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Air Force is one of the premier rushing teams in the nation. Since Fisher DeBerry took over as Falcons head coach in 1984, they have ranked among the nation's top 10 in rushing 19 times in 21 years. The Air Force football team has enjoyed success not only on the field but also in the classroom.
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M: 5 football players were killed in a head-on highway crash (1966). Marshall: 37 members died in an airplane crash (1970). Wichita State: most of the starting players and coaches, 31 in total, died in an airplane crash (1970). Cal Poly Mustangs football team: 16 players and 6 others died in an airplane crash (1960).
Prior to 1972, Air Force met Army in odd years and Navy in even years (and neither in 1961, 1962, 1964). 1972 was the first year the trophy was awarded, and Air Force has played both Army and Navy every year since. Because Air Force played Army and not Navy in 1971, the Army-Air Force game is the longest uninterrupted intersectional rivalry in ...
The best player in Air Force history according to ESPN is Bob Beckel, who scored 50 points in a game against Arizona in 1959 and scored over 45 points on 3 other occasions. The best coach in Air Force history is Bob Spear, who coached for 15 years (1956–1971), had a career record of 177–175, and led the Falcons to two NCAA Tournament ...
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 .
The following is a list of Air Force Falcons men's basketball head coaches. The Falcons have had 8 coaches in their 67-season history. [1] Air Force's current head coach is Joe Scott. He was hired in March 2020 for his second stint as the Falcons' head coach [2] to replace the fired Dave Pilipovich. [3]
He was a jet fighter pilot toured Alaska for several years, helping coach the football team at Ladd Air Force Base from 1954 to 1955. [13] He later served as the end coach of the Air Force Falcons. [13] He married Jean Marshall in 1953 and had four children with her; she died after giving birth to the fourth in 1960.
Led by first–year head coach Ken Hatfield, Air Force played home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Falcons lost their first eight games, [1] then won two of three to finish at 2–9, [2] and were outscored 127–253. The win over Army on November 3 broke an eleven-game losing streak. [1]