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.

History

Head coaches

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	.338
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	.368
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	5	21–36–0	.368
2015–present	Bruce Barnum	7	26–43–0	.377

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

Year	Coach	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
1963	Jerry Lyons	Oregon Collegiate Conference	6–2–1	5–1
1964†	Jerry Lyons	Oregon Collegiate Conference	7–2	5–1
1984	Don Read	Western Football Conference	8–3	3–0
1987	Pokey Allen		11–2–1	4–1–1
1988			11–3–1	6–0
1989			9–4	4–1
1991			11–3	5–0
1992			9–4	4–1
Conference Championships			8

† Co-champions

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

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

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
1989	First Round Quarterfinals	West Chester Indiana PA	W 56–50, OTs L 17–0
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 alumni include:

Portland State Vikings football

Portland State Vikings football
Venues	Providence Park (1947–1999, 2001–2009, 2011–2018) Hillsboro Stadium (2000, 2010, 2015, 2018–present)
Bowls & rivalries	The Dam Cup (Eastern Washington)
Culture & lore	Victor E. Viking Highest scoring NCAA football game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Portland State University

Schools

Campus

Buildings	5th Avenue Cinema Art Building and Annex Blackstone Hall Branford Price Millar Library Cramer Hall Fariborz Maseeh Hall King Albert Hall Lincoln Hall Native American Student and Community Center Parkway Manor Peter Stott Center Simon Benson House Smith Memorial Student Union St. Helens Court
Public art	Conduit Farewell to Orpheus Holon Oregon Landscape Salmon Cycle Marker Tecotosh The Knowledge Urban Hydrology Yankee Champion
Transportation	PSU South MAX Station PSU Urban Center stations

Athletics

Life

Big Sky Conference football

Big Sky Conference football
Teams	Cal Poly Mustangs Eastern Washington Eagles Idaho Vandals Idaho State Bengals Montana Grizzlies Montana State Bobcats Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Northern Colorado Bears Portland State Vikings Sacramento State Hornets Southern Utah Thunderbirds (leaving in 2022) UC Davis Aggies Weber State Wildcats
Championships and awards	All-time standings
Seasons	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

American football teams based in Portland, Oregon