1979 Air Force Falcons football team

1979 Air Force Falcons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–9
Head coach
Offensive schemeWishbone triple option
Defensive coordinatorAl Groh (2nd season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumFalcon Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Florida State       11 1 0
No. 7 Pittsburgh       11 1 0
UNLV       9 1 2
No. 17 Temple       10 2 0
Tulane       9 3 0
Rutgers       8 3 0
Tennessee State       8 3 0
East Carolina       7 3 1
No. 20 Penn State       8 4 0
South Carolina       8 4 0
Navy       7 4 0
Notre Dame       7 4 0
Southern Miss       6 4 1
Syracuse       7 5 0
Colgate       5 4 1
Boston College       5 6 0
Holy Cross       5 6 0
Memphis State       5 6 0
Miami (FL)       5 6 0
North Texas State       5 6 0
Villanova       5 6 0
Virginia Tech       5 6 0
West Virginia       5 6 0
Georgia Tech       4 6 1
Louisville       4 6 1
William & Mary       4 7 0
Illinois State       3 8 0
Northeast Louisiana       3 8 0
Army       2 8 1
Air Force       2 9 0
Cincinnati       2 9 0
Richmond       0 11 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season, their last as an Independent. Led by first–year head coach Ken Hatfield, Air Force played home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The Falcons lost their first eight games,[1] then won two of three to finish at 2–9,[2] and were outscored 127–253. The win over Army on November 3 broke an eleven-game losing streak.[1]

Air Force joined the Western Athletic Conference in 1980.

  1. ^ a b "Falcons rip rival Army for first win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. November 4, 1979. p. 11B.
  2. ^ "Air Force 30, Vanderbilt 28". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. November 18, 1979. p. 13B.