1987 Air Force Falcons football team

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1987 Air Force Falcons football
Air Force Falcons logo 1963-1994.png
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
1987 record9–4 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumFalcon Stadium
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 Western Athletic Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   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

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[]

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5at Wyoming
L 13–2728,071
September 12TCU*
W 21–1041,000
September 19San Diego State
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Air Force Academy, Colorado
W 49–735,035
September 26at Colorado State
W 27–1923,137
October 3Utah
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Air Force Academy, Colorado
W 48–2735,108
October 10at Navy*
W 23–1335,622
October 17No. 11 Notre Dame*
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Air Force Academy, Colorado
L 14–3551,112
October 24UTEP
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Air Force Academy, Colorado
W 35–736,922
October 31at BYU
ESPNL 13–2465,384
November 7Army*
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Air Force Academy, Colorado
W 27–1049,183
November 14at New Mexico
W 73–2615,309
November 21at Hawaii
ESPNW 34–3143,340
December 30vs. Arizona State*
L 28–3333,261
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel[]

1987 Air Force Falcons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB Troy Calhoun Jr
QB Dee Dowis So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 87 Chad Hennings Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

1987 team players in the NFL[]

The following were selected in the 1988 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Chad Hennings Defensive tackle 11 290 Dallas Cowboys

[1]

Awards and honors[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "1988 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.
  2. ^ "Do You Know Which Team Has the Most College Football Championships?".


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