2021 Portland State Vikings football team

The 2021 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Bruce Barnum, they played their home games at Hillsboro Stadium in Portland, Oregon.

2021 Portland State Vikings football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Leunen (3rd season)
Offensive schemePro spread
Defensive coordinatorPayam Saadat (4th season)
Base defense3–3–5
Home stadiumHillsboro Stadium
(capacity: 7,600)
2021 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Sacramento State $^  8 –0   9 –3  
No. 2 Montana State ^  7 –1   11 –3  
No. 7 Eastern Washington ^  6 –2   10 –3  
No. 6 Montana ^  6 –2   10 –3  
No. 17 UC Davis ^  5 –3   8 –4  
Weber State  5 –3   6 –5  
Northern Arizona  4 –4   5 –6  
Portland State  4 –4   5 –6  
Idaho  3 –5   4 –7  
Northern Colorado  2 –6   3 –8  
Cal Poly  1 –7   2 –9  
Idaho State  1 –7   1 –10  
Southern Utah  0 –8   1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

Polls

On July 26, 2021, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Vikings were predicted to finish tenth in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Weber State (7)
2 Montana (3)
3 Eastern Washington (2)
4 Montana State (1)
5 Sacramento State (1)
6 UC Davis
7 Northern Arizona
8 Idaho
9 Idaho State
10 Portland State
11 Southern Utah
12 Cal Poly
13 Northern Colorado
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Weber State (14)
2 Montana (4)
3 Eastern Washington (3)
4 Montana State (3)
5 Sacramento State
6 UC Davis
7 Northern Arizona
8 Idaho
9 Idaho State
10 Portland State
11 Southern Utah
12 Northern Colroado
13 Cal Poly

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Vikings had one player selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 49:00 p.m.at Hawaii*
SPEC PPVL 35–490
September 113:00 p.m.at Washington State*
P12NL 24–4422,651
September 182:05 p.m.Western Oregon*
ESPN+W 21–73,124
September 252:05 p.m.No. 13 Montana State
  • Hillsboro Stadium
  • Hillsboro, OR
ESPN+L 17–304,095
October 25:00 p.m.at Southern Utah
ESPN+W 20–134,013
October 92:00 p.m.at Idaho
ESPN+L 35–427,034
October 162:05 p.m.Idaho State
  • Hillsboro Stadium
  • Hillsboro, OR
ESPN+W 31–101,809
October 302:05 p.m.Cal Poly
  • Hillsboro Stadium
  • Hillsboro, OR
ESPN+W 42–313,245
November 612:00 p.m.at No. 24 Weber State
ESPN+W 30–184,433
November 136:00 p.m.at No. 12 Sacramento State
ESPN+L 20–495,848
November 202:05 p.m.No. 5 Eastern Washington
ESPN+L 28–423,971

[3]

Conference opponents not played this season: Montana, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, UC Davis

Roster
2021 Portland State Vikings football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 3 Job Dockery Jr
WR 4 Deion Malone Jr
QB 6 Davis Alexander Sr
WR 8 George McCorley Jr
QB 9 Nathan West Jr
WR 13 Beau Kelly Jr
WR 14 Jerad Toman So
QB 15 Dante Chachere Fr
QB 16 DeMontre Thomas Fr
QB 17 Jalen Chatman So
WR 19 Darien Chase Fr
RB 21 Jarmar Julian So
RB 22 Bishop Mitchell Jr
RB 25 JoJo Siofele Fr
RB 27 Malik Walker Sr
RB 28 Jobi Malary Fr
RB 29 Jalynnee McGee Fr
RB 36 Ahmir McGee So
OL 60 Brady Brick Jr
OL 61 Shiloh Taʻase So
OL 62 Bubba Waʻa So
OL 66 Hayden Engel Fr
OL 67 Ethan Wallis Fr
OL 71 John Krahn Sr
OL 73 D'Angalo Titialii Fr
OL 74 Tyson Pauling Jr
OL 75 Alex Rockwell Jr
OL 76 Tommy Laverde Sr
OL 77 Carlton Lorenz GS
OL 78 Richard Estrella Fr
OL 79 Carlos Barraza Sr
WR 80 Emmanuel Daigbe Sr
WR 81 Mataio Talalemotu Jr
WR 82 Malcolm Tatum Fr
TE 83 Daniel Giannosa Sr
TE 84 Elias Spence Fr
TE 85 Anthony Rodriguez Jr
TE 86 John Schulte So
WR 87 Nate Bennett Fr
TE 88 Malik Thirdgill Jr
WR Tre Anderson Fr
RB Treyvon Westerling Fr
QB Caden Filer Fr
ATH Mason Packer Fr
TE Brad Young Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 1 Broderick Harrell Sr
S 2 Xavier Bell Jr
DT 5 Semise Kofe Sr
S 7 Ryan Lesch Sr
S 10 De'Jon Fort Jr
CB 12 Semaj Bolin Fr
S 14 Anthony Adams Jr
S 15 Robert Holt Jr
S 16 KJ Walker Sr
S 20 Greg Oliver So
DB 23 Daluan Bright Fr
DB 24 Davion Gaines Fr
LB 26 Nicolas Ah Sam Sr
CB 28 Arin Mannery Sr
CB 30 Travis West Fr
S 31 Karsonne Winters Fr
LB 32 Isaiah Henry So
S 33 David Joseph So
S 34 Ty Apana-Purcell Sr
DB 35 Michael Jackson Fr
LB 37 Monquel Glasgow Jr
CB 38 Evan Camarena Jr
DB 39 Tyreese Shakir Fr
CB 40 Benton Hoge So
LB 41 Justice Pagan Fr
LB 42 Steffen Jacobsen Sr
DT 43 VJ Malo Jr
LB 44 Zack Mandera So
LB 45 Moses Finau Jr
DL 46 Kennedy Freeman Fr
LB 47 Tevita Tuitavake Jr
LB 49 Parker McKenna Fr
DE 50 Cody Brown Sr
LB 51 Levi O'Connell So
DE 53 Noah Yunker Sr
DE 54 Jake Porter Jr
DT 55 Boogie Davis Jr
DT 90 Serge Rusnak So
DE 91 Jayson Pace So
DE 92 Zane Maningo Fr
DL 93 Martin Salazar Fr
DT 94 Ethan Tela-Porter Fr
DE 95 Spencer Delacruz Fr
DT 97 Tiano Tialavea GS
DT 98 Holden Williams Jr
DB Jayden Brannan Fr
DT Jessie Brown Fr
DB Jermaine Flentroy Fr
DB Ronan Gay Fr
DB Stetler Harms Fr
DB Jake Urena So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
PK 57 Cody Williams Jr
LS 59 Ryan Alvidrez Fr
PK 97 Gianni Smith Fr
P 99 Seth Vernon Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Support staff
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: May 28, 2021

Game summaries

At Hawaii
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 7 21 7 35
Rainbow Warriors 28 7 7 7 49
See also: 2021 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

At Washington State
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 10 0 14 24
Cougars 7 23 7 7 44
See also: 2021 Washington State Cougars football team

Western Oregon
1 2 3 4 Total
Wolves 0 0 0 7 7
Vikings 7 0 14 0 21

No. 13 Montana State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Bobcats 3 6 14 7 30
Vikings 10 0 7 0 17
See also: 2021 Montana State Bobcats football team

At Southern Utah
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 10 3 7 20
Thunderbirds 3 7 3 0 13
See also: 2021 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

At Idaho
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 7 7 0 21 35
Vandals 21 14 0 7 42
See also: 2021 Idaho Vandals football team

Idaho State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 7 0 3 10
Vikings 17 7 7 0 31
See also: 2021 Idaho State Bengals football team

Cal Poly
1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 6 0 8 7 21
Vikings 14 0 7 21 42
See also: 2021 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

At No. 24 Weber State
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 10 7 13 30
No. 24 Wildcats 7 0 3 8 18
See also: 2021 Weber State Wildcats football team

At No. 12 Sacramento State
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 7 7 6 20
No. 12 Hornets 3 18 14 14 49
See also: 2021 Sacramento State Hornets football team

No 5. Eastern Washington
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Eagles 7 7 21 7 42
Vikings 7 7 7 7 28
See also: 2021 Eastern Washington Eagles football team and The Dam Cup

References
  1. "Adams Named Preseason All-Big Sky, League Releases Preseason Polls". July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  2. "Adams Named Preseason All-Big Sky, League Releases Preseason Polls". Portland State University Athletics. July 26, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  3. "2021 Football Schedule". Portland State University Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
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