2020 Portland State Vikings football team
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Conference | Big Sky Conference |
2020 record | 0–1 (0–0 Big Sky) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Matt Leunen (3rd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Payam Saadat (3rd season) |
Home stadium | Hillsboro Stadium (Capacity: 7,600) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Weber State $^ | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Eastern Washington ^ | 5 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 UC Davis | 3 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Arizona | 3 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 2 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho State | 2 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Utah | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly‡ | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana† | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland State† | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Bruce Barnum and were scheduled to play their home games at Hillsboro Stadium, though they did not play a home game. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference.
Previous season[]
The Vikings finished the 2019 season 5–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place.
Preseason[]
Polls[]
On July 23, 2020, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Vikings were predicted to finish eighth in the Big Sky by the coaches and seventh by the media.[1]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Weber State | 135 (7) |
2 | Montana | 128 (3) |
3 | Montana State | 121 (1) |
4 | Eastern Washington | 118 (1) |
5 | Sacramento State | 99 (1) |
6 | UC Davis | 83 |
7 | Northern Arizona | 68 |
8 | Portland State | 67 |
9 | Idaho | 66 |
10 | Cal Poly | 46 |
11 | Idaho State | 37 |
12 | Southern Utah | 33 |
13 | Northern Colorado | 13 |
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Weber State | 546 (28) |
2 | Montana | 496 (8) |
3 | Montana State | 493 (6) |
4 | Eastern Washington | 438 (1) |
5 | Sacramento State | 389 |
6 | UC Davis | 325 (1) |
7 | Portland State | 274 |
8 | Idaho | 273 |
9 | Northern Arizona | 238 |
10 | Cal Poly | 206 |
11 | Idaho State | 133 |
12 | Southern Utah | 105 |
13 | Northern Colorado | 88 |
Schedule[]
Portland State had games scheduled against Arizona and Oregon State, which were later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[2]
The Vikings' April 17 game against Montana was counted as a non-conference game, even though both schools compete in the Big Sky Conference.[3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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April 17 | 10:00 a.m. | at Montana* | L 7–48 | |||||
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References[]
- ^ "Eagles Selected to Finish Fourth in the Big Sky in 2020". July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ^ Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin (2 March 2021). "Montana, Portland State schedule spring 2021 non-conference game". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "2020 Portland State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
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