The 2023 Portland State Vikings football team represented

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as a member of the

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during the

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. Led by ninth-year head coach

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, the

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played their home games off campus at

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, a suburb west of

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Preseason

Polls

On July 23, 2023, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Vikings were predicted to finish eighth in the Big Sky by the coaches and ninth by the media.

Schedule

Game summaries

at No. 15 ( FBS) Oregon

at Wyoming

References

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Portland State Vikings football seasons

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