2011 Air Force Falcons football team

The 2011 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by fifth-year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games at Falcon Stadium. They are members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 3–4 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place. They were invited to the Military Bowl where they were defeated by Toledo, 42–41. With wins over Army and Navy, Air Force won the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the second consecutive year.

2011 Air Force Falcons football
Military Bowl, L 41–42 vs. Toledo
ConferenceMountain West Conference
2011 record7–6 (3–4 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorClay Hendrix
Blane Morgan
Mike Thiessen
Offensive schemeTriple option
Defensive coordinatorMatt Wallerstedt
Charlton Warren
Home stadiumFalcon Stadium
(Capacity: 46,692)
2011 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 14 TCU $  7 –0     11 –2  
No. 8 Boise State  6 –1     12 –1  
Wyoming  5 –2     8 –5  
San Diego State  4 –3     8 –5  
Air Force  3 –4     7 –6  
Colorado State  1 –6     3 –9  
UNLV  1 –6     2 –10  
New Mexico  1 –6     1 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 312:00 p.m.South Dakota*
Mtn.W 37–2039,105[1]
September 101:30 p.m.No. 25 TCU
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
VersusL 19–3542,107
September 241:00 p.m.Tennessee State*
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
Mtn.W 63–2433,487
October 110:00 a.m.at Navy*
CBSW 35–34 OT37,506
October 81:30 p.m.at Notre Dame*
NBCL 33–5980,795
October 136:00 p.m.San Diego State
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
CBSSNL 27–4127,490[2]
October 221:30 p.m.at No. 5 Boise State
VersusL 26–3734,196[3]
October 2912:00 p.m.at New Mexico
Mtn.W 42–016,691
November 51:30 p.m.Army*
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)
CBSW 24–1446,709[4]
November 1212:00 p.m.Wyoming
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
Mtn.L 17–2533,823
November 194:00 p.m.UNLV
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
Mtn.W 45–1724,401
November 264:00 p.m.at Colorado State
Mtn.W 45–2114,107
December 282:30 p.m.vs. Toledo*
ESPNL 41–4225,042

Depth chart

Game summaries
1 234OTTotal
• Air Force 14 7077 35
Navy 3 07186 34

[5]

Army
1 234Total
Army 14 000 14
• Air Force 0 0213 24

[6]

References
  1. "South Dakota Coyotes vs. Air Force Falcons Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  2. "San Diego State Aztecs vs. Air Force Falcons Box Score". ESPN.com. October 13, 2011.
  3. "Air Force Falcons vs. Boise State Broncos Box Score". ESPN.com. October 22, 2011.
  4. "Army Black Knights vs. Air Force Falcons Box Score". ESPN.com. November 5, 2011.


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