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Contact: Mike Lund Associate AD/Media and Communications • 503.725.5602 • [email protected] • @mikelund65 The Viking Football Media Guide can be found at: www.GoViks. com. Click on the football link, then the media guide link at the top of the football page. 2019 Portland State Vikings Football • Game 1 2018 BIG SKY CONFERENCE PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS (4-7 in 2018) BSC Season This Week Eastern Washington 7-1 12-3 at Washington vs. ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS (2-10 in 2018) UC Davis 7-1 10-3 at California Weber State 7-1 10-3 at San Diego St Saturday, Aug 31, 3 p.m. CT/1 p.m. PT • Razorback Stadium (76,000), Fayetteville, AR Montana State 5-3 8-5 at Texas Tech TELEVISION ____SEC Network Idaho State 5-3 6-5 bye Play-by-play: Dave Neal • Analyst: DJ Shockley • Sideline: Dawn Davenport Montana 4-4 6-5 at South Dakota LIVE AUDIO ____www.GoViks.com • Pregame Show: 12:30 p.m. PT Cal Poly 4-4 5-6 San Diego Play-by-play: Matt Richert • Analyst: Mike Lund Northern Arizona 3-4 4-6 Missouri St (Th) LIVE VIDEO _____None Portland State 3-5 4-7 at Arkansas LIVE STATS _____www.ViksLive.com Idaho 3-5 4-7 at Penn State Northern Colorado 2-6 2-9 at San Jose St (Th) Southern Utah 1-7 1-10 at UNLV PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS SCHEDULE VIKINGS Sacramento State 0-7 2-8 Southern Oregon Date Opponent __________________Time TV Location Portland, OR A.31 at Arkansas ___________ 1 p.m. PT SEC 2018 VIKINGS RESULTS S.7 SIMON FRASER _______2:05 p.m. Conference Big Sky Date Opponent ___________________ Time W-L 2018 Record 4-7 S.14 at Boise State _______ 7:15 p.m. PT ESPN2 A.31 at Nevada _______________ L, 19-72 0-1 Big Sky Record 3-5/t9th S.21 EASTERN OREGON ____2:05 p.m. S.8 at #23 Oregon ___________ L, 14-62 0-2 Athletics Director Valerie Cleary S.28 at Idaho State* _____ 2:05 p.m. PT S.15 COLLEGE OF IDAHO ____ W, 63-14 1-2 Head Coach Bruce Barnum O.5 SOUTHERN UTAH* ____2:05 p.m. S.22 MONTANA STATE* ______ L, 23-43 1-3, 0-1 Alma Mater Eastern Washington, 1987 O.12 IDAHO* _____________2:05 p.m. S.29 at Idaho* ________________ L, 7-20 1-4, 0-2 PSU/Career Record 16-29/4th year O.19 at Northern Colorado* 12:05 p.m. PT Eleven O.6 at #14 Montana* ________ W, 22-20 2-4, 1-2 Big Sky Record 11-21 O.26 at Northern Arizona* ____ 3 p.m. PT CW-Phx O.13 NORTHERN COLORADO* ___W, 35-14 3-4, 2-2 vs. Arkansas 0-0 N.2 MONTANA* __________2:05 p.m. SWX-MT O.27 at Sacramento State* _____ W, 41-14 4-4, 3-2 Media Relations Mike Lund N.9 UC DAVIS* ___________2:05 p.m. N.3 IDAHO STATE* __________ L, 45-48 4-5, 3-3 Office Telephone 503.725.5602 N.16 bye N.10 at North Dakota* _________ L, 10-17 4-6, 3-4 Email [email protected] N.23 at Eastern Washington* __1:05 p.m. SWX-WA N.16 #4 EASTERN WASHINGTON* L, 24-73 4-7, 3-5 website www.GoViks.com * Big Sky Conference game * Big Sky Conference game ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS SCHEDULE PSU PRACTICE SCHEDULE RAZORBACKS Stott Community Field Date Opponent __________________ Time Tues.-Wed: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Location Fayetteville, AR A.31 PORTLAND STATE _______3 p.m. Thurs: travel to Fayetteville, practice on site Conference SEC S.7 at Ole Miss* __________ 6:30 p.m. Fri: walk-through at DWRR Stadium 2018 Record 2-10 S.14 COLORADO STATE _______3 p.m. Big Sky Record 0-8/7th-West S.21 SAN JOSE STATE _________ TBA Athletics Director Hunter Yurachek S.28 vs. Texas A&M* ____________ TBA TEAM CAPTAINS Head Coach Chad Morris O.12 at Kentucky* ______________ TBA Alma Mater Texas A&M, 1992 O.19 AUBURN* _______________ TBA SR TE Charlie Taumoepeau, SR DT Kenton Bartlett, Arkansas Record 2-10/2nd year O.26 at Alabama* ______________ TBA JR QB Davis Alexander, SO S Anthony Adams Career Record 16-32/5th year N.2 MISSISSIPPI STATE* ______ TBA vs. Portland State 0-0 N.9 WESTERN KENTUCKY _____ TBA COACHING ASSIGNMENTS Media Relations Kyle Parkinson N.23 at LSU* __________________ TBA Office Telephone 479.387.4753 N.30 MISSOURI* __________ 1:30 p.m. Game Day Email [email protected] * SEC game Field: Bruce Barnum, Matt Leunen, Skyler Fulton, website www.ArkansasRazorbacks.com all times listed are Central Jason Diffee, Payam Saadat, John Ely, Colin Fry Booth: Evan Mozzochi, Adam Khosroabadi THE SERIES RECORD: VIKINGS vs. RAZORBACKS: 1st meeting STORYLINES VIKINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA • Portland State and Arkansas will meet for the first be the largest capacity venue in which Portland Facebook __________________PSUVIKS time in history. The game also marks the first-ever State football has ever played. The Stadium seats YouTube ___________________GoPortlandState by a PSU football team against an SEC team. 76,000, which ranks as 21st largest in the nation. Twitter ____________________@psuviks • This is the first of two FBS opponents for the Vi- The previous largest venue for the PSU football Bruce Barnum __________@CoachBarnum69 kings in 2019. They will also play at Boise State was Husky Stadium (70,138 in 2016). The largest Viking Football _________@psuviksFB on Sept. 14. It marks the sixth straight year that crowd before which the Vikings have ever played PSU AD Valerie Cleary ____@valerie_cleary PSU SID Mike Lund ______@mikelund65 PSU will play two FBS teams in the same season was 61,082 at California in 2006 (42-16 loss). Hashtags ___________________#GoViks, #BarnyBall and the 10th time overall (three in 2006). • Arkansas has played collegiate football since • Portland State is 4-38 all-time against members 1894 and is beginning its 126th season. of the FBS. Viking Head Coach Bruce Barnum is • The Razorbacks won the national championship 2-6 against the FBS. in 1964. They have had 57 All-Americans, 271 NFL • Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium will draft picks, 23 in the first round. 2019 Viking Football • 1 VIKINGS OPEN 2019 SEASON WITH FIRST-EVER SEC OPPONENT VIKING QUICK FACTS Portland State will have an unprecedented start to the 2019 football season when it plays Arkansas in Fayetteville this Saturday. The Viking program, now in its 73rd season, will be facing a member of the School_________________ Portland State University powerful Southeastern Conference for the first time ever, and could potentially play in front of the largest Location ________________________ Portland, OR Founded ______________________________1946 crowd in PSU history. Enrollment __________________________ 28,407 The Vikings and Razorbacks meet in a 3 p.m. Central Time game, that will air at 1 p.m. in Portland. Nickname ___________________________ Vikings The game will be televised on the SEC Network. A live audio stream airs on www.GoViks.com with live Colors _ Green (PMS 3435C), White, Silver (PMS 877C) stats at www.ViksLive.com. National Affiliation __________ NCAA Division I FCS Both Portland State and Arkansas will be trying to set the tone for an improvement in 2019. The Conference __________________________ Big Sky Vikings were 4-7 in 2018, 3-5 in the Big Sky Conference. That was actually a four-game improvement over Interim President _________________ Stephen Percy a dismal 2017 season. The Razorbacks were 2-10 last year, 0-8 in the SEC West Division. That was a dip Director of Athletics ______________ Valerie Cleary from a 4-8/2-6 season in 2017. Home Field ______ Hillsboro Stadium/7,200/FieldTurf PSU, an NCAA I FCS member of the Big Sky Conference, plays up against an FBS-level program for the first of two times this season. It will be the 43rd time in school history that Portland State has played 2018 COACHING STAFF an FBS team. The Vikings are 4-38 all-time, including 2-6 under Head Coach Bruce Barnum. The Vikings Head Coach _____________Bruce Barnum, 5th year won Barnum’s first two meetings with FBS opponents, Washington State (24-17) and North Texas (66-7) _______________ (10th year at Portland State) in 2015. Since then, the Vikings have lost six in a row to FBS teams, the closest being a 35-32 decision at Assoc. HC/Def. Coord./DL ___ Payam Saadat, 2nd year Oregon State in 2017. Offensive Coordinator/OL ____ Matt Leunen, 8th year The Vikings are opening a 12-game schedule that includes six at home and six on the road. It is just Safeties ____________________ John Ely, 10th year the third 12-game regular season in school history (2013, 2014). With an extra Saturday before Thanks- Quarterbacks/Tight Ends ___ Evan Mozzochi, 4th year giving this season, FCS programs have an extra week to schedule prior to the playoffs. Cornerbacks _________________ Colin Fry, 3rd year Special Teams _____________ Jason Diffee, 4th year Wide Receivers ____________ Skyler Fulton, 1st year A QUICK LOOK AT THE VIKINGS Defensive Assistant ____ Adam Khosroabadi, 3rd year Portland State opens its 24th season as a member of the Big Sky Conference. Head Coach Bruce Barnum (16-29) begins his fifth season at the helm and 10th overall with the Vikings. Football Operations Director ________Justin Holliday PSU returns 46 letterwinners and 15 redshirts from last season. Nine starters on offense, eight start- Strength and Conditioning ____________Brad Packer ers on defense and two special teams starters return.