1987 Air Force Falcons football team

The 1987 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Falcons offense scored 405 points while the defense allowed 269 points. At season's end, the Falcons appeared in the 1987 Freedom Bowl. In the Ram–Falcon Trophy match, the Falcons beat the Colorado State Rams to win the trophy. Air Force also won the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, emblematic of beating both Army and Navy.

1987 Air Force Falcons football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
1987 record9–4 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumFalcon Stadium
1987 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Wyoming $ 8 –0 –0  10 –3 –0
BYU 7 –1 –0  9 –4 –0
Air Force 6 –2 –0  9 –4 –0
UTEP 5 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
San Diego State 4 –4 –0  5 –7 –0
Hawaii 3 –5 –0  5 –7 –0
Utah 2 –6 –0  5 –7 –0
Colorado State 1 –7 –0  1 –11 –0
New Mexico 0 –8 –0  0 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5at Wyoming
L 13–2728,071
September 12TCU*
W 21–1041,000
September 19San Diego State
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Air Force Academy, Colorado
W 49–735,035
September 26at Colorado State
W 27–1923,137
October 3Utah
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Air Force Academy, Colorado
W 48–2735,108
October 10at Navy*
W 23–1335,622
October 17No. 11 Notre Dame*
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Air Force Academy, Colorado
L 14–3551,112
October 24UTEP
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Air Force Academy, Colorado
W 35–736,922
October 31at BYU
ESPNL 13–2465,384
November 7Army*
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Air Force Academy, Colorado
W 27–1049,183
November 14at New Mexico
W 73–2615,309
November 21at Hawaii
ESPNW 34–3143,340
December 30vs. Arizona State*
L 28–3333,261
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel
1987 Air Force Falcons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Troy Calhoun Jr
QB Dee Dowis So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 87 Chad Hennings Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt

    1987 team players in the NFL

    The following were selected in the 1988 NFL Draft.

    PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
    Chad HenningsDefensive tackle11290Dallas Cowboys

    [1]

    Awards and honors
    • Rip Burgwald, Bullard Award[2]
    • Chad Hennings, Outland Trophy[3]

    References
    1. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1988.htm
    2. http://www.airforcesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3000&KEY=&ATCLID=157958&SPID=804&SPSID=22383
    3. http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/outlandtrophy.htm


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