1959 Air Force Falcons football team

1959 Air Force Falcons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4–1
Head coach
CaptainHoward Bronson
Home stadiumDU Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Syracuse     11 0 0
No. 12 Penn State     9 2 0
Oregon     8 2 0
Detroit     6 4 0
Holy Cross     6 4 0
Miami (FL)     6 4 0
Oklahoma State     6 4 0
No. 20 Pittsburgh     6 4 0
Washington State     6 4 0
Boston College     5 4 0
Pacific (CA)     5 4 0
Air Force     5 4 1
Navy     5 4 1
Army     4 4 1
No. 17 Notre Dame     5 5 0
Boston University     4 5 0
Florida State     4 6 0
San Jose State     4 6 0
Texas Tech     4 6 0
Dayton     3 7 0
Marquette     3 7 0
Oregon State     3 7 0
Colgate     2 7 0
Idaho     1 9 0
Villanova     1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy as an independent during the 1959 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Ben Martin, the Falcons played their home games at DU Stadium in Denver and Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. They outscored their opponents 160–124 and finished the season with a record of 5–4–1.

This marked the first year that the Falcons faced Army, resulting in a respectable 13–13 tie before a crowd of 67,000 at Yankee Stadium in New York City on Halloween.[1] The two academies traditionally met in odd-numbered years (except for 1961) until 1971 and have played annually in the competition (with Navy) for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, which was first awarded in 1972.

After the Army game, the Falcons held a record of 4–1–1, but they experienced a downturn in November, losing three out of four games.

  1. ^ "Air Academy battles Army to tie Yankee Stadium". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 1, 1959. p. 4, sports.