2020 Portland State Vikings football team

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.

2020 Portland State Vikings football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record0–1 (0–0 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Leunen (3rd season)
Offensive schemePro spread
Defensive coordinatorPayam Saadat (3rd season)
Base defense3–3–5
Home stadiumHillsboro Stadium
(Capacity: 7,600)
2020 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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 State  2 –4   2 –4  
Idaho  2 –4   2 –4  
Southern Utah  1 –5   1 –5  
Cal Poly‡  0 –3   0 –3  
Montana†   –   2 –0  
Portland State†   –   0 –1  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Big Sky suspended the fall 2020 football season.
    Montana State, Northern Colorado, and Sacramento State opted out of the spring season.
    † – Montana and Portland State opted out of the conference season, but scheduled non-conference games.
    ‡ – Cal Poly opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 29, 2021.
Rankings from STATS Poll

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]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
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
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
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]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
April 17 10:00 a.m. at Montana*
L 7–48

[4]

References
  1. "Eagles Selected to Finish Fourth in the Big Sky in 2020". July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  2. Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Kelley, Kevin (March 2, 2021). "Montana, Portland State schedule spring 2021 non-conference game". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  4. "2020 Portland State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.


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