1987 Air Force Falcons football team

1987 Air Force Falcons football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
1987 record 9–4 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach Fisher DeBerry
Home stadium Falcon Stadium
1987 WAC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Wyoming $ 8 –0 –0  10 –3 –0
BYU 7 –1 –0  9 –4 –0
Air Force 6 –2 –0  9 –4 –0
UTEP 5 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
San Diego State 4 –4 –0  5 –7 –0
Hawaii 3 –5 –0  5 –7 –0
Utah 2 –6 –0  5 –7 –0
Colorado State 1 –7 –0  1 –11 –0
New Mexico 0 –8 –0  0 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Falcons offense scored 405 points while the defense allowed 269 points. At season's end, the Falcons appeared in the 1987 Freedom Bowl. In the Ram–Falcon Trophy match, the Falcons beat the Colorado State Rams to win the trophy. Air Force also won the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, emblematic of beating both Army and Navy.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 at Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming L 13–27   28,071
September 12 TCU* Falcon Stadium • Air Force Academy, Colorado W 21–10   41,000
September 19 San Diego State Falcon Stadium • Air Force Academy, Colorado W 49–7   35,035
September 26 at Colorado State Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, Colorado (Battle for the Ram–Falcon Trophy) W 27–19   23,137
October 3 Utah Falcon Stadium • Air Force Academy, Colorado W 48–27   35,108
October 10 at Navy* Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland W 23–13   35,622
October 17 No. 11 Notre Dame* Falcon Stadium • Air Force Academy, Colorado L 14–35   51,112
October 24 UTEP Falcon Stadium • Air Force Academy, Colorado W 35–7   36,922
October 31 at BYU Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah ESPN L 13–24   65,384
November 7 Army* Falcon Stadium • Air Force Academy, Colorado W 27–10   49,183
November 14 at New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico W 73–26   15,309
November 21 at Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Rivalry) ESPN W 34–31   43,340
December 30 vs. Arizona State* Anaheim Stadium • Anaheim, California (Freedom Bowl) L 28–33   33,261
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1987 team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1988 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Chad HenningsDefensive tackle11290Dallas Cowboys

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Awards and honors

  • Rip Burgwald, Bullard Award[2]
  • Chad Hennings, Outland Trophy[3]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1988.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.airforcesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3000&KEY=&ATCLID=157958&SPID=804&SPSID=22383
  3. ↑ http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/outlandtrophy.htm


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