2015 Portland State Vikings football team


The 2015 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by head coach Bruce Barnum and played their home games at Providence Park, with one home game at Hillsboro Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 9–3, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to Northern Iowa.
On October 10, 2015, the Vikings beat North Texas, 66–7. The 59 point margin was the largest margin of victory by an FCS team over an FBS team since the split of NCAA Division I football in 1978 into the groupings now known as FBS and FCS. Portland State also became the first FCS team to defeat two FBS teams in the same season since North Dakota State in 2007.

Schedule

Game summaries

at Washington State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–22014WSU, 59–21

at Idaho State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
15–24–12014ISU, 31–13

Western Oregon

Overall recordLast meetingResult
10–11–12014PSU, 45–38

North Dakota

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–32014UND, 24–16

at North Texas

Montana State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
9–192014MSU, 29–22

at Cal Poly

Overall recordLast meetingResult
10–112014POLY, 42–14

Montana

Overall recordLast meetingResult
11–292013MONT, 55–27

at Northern Colorado

Overall recordLast meetingResult
7–32012UNC, 32–28

Southern Utah

Overall recordLast meetingResult
8–32013SUU, 17–7

at Eastern Washington

Overall recordLast meetingResult
19–17–12014EWU, 56–34

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Northern Iowa

Ranking movements