2010 Air Force Falcons football team

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2010 Air Force Falcons football
Air Force Falcons logo.svg
Independence Bowl champion
Conference Mountain West Conference
2010 record9–4 (5–3 MW)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Triple option
Home stadium Falcon Stadium
(Capacity: 46,692)
Seasons
  2009
2011  
2010 Mountain West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 TCU $  8 0   13 0  
Utah  7 1   10 3  
Air Force  5 3   9 4  
San Diego State  5 3   9 4  
BYU  5 3   7 6  
Colorado State  2 6   3 9  
UNLV  2 6   2 11  
Wyoming  1 7   3 9  
New Mexico  1 7   1 11  
  • $ 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. Falcons on offense at BYU at Air Force 2010-09-11 1.jpg
Falcons wide receiver Mikel Hunter pulls in a pass for a touchdown during the Air Force–BYU game.

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.

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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
Versus W 35–1446,692 [2]
September 181:30 p.m.at No. 7 Oklahoma * FSN L 24–2784,332 [3]
September 2512:00 p.m.at Wyoming Mtn. W 20–1422,413 [4]
October 212:30 p.m. Navy *
VersusW 14–647,565 [5]
October 912:00 p.m. Colorado State No. 25
Mtn.W 49–2741,547 [6]
October 166:00 p.m.at San Diego State No. 23 CBSCS L 25–2728,178 [7]
October 236:00 p.m.at No. 4 TCU CBSCSL 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 UNLV CBSCSW 35–2013,790 [12]
December 273:00 p.m.vs. Georgia Tech * ESPN2 W 14–739,362 [13]

Roster

Rankings

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BCS Not releasedNot released

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