Air Force Football Team History
Air Force Falcons
United States Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs, CO
Founded: 1954 Stadium: Falcon Stadium Capacity: 52,480 Colors: Blue & Silver Coach: Fisher DeBerry Conference: Western Athletic-
1997 Season Highlights
Fisher DeBerry enters his 14th season as Head Coach at Air Force.
1997 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Aug. 30 vs. Idaho
14
10
W
Sat., Sep. 6 @
Rice
41
12
W
Sat., Sep. 13 vs.
Nevada Las Vegas
25
24
W
Sat., Sep. 20 @
Colorado State
24
0
W
Sat., Sep. 27 vs.
San Diego State
24
18
W
Sat., Oct. 4 vs. Citadel
17
3
W
Sat., Oct. 11 @
Navy
10
7
W
Sat., Oct. 18 vs.
Fresno State
17
20
L
Sat., Oct. 25 @
San Jose State
22
25
L
Sat., Nov. 1 @
Hawaii
34
27
W
Sat., Nov. 8 vs.
Army
24
0
W
Sat., Nov. 15 vs.
Wyoming
14
3
W
Sat., Dec. 20
Oregon
13
41
L
@ Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas Bowl
1997 Season Totals
Record 10-3
Points Scored 279
Scoring Average 21.5
Points Allowed 190
Defense Average 14.6
Opponents Record 64-65
Conference Record 6-2
Home Record 6-1
Away Record 4-1
1997 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
25 10-3-0
Coaches
25 10-3-0
USA Today/ESPN
1997 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1997 All Western Athletic Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
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