2008 Air Force Falcons football team

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2008 Air Force Falcons football
Air Force Falcons logo.svg
Armed Forces Bowl, L 28–34 vs. Houston
Conference Mountain West Conference
Record8–5 (5–3 MW)
Head coach
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
Conf.Overall
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.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3012:00 p.m. Southern Utah *
W 41–739,180
September 61:30 p.m.at Wyoming
CBSCS W 23–323,168
September 139:05 a.m.at Houston *
W 31–282,546
September 202:00 p.m.No. 20 Utah
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
 Versus L 23–3036,952
October 42:00 p.m. Navy *
VersusL 27–3346,339
October 117:30 p.m.at San Diego State
The Mtn W 35–1043,630
October 188:00 p.m.at UNLV
The MtnW 29–2821,055
October 236:00 p.m. New Mexico
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
CBSCSW 23–1025,101
November 110:00 a.m.at Army *
 ESPNU W 16–737,409
November 84:00 p.m. Colorado State
The MtnW 38–1739,052
November 151:30 p.m.No. 16 BYU
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
CBSCSL 24–3842,177
November 221:30 p.m.at No. 15 TCU
VersusL 10–4432,823
December 3110:00 a.m.vs. Houston *
 ESPN L 28–3441,127
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

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