1971 Air Force Falcons football team

1971 Air Force Falcons football
Conference Independent
1971 record 6–4
Head coach Ben Martin (14th season)
Home stadium Falcon Stadium
1971 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Penn State      11 1 0
Boston College      9 2 0
No. 17 Houston      9 3 0
No. 13 Notre Dame      8 2 0
Utah State      8 3 0
Florida State      8 4 0
Cincinnati      7 4 0
West Virginia      7 4 0
Temple      6 2 1
Air Force      6 4 0
Army      6 4 0
Colgate      6 4 0
Villanova      6 4 1
South Carolina      6 5 0
Southern Miss      6 5 0
Georgia Tech      6 6 0
New Mexico State      5 5 1
Northern Illinois      5 5 1
Syracuse      5 5 1
Dayton      5 6 0
Miami (FL)      4 7 0
Rutgers      4 7 0
Virginia Tech      4 7 0
Navy      3 8 0
Pittsburgh      3 8 0
Tulane      3 8 0
Xavier      1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1971 college football season as a University Division Independent. They were led by fourteenth–year head coach Ben Martin. The Falcons played their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They finished tied in scoring with their opponents 187–187 and finished with a record of 6 wins and 4 losses (6–4).

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 18 Missouri Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO W 7–6  
September 25 Wyoming Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO W 23–19  
October 2 at No. 9 Penn State Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA L 14–16  
October 9 SMU Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO W 30–0  
October 16 Army Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Rivalry) W 20–7  
October 23 at Colorado State No. 20 Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes StadiumFort Collins, CO (Rivalry) W 17–12  
October 30 at No. 13 Arizona State No. 18 Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ L 28–44  
November 6 Oregon Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO L 14–23  
November 13 at Tulsa Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman StadiumTulsa, OK W 17–7  
November 20 at No. 10 Colorado Folsom FieldBoulder, CO L 17–53  
daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

  1. "1971 Air Force Falcons Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
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