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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
References [ edit ]
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