Portland State Vikings football

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) as a member of the Big Sky Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1947. The team plays its home games at the 7,600 seat Hillsboro Stadium. Viking football practice takes place on campus at the Peter W. Stott Field.

Classifications

 * 1958–1972: NCAA College Division
 * 1973–1977: NCAA Division II
 * 1978–1980: NCAA Division I-AA
 * 1981–1995: NCAA Division II
 * 1996–present: NCAA Division I-AA/FCS

Conference affiliations

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

Head coaches
† Read's combined statistics: 9 seasons, with a record of 39–52–1 (.429).

Conference championships
† Co-champions

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

Division II
The Vikings appeared in the Division II playoffs eight times from 1987 through 1995 with an overall record of 12–8.

Eastern Washington
The Vikings have a rivalry with the Eastern Washington Eagles in all sports, starting in 2010 called The Dam Cup. Eastern Washington won the first rivalry match between the two schools in 2010 with a score of 55–17. The purpose of the Dam Cup is to create a rivalry between Portland State University and Eastern Washington University and provide a sense of pride between alumni in the Portland, OR and Spokane, WA areas. Other goals include increasing attendance at events between both schools and building school spirit among each institutions' student body.

‡ The Dam Cup rivalry with Portland State was officially established in 2010, but both teams have played against each other since the date listed above.

Montana
Dot's Pretzels Bowl

The Viks and the Montana Grizzlies have played each other 46 times since the 1965 football season. Coach Bruce Barnum and Griz coach Bobby Hauck have a friendly rivalry based in part on Hershey-owned Dot's Homestyle Pretzels. The 46 matchups are the most games Portland State has played anyone. Montana is one of Portland State's two protected Big Sky Conference rivalries (along with Northern Colorado) when the conference shifted to one division in 2022, meaning they will play every year. The University of Montana leads the all-time series 33–13 as of 2022.

Idaho State
The Viks and Idaho State Bengals have played each other 45 times since 1965. Idaho State leads the series 26–18–1 as of 2022.

Retired numbers

 * Notes

National award winners

 * '''STATS FCS Coach of the Year
 * Bruce Barnum (2015)

Conference award winners

 * Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year
 * Bruce Barnum (2015)

College Football Hall of Fame
The Vikings have one player inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Notable former players
Notable alumni include:


 * Orshawante Bryant
 * Sammie Burroughs
 * Kameron Canaday
 * Tony Curtis
 * Clint Didier
 * Tracey Eaton
 * Adam Hayward
 * Darick Holmes
 * James Hundon
 * Reggie Jones
 * June Jones
 * Rich Lewis
 * Neil Lomax
 * Antonio Narcisse
 * Patrick Onwuasor
 * Steve Papin
 * Ted Popson
 * Jordan Senn
 * DeShawn Shead
 * Jon Shields
 * Dave Stief
 * Julius Thomas
 * Juston Wood
 * Randall Woodfield
 * Aaron Woods