2018 Air Force Falcons football team

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2018 Mountain West Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
No. 23 Boise State x		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 22 Utah State		7	–	1					11	–	2
Wyoming		4	–	4					6	–	6
Air Force		3	–	5					5	–	7
Colorado State		2	–	6					3	–	9
New Mexico		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
No. 18 Fresno State x$		7	–	1					12	–	2
Nevada		5	–	3					8	–	5
Hawaii		5	–	3					8	–	6
San Diego State		4	–	4					7	–	6
UNLV		2	–	6					4	–	8
San Jose State		1	–	7					1	–	11
Championship: Fresno State 19, Boise State 16 (OT)
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Air Force Falcons football team represents the United States Air Force Academy in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons are led by twelfth-year head coach Troy Calhoun and play their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They are members of the Mountain West Conference in the Mountain Division.

Previous season

The Falcons finished the 2017 season 5–7, 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the Mountain Division.

Preseason

Mountain West media days

During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip, the Falcons were predicted to finish in fifth place in the Mountain Division. They did not have any players selcected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.

Media poll

Mountain Division
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Boise State	132 (22)
2	Wyoming	95
3	Colorado State	82
4	Utah State	78
5	Air Force	52
6	New Mexico	23

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:00 p.m.	No. 20 (FCS) Stony Brook*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	Stadium	W 38–0	33,415
September 8	12:00 p.m.	at Florida Atlantic*	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	CBSSN	L 27-33	24,101
September 22	8:15 p.m.	at Utah State	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT	ESPN2	L 32-42	22,720
September 29	1:00 p.m.	Nevada	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ESPNews	L 25-28	23,707
October 6	1:30 p.m.	Navy*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBSSN	W 35-7	40,175
October 12	7:00 p.m.	at San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA	CBSSN	L 17-21	25,326
October 20	8:00 p.m.	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	CBSSN
October 27	5:00 p.m.	Boise State	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN
November 3	10:00 a.m.	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBSSN
November 10	1:30 p.m.	New Mexico	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN
November 17		at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	ESPN Networks
November 22	1:30 p.m.	Colorado State	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Rivalry)	CBSSN
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Game summaries

Stony Brook

See also: 2018 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Stony Brook Seawolves at Air Force Falcons

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 (FCS) Seawolves	0	0	0	0	0
Falcons	14	10	0	14	38

at Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado

• Date: September 1, 2018
• Game time: 12:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Partly cloudy, 75 °F (24 °C)
• Game attendance: 33,415
• Referee: Mike Vanderveld
• TV announcers (Stadium): Ari Wolfe, Max Starks, Dani Klupenger
• Boxscore

Game information

First Quarter (10:21) AFA – Worthman 7 yard TD rush, Philichi kick, AFA 0–7 (9:41) AFA – Johnson 32 yard interception return for TD, Philichi kick, AFA 0–14 Second Quarter (12:36) AFA – Philichi 48 yard FG, AFA 0–17 (6:37) AFA – Fagan 16 yard TD rush, Philichi kick, AFA 0–24 Third Quarter No scoring Fourth Quarter (13:45) AFA – Sanders 1 yard TD rush, Philichi kick, AFA 0–31 (2:40) AFA – Hammond III 5 yard rush, Koehnke kick, AFA 0–38 Passing SB – Joe Carbone: 5/16, 30 yards, 1 INT AFA – Arion Worthman: 2/8, 29 yards Rushing SB – Donald Liotine: 12 carries, 31 yards AFA – Joseph Saucier: 10 carries, 71 yards Receiving SB – Donavin Washington: 2 receptions, 17 yards AFA – Marcus Bennett: 1 reception, 25 yards

at Florida Atlantic

See also: 2018 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Air Force Falcons at Florida Atlantic Owls

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	7	13	7	27
Owls	6	13	6	8	33

at FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Florida

• Date: September 8, 2018
• Game time: 12:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Partly cloudy, 85 °F (29 °C)
• Game attendance: 24,101
• Referee: Kevin Boitmann
• TV announcers (CBSSN): Rich Waltz, Aaron Murray, Amanda Balionis
• Boxscore

Game information

First Quarter (10:16) FAU – Rivas 24 yard FG, FAU 0–3 (3:22) FAU – Rivas 34 yard FG, FAU 0–6 Second Quarter (7:12) FAU – Singletary 36 yard TD rush, Rivas kick, FAU 0–13 (2:50) AFA – Eriksen 1 yard TD rush, Philichi kick, FAU 7–13 (0:27) FAU – Wright 17 yard TD pass from Robison, Two-Point pass failed, FAU 7–19 Third Quarter (11:46) AFA – Waguespack 12 yard TD pass from Sanders, Philichi kick, FAU 14–19 (9:40) FAU – Durante 48 yard TD pass from Robison, Rivas kick failed, FAU 14–25 (6:00) AFA – Birdow 7 yard TD rush, Two-Point pass failed, FAU 20–25 Fourth Quarter (10:41) FAU – Wright 26 yard TD pass from Robison, Two-Point pass, FAU 20–33 (0:50) AFA – Wills 5 yard blocked punt return, Philichi kick, FAU 27–33 Passing AFA – Isaiah Sanders: 8/13, 164 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT FAU – Chris Robison: 33/44, 471, 3 TDs Rushing AFA – Cole Fagan: 16 carries, 80 yards FAU – Devin Singletary: 16 carries, 57 yards, 1 TD Receiving AFA – Marcus Bennett: 2 receptions, 87 yards FAU – Jovon Durante: 12 receptions, 174, 1 TD

at Utah State

See also: 2018 Utah State Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	2017	W 38–35

Air Force Falcons at Utah State Aggies

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	14	3	15	32
Aggies	7	14	14	7	42

at Maverik Stadium, Provo, Utah

• Date: September 22, 2018
• Game time: 8:15 p.m.
• Game weather: Clear skies, 72 °F (22 °C)
• Game attendance: 22,720
• Referee: Kevin Hassell
• TV announcers (ESPN2): Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey
• Boxscore

Game information

First Quarter (9:08) USU – Thompson 6 yard TD rush, Eberle kick, USU 0–7 Second Quarter (13:48) AFA – Sanders 1 yard TD rush, Philichi kick, Tied 7–7 (7:13) AFA – Fagan 8 yard TD rush, Philichi kick, AFA 14–7 (6:18) USU – Bright 4 yard TD rush, Eberle kick, Tied 14–14 (1:02) USU – Vaughns 43 yard TD pass from Love, Eberle kick, USU 14–21 Third Quarter (9:04) USU – Thompson 1 yard TD rush, Eberle kick, USU 14–28 (8:15) USU – Raymond 30 yard TD pass from Love, Eberle kick, USU 14–35 (2:48) AFA – Koehnke 31 yard FG, USU 17–35 Fourth Quarter (13:13) AFA – Remsberg 9 yard TD rush, two-point pass, USU 25–35 (13:00) AFA – Musselman 21 yard fumble return TD, Koehnke kick, USU 32–35 (6:52) USU – Bright 70 yard TD rush, Eberle kick, USU 32–42 Passing AFA – Isaiah Sanders: 9/17, 125 yards USU – Jordan Love: 26/38, 356 yards, 2 TDs Rushing AFA – Kadin Remsberg: 17 carries, 94 yards, 1 TD USU – Gerold Bright: 11 carries, 101 yards, 2 TDs Receiving AFA – Marcus Bennett: 5 receptions, 74 yards USU – Ron'Quavion Tarver: 9 receptions, 128 yards

Nevada

See also: 2018 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2017	W 45–42

Nevada Wolf Pack at Air Force Falcons

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolf Pack	7	14	7	0	28
Falcons	0	7	10	8	25

at Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado

• Date: September 29, 2018
• Game time: 1:00 p.m.
• Game attendance: 23,707
• TV announcers (ESPNews): Doug Sherman, Dustin Fox

Game information
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Passing NEV – AFA – Rushing NEV – AFA – Receiving NEV – AFA –

Navy

See also: 2018 Navy Midshipmen football team and Commander-in-Chief's Trophy

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
29–21	2017	L 45–48

50^th Battle for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy: Navy Midshipmen at Air Force Falcons

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Midshipmen	0	7	0	0	7
Falcons	0	14	14	7	35

at Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado

• Date: October 6, 2018
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game attendance: 40,175
• TV announcers (CBSSN): Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor

Game information
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Passing NAVY – AFA – Rushing NAVY – AFA – Receiving NAVY – AFA –

at San Diego State

See also: 2018 San Diego State Aztecs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–16	2017	L 24–28

Air Force Falcons at San Diego State Aztecs

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	2	7	0	8	17
Aztecs	7	7	0	7	21

at SDCCU Stadium, San Diego, California

• Date: October 12, 2018
• Game time: 7:00 p.m.
• Game attendance: 25,326
• TV announcers (CBSSN): Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor

Game information
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Passing AFA – SDSU – Rushing AFA – SDSU – Receiving AFA – SDSU –

at UNLV

See also: 2018 UNLV Rebels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–6	2017	W 34–30

Air Force Falcons at UNLV Rebels

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	0	0	0	0
Rebels	0	0	0	0	0

at Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada

• Date: October 20, 2018
• Game time: 8:00 p.m.
• TV: CBSSN

Game information
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Passing AFA – UNLV – Rushing AFA – UNLV – Receiving AFA – UNLV –

Boise State

See also: 2018 Boise State Broncos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–3	2017	L 19–44

Boise State Broncos at Air Force Falcons

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	0	0	0	0	0
Falcons	0	0	0	0	0

at Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado

• Date: October 27, 2018
• Game time: 5:00 p.m.
• TV: CBSSN

Game information
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Passing BSU – AFA – Rushing BSU – AFA – Receiving BSU – AFA –

at Army

See also: 2018 Army Black Knights football team and Commander-in-Chief's Trophy

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
36–15–1	2017	L 0–21

52^nd Battle for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy: Air Force Falcons at Army Black Knights

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	0	0	0	0
Black Knights	0	0	0	0	0

at Michie Stadium, West Point, New York

• Date: November 3, 2018
• Game time: 10:00 a.m.
• TV: CBSSN

Game information
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Passing AFA – ARMY – Rushing AFA – ARMY – Receiving AFA – ARMY –

New Mexico

See also: 2018 New Mexico Lobos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–14	2017	L 38–56

New Mexico Lobos at Air Force Falcons

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	0	0	0	0
Falcons	0	0	0	0	0

at Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado

• Date: November 10, 2018
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• TV: CBSSN

Game information
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Passing UNM – AFA – Rushing UNM – AFA – Receiving UNM – AFA –

at Wyoming

See also: 2018 Wyoming Cowboys football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–25–3	2017	L 14–28

Air Force Falcons at Wyoming Cowboys

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	0	0	0	0
Cowboys	0	0	0	0	0

at War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, Wyoming

• Date: November 17, 2018

Game information
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Passing AFA – WYO – Rushing AFA – WYO – Receiving AFA – WYO –

Colorado State

See also: 2018 Colorado State Rams football team and Air Force–Colorado State football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–21–1	2017	W 45–28

56^th Battle for the Ram–Falcon Trophy: Colorado State Rams at Air Force Falcons

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	0	0	0	0
Falcons	0	0	0	0	0

at Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado

• Date: November 24, 2018
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• TV: CBSSN

Game information
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Passing CSU – AFA – Rushing CSU – AFA – Receiving CSU – AFA –