2014 Air Force Falcons football team

2014 Mountain West Conference football standings
	Mountain Division
	West Division
	Championship: Boise State 28, Fresno State 14
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; As of January 1, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

Air Force Falcons football
2014 Air Force Falcons football
Commander-in-Chief's Trophy Champions; Ram-Falcon Trophy Champions; Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Champions
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl vs. Western Michigan, W 38–24
Conference	Mountain West Conference; Mountain Division
2014 record	10–3 (5–3 MWC)
Head coach	Troy Calhoun (8th year)
Offensive coordinator	Clay Hendrix (8th year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Blane Morgan (8th as Coordinator, 13th overall year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Mike Thiessen (6th as coordinator, 8th overall year)
Defensive coordinator	Steve Russ (2nd as coordinator, 3rd overall year)
Co-defensive coordinator	Matt Weikert (1st as coordinator, 8th overall year)
Home stadium	Falcon Stadium; (Capacity: 46,692)
« 2013	2015 »

The 2014 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by eighth year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games at Falcon Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the Mountain Division. They finished the season 10–3, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl where they defeated Western Michigan

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	12:00 PM	Nicholls State*	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN3	W 44–16	32,038
September 6	8:15 PM	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	ESPNU	L 13–17	21,246
September 13	12:00 PM	at Georgia State*	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA	ESPN3	W 48–38	16,836
September 27	5:00 PM	Boise State	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	W 28–14	30,012
October 4	1:30 PM	Navy*	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBSSN	W 30–21	37,731
October 11	8:15 PM	at Utah State	Romney Stadium • Logan, UT	ESPNU	L 16–34	24,037
October 18	1:30 PM	New Mexico	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	RTRM	W 35–31	25,017
November 1	9:30 AM	at Army*	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS	W 23–6	40,479
November 8	2:00 PM	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	MWN	W 48–21	13,481
November 15	12:00 PM	Nevada	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	RTRM	W 45–38 ^OT	11,519
November 21	7:30 PM	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	L 14–30	28,626
November 28	1:30 PM	#21 Colorado State	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Rivalry)	CBSSN	W 27–24	32,650
December 20	3:45 PM	vs. Western Michigan*	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl)	ESPN	W 38–24	18,223
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Schedule Source:^[1]

Personnel

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Air Force	Alma Mater
Troy Calhoun	Head Coach	7th	Air Force 1989
Steve Russ	Assistant head Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator	3rd	Air Force 1995
Matt Welkert	Outside Linebackers Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator	8th	Ohio 2002
Mike Thiessen	Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide-Receivers Coach	6th	Air Force 2001
Clay Hendrix	Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach	8th	Furman 1986
Blane Morgan	Quarterbacks Coach	7th	Air Force 1999
Ron Vanderlinden	Linebackers Coach	1st	Albion College
Jake Campbell	Assistant Backfield Coach	3rd	Air Force 1996
Tim Cross	Defensive Line Coach	3rd	Northern Colorado
Capt. Drew Fowler	Assistant Linebackers	1st	Air Force
Ben Miller	Running Backs/Special Teams Coordinator	5th	Air Force 2002
Jake Moreland	Tight Ends	3rd	Western Michigan 2000
Lt. Col. Steve Pipes	Assistant Defensive Line	3rd	Air Force 1998
John Rudzinski	Recruiting Coordinator/Secondary Coach	5th	Air Force 2005
Steve Senn	Executive Asst./Quality Control	11th	Air Force 1990
Janel Mitchell	Administrative Assistant	1st	Northwestern Oklahoma State University 2013
Scott Richardson	Equipment Supervisor/Head Football Equipment Manager	2nd	Kansas University 2006
Erick Kozlowski	Head of Football Training	12th	New Mexico University 1989
Mark Peters	Athletic Football Trainer	2nd	Waldorf College 1996
Ernie Sedelmyer	Athletic Football Trainer	1st	Penn State University 1992
Reference:^[2]

Game notes

Nicholls State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	6	3	0	7	16
Falcons	9	14	14	7	44

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2009	AF, 72–0

at Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	3	7	0	3	13
Cowboys	0	7	0	10	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–22–3	2013	WYO, 56–23

at Georgia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	14	17	7	10	48
Panthers	0	10	14	14	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-0	First meeting

Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	0	0	0	14	14
Falcons	7	10	3	8	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2013	BSU, 42–20

Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Midshipmen	7	7	0	7	21
Falcons	14	0	7	9	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–19	2013	NAVY, 28–10

at Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	3	3	7	3	16
Aggies	14	17	0	3	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2013	USU, 52–20

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	7	14	7	3	31
Falcons	7	14	14	0	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–11	2013	UNM, 45–37

at Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	6	10	7	23
Black Knights	3	0	3	0	6

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
33–14–1	2013	AF, 42–28

at UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	10	21	14	3	48
Rebels	7	7	7	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–6	2013	UNLV, 41–21

Nevada

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Wolf Pack	0	14	7	17	0	38
Falcons	7	14	7	10	7	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2013	NEV, 45–42

at San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	14	0	0	14
Aztecs	10	3	10	7	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–13	2013	SDSU, 27–20

Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Rams	10	0	7	7	24
Falcons	7	10	7	3	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–20–1	2013	CSU, 58–13

Western Michigan–Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	3	7	0	14	24
Falcons	6	14	3	15	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
	First meeting

References

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2014 Air Force Falcons football team

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Personnel

Coaching Staff

Game notes

Nicholls State

at Wyoming

at Georgia State

Boise State

Navy

at Utah State

New Mexico

at Army

at UNLV

Nevada

at San Diego State

Colorado State

Western Michigan–Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

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2014 Mountain West Conference football standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Mountain Division
#16 Boise State x$		7	–	1		12	–	2
Colorado State		6	–	2		10	–	3
Utah State		6	–	2		10	–	4
Air Force		5	–	3		10	–	3
New Mexico		2	–	6		4	–	8
Wyoming		2	–	6		4	–	8
West Division
Fresno State x		5	–	3		6	–	8
San Diego State		5	–	3		7	–	6
Nevada		4	–	4		7	–	6
Hawaii		3	–	5		4	–	9
San Jose State		2	–	6		3	–	9
UNLV		1	–	7		2	–	11
Championship: Boise State 28, Fresno State 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions As of January 1, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll