2010 PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS FOOTBALL Contact: Mike Lund, Assistant Athletics Director/Media Relations • 503.725.5602 • [email protected] • www.GoViks.com • GAME 1 NOTES • August 30, 2010 GAME 1 2010 PORTLAND STATE VIKING FOOTBALL SCHEDULE PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS Date Opponent Time Sept. 4 @ Arizona State _____________ 7 p.m. vs. Sept. 11 @ UC Davis _________________ 6 p.m. Sept. 18 @ Oregon ________________ 3:15 p.m. Sept. 25 Open ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS Oct. 2 IDAHO STATE* ___________ 5:05 p.m. Saturday, September 4, 2010, 7 p.m. PT, Sun Devil Stadium (71,706), Tempe, AZ Oct. 9 @ Montana State* CSN _______12:35 p.m. Oct. 16 MONTANA* CSN ___________ 5:05 p.m. TELEVISION __ Fox Sports Arizona in Arizona, Not aired locally in Portland Oct. 23 @ Weber State*____________ 2 p.m. PT RADIO ______ 970 AM KXFD, www.970.am Oct. 30 EASTERN WASHINGTON* __ 5:05 p.m. Pregame Show: 6 p.m. • Kickoff: 7 p.m. Nov. 6 @ Sacramento State* _______ 2 p.m. PT Play-by-play: Tom Hewitt • Analyst: Mike Lund Nov. 13 NORTHERN COLORADO* __ 1:05 p.m. INTERNET ___ Live stats are available at www.thesundevils.com Nov. 20 @ Northern Arizona* _______ 2 p.m. PT All times listed are Pacific • * Big Sky Conference game PORTLAND STATE vs. ARIZONA STATE Nickname Vikings Sun Devils PSU PRACTICE SCHEDULE Location Portland, OR Tempe, AZ Monday-Thursday_____3-5:30 p.m. 2009 record 2-9/1-7 (t7th) 4-8/2-7 (9th) Friday ______________Travel Day Conference Big Sky Pac-10 Athletics Director Torre Chisholm Lisa Love 2010 ARIZONA STATE SCHEDULE Head Coach Nigel Burton Dennis Erickson Sept. 4 Portland State Alma Mater Washington, ‘99 Montana State, ‘70 Sept. 11 Northern Arizona Record at School 0-0/1st year 19-17/3 years Sept. 18 @ Wisconsin Career Record 0-0/1st year 167-83-1/21 years Sept. 25 Oregon* Oct. 2 @ Oregon State* vs. this week’s opponent 0-0 4-0 (all games w/Idaho, 1982-85) Oct. 9 @ Washington* Media Relations Mike Lund Mark Brand/Doug Tammaro Oct. 23 @ California* Office Telephone 503.725.5602 480.965.6592/480.965.5799 Oct. 30 Washington State* Email [email protected] [email protected]/[email protected] Nov. 6 @ USC* Nov. 13 Stanford* THE SERIES RECORD Nov. 20 UCLA* Dec. 2 @ Arizona* 1st meeting between the schools * Pac-10 Conference game STREAKS THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE • Arizona State lost its last six games of 2009, including three in a row at home. 2009 standings BSC Season • The Vikings lost their last five games of 2009, including two in a row on the road. Montana 8-0 14-1 Eastern Washington 6-2 8-4 Weber State 6-2 7-5 STORYLINES Montana State 5-3 7-4 • Portland State is 2-25 all-time against NCAA I FBS teams. Last year, the Vikings lost at an- Northern Arizona 4-4 5-6 other Pac-10 school, Oregon State, 34-7. Sacramento State 4-4 5-6 • The Vikings are 0-8 all-time against Pac-10 programs (0-3 vs. Oregon, 0-3 vs. Oregon State, Northern Colorado 1-7 3-8 Portland State 1-7 2-9 0-1 vs. Washington State, 0-1 vs. California). Idaho State 1-7 1-10 • The Vikings will open and close their 11-game regular season schedule in the state of Ari- zona, playing at Arizona State on Sept. 4, and Northern Arizona on Nov. 20. Thursday, Sept. 2 • Dennis Erickson has coached against Portland State before, but you have to go all the way Western New Mexico at Northern Arizona back to the early 1980s. Erickson was 4-0 against PSU while the Head Coach at Idaho from Eastern Washington at Nevada 1982-85. The Vikings played at the NCAA II level at that time. Idaho was a member of the Big Sky Conference. Saturday, Sept. 4 • ASU wide receivers coach Steve Broussard was a running backs and wide receivers coach at UM-Western at Idaho State Sacramento State at Stanford Portland State from 2004-06 under Head Coach Tim Walsh. Fort Lewis at Montana State Western State at Montana Weber State at Boston College Adams State at Northern Colorado Portland State at Arizona State The 2010 Portland State football media guide can be found online at www.GoViks.com. Go to the football page and click on the right column link. 2010 PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS FOOTBALL • 2 VIKINGS OPEN NIGEL BURTON ERA AT ARIZONA STATE HEAD COACH NIGEL BURTON The long wait will end for Viking football fans and for first-year Head Coach Nigel Burton A former assistant when Portland State squares off with Arizona State in a non-conference game this Saturday at coach at Portland State Sun Devil Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. in a game televised on Fox Sports Arizona but (2001-02), and most re- not locally in Portland. Viking fans can hear the game on Freedom 970 AM or on the internet at cently the defensive coor- www.970.am. dinator at the University of Nevada (2008-09), Nigel Burton, a former Viking assistant coach who had successful stops at Oregon State (2003-07) Burton was named Port- and Nevada (2008-09), has been rebuilding and preparing his program since taking over on the land State Head Football Park Blocks last December. The Vikings return 14 starters and 45 letterwinners from last year’s Coach on December 8, team. 2009. Portland State comes off a 2-9 season - its worst record since 1982 when the Vikings played Burton is the 13th at the NCAA II level. In fact, the Vikings had three straight losing seasons under previous Head head coach in the history of Portland State foot- Coach Jerry Glanville after having winning records in seven of the eight previous seasons (1999- ball, and is charged with returning the Vikings to 2006) under former Coach Tim Walsh. Burton was a Walsh assistant in 2001-02 at PSU. prominence in the Big Sky Conference and nation- ally at the NCAA I Football Championship Subdivi- The season-opener at Arizona State is one of two games PSU will play against Pac-10 com- sion level. petition. It is the first time PSU and ASU have met and the ninth time PSU has faced a Pac-10 After his previous experience at Portland school. The Vikings, who have played Oregon, Oregon State, Cal and Washington State, are win- State, Burton moved on to Oregon State, where he less in the previous eight games. spent five years as the secondary coach (2003-07), Portland State plays three straight on the road in the month of September (Sept. 11 at UC developing a reputation as one of the top recruit- Davis, Sept. 18 at Oregon) before opening at home on Oct. 2 against Idaho State. The Vikings will ers on the west coast for a top level Pac-10 pro- play eight straight Big Sky Conference games through late November to round out the regular gram. season. Although Portland State has always been at the forefront of progress, hiring its first Afri- can-American Head Football Coach in 1973 (Ron SCOUTING ARIZONA STATE Stratten), the 34-year-old Burton becomes the first Arizona State comes off a 4-8 record in 2009, and is 9-15 over the past two years. This, after African American Head Coach in the Big Sky Con- going 10-3 under Head Coach Dennis Erickson in his first season in Tempe in 2007. ference. The Sun Devils will attempt to upgrade their offense in 2010. While ASU’s defense ranked Burton brings a distinctive offense (The Pis- 13th in the nation in 2009 (297.6 yards allowed per game), the offense ranked just 90th of 120 tol) from his experience at Nevada, as well as a 4-3 defense. He is also the position coach for the Vi- teams (334.4 yards per game). ASU ranked only 102nd in pass efficiency. king cornerbacks. Arizona State returns 15 starters and 51 letterwinners from last year’s team. The Sun Devil defense is expected to be talented once again. THE NIGEL BURTON FILE Like Portland State, ASU has had a battle for the starting quarterback position in fall camp Hometown: Sacramento, CA between last year’s backups, Brock Osweiler and Samson Szakacsy, and University of Michigan Alma Mater: Washington, 1999 (BS, Business transer Steven Threet. Administration); Sophomore linebacker Vontaze Burfict is the top returning tackler on the squad with 69 South Florida, 2001 (MBA) tackles and seven tackles for loss. Burfict has been named to the Watch List for the Chuck Bed- Playing Experience: Safety, narik Award presented by the Maxwell Football Club honoring the top defensive player of the University of Washington (1996-98); year. University of the Pacific (1995) Date of Birth: July 30, 1976 Family: Wife, Heather; Son, Jace (4); THE VIKINGS VS. NCAA FBS TEAMS Daughter, Ella Joyce (1) Portland State is 2-25 all-time against teams from the NCAA FBS level. PSU is 0-8 against teams from the Pac-10 (0-3 vs. Oregon, 0-3 vs. Oregon State, 0-1 vs. Washington State, 0-1 vs. COACHING EXPERIENCE: California). The Vikings have wins over Hawai’i of the WAC (2000) and New Mexico of the Moun- 2010 Portland State, Head Coach tain West Conference (2006). 2008-09 Nevada, Defensive Coordinator (15-10 overall, two bowl games) PAC-10 COACHES BIG SKY COACHES 2003-07 Oregon State, Secondary MEDIA TELECONFERENCE MEDIA TELECONFERENCE (39-24 overall, four bowl games) Pac-10 head football coaches will be available on Every Wednesday during the competitve season, 2001-02 Portland State, Defensive Backs a media teleconference every Tuesday during the Big Sky football coaches will be available to media (13-9 overall) football season.