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1973 Air Force Falcons football team

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Head coach
  • (16th season)
1973 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Notre Dame     11 0 0
No. 5 Penn State     12 0 0
No. 9 Houston     11 1 0
Temple     9 1 0
No. 20 Tulane     9 3 0
Memphis State     8 3 0
Tampa     8 3 0
Boston College     7 4 0
South Carolina     7 4 0
Utah State     7 4 0
Air Force     6 4 0
Southern Miss     6 4 1
Northern Illinois     6 5 0
Rutgers     6 5 0
West Virginia     6 5 0
Pittsburgh     6 5 1
Colgate     5 5 0
Dayton     5 5 1
Xavier     5 5 1
Georgia Tech     5 6 0
Holy Cross     5 6 0
Miami (FL)     5 6 0
Cincinnati     4 7 0
Marshall     4 7 0
Navy     4 7 0
Southern Illinois     3 7 1
Villanova     3 8 0
Syracuse     2 9 0
Virginia Tech     2 9 0
Army     0 10 0
Florida State     0 11 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1973 NCAA Division I-A football season as a Division I-A Independent. They were led by sixteenth–year head coach Ben Martin. The Falcons played their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They were outscored by their opponents 223–239 and finished with a record of 6 wins and 4 losses (6–4).

Schedule

September 22Oregon

W 24–17 September 29New Mexico

  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO

W 10–6 October 6No. 7 Penn State

  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO

L 9–19 October 13at No. 17 Colorado

L 17–38 October 20at Navy

L 6–42 October 27Davidson

  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO

W 41–19 November 3Army

  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)

W 43–10 November 10Rutgers

  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO

W 31–14 November 17at No. 19 Arizona

W 27–26 November 22at No. 5 Notre Dame

L 15–48

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "1973 Air Force Falcons Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference. Retrieved November 27, 2017.