2012 Air Force Falcons football team

The 2012 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by sixth-year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games at Falcon Stadium. They were a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 6–7, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they were defeated by Rice.

2012 Air Force Falcons football
Armed Forces Bowl, L 14–33 vs. Rice
Conference	Mountain West Conference
2012 record	6–7 (5–3 MW)
Head coach	Troy Calhoun (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Clay Hendrix (6th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Blane Morgan (6th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Mike Thiessen (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Charlton Warren (5th season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Steve Russ (1st season)
Home stadium	Falcon Stadium (Capacity: 46,692)

2012 Mountain West Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 18 Boise State +		7	–	1					11	–	2
Fresno State +		7	–	1					9	–	4
San Diego State +		7	–	1					9	–	4
Air Force		5	–	3					6	–	7
Nevada		4	–	4					7	–	6
Wyoming		3	–	5					4	–	8
Colorado State		3	–	5					4	–	8
UNLV		2	–	6					2	–	11
New Mexico		1	–	7					4	–	9
Hawaii		1	–	7					3	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:00 p.m.	Idaho State*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO		W 49–21	35,282
September 8	1:30 p.m.	at No. 19 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ABC/ESPN2	L 25–31	112,522
September 22	8:00 p.m.	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	ALT	L 35–38	14,054
September 29	12:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)	ALT	W 42–21	38,562
October 6	9:30 a.m.	Navy*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS	L 21–28	38,927
October 13	5:00 p.m.	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	RTRM	W 28–27	22,627
October 20	5:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	RTRM	W 28–23	29,726
October 26	6:00 p.m.	Nevada	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	W 48–31	24,277
November 3	10:00 a.m.	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBSSN	L 21–41	37,707
November 10	1:30 p.m.	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	NBCSN	L 9–28	30,266
November 16	7:30 p.m.	Hawaii	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 21–7	25,213
November 24	1:30 p.m.	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	NBCSN	L 15–48	36,240
December 29	9:45 a.m.	vs. Rice*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (Armed Forces Bowl)	ESPN	L 14–33	40,754
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Roster

2012 Air Force Falcons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 2 Kale Pearson So QB 7 Dano Graves Fr WR 8 Chris Jordan Sr QB 11 Connor Dietz Sr WR 14 Colton Huntsman So WR 16 Drew Coleman Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 2 Stephan Atrice Sr DB 3 Chris Miller Jr DB 5 Dexter Walker Fr LB 6 Connor Healy Fr DB 7 Miles Fisher So LB 9 Alex Means Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Troy Calhoun Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	0	14	7	21
Falcons	7	21	14	7	49

See also: 2012 Idaho State Bengals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1956	ISU, 13–7

at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	3	7	7	8	25
#19 Wolverines	7	7	14	3	31

See also: 2012 Michigan Wolverines football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1964	MICH, 24–7

at UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	14	14	0	7	35
Rebels	7	10	14	7	38

See also: 2012 UNLV Rebels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–4	2011	AF, 45–17

Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	21	14	7	0	42
Rams	0	14	7	0	21

See also: 2012 Colorado State Rams football team and Ram–Falcon Trophy

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–19–1	2011	AF, 45–21

Navy

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Midshipmen	0	10	0	11	7	28
Falcons	7	0	7	7	0	21

See also: 2012 Navy Midshipmen football team and Commander-in-Chief's Trophy

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–17	2011	AF, 35–34

at Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	7	7	7	28
Cowboys	6	18	3	0	27

See also: 2012 Wyoming Cowboys football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–21–3	2011	WYO, 25–17

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	10	0	7	6	23
Falcons	7	7	7	7	28

See also: 2012 New Mexico Lobos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–10	2011	AF, 42–0

Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolf Pack	7	14	7	3	31
Falcons	10	21	7	10	48

See also: 2012 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-0	First meeting

at Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	0	0	14	21
Black Knights	7	13	15	6	41

See also: 2012 Army Black Knights football team and Commander-in-Chief's Trophy

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
32–13–1	2011	AF, 24–14

at San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	3	0	6	0	9
Aztecs	7	7	14	0	28

See also: 2012 San Diego State Aztecs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–11	2011	SDSU, 41–27

Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warriors	7	0	0	0	7
Falcons	0	7	14	0	21

See also: 2012 Hawaii Warriors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–6–1	2001	HAW, 52–20

at Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	7	0	8	15
Bulldogs	21	10	14	3	48

See also: 2012 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	2000	AF, 37–34

Rice–Armed Forces Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	0	7	19	33
Falcons	0	14	0	0	14

See also: 2012 Rice Owls football team and 2012 Armed Forces Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–1	1998	AF, 22–16

References

External links

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