Portland State Vikings football

For information on all Portland State University sports, see Portland State Vikings

The Portland State Vikings football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Portland State University located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Big Sky Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1947. The team plays its home games at the 20,483 seat Providence Park. Viking football practice takes place on campus at the Peter W. Stott Field.

History

Classifications

• 1958–1972: NCAA College Division
• 1973–1977: NCAA Division II
• 1978–1980: NCAA Division I–AA
• 1981–1997: NCAA Division II
• 1998–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS

Conference memberships

• 1947–1949: Independent
• 1950–1964: Oregon Collegiate Conference
• 1965–1972: Independent
• 1973–1977: Division II Independent
• 1978–1980: Division I–AA Independent
• 1981: Division II Independent
• 1982–1992: Western Football Conference
• 1993–1995: Division II Independent
• 1996–present: Big Sky Conference

Playoff results

Division I-AA/FCS

The Vikings have appeared in the I-AA/FCS playoffs two times. Their overall record is 0–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2000	First Round	Delaware	L 14–49
2015	Second Round	Northern Iowa	L 17–29

Division II

The Vikings have appeared in the Division II playoffs seven times with an overall record of 11–7.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1987	Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship Game	Minnesota State–Mankato Northern Michigan Troy State	W 27–21 W 13–7 L 17–31
1988	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship Game	Bowie State Jacksonville State Texas A&I North Dakota State	W 34–17 W 20–13 W 35–27 L 21–35
1991	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Northern Colorado Minnesota State–Mankato Pittsburg State	W 27–7 W 37–27 L 21–53
1992	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	UC Davis Texas A&I Pittsburg State	W 42–28 W 35–30 L 38–41
1993	First Round	Texas A&M–Kingsville	L 15–50
1994	First Round Quarterfinals	Angelo State Texas A&M–Kingsville	W 29–0 L 16–21
1995	First Round Quarterfinals	East Texas State Texas A&M–Kingsville	W 56–35 L 3–30

Notable former players

See also: Category:Portland State Vikings football players

Notable alumni include:

• Orshawante Bryant
• Sammie Burroughs
• Clint Didier
• James Hundon
• June Jones
• Neil Lomax
• Antonio Narcisse
• Steve Papin
• Julius Thomas
• Juston Wood
• DeShawn Shead

Year-by-year results

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1947–1954	Joe Holland	8	20–42–3	.331
1955–1956	Ralph Davis	2	4–11–1	.281
1957–1958	Les Leggatt	2	6–11–0	.353
1959–1961	Hugh Smithwick	3	6–17–2	.280
1962–1962	Tom DeSylvia	1	4–4–0	.500
1963–1967	Jerry Lyons	5	21–24–1	.467
1968–1971	Don Read*	4	20–19	.513
1972–1974	Ron Stratten	3	9–24–0	.273
1975–1980	Mouse Davis	6	42–24–0	.636
1981–1985	Don Read*	5	19–33–1	.365
1986–1992	Pokey Allen	7	63–26–2	.703
1993–2006	Tim Walsh	14	90–68–0	.570
2007–2009	Jerry Glanville	3	9–24–0	.273
2010–2014	Nigel Burton	3	12–21–0	.364
2015–present	Bruce Barnum	1	9–3–0	.750
Totals	15 coaches	67 seasons	332–343–10	.484
* Read's combined statistics: 9 seasons, with a record of 39–52–1 (.429).

External links

• Official website