7
Portland State		3	–	5					5	–	7
Cal Poly		2	–	6					3	–	8
Southern Utah		2	–	6					3	–	9
Northern Arizona		2	–	6					4	–	8
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					2	–	10
Idaho State		2	–	6					3	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – 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 2018 season 4–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for ninth place.

Preseason

Big Sky preseason poll

The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Vikings were picked to finish in tenth place in both polls.[1]

Media poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Eastern Washington	536 (25)
2	UC Davis	510 (13)
3	Weber State	472 (4)
4	Montana State	417
5	Montana	396 (1)
6	Northern Arizona	302
7	Idaho State	285
8	Idaho	248
9	Cal Poly	196
10	Portland State	178
11	Southern Utah	160
12	Sacramento State	125
13	Northern Colorado	90

Coaches poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Eastern Washington	140 (10)
2	UC Davis	127 (2)
3	Weber State	124
4	Montana	104 (1)
5	Montana State	100
6	Northern Arizona	88
7	Idaho State	72
8	Idaho	65
9	Cal Poly	56
10	Portland State	42
11	Sacramento State	40
12	Southern Utah	38
13	Northern Colorado	19

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Vikings had two players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]

Offense Charlie Taumopeau – TE

Defense Kenton Bartlett – DT

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	1:00 p.m.	at Arkansas*	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	SECN	L 13–20	61,055
September 7	2:05 p.m.	Simon Fraser*	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	Pluto TV	W 70–7	3,217
September 14	7:15 p.m.	at No. 22 (FBS) Boise State*	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID	ESPN2	L 10–45	31,068
September 21	2:05 p.m.	Eastern Oregon*	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR		W 59–9	3,312
September 28	2:05 p.m.	at Idaho State	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Pluto TV	L 24–51	6,398
October 5	2:05 p.m.	Southern Utah	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	Pluto TV	W 52–31	3,222
October 12	2:05 p.m.	Idaho	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	Pluto TV	W 24–0	4,675
October 19	12:05 p.m.	at Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	Pluto TV	W 38–30	4,357
October 26	3:00 p.m.	at Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	Pluto TV	L 29–31	7,234
November 2	2:05 p.m.	No. 8 Montana	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	Pluto TV	L 23–38	6,191
November 9	2:05 p.m.	UC Davis	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	Pluto TV	L 28–45	3,378
November 23	1:05 p.m.	at Eastern Washington	Roos Field Cheney, WA (The Dam Cup)	Pluto TV	L 46–53	8,629
*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 Arkansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	3	3	0	7	13
Razorbacks	10	0	7	3	20

See also: 2019 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Simon Fraser

	1	2	3	4	Total
Clan	7	0	0	0	7
Vikings	7	14	35	14	70

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–2	1982	PSU, 28–21

at Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	10	0	0	0	10
No. 22 (FBS) Broncos	14	14	10	7	45

See also: 2019 Boise State Broncos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–6	2005	BSU, 21–14

Eastern Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	0	0	6	3	9
Vikings	14	17	21	7	59

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–5–1	2013	PSU, 57–17

at Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	10	14	0	24
Bengals	20	21	7	3	51

See also: 2019 Idaho State Bengals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–26–1	2018	ISU, 48–45

Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	0	10	7	14	31
Vikings	10	28	7	7	52

See also: 2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–4	2016	SUU, 45–31

Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	0	0	0	0	0
Vikings	0	0	10	14	24

See also: 2019 Idaho Vandals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–12	2018	IDA, 20–7

at Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	10	14	7	7	38
Bears	0	14	10	6	30

See also: 2019 Northern Colorado Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–5	2018	UNC, 35–14

at Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	9	11	9	29
Lumberjacks	14	7	7	3	31

See also: 2019 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–17	2017	NAU, 42–20

Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 8 Grizzlies	7	7	14	10	38
Vikings	0	17	6	0	23

See also: 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–30	2018	PSU, 22–20

UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	10	7	21	45
Vikings	0	14	7	7	28

See also: 2019 UC Davis Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–5	2017	UCD, 37–14

at Eastern Washington–The Dam Cup

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	7	10	8	21	46
Eagles	17	13	15	8	53

See also: 2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team and The Dam Cup

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–20–1	2018	EWU, 74–23

References

1. "Scoreboard: Big Sky Conference preseason football polls". 406 MT SPORTS. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
2. "Big Sky Conference announces preseason all-conference teams". MTSPX. 15 July 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
3. "2019 Football Schedule". Portland State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved April 24, 2019.