2023 Portland State Vikings football team
American college football season
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Conference | Big Sky Conference |
Record | 5–6 (4–4 Big Sky) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | A. C. Patterson (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | West Coast |
Co-defensive coordinator | Colin Fry (1st season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Mark Rhea (1st season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Hillsboro Stadium |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Montana $^ | 7 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Idaho ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Montana State ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Arizona | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 UC Davis | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Sacramento State ^ | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland State | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weber State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Washington | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho State | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Colorado | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Bruce Barnum, the Vikings played their home games off campus at Hillsboro Stadium in Hillsboro, Oregon, a suburb west of Portland.
Preseason
Polls
On July 23, 2023, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Vikings were predicted to finish eighth in the Big Sky by the coaches and ninth by the media.[1]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Montana State | 120 (10) |
2 | UC Davis | 96 (1) |
3 | Sacramento State | 94 (1) |
4 | Weber State | 91 |
5 | Idaho | 89 |
6 | Montana | 84 |
7 | Eastern Washington | 52 |
8 | Portland State | 45 |
9 | Northern Arizona | 44 |
10 | Northern Colorado | 37 |
11 | Cal Poly | 25 |
12 | Idaho State | 15 |
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Montana State | 447 (26) |
2 | Idaho | 410 (8) |
3 | Montana | 359 (2) |
4 | Sacramento State | 334 (3) |
5 | UC Davis | 330 |
6 | Weber State | 320 |
7 | Eastern Washington | 216 |
8 | Northern Arizona | 178 |
9 | Portland State | 167 |
10 | Northern Colorado | 109 |
11 | Cal Poly | 103 |
12 | Idaho State | 69 |
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 15 (FBS) Oregon* | P12N | L 7–81 | 45,723 | |
September 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at Wyoming* |
| MW Network | L 17–31 | 22,121 |
September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | North American* | ESPN+ | W 91–0 | 1,411 | |
September 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Cal Poly |
| ESPN+ | W 59–21 | 1,672 |
September 30 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 3 Montana State |
| ESPN+ | L 22–38 | 22,017 |
October 14 | 2:00 p.m. | at Northern Arizona | ESPN+ | W 45–21 | 9,713 | |
October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Idaho State |
| ESPN+ | L 24–38 | 2,174 |
October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | at Eastern Washington |
| ESPN+ | W 47–35 | 3,189 |
November 4 | 4:00 p.m. | at UC Davis | ESPN+ | L 23–37 | 8,945 | |
November 11 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 3 Montana |
| ESPN+ | L 10–34 | 4,578 |
November 18 | 11:00 a.m. | at Northern Colorado | ESPN+ | W 27–23 | 2,578 | |
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Game summaries
at No. 15 (FBS) Oregon
Pregame line | Over/under |
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ORE -48.0 | 64.5 |
Portland State Vikings (0–0) at No. 15 (FBS) Oregon Ducks (0–0)
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Portland State | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
No. 15 (FBS) Oregon | 22 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 81 |
- Date: September 2
- Game time: 3:00 p.m. EST/12:00 p.m. PST
- Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 73 °F (23 °C) • Wind: 3 mph W
- Game attendance: 45,723
- Referee: Justin Elliott
- TV: Pac-12 Network
Game information |
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Statistics | Portland State | No. 15 Oregon |
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First downs | 9 | 37 |
Plays–yards | 57–200 | 72–729 |
Rushes–yards | 37–148 | 34–348 |
Passing yards | 52 | 381 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 8–20–0 | 33–38–0 |
Time of possession | 28:37 | 31:23 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Portland State | Passing | Dante Chachere | 5/14, 35 yards, 1 TD |
Rushing | Dante Chachere | 6 carries, 53 yards | |
Receiving | Jaden Casey | 3 receptions, 17 yards | |
No. 15 Oregon | Passing | Bo Nix | 23/27, 287 yards, 3 TD |
Rushing | Bucky Irving | 4 carries, 119 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Troy Franklin | 7 receptions, 106 yards, 2 TD |
at Wyoming
Portland State Vikings at Wyoming Cowboys – Game summary
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Vikings | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
Cowboys | 14 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
at War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, Wyoming
- Date: September 9
- Game time: 2:00 p.m. MDT
- Game weather: Sunny, 75 °F (24 °C)
- Game attendance: 22,121
- Referee: Christian Watson
- TV announcers (Mountain West Network): Chris Sylvester, Jared Petrino, and Bridget Howard
- Box score, Recap
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