Portland State quarterback Connor Kavanaugh is headed to Eastern Washington this Saturday looking for a win for his Viking football team. Along the way, he has a shot at a Big Sky Conference record as well.

Kavanaugh, who ranks third in the conference in rushing with 653 yards this season, is closing in on a Big Sky record for rushing by a quarterback. The current mark is 686 yards by former Northern Arizona quarterback Lance Kriesien (2007). Kavanaugh is just 33 yards short of that total and has been averaging 93 yards rushing per game this season. If he doesn't get the mark at Eastern Washington, where the Vikings play on Saturday at 1 p.m., Kavanaugh can look forward to three more games on the schedule in November.

This season, the senior from Lincoln High School has rushed 85 times for 653 yards (7.7 ypc) and six touchdowns in the Vikings' Pistol Offense. He has already broken his own PSU record for quarterback rushing of 506 yards set last year.

Kavanaugh currently has 1,557 career rushing yards. The Big Sky Conference record for career rushing yards by a quarterback is held by Ken Hobart of Idaho (1,826 yards from 1980-83).

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ROOS FIELD SELLOUT
The Vikings will play in front of a sellout crowd this Saturday at Roos Field in Cheney, WA. All 8,600 permanent seats have been sold for the game, marking Eastern Washington's third sellout this year.

PSU will be experiencing play on the Eastern's red "Inferno" turf for the first time. The radio broadcast will air on Freedom 970 AM with the pre-game show at noon.

SATURDAY'S DAM CUP GAME TELEVISED ON COMCAST SPORTSNET
Comcast SportsNet has added this Saturday's Portland State football game with defending national champion Eastern Washington to its television schedule. CSN will pick up the SWX TV feed from Spokane when PSU faces EWU in a Dam Cup rivalry game. The game will air at 1 p.m.

PSU is 4-3 this season, while Eastern Washington stands at 4-4. The Eagles are 4-2 in the Big Sky and have won four in a row. The Vikings are 2-2 in the Big Sky. Both teams are battling for a strong finish to the 2011 season and potential NCAA playoff bid. It will also be a part of the "Dam Cup" series between Eastern Washington and Portland State highlighting the rivalry of the two schools. With wins in soccer and volleyball, PSU currently leads the series.

The addition of the Eastern Washington game to the schedule makes it the fifth Portland State football game televised by CSN in the Portland area this season. The game can also be seen on other CSN affiliates.

Comcast SportsNet is available in the Portland area on Comcast cable systems, channel 37/HD 737.

Other metro-area affiliates aside from Comcast are:
·         Beavercreek Cooperative Telephone SD 38/HD 638
·         Canby Telcom SD 33/HD 733
·         Oregon Cable Group SD 53/HD 753
·         Frontier Communications SD 77/HD 577
·         Wave Broadband SD 37or45(depending upon location)/HD 737