American college football season
The 2022 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by eighth-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 [ edit ] On July 25, 2022, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Vikings were predicted to finish in the Big Sky ninth by the coaches and eighth by the media.[1]
Coaches poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Montana 111 (3) 2 Sacramento State 110 (4) 3 Montana State 109 (5) 4 Weber State 84 5 UC Davis 82 6 Eastern Washington 76 7 Northern Arizona 62 8 Idaho 45 9 Portland State 42 10 Cal Poly 33 T-11 Idaho State 19 T-11 Northern Colorado 19
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Montana 356 (14) 2 Montana State 352 (13) 3 Sacramento State 335 (4) 4 Weber State 261 5 UC Davis 255 (1) 6 Eastern Washington 236 7 Northern Arizona 191 8 Portland State 146 9 Idaho 142 10 Cal Poly 85 11 Northern Colorado 71 12 Idaho State 66
Preseason All–Big Sky team [ edit ] The Vikings had three players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]
Offense
Beau Kelly – WR
Defense
Anthony Adams – S
VJ Malo – DT
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 7:30 p.m. at San Jose State * NBCSBA L 17–2116,291 September 10 1:00 p.m. at Washington * P12N L 6–5257,518 September 24 1:00 p.m. at No. T–2 Montana ESPN+ L 16–5312,345 October 1 2:00 p.m. Northern Arizona ESPN+ W 35–273,595 October 8 2:00 p.m. Lincoln (CA) * Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR KRCW /ESPN+W 48–62,921 October 15 2:00 p.m. No. 6 Weber State Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR ESPN+ L 7–424,067 October 22 12:00 p.m. at No. 17 Idaho ESPN+ L 21–567,357 October 29 1:00 p.m. at Eastern Washington ESPN+ W 38–354,143 November 5 2:00 p.m. Northern Colorado Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR ESPN+ W 35–212,771 7:00 p.m. No. 2 Sacramento State Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR ESPN+ L 17–452,891 November 19 5:00 p.m. at Cal Poly ESPN+ L 42–495,168 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
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Game summaries [ edit ] At San Jose State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 7 0 3 7 17 Spartans 7 7 0 7 21
At Washington [ edit ] Portland State Vikings (0–1) at Washington Huskies (1–0) – Game summary
Period 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 0 3 3 0 6 Huskies 14 17 14 7 52
at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
Date : September 10, 2022Game time : 1:00 P.M PDT Game weather : 86 °F (30 °C); SunnyGame attendance : 57,518Referee : Jim WharrieTV announcers (Pac-12 Network ) : Elise Woodward (play-by-play), Max Browne (analyst)
Game information First quarter (8:10) WASH – Cameron Davis 13-yard run, Peyton Henry kick (Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards, 4:34; Washington 7–0 ) (2:41) WASH – Ja'Lynn Polk 12-yard pass from Michael Penix Jr., Peyton Henry kick (Drive: 10 plays, 74 yards, 3:51; Washington 14–0 ) Second quarter (9:51) WASH – Jalen McMillan 84-yard pass from Michael Penix Jr., Peyton Henry kick (Drive: 3 plays, 99 yards, 1:24; Washington 21–0 ) (4:44) PSU – Gianni Smith 23-yard field goal (Drive: 12 plays, 69 yards, 5:07; Washington 21–3 ) (2:13) WASH – Wayne Taulapapa 6-yard run, Peyton Henry kick (Drive: 5 plays, 46 yards, 2:28; Washington 28–3 ) (0:00) WASH – Peyton Henry 32-yard field goal (Drive: 5 plays, 46 yards, 0:34; Washington 31–3 ) Third quarter (12:18) WASH – Will Nixon 4-yard run, Peyton Henry kick (Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 2:37; Washington 38–3 ) (7:43) PSU – Gianni Smith 40-yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 52 yards, 4:35; Washington 38–6 ) (2:28) WASH – Cameron Davis 5-yard run, Peyton Henry kick (Drive: 10 plays, 65 yards, 5:09; Washington 45–6 ) Fourth quarter (5:12) WASH – Denzel Boston 2-yard run, Peyton Henry kick (Drive: 7 plays, 47 yards, 4:21; Washington 52–6 )
Statistics PSU WASH First downs 12 32 Plays–yards 51–131 73–617 Rushes–yards 31–81 40–241 Passing yards 50 376 Passing: comp–att–int 7–20–0 23–33–1 Time of possession 27:21 32:39
Team Category Player Statistics Portland State Passing Dante Chachere 6/17, 50 yards Rushing Jalynnee McGee 12 carries, 58 yards Receiving Nate Bennett 3 receptions, 25 yards Washington Passing Michael Penix Jr. 20/27, 337 yards, 2 TD, INT Rushing Wayne Taulapapa 12 carries, 94 yards, TD Receiving Jalen McMillan 4 receptions, 127 yards, TD
At No. 2 Montana [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 7 7 2 0 16 #2 Grizzlies 14 25 0 14 53
Northern Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Lumberjacks 7 0 0 20 27 Vikings 14 14 0 7 35
Lincoln (CA) [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Oaklanders 0 0 0 6 6 Vikings 7 28 13 0 48
No. 6 Weber State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #6 Wildcats 14 7 14 7 42 Vikings 0 0 0 7 7
At No. 17 Idaho [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 14 7 0 0 21 #17 Vandals 14 7 14 21 56
At Eastern Washington [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 21 14 0 3 38 Eagles 0 7 7 21 35
Northern Colorado [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 0 28 7 0 35 Vikings 14 0 0 7 21
No. 2 Sacramento State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #2 Hornets 7 17 14 7 45 Vikings 0 0 3 14 17
At Cal Poly [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 14 7 0 21 42 Mustangs 0 28 7 14 49
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