1984 Air Force Falcons football team

The 1984 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Fisher DeBerry and played its home games at Falcon Stadium. It finished the regular season with a 74 record overall and a 43 record in Western Athletic Conference games. The team was selected to play in the Independence Bowl, in which it defeated Virginia Tech.[1][2]

1984 Air Force Falcons football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
1984 record8–4 (43 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumFalcon Stadium
1984 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 BYU $ 8 0 0  13 0 0
Hawaii 5 2 0  7 4 0
Air Force 4 3 0  8 4 0
Utah 4 3 1  6 5 1
San Diego State 4 3 1  4 7 1
Wyoming 4 4 0  6 6 0
Colorado State 3 5 0  3 8 0
New Mexico 1 7 0  4 8 0
UTEP 1 7 0  2 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 1San Diego StateW 34–16
September 8Northern Colorado*
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
W 75–7
September 15at WyomingL 20–26
September 22at UtahL 17–28
September 29Colorado State
W 52–10
October 6Navy*
W 29–22
October 13at Notre Dame*W 21–7
October 20No. 7 BYU
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
L 25–30
November 3at Army*
L 12–24
November 10at New MexicoW 23–9
November 17at UTEPW 38–12
December 31vs. Virginia TechW 23–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1984 Air Force Falcons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 4 Bart Weiss Jr
TE 87 Chad Hennings Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 96 Chris Funk Sr
LB Terry Maki So
CB Tom Rotello So
S 29 Scott Thomas Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 39 Mark Simon So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt

    References

    1. "Football Schedule/Results: 1984-1985". Air Force Athletics. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
    2. "Air Force Yearly Results: 1980-1984". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 2, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017.


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