American college football season
The 2012 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by third year head coach Nigel Burton and played their home games at Jeld-Wen Field . They are a member of the Big Sky Conference . They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th place.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 5:00 pm Carroll * CSNNW /Big Sky TVW 38–206,845 September 8 4:00 pm at North Dakota * MSN /Big Sky TVL 37–459,210 September 15 4:00 pm at Washington * FX L 13–5254,922 September 22 5:00 pm Southern Utah Jeld-Wen Field Portland, OR CSNNW/Big Sky TV L 42–496,353 September 29 2:00 pm at No. 22 Northern Arizona FCSP /Big Sky TVL 10–249,107 October 6 5:00 pm Idaho State Jeld-Wen Field Portland, OR CSNNW/Big Sky TV W 77–105,754 October 20 6:00 pm at No. 14 Cal Poly Big Sky TV L 25–3710,025 October 27 2:00 pm at UC Davis Big Sky TV W 49–217,826 November 3 1:00 pm Northern Colorado Jeld-Wen Field Portland, OR Big Sky TV L 28–325,077 November 10 12:30 pm at No. 2 Montana State RTNW L 30–6515,177 November 17 1:00 pm No. 5 Eastern Washington CSNNW/Big Sky TV L 34–415,758
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with North Dakota on September 8 was considered a non conference game and had no effect on the Big Sky Standings.
1 2 3 4 Total Fighting Saints 9 3 0 8 20 Vikings 14 7 0 17 38
1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 9 15 0 13 37 North Dakota 14 21 10 0 45
1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 0 0 6 7 13 Huskies 14 31 7 0 52
1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 3 17 15 14 49 Vikings 21 7 14 0 42
1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 3 0 7 0 10 #22 Lumberjacks 14 3 7 0 24
1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 0 10 0 0 10 Vikings 7 28 28 14 77
1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 14 3 8 0 25 #14 Mustangs 14 3 6 14 37
1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 7 7 14 21 49 Aggies 7 7 0 7 21
1 2 3 4 Total Bears 3 7 15 7 32 Vikings 6 15 7 0 28
1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 7 3 10 10 30 #2 Bobcats 24 35 6 0 65
1 2 3 4 Total #5 Eagles 0 14 13 14 41 Vikings 13 0 13 8 34
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