1999 Air Force Falcons football team

The 1999 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by 16th-year head coach Fisher DeBerry and played its home games in Falcon Stadium. It competed in its first season in the newly formed Mountain West Conference and finished with a 65 record overall and a 25 record in conference games.[1][2]

1999 Air Force Falcons football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record6–5 (2–5 MW)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorRichard Bell (5th season)
Home stadiumFalcon Stadium
1999 Mountain West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Utah +  5 2   9 3  
BYU +  5 2   8 4  
Colorado State +  5 2   8 4  
Wyoming  4 3   7 4  
San Diego State  3 4   5 6  
New Mexico  3 4   4 7  
Air Force  2 5   6 5  
UNLV  1 6   3 8  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultSource
September 4Villanova*W 37–13[3]
September 18at Washington*FSNW 31–21
September 25WyomingNo. 24
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
L 7–10
October 2at San Diego StateESPN2W 23–22
October 9at Navy*W 19–14
October 16Utah
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
ESPN2L 15–21
October 30at No. 16 BYUL 20–27
November 6Army*
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)
W 28–0
November 13UNLV
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
W 35–16
November 18at Colorado StateL 21–41
November 27at New MexicoL 28–33
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
APRVRVRVRV24RVRVRVRV
CoachesRVRVRVRV25RVRV25RV
BCSNot releasedNot released

References

  1. "Football Schedule/Results: 1999-2000". Air Force Athletics. Archived from the original on October 8, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  2. "Air Force Yearly Results 1995-1999". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  3. "Air Force rallies around Bonds". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 5, 1999. Retrieved April 23, 2022 via Newspapers.com.


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