2022 Portland State Vikings football team

2022 Portland State Vikings football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	4–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bruce Barnum (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Skyler Fulton (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Payam Saadat (5th season)
Home stadium	Hillsboro Stadium (capacity: 7,600)

2022 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Montana State +^		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 5 Sacramento State +^		8	–	0					12	–	1
No. 9 Weber State ^		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 18 Idaho ^		6	–	2					7	–	5
No. 25 UC Davis		5	–	3					6	–	5
No. 14 Montana ^		4	–	4					8	–	5
Portland State		3	–	5					4	–	7
Eastern Washington		2	–	6					3	–	8
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	8
Northern Arizona		2	–	6					3	–	8
Idaho State		1	–	7					1	–	10
Cal Poly		1	–	7					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

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 sixth-year head coach Bruce Barnum, the Vikings played their home games off campus at Hillsboro Stadium in Hillsboro, Oregon, a suburb west of Portland.

Previous season

See also: 2021 Portland State Vikings football team

The Lumberjacks finished the 2021 season 5–6 overall, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for seventh place.

Preseason

Polls

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.

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

The Vikings had three players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.

Offense

Beau Kelly – WR

Defense

Anthony Adams – S

VJ Malo – DT

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:30 p.m.	at San Jose State*	CEFCU Stadium San Jose, CA	NBCSBA	L 17–21	16,291
September 10	1:00 p.m.	at Washington*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	P12N	L 6–52	57,518
September 24	1:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	ESPN+	L 16–53	12,345
October 1	2:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	W 35–27	3,595
October 8	2:00 p.m.	Lincoln (CA)*	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	KRCW/ESPN+	W 48–6	2,921
October 15	2:00 p.m.	No. 6 Weber State	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	L 7–42	4,067
October 22	12:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Idaho	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN+	L 21–56	7,357
October 29	1:00 p.m.	at Eastern Washington	Roos Field Cheney, WA (The Dam Cup)	ESPN+	W 38–35	4,143
November 5	2:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	W 35–21	2,771
November 11	7:00 p.m.	No. 2 Sacramento State	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	L 17–45	2,891
November 19	5:00 p.m.	at Cal Poly	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	ESPN+	L 42–49	5,168
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

at San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	7	0	3	7	17
Spartans	7	7	0	7	21

See also: 2022 San Jose State Spartans football team

at Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	3	3	0	6
Huskies	14	17	14	7	52

See also: 2022 Washington Huskies football team

at No. 2 Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	7	7	2	0	16
#2 Grizzlies	14	25	0	14	53

See also: 2022 Montana Grizzlies football team

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	7	0	0	20	27
Vikings	14	14	0	7	35

See also: 2022 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

Lincoln (CA)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oaklanders	0	0	0	6	6
Vikings	7	28	13	0	48

No. 6 Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Wildcats	14	7	14	7	42
Vikings	0	0	0	7	7

See also: 2022 Weber State Wildcats football team

at No. 17 Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	14	7	0	0	21
#17 Vandals	14	7	14	21	56

See also: 2022 Idaho Vandals football team

at Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	21	14	0	3	38
Eagles	0	7	7	21	35

See also: 2022 Eastern Washington Eagles football team and The Dam Cup

Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	14	0	0	7	21
Bears	0	28	7	0	35

See also: 2022 Northern Colorado Bears football team

No. 2 Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Hornets	7	17	14	7	45
Vikings	0	0	3	14	17

See also: 2022 Sacramento State Hornets football team

at Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	14	7	0	21	42
Mustangs	0	28	7	14	49

See also: 2022 Cal Poly Mustangs football team