2008 Air Force Falcons football team

2008 Air Force Falcons football
Armed Forces Bowl, L 28–34 vs. Houston
Conference Mountain West Conference
2008 record 8–5 (5–3 MW)
Head coach Troy Calhoun (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Clay Hendrix and Morgan Blane
Offensive scheme Triple option
Defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter
Home stadium Falcon Stadium
(Capacity: 46,511)
2008 Mountain West football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 Utah $  8 –0     13 –0  
No. 7 TCU  7 –1     11 –2  
No. 25 BYU  6 –2     10 –3  
Air Force  5 –3     8 –5  
Colorado State  4 –4     7 –6  
UNLV  2 –6     5 –7  
New Mexico  2 –6     4 –8  
Wyoming  1 –7     4 –8  
San Diego State  1 –7     2 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Air Force competed as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MWC). The team was led by second-year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games at Falcon Stadium. The Falcons finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they lost to Houston.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 12:00 p.m. Southern Utah* Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO W 41–7   39,180
September 6 1:30 p.m. at Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSCS W 23–3   23,168
September 13 9:05 a.m. at Houston** Gerald Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX W 31–28   2,546
September 20 2:00 p.m. No. 20 Utah Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO Versus L 23–30   36,952
October 4 2:00 p.m. Navy* Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Versus L 27–33   46,339
October 11 7:30 p.m. at San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA The Mtn W 35–10   43,630
October 18 8:00 p.m. at UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV The Mtn W 29–28   21,055
October 23 6:00 p.m. New Mexico Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBSCS W 23–10   25,101
November 1 10:00 a.m. at Army* Michie Stadium • West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) ESPNU W 16–7   37,409
November 8 4:00 p.m. Colorado State Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy) The Mtn W 38–17   39,052
November 15 1:30 p.m. No. 17 BYU Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBSCS L 24–38   42,177
November 22 1:30 p.m. at No. 16 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Versus L 10–44   32,823
December 31 10:00 a.m. vs. Houston* Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (Armed Forces Bowl) ESPN L 28–34   41,127
**Game moved from Houston due to Hurricane Ike
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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