2017 Air Force Falcons football team

2017 Air Force Falcons football
2017 Air Force Falcons football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
	Mountain Division
Record	5–7 (4–4 MW)
Head coach	Troy Calhoun (11th season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Thiessen (7th season)
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Steve Russ (5th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Falcon Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

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 Mountain West Conference football standings
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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

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

At Michigan

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

San Diego State

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

At New Mexico

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

At Navy

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

UNLV

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

At Nevada

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

At Colorado State

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

Army

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

Wyoming

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

At Boise State

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

Utah State

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

References

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