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The 2024 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season was the team's 70th overall and 26th as a member of the Mountain West Conference. The team played their home games at Falcon Stadium and was led by 18th-year head coach Troy Calhoun.
The 2025 Air Force Falcons football team will represent the United States Air Force Academy during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Mountain West Conference. The team play their home games at Falcon Stadium and are expected to be led by 19th-year head coach Troy Calhoun .
1985 was the most successful season in Air Force football history. Under 5th-year coach Fisher DeBerry, the Falcons came within one win of playing for the national championship . They recorded 10 straight wins to start the season, climbed the polls to No. 2 in the nation, but lost to BYU 28–21 in the penultimate game of the regular season.
“Our guys play for the United States Military Academy and also play for the 1 million men and women who served in the U.S. Army,” Army coach Jeff Monken said.
Air Force has only played since 1955, making it a relatively new college football program. The Air Force Academy is a four-year undergraduate program, so it does not redshirt players under normal circumstances. [4] This means that for a player to play for four years, he must be good enough to see the field as a true freshman.
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Graduates from the United States service academies are mandated to serve at least five years on active duty, though they can petition to move to reserve status after two years; [9] Air Force linebacker Steve Russ used such a request to join the Denver Broncos in 1997 after being selected by them in the 1995 NFL draft. [10] [11]
The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army.The Academy is a member of the Division I Patriot League in most sports, [1] but its men's ice hockey program competes in the Atlantic Hockey league and its football program competes independent of a league.