2008 Air Force Falcons football team
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2008 Air Force Falcons football | |
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Armed Forces Bowl, L 28–34 vs. Houston | |
Conference | Mountain West Conference |
Record | 8–5 (5–3 MW) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Clay Hendrix (1st season) |
Co-offensive coordinator | Blane Morgan (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Triple option |
Defensive coordinator | Tim DeRuyter (2nd season) |
Base defense | 3–4 |
Home stadium | Falcon Stadium (Capacity: 46,511) |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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August 30 | 12:00 p.m. | Southern Utah* | W 41–7 | 39,180 | ||
September 6 | 1:30 p.m. | at Wyoming | CBSCS | W 23–3 | 23,168 | |
September 13 | 9:05 a.m. | at Houston* | W 31–28 | 2,546 | ||
September 20 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 20 Utah |
| Versus | L 23–30 | 36,952 |
October 4 | 2:00 p.m. | Navy* |
| Versus | L 27–33 | 46,339 |
October 11 | 7:30 p.m. | at San Diego State | The Mtn | W 35–10 | 43,630 | |
October 18 | 8:00 p.m. | at UNLV | The Mtn | W 29–28 | 21,055 | |
October 23 | 6:00 p.m. | New Mexico |
| CBSCS | W 23–10 | 25,101 |
November 1 | 10:00 a.m. | at Army* | ESPNU | W 16–7 | 37,409 | |
November 8 | 4:00 p.m. | Colorado State |
| The Mtn | W 38–17 | 39,052 |
November 15 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 16 BYU |
| CBSCS | L 24–38 | 42,177 |
November 22 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 15 TCU | Versus | L 10–44 | 32,823 | |
December 31 | 10:00 a.m. | vs. Houston* |
| ESPN | L 28–34 | 41,127 |
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Roster
- QB Tim Jefferson, Fr.
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