2015 Portland State Vikings football team

2015 Portland State Vikings football
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 10
FCS Coaches No. 10
2015 record 9–3 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach Bruce Barnum (1st year)
Offensive coordinator Steve Morton
Defensive coordinator Malik Roberson
Home stadium Providence Park
(Capacity: 20,674)
Hillsboro Stadium
(Capacity: 7,600)
2015 Big Sky football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#18 Southern Utah $^   7 – 1         8 – 4  
#10 Portland State ^   6 – 2         9 – 3  
#14 Montana ^   6 – 2         8 – 5  
North Dakota   5 – 3         7 – 4  
Northern Arizona   5 – 3         7 – 4  
Eastern Washington   5 – 3         6 – 5  
Weber State   5 – 3         6 – 5  
Northern Colorado   3 – 5         6 – 5  
Montana State   3 – 5         5 – 6  
Cal Poly   3 – 5         4 – 7  
UC Davis   2 – 6         2 – 9  
Idaho State   1 – 7         2 – 9  
Sacramento State   1 – 7         2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by head coach Bruce Barnum and played their home games at Providence Park, with one home game at Hillsboro Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 9–3, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to Northern Iowa.

On October 10, 2015, the Vikings beat North Texas, 66–7. The 59 point margin was the largest margin of victory by an FCS team over an FBS team since the split of NCAA Division I football in 1978 into the groupings now known as FBS and FCS.[1] Portland State also became the first FCS team to defeat two FBS teams in the same season since North Dakota State in 2007.[2]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 11:00 AM at Washington State* Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N W 24–17   24,302
September 12 3:05 PM at No. 23 Idaho State No. 24 Holt Arena • Pocatello, ID WBS W 34–14   7,075
September 26 2:05 PM Western Oregon* No. 17 Providence Park • Portland, OR WBS W 31–0   5,017
October 3 2:05 PM North Dakota No. 16 Hillsboro Stadium • Hillsboro, OR WBS L 17–19   4,765
October 10 2:00 PM at North Texas* No. 25 Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX W 66–7   19,801
October 17 12:30 PM No. 16 Montana State No. 17 Providence Park • Portland, OR RTNW W 59–42   8,110
October 24 6:05 PM at Cal Poly No. 14 Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA W 38–35   11,075
October 31 2:05 PM No. 17 Montana No. 12 Providence Park • Portland, OR WBS W 35–16   11,045
November 7 11:00 AM at Northern Colorado No. 10 Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO WBS L 32–35   4,173
November 14 2:05 PM No. 18 Southern Utah No. 15 Providence Park • Portland, OR WBS W 24–23   6,122
November 21 2:05 PM at No. 18 Eastern Washington No. 11 Roos Field • Cheney, WA (The Dam Cup) WBS W 34–31   8,649
December 5 7:00 PM No. 15 Northern Iowa* No. 5 Providence Park • Portland, OR (FCS Playoffs Second Round) ESPN3 L 17–29   8,022
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

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Game notes

at Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 0 10 14 24
Cougars 3 7 0 7 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2014 WSU, 59–21

at Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
#24 Vikings 17 7 7 3 34
#23 Bengals 7 7 0 0 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–24–1 2014 ISU, 31–13

Western Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolves 0 0 0 0 0
#17 Vikings 0 17 7 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–11–1 2014 PSU, 45–38

North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
North Dakota 3 3 10 3 19
#16 Vikings 7 3 7 0 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–3 2014 UND, 24–16

at North Texas

1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Vikings 14 31 14 7 66
Mean Green 0 0 0 7 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Bobcats 14 7 21 0 42
#17 Vikings 14 21 21 3 59
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–19 2014 MSU, 29–22

at Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Vikings 13 0 15 10 38
Mustangs 14 0 14 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–11 2014 POLY, 42–14

Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
#17 Grizzlies 0 10 0 6 16
#12 Vikings 7 14 7 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–29 2013 MONT, 55–27

at Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
#10 Vikings 7 10 0 15 32
Bears 14 7 7 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–3 2012 UNC, 32–28

Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Thunderbirds 10 0 7 6 23
#15 Vikings 7 10 0 7 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–3 2013 SUU, 17–7

at Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Vikings 13 0 14 7 34
#18 Eagles 10 7 0 14 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–17–1 2014 EWU, 56–34

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Panthers 7 9 0 13 29
#5 Vikings 0 3 7 7 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS NR 24 19 17 16 25 17 14 12 10 (1) 15 11 5 10 
Coaches NR RV 20 18 16 23 17 13 12 9–T 16 11 5 10

References

  1. ↑ Vito, Brett (October 10, 2015). "North Texas' Dan McCarney Fired Following Mean Green's 66–7 Loss to FCS School". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ Sherman, Rodger (October 10, 2015). "FCS Portland State Beat North Texas So Badly, the Mean Green Immediately Fired Their Head Coach". SB Nation. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Football Schedule". Portland State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
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