1985 Air Force Falcons football team

1985 Air Force Falcons football
WAC co-champion
Bluebonnet Bowl champion
Bluebonnet Bowl, W 24–16 vs. Texas
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 5
AP No. 8
1985 record 12–1 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach Fisher DeBerry
1985 WAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#8 Air Force + 7 – 1 – 0     12 – 1 – 0
#16 BYU + 7 – 1 – 0     11 – 3 – 0
Utah 5 – 3 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
Hawaii 4 – 3 – 1     4 – 6 – 2
Colorado State 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 7 – 0
San Diego State 3 – 4 – 1     5 – 6 – 1
New Mexico 2 – 6 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
Wyoming 2 – 6 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
UTEP 1 – 7 – 0     1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Falcons came within one victory of playing for the National Championship. In the Ram-Falcon Trophy match, the Falcons beat the Colorado State Rams to win the trophy.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 UTEP Falcon Stadium • Air Force Academy, CO W 48–6   38,500
September 14 at Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY W 49–7   29,134
September 21 Rice* Falcon Stadium • Air Force Academy, CO W 59–17   33,868
September 28 New Mexico No. 19 University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM W 49–12   27,124
October 5 Notre Dame* No. 17 Falcon Stadium • Air Force Academy, CO ABC W 21–15   52,153
October 12 Navy* No. 13 Navy – Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD W 24–7   35,663
October 19 at Colorado State No. 10 Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO W 35–19   31,127
October 26 Utah No. 8 Falcon Stadium • Air Force Academy, CO W 37–15   32,269
November 2 San Diego State No. 7 Falcon Stadium • Air Force Academy, CO W 31–10   36,503
November 9 Army* No. 5 Falcon Stadium • Air Force Academy, CO W 45–7   51,103
November 16 at No. 16 BYU No. 4 Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT NBC L 21–28   65,393
November 23 at Hawaii* No. 13 Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI Prime W 27–20   50,000
December 31 vs. Texas No. 10 Rice Stadium • Houston, TX (Bluebonnet Bowl) W 24–16   42,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Season summary

Army

1 234Total
Army 0 007 7
• Air Force 7 71417 45
  • Date: November 9
  • Location: Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Team players in the NFL

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
  2. ↑ Gainesville Sun. 1985 Nov 10.
  3. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HennCh20.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.airforcesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3000&KEY=&ATCLID=157958&SPID=804&SPSID=22383
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