1977 Air Force Falcons football team

1977 Air Force Falcons football
Conference Independent
1977 record 2–8–1
Head coach Ben Martin (20th season)
Home stadium Falcon Stadium
1977 NCAA Division I Independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Notre Dame        11 1 0
No. 5 Penn State        11 1 0
Colgate        10 1 0
No. 16 San Diego State        10 1 0
Tennessee State        8 1 1
No. 14 Florida State        10 2 0
North Texas State        10 1 0*
No. 8 Pittsburgh        9 2 1
East Carolina        8 3 0
Rutgers        8 3 0
Army        7 4 0
Louisville        7 4 1
Boston College        6 5 0
Cincinnati        5 4 2
Georgia Tech        6 5 0
Memphis        6 5 0
Northwestern State        6 5 0
Syracuse        6 5 0
William & Mary        6 5 0
Southern Miss        6 5 0
Temple        5 5 1
Hawaii        5 6 0
Navy        5 6 0
West Virginia        5 6 0
South Carolina        5 7 0
Utah State        4 7 0
Villanova        4 7 0
Illinois State        3 7 1
Virginia Tech        3 7 1
Indiana State        3 7 0
Miami (FL)        3 8 0
Richmond        3 8 0
Tulane        3 8 0
Air Force        2 8 1
Holy Cross        2 8 0
Northeast Louisiana        2 9 0
  • North Texas State (originally 9–2–0) awarded a forfeit win after UCLA was found to be using an ineligible player.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1977 NCAA Division I-A football season as a Division I-A Independent. They were led by twentieth–year head coach Ben Martin, in his final season. The Falcons played their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They were outscored by their opponents 114–296 and finished with a record of 2 wins, 8 losses, and 1 tie (2–8–1).

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 10 at Wyoming War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY T 0–0  
September 17 at California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA L 14–24  
September 24 Pacific Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO W 15–13  
October 1 at Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA L 3–30  
October 8 at Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) L 7–10  
October 15 Arizona State Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO L 14–37  
October 22 at Baylor Floyd Casey StadiumWaco, TX L 7–38  
October 29 Boston College Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO L 14–36  
November 5 Army Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) L 6–31  
November 12 Vanderbilt Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO W 34–28  
November 19 at No. 6 Notre Dame Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN L 0–49  
daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

  1. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1977-standings.html
  2. "1977 Air Force Falcons Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
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