The most recent meeting between the Vikings and Grizzlies came on Oct. 31, 2015 at Providence Park. The result was a 35-16 win by Portland State.

Portland State's September 30 football game against the University of Montana will be moved from Providence Park to Hillsboro Stadium due to a scheduling conflict with the Portland Thorns professional soccer team.

The Thorns will be playing their regular season home finale on that date. The game will be nationally-televised, which made any changes problematic.

As a result, Providence Park gave a Friday night game option for the Vikings and Grizzlies as a possibility. All date changes for league football games must be approved by both schools as per Big Sky Conference rules. Montana rejected the Friday night option and that necessitated a move to Hillsboro Stadium for a Saturday game.

"While we are disappointed that we are unable to play in our home stadium of Providence Park, we are grateful that the folks at Hillsboro Stadium have made the date available to us," said Portland State Director of Athletics Valerie Cleary . "We strive to have all of our home dates consistent and downtown at Providence Park, but we were challenged to work out an arrangement in this case."

Portland State has used Hillsboro Stadium as a home site in the past. The entire 2000 and 2010 seasons were played at Hillsboro while Providence Park was undergoing renovations each time. PSU also played single games in 2014 (Western Oregon) and 2015 (North Dakota) at Hillsboro due to scheduling conflicts at Providence Park.

"I'll work with our staff and coaches to ensure the Hillsboro tailgating and game experience are better than ever as we kick off our conference season," said Cleary.

Portland State's other four home dates in 2017 will take place at Providence Park. Kick times for all home games will be announced soon.



The Viking program has used Providence Park (under various names) as its regular home venue since 1967, and played there as far back as 1949.



NEW HOME FOR BIG SKY CONFERENCE LIVE STREAMING IS PLUTO TV

The Big Sky Conference has announced a partnership with Pluto TV, the leading free Internet television service in America. As a part of the deal, the Big Sky Conference will air all of its live streamed sports events on Pluto TV for free including up to 700 football, men's and women's basketball, volleyball and selected soccer, softball and track and field events.



With Pluto TV, Big Sky Conference gets the benefit of Pluto TV's community of over 6 million monthly active users and becomes the first mid-major conference with a dedicated 24/7 channel where fans can watch from any Internet-connected device—mobile, tablet, desktop and connected TV (classic events are already being streamed on Pluto channel 230). In addition to watching live conference events on Pluto TV, Big Sky fans will also be able to access on-demand archived events and exclusive video content on WatchBigSky.com, powered by Pluto TV.

To watch live events from the Big Sky Conference download the Pluto TV app and tune to Channel 230. For mobile and tablet, the Pluto TV app is available on iPhone and iPad from the App Store and on Android devices from Google Play. The Pluto TV app is also available on any connected living room device such as Roku, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation or Xbox as well as most smart TVs, including those from Samsung, Vizio, Sony and Hisense. Additionally, Pluto TV can be accessed via web at pluto.tv/watch.

Useful Links

• App Store - https://itunes.apple.com/us/ app/pluto-tv/id751712884?mt=8

• Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/ apps/details?id=tv.pluto. android&hl=en

• Press Kit - https://drive.google.com/open? id= 0B7p7R9a3b4aRVmJGSE5mMko3YTA



Viking fans will still be able to access all live stream events on Portland State's athletics website, www.GoViks.com. The link to live streaming is GoViks.com/Live.

NEW BIG SKY TELEVISION CONTRACT WITH ELEVEN SPORTS MEANS MORE TV GAMES

The Big Sky Conference has signed a new partnership with Eleven Sports to televise football and basketball, as well post-season tournament games in soccer, volleyball and softball. Eleven Sports will have a Big Sky Football Game of the Week and Basketball Game of the Week during the 2017-18 season. The complete football schedule will be released soon by the league. All league schools will appear at least once on a Game of the Week. The Eleven Sports Network airs on DirecTV channel 623. The broadcast will also be used as the live stream for Pluto TV.

GAME TIMES SET

Game times have been set for the 2017 season. PSU will play four of its five home games at 2 p.m. The game with North Dakota will kick off at 4 p.m.



PORTLAND STATE FOOTBALL TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets to all Vikings Football Games are on sale now! Purchase yours today at GoViks.com/Tickets, by calling 1.888.VIK.TIKS, or by visiting the PSU Box Office (1825 SW Broadway).

PORTLAND STATE'S 2017 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Aug. 26, at BYU (ESPN), Noon PT

Sept. 2, at Oregon State (Pac-12), 11 a.m.

Sept. 9, bye

Sept. 16, UC DAVIS (NC), 2 p.m. - Providence Park

Sept. 23, bye

Sept. 30, MONTANA*, 2 p.m. - Hillsboro Stadium

Oct. 7, at Montana State*, 10 a.m. PT (Root TV)

Oct. 14, NORTHERN ARIZONA*, 2 p.m. - Providence Park

Oct. 21, at Idaho State*, 1:30 p.m. PT

Oct. 28, NORTH DAKOTA*, 4 p.m. - Providence Park

Nov. 4, at Cal Poly*, 6:05 p.m.

Nov. 11, WEBER STATE*, 2 p.m. - Providence Park

Nov. 18, at Eastern Washington*, 3 p.m. (Root TV)

* Big Sky Conference game

