American college football season
The 2016 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by second-year head coach Bruce Barnum and played their home games at Providence Park . They were a member of the Big Sky Conference . They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a four way tie for ninth place.
On July 19, 2016, the Big Sky Conference released its preseason coaches' and media polls. The Vikings were predicted to finish tied for second in the coaches' poll and fifth in the media poll.[1]
Coaches' poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Northern Arizona 132 (8) 2 Portland State 121 (2) Montana 121 4 Eastern Washington 112 (2) 5 North Dakota 105 (1) 6 Weber State 83 7 Southern Utah 73 Montana State 73 9 Cal Poly 66 10 Northern Colorado 43 11 Sacramento State 30 12 Idaho State 24 13 UC Davis 23
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Northern Arizona 287 (8) 2 Montana 283 (7) 3 Eastern Washington 269 (5) 4 North Dakota 262 (2) 5 Portland State 252 (3) 6 Weber State 174 7 Southern Utah 162 8 Montana State 157 9 Cal Poly 153 10 Northern Colorado 111 11 Idaho State 58 12 UC Davis 56 13 Sacramento State 50
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 2:30 pm Central Washington * No. 17 GoViks W 43–264,898 September 10 1:30 pm at San Jose State * No. 16 L 35–6613,210 September 17 5:00 pm at No. 8 (FBS ) Washington * No. 19 P12N L 3–4157,151 September 24 5:00 pm at Southern Utah No. 25 GoViks L 31–4510,306 October 1 2:30 pm Idaho State Providence Park Portland, OR Eversport.tv GoViksW 45–204,916 October 8 6:00 pm at Weber State GoViksKJZZ L 10–1410,217 October 15 2:30 pm No. 19 Cal Poly Providence Park Portland, OR GoViks L 33–534,019 October 29 2:30 pm Northern Colorado Providence Park Portland, OR GoViks L 49–56 OT 3,446 November 5 4:00 pm at UC Davis Eversport.tv W 51–295,665 November 12 6:00 pm at Sacramento State Eversport.tv L 35–425,086 November 18 7:00 pm No. 3 Eastern Washington RTNW L 28–355,669
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1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 7 12 7 0 26 #17 Vikings 7 14 0 22 43
1 2 3 4 Total #16 Vikings 7 7 7 14 35 Spartans 7 21 24 14 66
1 2 3 4 Total #19 Vikings 0 0 3 0 3 #8 (FBS ) Huskies 14 14 0 13 41
1 2 3 4 Total #25 Vikings 3 7 14 7 31 Thunderbirds 7 24 7 7 45
This matchup quickly became known for the controversial comments made by Coach Barnum leading up to the game when he said, referring to Cedar City, Utah (home of SUU), "I didn’t want to stay in Whoville. We are going to stay up in the Grinch's Castle. We are going to go down, play them Saturday, whoop up on them." SUU fans responded by setting a single-game attendance record, with many students carrying signs mocking Barnum's remarks.[3]
1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 6 0 0 14 20 Vikings 14 17 7 7 45
1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 0 7 0 3 10 Wildcats 0 0 7 7 14
1 2 3 4 Total #19 Mustangs 13 14 14 14 55 Vikings 7 7 14 7 35
1 2 3 4 OT Total Bears 3 10 29 7 7 56 Vikings 7 14 14 14 0 49
1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 10 20 14 7 51 Aggies 6 10 0 13 29
At Sacramento State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 7 14 7 7 35 Hornets 7 14 14 7 42
Eastern Washington–The Dam Cup[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #3 Eagles 7 0 14 14 35 Vikings 14 0 14 0 28
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 17 16 19 25 RV RV — — — — — — — — Coaches 12 14 17 25–T RV RV — — — — — — — —
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