# 2014 Portland State Vikings football team

The 2014 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth year head coach Nigel Burton and played their home games at Providence Park. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for tenth place.
On November 26, head coach Nigel Burton was fired. He finished at Portland State with a five-year record of 21–36.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 1:00 pm | at Oregon State* | Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR | P12N | L 14–29 | 40,309 |
| September 6 | 7:15 pm | Western Oregon* | Hillsboro StadiumHillsboro, OR | | W 45–38 | 4,241 |
| September 13 | 5:00 pm | at Washington State* | Martin StadiumPullman, WA | P12N | L 21–59 | 30,874 |
| September 20 | 6:05 pm | at Cal Poly* | Alex G. Spanos StadiumSan Luis Obispo, CA | BSTV | L 14–42 | 8,834 |
| October 4 | 4:35 pm | UC Davis | Providence ParkPortland, OR | RTNW | W 23–14 | 5,442 |
| October 11 | 11:30 am | at North Dakota | Alerus CenterGrand Forks, ND | BSTV | L 16–24 | 7,894 |
| October 18 | 4:05 pm | Northern Arizona | Providence ParkPortland, OR | RTNW | L 17–21 | 4,083 |
| October 25 | 12:00 pm | at Weber State | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | BSTV | W 30–17 | 6,862 |
| November 1 | 4:35 pm | Idaho State | Providence ParkPortland, OR | BSTV | L 13–31 | 3,193 |
| November 8 | 1:05 pm | at No. 15 Montana State | Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT | BSTV | L 22–29 | 16,627 |
| November 15 | 2:00 pm | at Sacramento State | Hornet StadiumSacramento, CA | BSTV | L 41–48 | 5,227 |
| November 21 | 7:05 pm | No. 5 Eastern Washington | Providence ParkPortland, OR (The Dam Cup) | RTNW | L 34–56 | 5,955 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings 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 Cal Poly on September 20 is considered a non conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky Standings.

## Game summaries
### @ Oregon State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Beavers | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 29 |

### Western Oregon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wolves | 0 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 38 |
| Vikings | 10 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 45 |

### @ Washington State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| Cougars | 7 | 21 | 7 | 24 | 59 |

### @ Cal Poly

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Mustangs | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |

### UC Davis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Vikings | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 23 |

### @ North Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 24 |

### Northern Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Vikings | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |

### @ Weber State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |

### Idaho State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 14 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Vikings | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |

### @ Montana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| #15 Bobcats | 15 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 29 |

### @ Sacramento State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 10 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 41 |
| Hornets | 10 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 48 |

### Eastern Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #5 Eagles | 7 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 56 |
| Vikings | 0 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 34 |