2008 Air Force Falcons football team

2008 Air Force Falcons football

Armed Forces Bowl, L 28–34 vs. Houston
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	8–5 (5–3 MW)
Head coach	Troy Calhoun (2nd season)
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)
Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Mountain West Conference football standings
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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

$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria Rankings from AP Poll

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
August 30	12:00 p.m.	Southern Utah*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO		W 41–7	39,180
September 6	1:30 p.m.	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	CBSCS	W 23–3	23,168
September 13	9:05 a.m.	at Houston*	Gerald Ford Stadium Dallas, TX		W 31–28	2,546
September 20	2:00 p.m.	No. 20 Utah	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	Versus	L 23–30	36,952
October 4	2:00 p.m.	Navy*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	Versus	L 27–33	46,339
October 11	7:30 p.m.	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	The Mtn	W 35–10	43,630
October 18	8:00 p.m.	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	The Mtn	W 29–28	21,055
October 23	6:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	CBSCS	W 23–10	25,101
November 1	10:00 a.m.	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	ESPNU	W 16–7	37,409
November 8	4:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)	The Mtn	W 38–17	39,052
November 15	1:30 p.m.	No. 16 BYU	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	CBSCS	L 24–38	42,177
November 22	1:30 p.m.	at No. 15 TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	Versus	L 10–44	32,823
December 31	10:00 a.m.	vs. Houston*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (Armed Forces Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–34	41,127
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

v t e Air Force Falcons football
Venues	DU Stadium (1955–1961) Falcon Stadium (1962–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Army (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Colorado State (Ram–Falcon Trophy) Hawaii (Kuter Trophy) Navy (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)
Culture & lore	History The Bird "Falcon Fight Song" "The U.S. Air Force" United States Air Force Academy Band
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

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