1977_Air_Force_Falcons_football_team

1977 Air Force Falcons football team

American college football season

The 1977 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy as an independent during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Led by Ben Martin in his 20th and final year as head coach, the Falcons compiled a record of 2–8–1 and were outscored by their opponents 296–114. Air Force played their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10		at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	T 0–0	27,107	^[2]
September 17		at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 14–24
September 24		Pacific (CA)	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	W 15–13
October 1		at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 3–30	30,067
October 8		at Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	L 7–10
October 15		Arizona State	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	L 14–37	25,477
October 22		at Baylor	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	L 7–38	30,350
October 29		Boston College	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	L 14–36	21,663	^[3]
November 5		Army	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	L 6–31	34,338
November 12		Vanderbilt	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	W 34–28
November 19	11:30 a.m.	at No. 6 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	L 0–49	59,075
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

1977 Air Force Falcons football team

v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Notre Dame		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
Colgate		–		–		10	–	1	–	0
North Texas State *		–		–		10	–	1	–	0
No. 16 San Diego State		–		–		10	–	1	–	0
Tennessee State		–		–		8	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Florida State		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Pittsburgh		–		–		9	–	2	–	1
East Carolina		–		–		8	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		8	–	3	–	0
Army		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Louisville		–		–		7	–	4	–	1
Boston College		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	4	–	2
Georgia Tech		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Northwestern State		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
William & Mary		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Hawaii		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Navy		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		5	–	7	–	0
Utah State		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Villanova		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Illinois State		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
Virginia Tech		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
Miami (FL)		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Richmond		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Tulane		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Air Force		–		–		2	–	8	–	1
Holy Cross		–		–		2	–	8	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–		2	–	9	–	0

North Texas State (originally 9–2) awarded a forfeit win after Mississippi State was found to be using an ineligible player.^[1] Rankings from AP Poll