# 2019 Portland State Vikings football team

The 2019 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Bruce Barnum and played their home games at Hillsboro Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place.

## Preseason
### Big Sky preseason poll

The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Vikings were picked to finish in tenth place in both polls.
Media poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Eastern Washington | 536 (25) |
| 2 | UC Davis | 510 (13) |
| 3 | Weber State | 472 (4) |
| 4 | Montana State | 417 |
| 5 | Montana | 396 (1) |
| 6 | Northern Arizona | 302 |
| 7 | Idaho State | 285 |
| 8 | Idaho | 248 |
| 9 | Cal Poly | 196 |
| 10 | Portland State | 178 |
| 11 | Southern Utah | 160 |
| 12 | Sacramento State | 125 |
| 13 | Northern Colorado | 90 |
Coaches poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Eastern Washington | 140 (10) |
| 2 | UC Davis | 127 (2) |
| 3 | Weber State | 124 |
| 4 | Montana | 104 (1) |
| 5 | Montana State | 100 |
| 6 | Northern Arizona | 88 |
| 7 | Idaho State | 72 |
| 8 | Idaho | 65 |
| 9 | Cal Poly | 56 |
| 10 | Portland State | 42 |
| 11 | Sacramento State | 40 |
| 12 | Southern Utah | 38 |
| 13 | Northern Colorado | 19 |

### Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Vikings had two players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 1:00 p.m. | at Arkansas* | Donald W. Reynolds Razorback StadiumFayetteville, AR | SECN | L 13–20 | 61,055 |
| September 7 | 2:05 p.m. | Simon Fraser* | Hillsboro StadiumHillsboro, OR | Pluto TV | W 70–7 | 3,217 |
| September 14 | 7:15 p.m. | at No. 22 (FBS) Boise State* | Albertsons StadiumBoise, ID | ESPN2 | L 10–45 | 31,068 |
| September 21 | 2:05 p.m. | Eastern Oregon* | Hillsboro StadiumHillsboro, OR | | W 59–9 | 3,312 |
| September 28 | 2:05 p.m. | at Idaho State | Holt ArenaPocatello, ID | Pluto TV | L 24–51 | 6,398 |
| October 5 | 2:05 p.m. | Southern Utah | Hillsboro StadiumHillsboro, OR | Pluto TV | W 52–31 | 3,222 |
| October 12 | 2:05 p.m. | Idaho | Hillsboro StadiumHillsboro, OR | Pluto TV | W 24–0 | 4,675 |
| October 19 | 12:05 p.m. | at Northern Colorado | Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO | Pluto TV | W 38–30 | 4,357 |
| October 26 | 3:00 p.m. | at Northern Arizona | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | Pluto TV | L 29–31 | 7,234 |
| November 2 | 2:05 p.m. | No. 8 Montana | Hillsboro StadiumHillsboro, OR | Pluto TV | L 23–38 | 6,191 |
| November 9 | 2:05 p.m. | UC Davis | Hillsboro StadiumHillsboro, OR | Pluto TV | L 28–45 | 3,378 |
| November 23 | 1:05 p.m. | at Eastern Washington | Roos FieldCheney, WA (The Dam Cup) | Pluto TV | L 46–53 | 8,629 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time |||||||
* Source:

## Game summaries
### At Arkansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Razorbacks | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 |

### Simon Fraser

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Clan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Vikings | 7 | 14 | 35 | 14 | 70 |

### At Boise State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| No. 22 (FBS) Broncos | 14 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 45 |

### Eastern Oregon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Vikings | 14 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 59 |

### At Idaho State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Bengals | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 51 |

### Southern Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thunderbirds | 0 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| Vikings | 10 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 52 |

### Idaho

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vandals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vikings | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 24 |

### At Northern Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Bears | 0 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 30 |

### At Northern Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 0 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| Lumberjacks | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |

### Montana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 8 Grizzlies | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 38 |
| Vikings | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 23 |

### UC Davis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 7 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 45 |
| Vikings | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

### At Eastern Washington–The Dam Cup

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 7 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 46 |
| Eagles | 17 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 53 |