2020 Air Force Falcons football team

The 2020 Air Force Falcons football team was to represent the United States Air Force Academy in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season until the cancellation of the 2020 season on August 10, 2020.[1] The Falcons were to play their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado and competed as members of the Mountain West Conference in the Mountain Division. They were to be led by fourteenth-year head coach Troy Calhoun.

2020 Air Force Falcons football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionMountain Division
Head coachTroy Calhoun (14th as HC, 20th overall season)
Offensive coordinatorMike Thiessen (10th season as OC, 13th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Rudzinski (3rd season as DC, 10th overall season)
Home stadiumFalcon Stadium
(Capacity: 46,692)
2020 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mountain Division
Air Force   –      –  
Boise State   –      –  
Colorado State   –      –  
New Mexico   –      –  
Utah State   –      –  
Wyoming   –      –  
West Division
Fresno State   –      –  
Hawaii   –      –  
Nevada   –      –  
San Diego State   –      –  
San Jose State   –      –  
UNLV   –      –  
Championship: TBA
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Mountain West suspended the 2020 football season.
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season
Main article: 2019 Air Force Falcons football team

The Falcons finished the 2019 season 11–2, 7–1 in Mountain West play to finish in second place in the Mountain Division. Following the season they were invited to the Cheez-It Bowl where they defeated Washington State by a score of 31–21.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Lott IMPACT Trophy[2] Demonte Meeks LB SR
Davey O'Brien Award[3] Donald Hammond III QB SR
Outland Trophy[4] Parker Ferguson OL SR
Nolan Laufenberg OL SR

Mountain West media days

The Mountain West media days were originally scheduled to take place from July 27–29, 2020 virtually, but were indefinitely postponed.[5]

Media poll

The preseason poll was released on July 21, 2020. The Falcons were predicted to finish in third place in the MW Mountain Division.[6]

Mountain
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Boise State125 (20)
2Wyoming90 (1)
3Air Force86
4Utah State60
5Colorado State59
6New Mexico21
West
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1San Diego State122 (19)
2Nevada100 (2)
3Hawaii74
4Fresno State73
5San Jose State43
6UNLV29

Preseason All−Mountain West Team

The Falcons had three players selected to the preseason All−Mountain West Team; two from the offense and one from the defense.[7]

Schedule

Air Force announced its 2020 football schedule on February 27, 2020.[8] The 2020 schedule consisted of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season. On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference announced the cancellation of the football season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.[1][9] The following schedule below was the set schedule for the 2020 season.

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 5 Duquesne*
Canceled
September 12 Boise State
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
Canceled
September 19 at Purdue*
Canceled
September 26 at Fresno State
Canceled
October 3 Navy*
Canceled
October 10 at San Jose State
Canceled
October 17 Hawaii
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)
Canceled
October 24 at Wyoming
Canceled
November 7 at Army*
Canceled
November 14 Colorado State
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)
Canceled
November 21 New Mexico
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
Canceled
November 28 at Utah State
Canceled
  • *Non-conference game

Source[10]

Rankings
Further information: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP  
Coaches RV  
CFP Not released Not released

References
  1. "Mountain West Conference postpones fall sports, ending football for CSU, Air Force". The Denver Channel. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  2. "2020 Lott Impact Trophy Watch List Candidates". June 5, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  3. "Davey O'Brien Award Announces Preseason Watch List". July 14, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  4. "2020 Outland Trophy Watch List Unveiled". July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  5. "Mountain West Postpones 2020 Football Virtual Media Days". TheMW.com. July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  6. "Boise State, San Diego State Picked to Win 2020 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles". TheMW.com. July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  7. "2020 Mountain West Football Preseason All−Conference Team". July 22, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  8. "2020 Air Force football schedule announced". United State Air Force Academy. February 27, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  9. "Mountain West postpones football, fall sports". ESPN.com. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  10. "2020 Air Force Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
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