2023 Portland State Vikings football team explained

Year:2023
Team:Portland State Vikings
Sport:Football
Conference:Big Sky Conference
Short Conf:Big Sky
Record:5–6
Conf Record:4–4
Head Coach:Bruce Barnum
Hc Year:9th
Off Coach:A. C. Patterson
Oc Year:1st
Off Scheme:West Coast
Codef Coach1:Colin Fry
Codc1 Year:1st
Codef Coach2:Mark Rhea
Codc2 Year:1st
Def Scheme:4–3
Stadium:Hillsboro Stadium

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]

Coaches poll
1Montana State120 (10)
2UC Davis96 (1)
3Sacramento State94 (1)
4Weber State91
5Idaho89
6Montana84
7Eastern Washington52
8Portland State45
9Northern Arizona44
10Northern Colorado37
11Cal Poly25
12Idaho State15
Media poll
1Montana State447 (26)
2Idaho410 (8)
3Montana359 (2)
4Sacramento State334 (3)
5UC Davis330
6Weber State320
7Eastern Washington216
8Northern Arizona178
9Portland State167
10Northern Colorado109
11Cal Poly103
12Idaho State69

Schedule

[2]

Game summaries

at No. 15 (FBS) Oregon

See also: 2023 Oregon Ducks football team.

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ORE -48.0 64.5

at Wyoming

See also: 2023 Wyoming Cowboys football team.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Montana State Tabbed Preseason Football Favorites. July 25, 2021. July 26, 2023.
  2. Web site: 2023 Football Schedule . Portland State University Athletics . April 19, 2023.