2014 Portland State Vikings football team

2014 Portland State Vikings football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2014 record	3–9 (2–6 Big Sky)
Head coach	Nigel Burton (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bruce Barnum
Defensive coordinator	Jaime Hill
Home stadium	Providence Park (Capacity: 20,674)
Seasons ← 2013 2015 →

2014 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington $^		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 13 Montana ^		6	–	2					9	–	5
No. 20 Montana State ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
No. 25 Idaho State		6	–	2					8	–	4
Cal Poly		5	–	3					7	–	5
Northern Arizona		5	–	3					7	–	5
Sacramento State		4	–	4					7	–	5
North Dakota		3	–	5					5	–	7
Southern Utah		3	–	5					3	–	9
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	8
Portland State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Weber State		2	–	6					2	–	10
UC Davis		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2014 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth year head coach Nigel Burton and played their home games at Providence Park. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for tenth place.

On November 26, head coach Nigel Burton was fired.^[1] He finished at Portland State with a five-year record of 21–36.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	1:00 pm	at Oregon State*	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	L 14–29	40,309
September 6	7:15 pm	Western Oregon*	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR		W 45–38	4,241
September 13	5:00 pm	at Washington State*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	L 21–59	30,874
September 20	6:05 pm	at Cal Poly*	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	BSTV	L 14–42	8,834
October 4	4:35 pm	UC Davis	Providence Park Portland, OR	RTNW	W 23–14	5,442
October 11	11:30 am	at North Dakota	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	BSTV	L 16–24	7,894
October 18	4:05 pm	Northern Arizona	Providence Park Portland, OR	RTNW	L 17–21	4,083
October 25	12:00 pm	at Weber State	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	BSTV	W 30–17	6,862
November 1	4:35 pm	Idaho State	Providence Park Portland, OR	BSTV	L 13–31	3,193
November 8	1:05 pm	at No. 15 Montana State	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	BSTV	L 22–29	16,627
November 15	2:00 pm	at Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	BSTV	L 41–48	5,227
November 21	7:05 pm	No. 5 Eastern Washington	Providence Park Portland, OR (The Dam Cup)	RTNW	L 34–56	5,955
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

^[2]

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Cal Poly on September 20 is considered a non conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky Standings.

Game summaries[]

@ Oregon State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	14	0	0	14
Beavers	6	7	13	3	29

Western Oregon[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolves	0	14	10	14	38
Vikings	10	14	7	14	45

@ Washington State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	0	14	7	21
Cougars	7	21	7	24	59

@ Cal Poly[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	0	0	14	14
Mustangs	7	14	14	7	42

UC Davis[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	0	14	0	14
Vikings	3	14	0	6	23

@ North Dakota[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	7	6	0	3	16
North Dakota	3	0	14	7	24

Northern Arizona[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	0	14	0	7	21
Vikings	0	7	10	0	17

@ Weber State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	7	6	7	10	30
Wildcats	7	0	3	7	17

Idaho State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	14	3	7	7	31
Vikings	0	10	0	3	13

@ Montana State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	10	3	2	7	22
#15 Bobcats	15	7	0	7	29

@ Sacramento State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	10	10	21	0	41
Hornets	10	14	7	17	48

Eastern Washington[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Eagles	7	7	21	21	56
Vikings	0	14	6	14	34

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