2015 Portland State Vikings football team

2015 Portland State Vikings football
FCS Playoffs Second Round vs Northern Iowa, L 17–29
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 10
FCS Coaches	No. 10
Record	9–3 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bruce Barnum (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Morton
Defensive coordinator	Malik Roberson
Home stadium	Providence Park (Capacity: 20,674) Hillsboro Stadium (Capacity: 7,600)

2015 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 18 Southern Utah $^		7	–	1					8	–	4
No. 10 Portland State ^		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 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 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. Portland State also became the first FCS team to defeat two FBS teams in the same season since North Dakota State in 2007.

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 Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

at Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	0	10	14	24
Cougars	3	7	0	7	17

See also: 2015 Washington State Cougars football team

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

See also: 2015 Idaho State Bengals football team

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

See also: Western Oregon Wolves football

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

See also: 2015 University of North Dakota football team

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

See also: 2015 North Texas Mean Green football team

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

See also: 2015 Montana State Bobcats football team

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

See also: 2015 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

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

See also: 2015 Montana Grizzlies football team

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

See also: 2015 Northern Colorado Bears football team

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

See also: 2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

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

See also: 2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football team and The Dam Cup

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

See also: 2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	—	24	19	17	16	25	17	14	12	10 (1)	15	11	5	10
Coaches	—	RV	20	18	16	23	17	13	12	9–T	16	11	5	10