2017 Air Force Falcons football team

The 2017 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by eleventh-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 in the Mountain Division. They finished the season 5–7, 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the Mountain Division.

2017 Air Force Falcons football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	Mountain Division
2017 record	5–7 (4–4 MW)
Head coach	Troy Calhoun (11th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Thiessen (7th as coordinator, 10th overall season)
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Steve Russ (5th as coordinator, 6th overall season)
Base defense	3-4
Home stadium	Falcon Stadium (Capacity: 46,692)

2017 Mountain West Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
No. 22 Boise State xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
Colorado State		5	–	3					7	–	6
Wyoming		5	–	3					8	–	5
Utah State		4	–	4					6	–	7
Air Force		4	–	4					5	–	7
New Mexico		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
Fresno State xy		7	–	1					10	–	4
San Diego State		6	–	2					10	–	3
UNLV		4	–	4					5	–	7
Nevada		3	–	5					3	–	9
Hawaii		1	–	7					3	–	9
San Jose State		1	–	7					2	–	11
Championship: Boise State 17, Fresno State 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	12:00 p.m.	VMI*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN3	W 62–0	37,286
September 16	10:00 a.m.	at No. 7 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	L 13–29	111,387
September 23	5:00 p.m.	No. 22 San Diego State	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	L 24–28	27,575
September 30	5:00 p.m.	at New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM	CBSSN	L 38–56	21,864
October 7	1:30 p.m.	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBSSN	L 45–48	38,792
October 14	12:00 p.m.	UNLV	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ATTSNRM	W 34–30	26,679
October 20	7:30 p.m.	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	CBSSN	W 45–42	16,789
October 28	1:00 p.m.	at Colorado State	Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)	CBSSN	W 45–28	33,074
November 4	1:30 p.m.	Army*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBSSN	L 0–21	41,875
November 11	8:15 p.m.	Wyoming	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ESPNU	L 14–28	24,257
November 18	8:15 p.m.	at Boise State	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID	ESPN2	L 19–44	33,030
November 25	8:15 p.m.	Utah State	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN2	W 38–35	17,252
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Game summaries

VMI

See also: 2017 VMI Keydets football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Keydets	0	0	0	0	0
Falcons	14	21	14	13	62

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Michigan

See also: 2017 Michigan Wolverines football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	3	3	7	0	13
No. 7 Wolverines	3	6	10	10	29

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2012	MICH, 31–25

San Diego State

See also: 2017 San Diego State Aztecs football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Aztecs	0	7	7	14	28
Falcons	6	3	0	15	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–15	2015	SDSU, 27–24

at New Mexico

See also: 2017 New Mexico Lobos football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	21	3	14	38
Lobos	7	7	21	21	56

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–13	2016	AF, 45–40

at Navy

See also: 2017 Navy Midshipmen football team and Commander-in-Chief's Trophy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	3	14	21	45
Midshipmen	7	21	10	10	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
29–20	2016	AF, 28–14

UNLV

See also: 2017 UNLV Rebels football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	17	10	3	0	30
Falcons	0	7	13	14	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–6	2014	AF, 48–21

at Nevada

See also: 2017 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	21	7	10	45
Wolf Pack	14	6	8	14	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2014	AF, 45–38^OT

at Colorado State

See also: 2017 Colorado State Rams football team and Air Force–Colorado State football rivalry

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	21	3	14	45
Rams	14	7	7	0	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
33–21–1	2016	AF, 49–46

Army

See also: 2017 Army Black Knights football team and Commander-in-Chief's Trophy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Knights	7	7	0	7	21
Falcons	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
36–14–1	2016	AF, 31–12

Wyoming

See also: 2017 Wyoming Cowboys football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	14	0	7	28
Falcons	0	7	7	0	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–24–3	2016	WYO, 35–26

at Boise State

See also: 2017 Boise State Broncos football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	3	0	9	19
Broncos	17	10	10	7	44

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2016	AF, 27–20

Utah State

See also: 2017 Utah State Aggies football team

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2016	AF, 27–20

References

1. 2017 Air Force Falcons football schedule FBSchedules.com. Accessed April 10, 2017.