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2018 Air Force Football Quick Facts General Information Team Information 2018 Schedule Location: ....................Colorado Springs, CO 2017 Record: .................5-7 (4-4, 4th Mtn Div.) Day Date Opponent Enrollment: ............... 4,000 Lettermen Ret: .............52 (22 Off, 28 Def., 2 ST) Sat. Sept. 1 Stony Brook Founded:.................... 1954 Lettermen Lost: ...........26 (13 Off, 10 Def., 3 ST) Nickname: ................. Falcons Starters Ret: ..................13 (5 Off, 6 Def., 2 ST) Sat. Sept. 8 at Florida Atlantic Colors (PMS): ..........Blue (287), Silver (877) Starters Lost: ................ 12 (6 Off, 5 Def., 1 ST) Sat. Sept. 15 OPEN Stadium:..................... Falcon Stadium Sat. Sept. 22 at Utah State* Capacity: .................... 46,692 Returning Offensive Starters (5) Sat. Sept. 29 Nevada* Surface: ...................... FieldTurf 74 Griffin Landrum, OL, 6-2, 280, Sr. Conference: .............. Mountain West 2 Arion Worthman, QB, 5-11, 205, Sr. Sat. Oct. 6 Navy Superintendent: .....Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria (R: 217-831-3.8 13 TD; P: 54-109-1,115 10 TD) Sat. Oct. 13 at San Diego State* Athletic Director: ... Jim Knowlton 23 Taven Birdow, FB, 6-1, 220, Jr. (88-394 5 TD) Sat. Oct. 20 at UNLV* Athletic Phone: ....... 719-333-4008 3 Ronald Cleveland, WR, 5-9, 174, Sr. Sat. Oct. 27 Boise State* Ticket Phone: .......... 719-472-1895 (11-261 2 TD) Website: ..................... www.goairforcefalcons.com 8 Marcus Bennett, WR, 6-0, 186, Sr. (19-403 3 TD) Sat. Nov. 3 at Army Sat. Nov. 10 New Mexico* Athletic Communications Offensive Starters Lost (6) Sat. Nov. 17 at Wyoming* Office:..........................719-333-2313 66, Jake Barnhorst, OL; 64, Ryan Beveridge, OL; Sat. Nov. 24 Colorado State* Press Box: ..................719-333-1100 55, Alex Norton, OL/OC; 77, JC Rast, OL; 33, Tim Mailing Address: ...2169 Field House Dr. McVey, RB (128-741 7 TD); 85, Ryan Reffi tt, TE Sat. Dec. 1 MW Championship USAF Academy, CO 80840 (8-173 2 TD). * - Mountain West game Times TBA Football Contact: ..Troy Garnhart, Assoc. AD Returning Defensive Starters (6) Television selection TBA, may result in change Office:...........................719-333-9263 95 Cody Gessler, NG, 5-11, 263, Sr. Cell: ...............................719-649-5003 (4-16-20, 2.5 TFL) of game dates Email: [email protected] 90 Micah Capra, DL, 6-2, 270, Sr. (10-22-32, 2.0 TFL) Football Contact: ...Dave Toller, Asst. A.D. 8 Lakota Wills, LB, 6-3, 220, So. Office:...........................719-333-3478 (22-25-47, 6.0 TFL, 2.0 QBS) 2017 Results Cell: ...............................719-396-0955 27 Jeremy Fejedelem, DB, 5-10, 190, Jr. Record: 5-7 (4-4, T4th Mtn Div) Email: [email protected] (23-11-34, 1.0 TFL, 4 PBU) Date Opponent Result 29 Kyle Floyd, DB, 6-2, 210, Sr. Sept. 2 VMI (ESPN3) W 62-0 Alternate Contact: Nick Arseniak, Asst. (26-34-60, 7 PBU, 1 INT) Sept. 16 at #7 Michigan (BTN) L 13-29 Office:...........................719-333-9251 4 James Jones IV, 6-2, 190, Jr. Cell: ...............................719-510-2684 (21-31-52, 1 PBU, 1 INT) Sept. 23 #22 San Diego St.* (CBS SN) L 24-28 Email: [email protected] Sept. 30 at New Mexico* (CBS SN) L 38-56 Defensive Starters Lost (5) Oct. 7 at RV Navy (CBS SN) L 45-48 97, Santo Coppola, DL (17-22-39, 3.5 TFL, 1.o Air Force History Oct. 14 UNLV* (AT&T Sports) W 34-30 First Year: ..................1956 QBS); 7, Ja’Mel Sanders, LB (9-19-28, 1.5 TFL); All-Time Record: ....385-320-13 (62 years) 44, Grant Ross, LB (42-55-97, 9.5 TFL); 50, Jack Oct. 20 at Nevada* (CBS SN) W 45-42 Home: .....................214-127-3 Flor, LB (52-41-93, 3.0 TFL); 2, Marquis Griffin, Oct. 28 at RV Colorado St.* (CBS SN) W 45-28 Falcon Stadium: ..182-110 (Since 1962) DB (44-22-66, 4.5 TFL) Nov. 4 RV Army (CBS SN) L 0-21 Away: ......................150-172-6 Nov. 11 Wyoming* (ESPNU) L 14-28 Neutral: ..................21-21-4 Specialist Returning (2) Bowl Record: ...........12-11-1 91 Charlie Scott, P, 6-1, 192, Jr. (41-42.1, Lg 72) Nov. 18 at #25 Boise State* (ESPN2) L 19-44 Last Bowl: ..................2016 Nova Home Loans 59 Austin Cutting, LS, 6-3, 240, Sr. Nov. 25 Utah State* (ESPN2) W 38-35 Arizona Bowl *-Mountain West game Result: .....................W 45-21 vs. South Alabama Specialist Lost (1) 11 Luke Strebel, PK (9-12 FG, 43-43 PAT, 70 pts) Coaching Staff Head Coach: ...................................Troy Calhoun (Air Force, 1989) Career/School Record: .............82-60 (12th year) Assistant Coaches Jake Campbell (Air Force, 1996), 7th year, Assistant Offensive Backfield Tim Cross (Northern Colorado, 1990), 5th year, Defensive Line Nick Jones (Georgia, 2006), 1st year, Tight Ends Brian Knorr (Air Force, 1986), 1st/7th year, Defensive Assistant Steed Lobotzke (Air Force, 1992), 4th year, Offensive Line Ben Miller (Air Force, 2002), 12th year, Running backs/Special Teams Coordinator John Rudzinski (Air Force, 2005), 9th year, Secondary Taylor Stubblefield (Purdue, 2005), 2nd year, Receivers Mike Thiessen (Air Force, 2001), 11th year, Offensive Coord./Quarterbacks Ron Vanderlinden (Albion, 1978), 5th year, Inside Linebackers Chip Vaughn (Wake Forest, 2008), 1st year, Secondary Matt Weikert (Ohio, 2002), 12th year, Outside Linebackers Air Force Football -- 1 2018 Air Force Football NEW FACES JOIN COACHING STAFF Mountain West Conference Air Force added two new coaches and a familier one to the coaching staff for 2018. Nick Jones enters his first season as tight ends coach after six years at Coastal Carolina. He graduated from 2017 STANDINGS Wake Forest in 2008. Chip Vaughn is in his first year as the secondary coach and comes to the Mountain Division Academy from Fayetteville State. Brian Knorr returns for his third stint with the Falcons. He will Team MW All Games be a defensive assistant. Knorr coached at Arizona last season. He previously was the assistant Boise State 7-1 11-3 head coach and inside linebackers coach in 2007, outside linebackers and safties coach from Wyoming 5-3 8-5 2005-06 and was the junior varsity head coach and varsity assistant from 1992-94. Colorado State 5-3 7-6 Utah State 4-4 6-7 AIR FORCE AT HOME Air Force 4-4 5-7 Air Force is 50-18 in Falcon Stadium under head coach Troy Calhoun, including a school-record New Mexico 1-7 3-9 15-game winning streak from 2014 to Oct. 22, 2016. The Falcons have won 20 of their last 24 at home games dating back to 2014. Air Force’s 17 wins from 2014-16 is a school record for a three-year stretch. Air Force finished West Division 6-0 at home in 2014 and 2015 to mark the first back-to-back undefeated home seasons in Team MW All Games school history. Air Force has finished undefeated at home just five times overall in school history, Fresno State 7-1 10-4 three coming under Calhoun. San Diego State 6-2 10-3 UNLV 4-4 5-7 Year Rec. Notes Nevada 3-5 3-9 2017 3-3 20 wins over four years is best four-year run in school history Hawaii 1-7 3-9 2016 5-1 Air Force won 16 of 17 home games from 2014-16 San Jose State 1-7 2-11 2015 6-0 Fifth 6-0 mark in AF history, third under Calhoun 2014 6-0 Fourth 6-0 mark in AF history, second under Calhoun 2013 2-5 Lone losing record in Calhoun era MW BOWLS 2012 5-1 Second-best mark in school history Las Vegas Bowl 2011 4-3 Sixth time with four or more wins in Calhoun era Boise State 38, Oregon 28 2010 5-1 Combined with 2009, 10 wins in two seasons is third-best in AF history 2009 5-1 Second-best mark in school history Famous Idaho Potato Bowl 2008 3-3 Two losses at the hands of nationally ranked teams Wyoming 37, Central Michigan 14 2007 6-0 Just the third undefeated home record in school history Total 50-18 Hawaii Bowl Fresno State 33, Houston 27 HOME STREAK BEST IN SCHOOL HISTORY Air Force went 20-4 at home over the last four seasons. The 20 wins is the best four-year mark Gildan New Mexico Bowl in school history, breaking the record of 19 set from 1982-85 and 1998-2001 when the program Marshall 31, Colorado State 28 went 19-4 those years in Falcon Stadium. The Falcons were 19-6 from 2009-12. Air Force set a record for the best three-year run from 2014-16 with a 17-1 record, breaking the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl mark of 15-2 from 1983-85. The Falcons were 14-3 from 1998-2000 and 1997-99 and 14-5 from Army 42, San Diego State 35 2009-11 to round out the top five marks in school history. Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl Best 4-year home records in Air Force history New Mexico State 26, Utah State 20 (OT) 2014-17 20-4 1982-85 19-4 1997-01 19-4 2009-12 19-6 AIR FORCE 15-1 WITH TWO OR MORE TURNOVERS LAST FOUR YEARS Air Force is 15-1 over the last four seasons with when the defense forces two or more turnovers. The lone loss came at home vs. Hawaii, 34-27, in overtime in 2016. Air Force is 6-0 on the road, 8-1 at home and 1-0 in neutral site games.