Officials canceled a college football game on Saturday due to a whooping cough outbreak.
Portland State canceled their scheduled matchup against South Dakota on Saturday after the Vikings were hit with an outbreak of the aforementioned virus.
“A number of other players were exposed,” reporter John Canzano wrote. “South Dakota and PSU huddled and canceled the game.”
Canzano posted the news on X, the website formerly known as Twitter.
Portland State is canceling today’s home football game vs South Dakota due to an outbreak of whooping cough on Vikings team.
PSU had players ill on Thursday. They were quarantined. A number of other players were exposed. South Dakota and PSU huddled and canceled the game.
— John Canzano (@johncanzanobft) September 14, 2024
This marks one of the first times a game has been canceled due to a virus outbreak since the COVID-shortened season in 2020. It being whooping ough is a bit alarming on a few levels for an already alarming situation.
The program did note, according to ESPN, that no active players in the program are seriously ill right now.
This situation could turn into a bigger deal if it persists. Portland State wil play Boise State next week, or at least is scheduled to at this juncture. Boise State released a statement that they were monitoring the situation ahead of the scheduled Week 4 meeting between the two football programs.
