American college football season
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] North Dakota State in 2007.[2]
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 5 11:00 am at Washington State (FBS )* P12N W 24–1724,302 September 12 3:05 pm at No. 23 Idaho State No. 24 WBS W 34–147,075 September 26 2:05 pm Western Oregon * No. 17 WBS W 31–05,017 October 3 2:05 pm North Dakota No. 16 WBS L 17–194,765 October 10 2:00 pm at North Texas (FBS)* No. 25 W 66–719,801 October 17 12:30 pm No. 16 Montana State No. 17 Providence Park Portland, OR RTNW W 59–428,110 October 24 6:05 pm at Cal Poly No. 14 W 38–3511,075 October 31 2:05 pm No. 17 Montana No. 12 Providence Park Portland, OR WBS W 35–1611,045 November 7 11:00 am at Northern Colorado No. 10 WBS L 32–354,173 November 14 2:05 pm No. 18 Southern Utah No. 15 Providence Park Portland, OR WBS W 24–236,122 November 21 2:05 pm at No. 18 Eastern Washington No. 11 WBS W 34–318,649 December 5 7:00 pm No. 15 Northern Iowa * No. 5 Providence Park Portland, OR (FCS Playoffs Second Round ) ESPN3 L 17–298,022 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
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Game summaries [ ] at Washington State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Vikings
0
0
10
14
24
Cougars
3
7
0
7
17
at Idaho State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#24 Vikings
17
7
7
3
34
#23 Bengals
7
7
0
0
14
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
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
at North Texas [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#25 Vikings
14
31
14
7
66
Mean Green
0
0
0
7
7
Montana State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#16 Bobcats
14
7
21
0
42
#17 Vikings
14
21
21
3
59
at Cal Poly [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#14 Vikings
13
0
15
10
38
Mustangs
14
0
14
7
35
Montana [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#17 Grizzlies
0
10
0
6
16
#12 Vikings
7
14
7
7
35
at Northern Colorado [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#10 Vikings
7
10
0
15
32
Bears
14
7
7
7
35
Southern Utah [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#18 Thunderbirds
10
0
7
6
23
#15 Vikings
7
10
0
7
24
at Eastern Washington [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#11 Vikings
13
0
14
7
34
#18 Eagles
10
7
0
14
31
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
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
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
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