# 2012 Portland State Vikings football team

The 2012 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third year head coach Nigel Burton and played their home games at Jeld-Wen Field. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th place.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 5:00 pm | No. 2 (NAIA) Carroll (MT)* | Jeld-Wen FieldPortland, OR | CSNNW/Big Sky TV | W 38–20 | 6,845 |
| September 8 | 4:00 pm | at North Dakota* | Alerus CenterGrand Forks, ND | MSN/Big Sky TV | L 37–45 | 9,210 |
| September 15 | 4:00 pm | at Washington* | CenturyLink FieldSeattle, WA | FX | L 13–52 | 54,922 |
| September 22 | 5:00 pm | Southern Utah | Jeld-Wen FieldPortland, OR | CSNNW/Big Sky TV | L 42–49 | 6,353 |
| September 29 | 2:00 pm | at No. 22 Northern Arizona | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | FCSP/Big Sky TV | L 10–24 | 9,107 |
| October 6 | 5:00 pm | Idaho State | Jeld-Wen FieldPortland, OR | CSNNW/Big Sky TV | W 77–10 | 5,754 |
| October 20 | 6:00 pm | at No. 14 Cal Poly | Alex G. Spanos StadiumSan Luis Obispo, CA | Big Sky TV | L 25–37 | 10,025 |
| October 27 | 2:00 pm | at UC Davis | Aggie StadiumDavis, CA | Big Sky TV | W 49–21 | 7,826 |
| November 3 | 1:00 pm | Northern Colorado | Jeld-Wen FieldPortland, OR | Big Sky TV | L 28–32 | 5,077 |
| November 10 | 12:30 pm | at No. 2 Montana State | Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT | RTNW | L 30–65 | 15,177 |
| November 17 | 1:00 pm | No. 5 Eastern Washington | Jeld-Wen FieldPortland, OR (The Dam Cup) | CSNNW/Big Sky TV | L 34–41 | 5,758 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time |||||||
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with North Dakota on September 8 was considered a non conference game and had no effect on the Big Sky Standings.

## Game summaries
### Carroll

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Fighting Saints | 9 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
| Vikings | 14 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 38 |

### @ North Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 9 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 37 |
| North Dakota | 14 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 45 |

### @ Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Huskies | 14 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 52 |

### Southern Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thunderbirds | 3 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 49 |
| Vikings | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 42 |

### @ Northern Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| #22 Lumberjacks | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 24 |

### Idaho State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Vikings | 7 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 77 |

### @ Cal Poly

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 14 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 25 |
| #14 Mustangs | 14 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 37 |

### @ UC Davis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 49 |
| Aggies | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |

### Northern Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 3 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 32 |
| Vikings | 6 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 28 |

### @ Montana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| #2 Bobcats | 24 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 65 |

### Eastern Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #5 Eagles | 0 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 41 |
| Vikings | 13 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 34 |