1980 Portland State Vikings football team

The 1980 Portland State Vikings football team was an American football team that represented Portland State University as an independent during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its sixth and final season under head coach Mouse Davis, the team compiled an 8–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 550 to 209. The team utilized the run and shoot offense popularized by Davis and gained national acclaim for its high-scoring offensive output, including single-game tallies of 105 and 93 points.[1][2] On the field, the team was led by senior quarterback Neil Lomax. During the 1980 season, Lomax tallied 4,094 passing yards and became the all-time leader in college football history with a career total of 13,200 passing yards.[3][4][5]

1980 Portland State Vikings football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–3
Head coach
Offensive schemeRun and shoot
Home stadiumCivic Stadium
1980 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Lehigh ^   –  9 –1 –2
No. 6 Delaware   –  9 –2 –0
Southeastern Louisiana   –  8 –2 –0
No. 8 Northwestern State   –  8 –3 –0
Portland State   –  8 –3 –0
Bucknell   –  6 –4 –0
James Madison   –  4 –6 –0
Lafayette   –  3 –7 –0
Nicholls State   –  2 –9 –0
Northeastern   –  2 –9 –0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6North Dakota
W 28–1411,952[6]
September 20Montana
  • Civic Stadium
  • Portland, OR
W 29–011,381[7]
September 27at Idaho StateNo. T–10
L 33–598,042[8]
October 4at Idaho
L 27–3713,000
October 11at Puget Sound
W 37–145,200
October 18Eastern Washington
  • Civic Stadium
  • Portland, OR
W 54–217,347
October 25Cal Poly Pomona
  • Civic Stadium
  • Portland, OR
W 93–76,152[9]
November 1at Northwestern State
L 21–407,000
November 8Delaware State
  • Civic Stadium
  • Portland, OR
W 105–04,772[10]
November 15South Dakota State
  • Civic Stadium
  • Portland, OR
W 48–174,976
November 22Weber State
  • Civic Stadium
  • Portland, OR
W 75–06,890[11]

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Roster
1980 Portland State Vikings football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 11 Neil Lomax Sr
WR 86 Clint Didier Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References
  1. Karen Allen (November 22, 1980). "Raves, shot at playoffs for PSU". Statesman-Journal. p. 3D – via Newspapers.com.
  2. John Jeansonne (November 16, 1980). "Running Up the Score: What Good Does It Do?". Newsday. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Vikings To Host South Dakota State". Statesman Journal. November 15, 1980. p. 3F – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Portland's Lomax a record breaker". The Home News (AP story). September 5, 1980. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Portland St., Lomax Go Wild in 75-0 Win". Los Angeles Times. November 23, 1980. p. III-8 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Lomax, PSU open with 28-14 victory". Statesman Journal (AP story). September 7, 1980. p. 3D.
  7. Vince Devlin (September 21, 1980). "Lomax, Vikings pummel Grizzlies". The Missoulian. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Idaho State hands PSU 59-33 loss". Statesman Journal. September 28, 1980 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  9. "PSU destroys Cal Poly 93-7". Statesman Journal. October 26, 1980. pp. 1D, 2D – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "PSU scores 105 points". Statesman Journal. November 9, 1980. pp. 1D, 5D – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Lomax throws for 474 yards, leads Vikings to 75-0 victory". Statesman Journal. November 23, 1980. p. 3C – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Portland State Football Record Book (PDF)" (PDF).
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