1996 Air Force Falcons football team

1996 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	Mountain Division
	Pacific Division
	Championship: BYU 28, Wyoming 25 OT
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

1996 Air Force Falcons football
1996 Air Force Falcons football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1996 record	6–5 (5–3 WAC)
Head coach	Fisher DeBerry (13th season);
Defensive coordinator	Richard Bell (2nd season)
Home stadium	Falcon Stadium
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 Air Force Falcons football team competed for the United States Air Force Academy in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by 13th-year head coach Fisher DeBerry and played its home games at Falcon Stadium. It finished the season with a 6–5 record overall and a 5–3 record in Western Athletic Conference games.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
August 31	San Jose State	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	W 45–0
September 7	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV	W 65–17
September 21	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	L 19–22
September 28	Rice	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	W 45–17
October 12	Navy*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	L 17–20
October 19	at No. 8 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 20–17 ^OT
October 26	Hawaii	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)	W 34–7
November 2	Colorado State	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)	L 41–42
November 9	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	L 7–23
November 16	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	W 44–38 ^OT
November 28	at San Diego State	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	L 23–28
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1996 Air Force Falcons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE	`87`	Matt Brancato	So
RB	`15`	Floyd Brazier	Jr
OT	`60`	Scott Breece	Jr
QB	`2`	Tom Brown	Sr
T	`64`	Jason Campbell	Sr
T	`73`	Joe Cashman	So
OL	`74`	Frank Mindrup	So
QB	`12`	Beau Morgan	Sr
QB	`11`	Blane Morgan	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`56`	Steve Fernandez	Jr
LB	`91`	Sean Finnan	Jr
DT	`70`	Craig Fisher	So
LB	`51`	Chris Gizzi	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Football Schedule/Results: 1996-1997". Air Force Athletics. Archived from the original on October 8, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
^ "Air Force Yearly Results: 1995-1999". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016.

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Venues	DU Stadium (1955–1961) Falcon Stadium (1962–present)
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Culture & lore	History The Bird "" "The U.S. Air Force" United States Air Force Academy Band
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1996 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Mountain Division
No. 5 BYU x$		8	–	0		14	–	1
Utah		6	–	2		8	–	4
Rice		6	–	2		7	–	4
SMU		4	–	4		5	–	6
New Mexico		3	–	5		6	–	5
TCU		3	–	5		4	–	7
Tulsa		2	–	6		4	–	7
UTEP		0	–	8		2	–	9
Pacific Division
No. 22 Wyoming x		7	–	1		10	–	2
San Diego State		6	–	2		8	–	3
Colorado State		6	–	2		7	–	5
Air Force		5	–	3		6	–	5
Fresno State		3	–	5		4	–	7
San Jose State		3	–	5		3	–	9
Hawaii		1	–	7		2	–	10
UNLV		1	–	8		1	–	11
Championship: BYU 28, Wyoming 25 ^OT
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll