1998 Air Force Falcons football team

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1998 Air Force Falcons football
WAC champion
WAC Mountain Division champion
Oahu Bowl champion
WAC Championship Game, W 20–13 vs. BYU
Oahu Bowl, W 43–25 vs Washington
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 13
Record12–1 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Wishbone triple option
Co-defensive coordinator Cal McCombs (9th season)
Co-defensive coordinator Richard Bell (4th season)
Base defense 3–4
Home stadium Falcon Stadium
Seasons
  1997
1999  
1998 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Mountain Division
No. 13 Air Force x$  7 1   12 1  
Wyoming  6 2   8 3  
Colorado State  5 3   8 4  
Rice  5 3   5 6  
TCU  4 4   7 5  
Tulsa  2 6   4 7  
SMU  1 1   0 1  
UNLV  0 8   0 11  
Pacific Division
BYU xy  7 1   9 5  
San Diego State x  7 1   7 5  
Utah  5 3   7 4  
Fresno State  5 3   5 6  
San Jose State  3 5   4 8  
UTEP  3 5   3 8  
New Mexico  1 7   3 9  
Hawaii  0 8   0 12  
Championship: Air Force 20, BYU 13
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. [1] [2]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5 Wake Forest * ESPN2 W 42–047,972
September 12at UNLV W 52–1020,279
September 17 Colorado State
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)
W 30–2750,115
September 26at TCU No. 23L 34–3526,418
October 3 New Mexico
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
W 56–1443,575
October 10 Navy *
W 49–754,562
October 24at Tulsa W 42–2121,763
October 31 SMU
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
W 31–730,053
November 7at Army *No. 25W 35–740,843
November 14at No. 25 Wyoming No. 23W 10–329,197
November 21 Rice No. 20
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
W 22–1647,647
December 5vs. BYU *No. 17
ABC W 20–1332,745
December 25vs. Washington *No. 16 ESPN W 43–2546,451
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1998 Air Force Falcons football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL Frank MindrupSr
QB 11 Blane Morgan Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
    • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP RV23TRVRVRVRVRV25232018171613
Coaches Poll RV23RVRVRVRV2321201714131310
BCS Not released1816Not released

NFL draft

The following Falcon was selected in the National Football League draft following the season. [3]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Team
7248 Bryce Fisher Defensive end Buffalo Bills

Awards and honors

Frank Mindrup

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References

  1. "1998 Air Force Falcons Schedule and Results".
  2. "Football Record Book Entering 2021 Updated" (PDF). Air Force Athletics. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  3. "1999 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 23, 2023.