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. 2018 Portland State Vikings Football • Game 1 Notes 2018 BIG SKY CONFERENCE BSC Season This Week PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS UC Davis 0-0 0-0 at S. Jose St (Thu) at NEVADA WOLFPACK Cal Poly 0-0 0-0 at North Dakota St Eastern Washington 0-0 0-0 C. WASHINGTON Friday, August 31, 6 p.m. • Mackay Stadium (27,000), Reno, NV Idaho 0-0 0-0 at Fresno State TELEVISION __ None Idaho State 0-0 0-0 WESTERN ST. (Fri) RADIO _______ 103.7 The Legend FM, www.1037thelegend.iheart.com Montana 0-0 0-0 NORTHERN IOWA Pregame Show: 5 p.m. • Play-by-play: Matt Richert • Analyst: Mike Lund Montana State 0-0 0-0 WESTERN ILLINOIS INTERNET ____ Live video stream: www.nevadawolfpack.tv • Live stats: www.nevadawolfpack.com/footballls Northern Arizona 0-0 0-0 at UTEP Northern Colorado 0-0 0-0 McNEESE STATE PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS SCHEDULE Portland State 0-0 0-0 at Nevada (Fri) VIKINGS Sacramento State 0-0 0-0 ST. FRANCIS Date Opponent ___________________ Time TV Southern Utah 0-0 0-0 N. ALABAMA Location Portland, OR A.31 at Nevada ________________ 6 p.m. Weber State 0-0 0-0 at Utah (Thurs) 2017 Record 0-11 S.8 at Oregon _______________ 11 a.m. Pac-12 (HS) Big Sky Record 0-8 (13th) S.15 COLLEGE OF IDAHO __ 2:05 p.m. (HS) Athletics Director Valerie Cleary S.22 MONTANA STATE* ___ 2:05 p.m. SWX PSU PRACTICE SCHEDULE S.29 at Idaho* ________________ 2 p.m. SWX Head Coach Bruce Barnum Stott Community Field O.6 at Montana* ___ 2 p.m. MT/1 p.m. PT SWX Alma Mater Eastern Washington, 1987 Mon-Wed: 7:30-9:30 a.m. O.13 NORTHERN COLORADO*(PP) 2:05 p.m. PSU/Career Record 12-22/4th year Thurs.: Travel to Reno Big Sky Record 8-16 O.27 at Sacramento State* _______ 6 p.m. Sac St N.3 IDAHO STATE* (HS) ______ 2:05 p.m. Eleven vs. Nevada 0-0 COACHING ASSIGNMENTS Letterwinners Back 35 N.10 at North Dakota* _ 2 p.m. CT/Noon PT MidCo (HS) Returning Starters 13 (3o/7d/2st) N.16 EASTERN WASHINGTON* 7:05 p.m. Game Day Media Relations Mike Lund * Big Sky Conference game Field: Bruce Barnum, Matt Leunen, Nick Whitworth, Office Telephone 503.725.5602 SWX, Sac St and MidCo games are local to opponent Tyler Harman, Payam Saadat, John Ely, Manoa Latu, Email [email protected] Colin Fry website www.GoViks.com Booth: AC Patterson, Evan Mozzochi, Glenn Whearty, Adam Khosroabadi, Parker Henry NEVADA WOLFPACK SCHEDULE TEAM CAPTAINS SR LB Houston Barnes, JR TE Charlie Taumoepeau, WOLFPACK Date Opponent SR S Artuz Manning, JR RB Carlos Martin Location Reno, NV A.31 PORTLAND STATE 2017 Record 3-9 S.8 at Vanderbilt VIKINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA Mountain West Record 3-5 (4th, MWC-West) S.15 OREGON STATE Athletics Director Doug Knuth S.22 at Toledo Facebook __________________PSUVIKINGS Head Coach Jay Norvell S.29 at Air Force* YouTube ___________________GoPortlandState Alma Mater Iowa, 1986 O.6 FRESNO STATE* Twitter ____________________@psuviks Nevada/Career Record 3-9/2nd year O.13 BOISE STATE* Bruce Barnum __________@CoachBarnum69 MWC Record 3-5 O.20 at Hawai’i* Viking Football _________@psuviksFB vs. PSU 0-0 O.27 SAN DIEGO STATE* PSU AD Valerie Cleary ____@valerie_cleary Letterwinners Back 46 N.10 COLORADO STATE* PSU SID Mike Lund ______@mikelund65 Returning Starters 16 (7o/7d/2st) N.17 at San Jose State* Hashtags ___________________#GoViks, #BarnyBall Media Relations Chad Hartley N.24 at UNLV* Office Telephone 775.682.6982 * Mountain West Conference game Email [email protected] website www.nevadawolfpack.com THE SERIES RECORD: VIKINGS vs. WOLFPACK LAST MEETING, Nov. 13, 1976: All-Time Series: Nevada leads 6-2 • Nevada leads in Reno 3-1 • Nevada leads in Portland 3-1 Nevada 35, Portland State 22 Nevada overcame five turnovers with a powerful Oct. 29, 1960: PSU 19-7 at Reno Streak: Nevada has won the last three meetings running game that totaled 280 yards, and a key special Sept. 30, 1961: UN 41-20 at Portland in Reno and four of the last five overall teams play, for a 35-22 victory. Oct. 16, 1971: PSU 21-7 at Portland Mike Rippee rushed 29 times for 126 yards and Oct. 7, 1972: UN 27-13 at Reno Most Points, PSU: 37, 1975 two touchdowns to lead the Wolfpack. Nevada blocked Oct. 6, 1973: UN 59-0 at Portland Most Points, UN: 59, 1973 a punt late in the second quarter and recovered it in Sept. 28, 1974: UN 19-14 at Reno the endzone to build a 21-6 halftime lead it would not Sept. 13, 1975: PSU 37-0 at Portland Largest Margin of Victory reliquish. Nov. 13, 1976: UN 35-22 at Reno PSU: 37, 37-0 in 1975 Portland State quarterback June Jones completed UN: 59, 59-0 in 1973 20 of 45 passes for 266 yards and three interceptions. Running back Jeff Salta rushed for 83 yards and two touchdowns and had 89 yards receiving. 2018 Viking Football • 1 VIKINGS TURN THE PAGE TO 2018 WITH NEVADA MATCHUP VIKING QUICK FACTS The Portland State Vikings look forward to a fresh start in the 2018 season as they open at the Uni- versity of Nevada this Friday night in a 6 p.m. game. School_________________ Portland State University Location ________________________ Portland, OR Despite their relatively close proximity, the Vikings and Wolfpack meet for the first time in 42 years Founded ______________________________1946 when they kickoff at Mackay Stadium. For both programs it is a chance to put disappointing seasons Enrollment __________________________ 28,407 behind them. The Vikings, after starting 2017 with great promise, stumbled to an 0-11 season - the second Nickname ___________________________ Vikings winless season in program history. The Wolfpack went 3-9 last year, marking its poorest record since 2000. Colors _ Green (PMS 3435C), White, Silver (PMS 877C) For the Vikings, it will be the first of two games playing “up” as they travel to Oregon on Sept. 8. National Affiliation __________ NCAA Division I FCS The games mark the start of an extremely challenging first half of the season for Portland State. After Conference __________________________ Big Sky playing NAIA College of Idaho on Sept. 15, the Vikings face Big Sky powerhouses Montana State, Idaho President ________________ Dr. Rahmat Shoureshi and Montana in succession, with the latter two games coming on the road. In all, the Vikings play four of Director of Athletics ______________ Valerie Cleary Home Fields _____ Hillsboro Stadium/7,200/FieldTurf six on the road in the first half of the season. ____________ Providence Park/18,627/FieldTurf PSU is 4-36 all-time against FBS programs. Head Coach Bruce Barnum led Portland State to two of those wins in 2015 over Washington State (24-17) and North Texas (66-7). Since then, the Vikings have 2018 COACHING STAFF lost four in a row to FBS teams. One of those games was against a Mountain West opponent (66-35 loss to San Jose State in 2016). Head Coach _____________Bruce Barnum, 4th year Nevada will be playing a member of the Big Sky Conference for the sixth straight season. Last year, ________________ (9th year at Portland State) Idaho State beat the Wolfpack, 30-28. Nevada defeated Cal Poly, 30-27, in overtime in 2016. The Wolfpack Defensive Coordinator/DL ___ Payam Saadat, 1st year has also beaten UC Davis twice and Southern Utah once during that span. Offensive Coordinator/OL ____ Matt Leunen, 7th year Portland State will field a youthful squad that includes 57 true freshmen, redshirt freshmen and Special Teams Coordinator/RBs Nick Whitworth, 4th year sophomores on the 93-player roster. The Vikings have 35 returning letterwinners and 12 returning starters. Safeties _____________________ John Ely, 9th year Tight Ends/Recruiting Coord. __AC Patterson, 4th year Nevada returns 46 letterwinners and 16 starters to its team in 2018. Wide Receivers/QBs _______ Evan Mozzochi, 3rd year Friday’s game will be live streamed on the Mountain West Network. The radio broadcast is available Cornerbacks _________________Colin Fry, 2nd year at Rip City Radio 620 AM in the Portland area, and www.ripcityradio.com. Live stats can be found at www. Linebackers ________________Manoa Latu, 1st year nevadawolfpack.com/footballls. Special Teams Assistant ______ Jason Diffee, 3rd year Defensive Assistant ____Adam Khosroabadi, 2nd year STORYLINES Defensive Assistant _________ Parker Henry, 1st year • Portland State and Nevada will meet for the first time in 42 years. The Wolfpack leads the all-time series, Strength and Conditioning ___________ Scott Fabian 6-2, including 3-1 in Reno. Student Assistants _____Glenn Whearty, Tyler Harman • This is the first of two FBS opponents for the Vikings in 2018. They will also play Oregon on Sept. 8. It Equipment Coordinator __________Rick McReynolds marks the fifth straight year that PSU will play two FBS teams in the same season and the ninth time Team Athletic Trainer _______________Randy Logan overall (three in 2006). Video ________________________Joey Hashimoto • Portland State is 4-36 all-time against members of the FBS. Viking Head Coach Bruce Barnum is 2-4 against the FBS. This is the first time Portland State plays Nevada as an FBS opponent.