The 2015 Portland State Vikings football team represented

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during the

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. They were led by head coach

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and played their home games at

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, with one home game at

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. They were a member of the

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. 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

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, 66–7. The 59 point margin was the largest margin of victory by an FCS team over an FBS team since the split of

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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

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State in 2007.

Schedule

Game summaries

at Washington State

at Idaho State

Western Oregon

North Dakota

at North Texas

Montana State

at Cal Poly

Montana

at Northern Colorado

Southern Utah

at Eastern Washington

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Northern Iowa

Ranking movements

References

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Portland State Vikings football seasons

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