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2010 PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS FOOTBALL Contact: Mike Lund, Assistant Athletics Director/Media Relations • 503.725.5602 • [email protected] • www.GoViks.com • GAME 5 NOTES • October 4, 2010 GAME 5 2010 PORTLAND STATE PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS (2-2, 1-0) VIKING FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Score Time vs. Sept. 4 @ Arizona State _____ L, 9-54 0-1 # Sept. 11 @ UC Davis ______ W, 41-33 1-1 10 MONTANA STATE BOBCATS (4-1, 2-0) Sept. 18 @ #5 (FBS) Oregon CSN L, 0-69 1-2 Saturday, October 9, 2010, 12:35 p.m. PT, Bobcat Stadium (13,500), Bozeman, MT Sept. 25 Open Oct. 2 IDAHO STATE* ___ W, 38-3 2-2, 1-0 TELEVISION __ Max Media/Comcast Sports Net (Ch. 37/HD 737) in Portland Oct. 9 @ #10 Montana State* CSN ___ 12:35 p.m. Replay on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 16 MONTANA* CSN __________5:05 p.m. RADIO ______ 970 AM KXFD, www.970.am Oct. 23 @ Weber State* ___________2 p.m. PT Pregame Show: 11:30 a.m. • Play-by-play: Tom Hewitt • Analyst: Mike Lund Oct. 30 EASTERN WASHINGTON* _5:05 p.m. INTERNET ___ Live video stream with radio broadcast at www.b2tv.com Nov. 6 @ Sacramento State* ______2 p.m. PT Nov. 13 NORTHERN COLORADO* _1:05 p.m. Live stats are available at www.GoViks.com Nov. 20 @ Northern Arizona* ______2 p.m. PT All times listed are Pacific • * Big Sky Conference game PORTLAND STATE vs. MONTANA STATE Nickname Vikings Bobcats Location Portland, OR Bozeman, MT PSU PRACTICE SCHEDULE Monday-Thursday: 1:30-4 p.m. 2009 record 2-9/1-7 (t7th) 7-4/5-3 (4th) Friday: Travel to Bozeman, MT Athletics Director Torre Chisholm Peter Fields Head Coach Nigel Burton Rob Ash Alma Mater Washington, ‘99 Cornell (IA),’73 2010 MONTANA STATE SCHEDULE Record at School 2-2/1st year 24-15/4th year Sept. 4 FORT LEWIS ______ W, 59-10 1-0 Career Record 2-2/1st year 200-114-5/30th year Sept. 11 @ Washington State _L, 22-23 1-1 vs. this week’s opponent 0-0 3-0 Sept. 18 DRAKE __________ W, 48-21 2-1 Media Relations Mike Lund Bill Lamberty Sept. 25 EA. WASHINGTON* W, 30-7 3-1, 1-0 Office Telephone 503.725.5602 406.994.5133 Oct. 2 @ Sacramento St* (ot) W, 64-61 4-1, 2-0 Email [email protected] [email protected] Oct. 9 PORTLAND STATE* website GoViks.com msubobcats.com Oct. 16 @ Northern Arizona* Oct. 23 NORTHERN COLORADO* THE SERIES RECORD Oct. 30 @ Idaho State* All-Time Series: MSU leads 15-9 • Series tied in Portland 6-6 • MSU leads in Bozeman 9-2 • PSU leads in Billings 1-0 Nov. 6 WEBER STATE* Big Sky Conference Series: MSU leads 8-6 • PSU leads in Portland 4-3 • MSU leads in Bozeman 5-2 Nov. 20 @ Montana* *Big Sky Conference game Sept. 17, 1966: MSU 50-7 @ Portland Oct. 20, 1984: MSU 45-22 @ Bozeman Nov. 3, 2001: PSU 33-21 @ Portland Sept. 23, 1967: MSU 52-7 @ Bozeman Sept. 7, 1985: PSU 46-28 @ Portland Nov. 16, 2002: MSU 28-26 @ Bozeman THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE Sept. 21, 1968: MSU 17-6 @ Portland Nov. 15, 2003: MSU 25-14 @ Portland BSC Season This Week Sept. 13, 1969: PSU 22-6 @ Billings Big Sky Conference games Oct. 16, 2004: MSU 31-24 @ Bozeman (ot) Montana State 2-0 4-1 PSU* Oct. 2, 1971: MSU 23-8 @ Bozeman Oct. 26, 1996: MSU 24-6 @ Bozeman Oct. 15, 2005: PSU 44-41 @ Portland Northern Arizona 1-0 3-1 @ EWU* Sept. 7, 1974: MSU 29-8 @ Portland Oct. 25, 1997: PSU 44-0 @ Portland Oct. 7, 2006: MSU 14-0 @ Bozeman Portland State 1-0 2-2 @ MSU* Sept. 6, 1975: MSU 35-34 @ Bozeman Oct. 17, 1998: PSU 34-31 @ Bozeman Nov. 10, 2007: MSU 50-36 @ Portland Nov. 19, 1977: PSU 56-35 @ Portland Oct. 16, 1999: PSU 49-28 @ Portland Nov. 15, 2008: MSU 49-32 @ Bozeman Eastern Washington 2-1 3-2 NAU* Nov. 4, 2000: PSU 31-24 @ Bozeman Nov. 7, 2009: MSU 28-10 @ Portland Montana 2-1 3-2 ISU* Sacramento State 1-2 2-3 UNC* STREAKS Northern Colorado 1-2 2-3 @ SAC* • Montana State has won four in a row and seven of the last eight in the series. Weber State 1-2 2-3 bye • The Bobcats are 3-0 at home this year. Idaho State 0-3 1-4 @ UM* • PSU has won two in a row against FCS opponents. • DT Travis Beckley and CB DeShawn Shead have made 26 straight starts. Beckley and TE Rory Richards BIG SKY COACHES have played in 37 straight games. MEDIA TELECONFERENCE STORYLINES Every Wednesday during the competitive season, Big Sky football coaches will be available to me- • Portland State will try to turn around the series trend, having dropped four in a row and seven of the last dia members via teleconference. All times Pacific. eight to Montana State. The Vikings had won five in a row in the series from 1997 to 2001. • PSU has won just two times in Bozeman in 11 all-time appearances and seven Big Sky appearances. Call: 1-866-398-2885 • Passcode: 517644 • The Vikings’ last win in Bozeman came in 2000. They have lost four straight at Bobcat Stadium since then. 9:30 a.m. – Rob Ash, Montana State • The other trend the Vikings would like to stop is scoring - the Vikings have given up 127 points, 1,368 9:38 a.m. – Ron McBride, Weber State yards in the last three meetings. PSU has also committed 10 turnovers in those games. 9:46 a.m. – John Zamberlin, Idaho State • The Vikings were held to just 82 yards passing and 240 total yards in last year’s 28-10 loss at PGE Park... 9:54 a.m. – Robin Pflugrad, Montana MSU won the last meeting in Bozeman, 50-36, in 2008. 10:02 a.m. – Scott Downing, Northern Colorado 10:10 a.m. – Jerome Souers, Northern Arizona LAST YEAR: MONTANA STATE 28, PORTLAND STATE 10 10:18 a.m. – Nigel Burton, Portland State Neither team had a prodigious offense but Montana State jumped to a big early lead and the Vikings 10:26 a.m. – Marshall Sperbeck, Sacramento State could not recover. MSU took a 28-0 lead in the first half, aided by a blocked punt recovery in the end zone. 10:34 a.m. – Beau Baldwin, Eastern Washington PSU got a rushing touchdown from Evans Okotcha late in the second quarter but that was all the Vikings 11:42 a.m. – Doug Fullerton (if needed) could muster on a cold and rainy afternoon. Montana State gained 301 yards, but only 62 after halftime. The Vikings sputtered to 106 first-half yards The 2010 Portland State football media guide can and finished with just 240. Quarterback Connor Kavanaugh had 20 carries for 67 yards, and also passed for be found online at www.GoViks.com. Go to the 67 yards in a relief role. Drew Hubel was knocked out in the first half with a dislocated right shoulder. football page and click on the right column link. 2010 PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS FOOTBALL • 2 VIKINGS BATTLE 10TH-RANKED BOBCATS FOR FIRST PLACE It’s very, very early in the Big Sky Conference season, but make no mistake, Portland State (1-0) and HEAD COACH NIGEL BURTON A former assistant Montana State (2-0) will be playing for first place in the league standings this Saturday in Bozeman. The win- coach at Portland State ner will be no worse than tied for first with Northern Arizona (1-0) which plays at Eastern Washington (2-1). (2001-02), and most re- Week two of Portland State’s eight-week stretch of Big Sky Conference football includes a trip to the cently the defensive coor- league-leading and 10th-ranked Boobcats. The Vikings and MSU, each coming off Big Sky wins, meet in a dinator at the University 1:35 p.m. MT/12:35 p.m. PT game at Bobcat Stadium in Bozeman. of Nevada (2008-09), Nigel The game, televised on Max Media in Montana, will be picked up in the Portland area on Comcast Burton was named Port- Sports Net (ch. 37/HD 737). It will also air on 970 AM KXFD and www.970.am. The radio pregame show begins land State Head Football at 11:30 a.m. in Portland. Coach on December 8, Portland State comes off a convincing 38-3 home-opening win over Idaho State last Saturday at Hills- 2009. boro Stadium. The Vikings dominated from the start, rolling up 531 yards of offense and holding the Bengals Burton is the 13th to just 195 yards of offense. The win makes Portland State 2-2 on the season and gets the Vikings off to a 1-0 head coach in the history of Portland State foot- start in league play. ball, and is charged with returning the Vikings to Meanwhile, Montana State is the class of the Big Sky so far with a 4-1 record and a 2-0 mark in league prominence in the Big Sky Conference and nation- play. The Bobcats outlasted Sacramento State, 64-61, in overtime last Saturday in Sacramento. MSU’s only ally at the NCAA I Football Championship Subdivi- loss was a 23-22 defeat at Washington State in September. The Bobcats have also beaten Eastern Washington sion level. in conference action.