2023 PORTLAND STATE FOOTBALL 6 | 2023 Vikings Football STORYLINES • MOST COMMON OPPONENTS: Despite not playing last season for the first time (nonCOVID season) since 1995, Portland State has played Idaho State (and Montana) the most times (46) of any opponent in PSU football history (77 years). Next on that list is Eastern Washington with 44 matchups. The Vikings play all three teams this season. • RUSH WEEK: Portland State has compiled the first, third and fourth-most rushing yards in a game in school history against the Bengals (531, 2016; 437, 2012; 436, 2011). The Vikings also had a 395-yard game in 2013. Head Coach Bruce Barnum was directing the offense in all four of those games.... in 2012, the Vikings compiled 758 yards of total offense in a 77-10 victory. That is the most total offense for PSU ever in a Big Sky game, and second-most in school history.... in 2016, when PSU set the single-game rushing record, the team was also 0-6 passing for 0 yards - the fewest passing yards in school history. PSU won the game 45-20. OFFENSIVE NOTES • HERE’S THE SCORE: Portland State is averaging 54.3 points per game in its last four contests, three of which are wins. The Vikings average 43.0 points per game in conference play… PSU ranks seventh in the nation in scoring overall (40.2). • DANTE’S DATA: JR QB Dante Chachere LOVES playing against Northern Arizona. Last Saturday, he completed 14-19 passes for 159 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions, and rushed 12 times for 83 yards and a score. He was responsible for all six Viking touchdowns and was named Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week... last season, Chachere had 402 yards of total offense against the ‘Jacks in a 35-27 win, passing for three touchdowns and rushing for two touchdowns. That makes 644 total yards, 11 total touchdowns and two wins. • THAT BIG UGLY MONSTER: PSU has a five-headed monster of a rushing game. Against NAU JR QB Dante Chachere rushed 12 times for 83 yards. FR RB Quincy Craig had 10 carries for 103 yards. JR RB Christian Grubb added nine carries for 76 yards. JR RB Jobi Malary rushed 14 times for 66 yards, and SR RB Andrew Van Buren carried 10 times for another 41 yards. PSU rushed for 366 yards against Northern Arizona and had a 40:13 time of possession in the game... Craig is the team rushing leader (66-410-3) followed by Chachere (57-360-6), Malary (45-272-5), Van Buren (30-162-2) and Grubb (29-156-1). The Vikings average 246.2 rushing yards, which is the most since 2015, and ranks seventh in the nation... PSU has rushing games of 404 yards, 366 yards and 285 yards this season... the Vikings average 318.0 rushing yards in three Senior cornerback Isaiah Avery (7) has started 17 consecutive games for the Vikings. Jimmy Devine
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