1977 Air Force Falcons football team

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.

1977 Air Force Falcons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–8–1
Head coach
CaptainJack Kucera, Jim Weidmann
Home stadiumFalcon Stadium
1977 NCAA Division I independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 10at WyomingT 0–027,107[2]
September 17at CaliforniaL 14–24
September 24Pacific (CA)W 15–13
October 1at Georgia TechL 3–3030,067
October 8at NavyL 7–10
October 15Arizona State
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
L 14–3725,477
October 22at BaylorL 7–3830,350
October 29Boston College
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
L 14–3621,663[3]
November 5Army
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)
L 6–3134,338
November 12Vanderbilt
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
W 34–28
November 1911:30 a.m.at No. 6 Notre DameL 0–4959,075

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Personnel

1977 Air Force Falcons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
  Paul Williams
QB Dave Ziebart
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Terry Harris
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

After the season in January, wide receivers coach Jerry Davitch was hired as head coach at the University of Idaho.[5][6]

References

  1. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1977-standings.html
  2. Chuck Harkins (September 11, 1977). "Pokes, Falcons in scoreless battle". Casper Star-Tribune. p. 19 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "AFA Dives Once More". Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. October 30, 1977. p. 2D via Newspapers.com.
  4. "1977 Air Force Falcons Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  5. Emerson, Paul (January 11, 1978). "Davitch named UI coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. B1.
  6. "Vandal cagers investigated". Spokesman Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 12, 1978. p. 25.


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