TTaabbllee ooff CCoonntteennttss This is Air Force Football 2005 Results Defensive Records . 122-123 Note from Fisher DeBerry . 1 Season Statistics . 88-90 All-Time Letterwinners . 124-128 Game Day at Falcon Stadium. 2-3 Team/Individual Highs . 91 Past Season Results. 129-133 Air Force Football Traditions . 4-5 Player career highs . 92 Post-Season Recaps . 134-137 Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy. 6-7 Misc. Statistics . 93-94 Bowl Quick Facts . 137 Bullard Award. 8-9 Game-by-Game Statistics . 95-96 Bowl Records . 138 Falcons in the Pros . 10 2005 Game Recaps . 97-100 Air Force Academy fast facts . 11 Media Table of Contents . 12 Mountain West Conference Covering Air Force . 140 MWC Story. 102 Future Schedules. 140 Academy CSTV . 103 Media Guidelines . 141 The Air Force Academy . 14 2006 Composite Schedule . 104 Local Media Outlets . 142 Academy Senior Leadership. 15 2005 Team Statistics . 105 Academy Map / Directions. 143 Athletic Administration. 16 2005 Individual Statistics . 106 Note pad . 144 Academy Athletics . 17 Falcon Mascot. 18 History Falcon Stadium . 19 All-Americans. 108 Sports Medicine . 20-21 All-Conference Honorees . 109 Pagentry of Air Force Football. 22-23 All-American Profiles. 110-113 Falcon Athletic Center . 24 All-Star Games . 113 Rushing Records. 114-115 Coaches Passing Records . 116-117 Fisher DeBerry . 26-29 Total Offense Records . 118 Richard Bell . 30 Kicking Records . 119 Ron Burton . 31 Scoring Records . 120 Dean Campbell . 32 Receiving Records . 121 Dick Enga . 33 Paul Hamilton . 34 Pete Hurt . 35 Credits Brian Knorr. 36 The 2006 Air Force Football Media Guide is a product of the Academy’s Athletic Tom Miller . 37 Blane Morgan . 38 Media Relations Office. Chuck Petersen . 39 Jemal Singleton. 40 Steve Senn/Charlton Warren. 41 Editors: Troy Garnhart, assistant athletic director for media relations, Dave Support Staff . 42-43 Toller, associate athletic media relations director, and Nick Arseniak, assitant All-time Coaches . 44-46 media relations director. Players Contributors: Jerry Cross, Valerie Perkin and Melissa McKeown, assistant media Rosters. 48-49 relations directors and Madeline McGuire, graphics coordinator in the athletic Depth Chart. 50 media relations office. Roster by State . 51 Season Outlook. 52-53 On the Cover: Pictured on the front cover are junior quarterback Shaun Carney Player Profiles. 54-78 Falcon Award Winners . 79-80 and senior defensive lineman Gilberto Perez. 2006 Opponents Cover Design: Madeline McGuire, athletic media relations office graphics coor- Tennessee/Wyoming/ dinator / office manager. New Mexico/Navy . 82 Colorado State/San DiegoState/ Photography: Matthew Staver Photography, Denver, Colo., Dave Black BYU/Army . 83 Photography, Colorado Springs; Art Bilsten Photography, Denver; Mark Notre Dame/Utah Wellman, Washington, D.C.; Academy Photographic Division, U.S. Air Force UNLV/TCU. 84 Academy; Larry McTighe, U.S. Air Force photographer, Washington, D.C..; All-time results . 85-86 George vanderMerwede, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Warren Greenwood, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Capt. Scott Foley, Hanscom AFB, Ma. Printing: McCormick Armstrong, Wichita, Kansas. 2006 Football Media Guide Page 12 A A CC AA D EE MM YY UU..SS.. AAiirr FFoorrccee AAccaaddeemmyy The United States Air Force Academy offers a motivation of service to country. To provide military thought. four-year program of instruction and experi- greater contributions by a diverse faculty, the The Academy offers courses in flying, naviga- ence designed to provide cadets the knowledge Academy has several distinguished civilian tion, soaring and parachuting, building from and character essential for leadership, and the professors and associate professors who serve basic skills to instructor duties. Cadets may fly motivation to serve as Air Force career offi- one or more years. Officers from other services light aircraft with the Cadet Flying Team. cers. Each cadet graduates with a bachelor of are members of the faculty as well, and a small Those not qualified for flight training must science degree and a commission as a second number of officers from allied countries teach enroll in a basic aviation course. Astronomy lieutenant in the Air Force. in the foreign language, history and political and advanced navigation courses also are science departments. Distinguished civilian available. Students bound for pilot training COURSE OF STUDY and military lecturers also share their expertise enroll in the flight screening program at the Cadets are exposed to a balanced curriculum with the cadets during the academic year. Academy and fly the DA-20 Katana aircraft. that provides a general and professional foun- dation essential to a career Air Force officer. ATHLETIC PROGRAM Summer training for cadets is divided into Special needs of future Air Force officers are The Academy's athletic program is designed to three, three-week training periods. There are a met by professionally oriented courses, includ- improve physical fitness, teach athletic skills variety of programs available, and each cadet ing human physiology, computer science, eco- and develop leadership qualities. To achieve its is required to complete two training periods nomics, military history, astronautics, law and goals, the Academy offers some of the most each summer with leave during the other peri- political science. extensive physical education, intramural sports od. All new cadets take six weeks of basic cadet training in their first summer. The core curriculum includes courses in sci- and intercollegiate athletic programs in the ence, engineering, social sciences and humani- nation. Cadets take at least three different Combat survival training is a required three- ties. Cadets take additional elective courses to physical education courses each year. week program during cadets' second summer. complete requirements for one of 25 major For other second-summer training periods, areas of study. About 60 percent of the cadets MILITARY EDUCATION AND cadets have options such as working with complete majors in science and engineering; TRAINING young airmen in an operational unit at an Air the other 40 percent graduate in the social sci- An aerospace-oriented military education, Force installation, airborne parachute training, ences and humanities. Some of the most popu- training and leadership program begins with soaring or basic free-fall parachute training. lar majors include management, astronautical basic cadet training and continues throughout the four years. Seniors are responsible for the During their last two summers, all cadets are engineering, international affairs and political offered leadership training as supervisors or science, history, behavioral science, civil engi- leadership of the cadet wing, while juniors and sophomores perform lower-level leadership instructors in summer programs, such as basic neering, aeronautical engineering, electrical cadet training, survival training, freefall para- engineering and engineering mechanics. and instructional tasks. Cadets are projected into as many active leadership roles as possible chuting and soaring. FACULTY COMPOSITION to prepare them to be effective Air Force offi- Extracurricular activities also are an integral The majority of the Academy's nearly 600 fac- cers. part of the education program. The cadet ski ulty members are Air Force officers. They are Fundamental concepts of military organization club, drum and bugle corps, cadet chorale and selected primarily from career-officer volun- -- drill, ethics, honor, Air Force heritage and forensics are a few of the programs available. teers who have established outstanding records physical training -- are emphasized the first of performance and dedication. Each has at NOMINATIONS summer during basic cadet training. Freshmen least a master's degree and more than 35 per- Nominations to the Academy may be obtained then study the military role in U.S. society as cent have doctorates. through a congressional sponsor or by meeting well as the mission and organization of the Air eligibility criteria in other categories of compe- In addition to imparting knowledge, each fac- Force. Sophomores receive instruction in com- tition established by law. For information on ulty member must assist with the development municative skills, and juniors study the combat admission procedures, write to HQ of character and qualities of leadership essen- and operational aspects of the Air Force. USAFA/RRS; 2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 200; tial to future Air Force career officers and the Military studies for the senior class focus on USAF Academy, CO 80840-5025. HISTORY -- In 1948, a board of leading civilian and military educators was appointed to plan the curriculum for an academy that would meet the needs of the newly established Air Force. The board determined that Air Force requirements could not be met by expanding the other service academies and recommended an Air Force academy be established without delay. In 1949, then Secretary of the Air Force W. Stuart Symington appointed a commission to assist in selecting a site and on April 1, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized cre- ation of the United States Air Force Academy. After considering 580 sites in 45 states, the commission narrowed the choice to three locations. The summer of 1954, Secretary of the Air Force Harold Talbott selected a site near Colorado Springs, Colo. Colorado contributed $1 mil- lion toward purchase of the property. In July 1955, the first academy class entered interim facilities at Lowry Air Force Base,