1991 Air Force Falcons football team
1991 Air Force Falcons football | |
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WAC champion Liberty Bowl champion | |
Liberty Bowl, W 24–16 vs. Mississippi State | |
Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 24 |
AP | No. 25 |
1991 record | 10–3 (7–1–0 WAC) |
Head coach | Fisher DeBerry |
Home stadium |
Falcon Stadium (Capacity: 52,123) |
1991 WAC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 BYU $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Air Force | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaii | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1991 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Falcons came within one victory of playing for the National Championship. In the Ram-Falcon Trophy match, the Falcons beat the Colorado State Rams to win the trophy.
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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August 31 | Weber State* | Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO | W 48–31 | 41,294 | |||||
September 7 | at Colorado State | Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Ram-Falcon Trophy) | W 31–26 | 31,977 | |||||
September 14 | at Utah | Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | W 24–21 | 28,619 | |||||
September 21 | San Diego State | Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO | W 21–20 | 43,011 | |||||
September 28 | at BYU | Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT | L 7–21 | 65,899 | |||||
October 5 | Wyoming | Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO | ABC | W 51–28 | 40,227 | ||||
October 12 | at Navy* | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) | W 46–6 | 35,640 | |||||
October 19 | Notre Dame* | Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO | ESPN | L 15–28 | 52,024 | ||||
October 26 | UTEP | Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO | W 20–13 | 38,975 | |||||
November 2 | at New Mexico | University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM | L 32–34 | 10,793 | |||||
November 9 | Army* | Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) | W 46–6 | 49,203 | |||||
November 23 | at Hawaii | Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Kuter Trophy) | W 24–20 | 36,884 | |||||
December 29 | vs. Mississippi State* | Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl) | ESPN | W 24–16 | 61,497 | ||||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time. |
Team players in the NFL
The following were selected in the 1992 NFL Draft.
Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL Team |
Joe Wood | Kicker | 12 | 332 | Houston Oilers |
Awards and honors
- Kette Dornbush, Bullard Award[2]
References
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