2010 Air Force Falcons football team

The 2010 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fourth-year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They were members of the Mountain West Conference.

2010 Air Force Falcons football
Independence Bowl champion
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record9–4 (5–3 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorClay Hendrix (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorBlane Morgan (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorMike Thiessen (2nd season)
Offensive schemeTriple option
Co-defensive coordinatorMatt Wallerstedt (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorCharlton Warren (2nd season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadiumFalcon Stadium
Seasons
← 2009
2011 →
2010 Mountain West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 TCU $ 80  130 
Utah 71  103 
Air Force 53  94 
San Diego State 53  94 
BYU 53  76 
Colorado State 26  39 
UNLV 26  211 
Wyoming 17  39 
New Mexico 17  111 
  • $ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
As of January 11, 2011
Rankings from AP Poll
Falcons wide receiver Mikel Hunter pulls in a pass for a touchdown during the Air Force–BYU game.

During their games against Navy and Army, the Falcons wore a special uniform design modeled after the flying suits and helmets worn by the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, with each player's nameplate featuring either the word "SERVICE" or "FREEDOM". Air Force defeated both Navy and Army, winning them the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the first time since 2002.

They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in Mountain West play. They were invited to the Independence Bowl, where they defeated Georgia Tech, 14–7.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 412:00 p.m.Northwestern State*W 65–2140,236[1]
September 112:00 p.m.BYU
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
VersusW 35–1446,692[2]
September 181:30 p.m.at No. 7 Oklahoma*FSNL 24–2784,332[3]
September 2512:00 p.m.at WyomingMtn.W 20–1422,413[4]
October 212:30 p.m.Navy*
VersusW 14–647,565[5]
October 912:00 p.m.Colorado StateNo. 25
Mtn.W 49–2741,547[6]
October 166:00 p.m.at San Diego StateNo. 23CBSCSL 25–2728,178[7]
October 236:00 p.m.at No. 4 TCUCBSCSL 7–3846,096[8]
October 305:30 p.m.No. 8 Utah
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
CBSCSL 23–2837,211[9]
November 610:00 a.m.at Army*
CBSCSW 42–2238,128[10]
November 134:00 p.m.New Mexico
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
Mtn.W 48–2327,309[11]
November 188:00 p.m.at UNLVCBSCSW 35–2013,790[12]
December 273:00 p.m.vs. Georgia Tech*ESPN2W 14–739,362[13]

Roster

  • QB Tim Jefferson, Jr.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
APRVRVRV2523RVRVRVRV
CoachesRVRVRVRVRV23RVRVRVRVRV
HarrisNot released23RVRVRVRVRVRVNot released
BCSNot releasedNot released

References