# 2023 Portland State Vikings football team

The 2023 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Bruce Barnum, the Vikings played their home games off campus at Hillsboro Stadium in Hillsboro, Oregon, a suburb west of Portland.

## Preseason
### Polls

On July 23, 2023, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Vikings were predicted to finish eighth in the Big Sky by the coaches and ninth by the media.
Coaches poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Montana State | 120 (10) |
| 2 | UC Davis | 96 (1) |
| 3 | Sacramento State | 94 (1) |
| 4 | Weber State | 91 |
| 5 | Idaho | 89 |
| 6 | Montana | 84 |
| 7 | Eastern Washington | 52 |
| 8 | Portland State | 45 |
| 9 | Northern Arizona | 44 |
| 10 | Northern Colorado | 37 |
| 11 | Cal Poly | 25 |
| 12 | Idaho State | 15 |
Media poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Montana State | 447 (26) |
| 2 | Idaho | 410 (8) |
| 3 | Montana | 359 (2) |
| 4 | Sacramento State | 334 (3) |
| 5 | UC Davis | 330 |
| 6 | Weber State | 320 |
| 7 | Eastern Washington | 216 |
| 8 | Northern Arizona | 178 |
| 9 | Portland State | 167 |
| 10 | Northern Colorado | 109 |
| 11 | Cal Poly | 103 |
| 12 | Idaho State | 69 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 15 (FBS) Oregon* | Autzen StadiumEugene, OR | P12N | L 7–81 | 45,723 |
| September 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at Wyoming* | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY | MW Network | L 17–31 | 22,121 |
| September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | North American* | Hillsboro StadiumHillsboro, OR | ESPN+ | W 91–0 | 1,411 |
| September 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Cal Poly | Hillsboro StadiumHillsboro, OR | ESPN+ | W 59–21 | 1,672 |
| September 30 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 3 Montana State | Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT | ESPN+ | L 22–38 | 22,017 |
| October 14 | 2:00 p.m. | at Northern Arizona | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | ESPN+ | W 45–21 | 9,713 |
| October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Idaho State | Hillsboro StadiumHillsboro, OR | ESPN+ | L 24–38 | 2,174 |
| October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | Eastern Washington | Hillsboro StadiumHillsboro, OR (The Dam Cup) | ESPN+ | W 47–35 | 3,189 |
| November 4 | 4:00 p.m. | at UC Davis | UC Davis Health StadiumDavis, CA | ESPN+ | L 23–37 | 8,945 |
| November 11 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 3 Montana | Hillsboro StadiumHillsboro, OR | ESPN+ | L 10–34 | 4,578 |
| November 18 | 11:00 a.m. | at Northern Colorado | Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO | ESPN+ | W 27–23 | 2,578 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time |||||||

## Game summaries
### at No. 15 (FBS) Oregon

| Pregame line | Over/under |
| ORE -48.0 | 64.5 |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Portland State | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| No. 15 (FBS) Oregon | 22 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 81 |
at Autzen Stadium
* Date: September 2
* Game time: 3:00 p.m. EST/12:00 p.m. PST
* Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 73 °F (23 °C) • Wind: 3 mph W
* Game attendance: 45,723
* Referee: Justin Elliott
* TV announcers (Pac-12 Network): Roxy Bernstein and Lincoln Kennedy
| Statistics | Portland State | No. 15 Oregon |
| First downs | 9 | 37 |
| Plays–yards | 57–200 | 72–729 |
| Rushes–yards | 37–148 | 34–348 |
| Passing yards | 52 | 381 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 8–20–0 | 33–38–0 |
| Time of possession | 28:37 | 31:23 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Portland State | Passing | Dante Chachere | 5/14, 35 yards, 1 TD |
| Portland State | Rushing | Dante Chachere | 6 carries, 53 yards |
| Portland State | Receiving | Jaden Casey | 3 receptions, 17 yards |
| No. 15 Oregon | Passing | Bo Nix | 23/27, 287 yards, 3 TD |
| No. 15 Oregon | Rushing | Bucky Irving | 4 carries, 119 yards, 2 TD |
| No. 15 Oregon | Receiving | Troy Franklin | 7 receptions, 106 yards, 2 TD |

### at Wyoming

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Cowboys | 14 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
at War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, Wyoming
* Date: September 9
* Game time: 2:00 p.m. MDT
* Game weather: Sunny, 75 °F (24 °C)
* Game attendance: 22,121
* Referee: Christian Watson
* TV announcers (Mountain West Network): Chris Sylvester, Jared Petrino, and Bridget Howard
* Box score, Recap
Game information :
First quarter
WYO – Jamari Ferrell 1-yard run (John Hoyland kick), 8:03. Cowboys 7–0. Drive: 5 plays, 34 yards, 2:15.
WYO – Ayir Asante 64-yard pass from Andrew Peasley (John Hoyland kick), 2:51. Cowboys 14–0. Drive: 3 plays, 67 yards, 1:28.
Second quarter
PSU – Dante Chachere 2-yard run (Gianni Smith kick), 8:50. Cowboys 14–7. Drive: 18 plays, 75 yards, 9:01.
WYO – Wyatt Wieland 29-yard pass from Andrew Peasley (John Hoyland kick), 4:52. Cowboys 21–7. Drive: 3 plays, 49 yards, 1:28.
PSU – Gianni Smith 45-yard field goal, 0:16. Cowboys 21–10. Drive: 5 plays, 17 yards, 0:33.
Third quarter
WYO – John Hoyland 56-yard field goal, 6:42. Cowboys 24–10. Drive: 11 plays, 41 yards, 5:54.
WYO – Ayir Asante 14-yard pass from Andrew Peasley (John Hoyland kick), 1:55. Cowboys 31–10. Drive: 7 plays, 67 yards, 3:21.
Fourth quarter
PSU – Maclaine Griffin 10-yard pass from Dante Chachere (Gianni Smith kick), 7:03. Cowboys 31–17. Drive: 11 plays, 54 yards, 5:18.
Top passers
PSU – Dante Chachere – 22/38, 214 yards, TD, INT
WYO – Andrew Peasley – 11/16, 201 yards, 3 TD, INT
Top rushers
PSU – Quincy Craig – 12 rushes, 54 yards
WYO – Sam Scott – 11 rushes, 70 yards
Top receivers
PSU – Jermaine Braddock – 7 receptions, 61 yards
WYO – Ayir Asante – 2 receptions, 78 yards, 2 TD :