American college football season
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.
Preseason [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] The Vikings had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]
Charlie Taumoepeau – Jr. TE
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 6:00 p.m. at Nevada * L 19–7217,525 September 8 11:00 a.m. at No. 23 (FBS ) Oregon * P12N L 14–6247,210 September 15 2:00 p.m. College of Idaho * Pluto TV 232W 63–142,354 September 22 2:00 p.m. Montana State Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR Pluto TV 232 L 23–434,135 September 29 2:00 p.m. at Idaho Pluto TV 242 L 7–2010,566 October 6 1:00 p.m. at No. 14 Montana Pluto TV 237 W 22–2025,205 October 13 2:00 p.m. Northern Colorado Pluto TV 232 W 35–144,375 October 27 6:00 p.m. at Sacramento State Pluto TV 233 W 41–143,267 November 3 2:00 p.m. Idaho State Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR ELVN L 45–483,924 November 10 12:00 p.m. at North Dakota Pluto TV 240 L 10–177,494 November 16 7:00 p.m. No. 4 Eastern Washington Pluto TV 232 L 23–744,205
Game summaries [ edit ] At Nevada [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 9 10 0 0 19 Wolf Pack 9 21 28 14 72
At Oregon [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 0 7 0 7 14 No. 23 (FBS ) Ducks 14 21 14 13 62
College of Idaho [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Coyotes 7 7 0 0 14 Vikings 28 21 0 14 63
Montana State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 6 20 17 0 43 Vikings 3 13 7 0 23
At Idaho [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 0 0 7 0 7 Vandals 3 17 0 0 20
At Montana [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 10 3 0 9 22 No. 14 Grizzlies 0 0 14 6 20
Northern Colorado [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 0 0 0 14 14 Vikings 14 14 7 0 35
At Sacramento State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 3 21 3 14 41 Hornets 0 7 0 7 14
Idaho State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 14 17 10 7 48 Vikings 3 21 14 7 45
At North Dakota [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 0 3 7 0 10 Fighting Hawks 7 0 0 10 17
Eastern Washington–The Dam Cup [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 4 Eagles 14 13 27 20 74 Vikings 0 14 7 2 23
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