Air Force Falcons football
The Air Force Falcons football program represents the United States Air Force Academy in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level. Air Force has been a member of the Mountain West Conference since its founding in 1999. The Falcons play their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Troy Calhoun has been the team's head coach since 2007.
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| First season | 1955 | ||
| Athletic director | Nathan Pine | ||
| Head coach | Troy Calhoun 17th season, 129–82 (.611) | ||
| Stadium | Falcon Stadium (capacity: 46,692) | ||
| Field surface | Turf | ||
| Location | Colorado Springs, Colorado | ||
| Conference | Mountain West (1999–present) | ||
| Division | Mountain (2013–2019 and 2021–2022) | ||
| Past conferences | Independent (1955) University Division Independent (1956–1972) Division I/I-A Independent (1973–1979) WAC (1980–1998) | ||
| All-time record | 433–342–13 (.558) | ||
| Bowl record | 16–13–1 (.550) | ||
| Conference titles | 3 | ||
| Division titles | 3 | ||
| Rivalries | Army (rivalry) Navy (rivalry) Colorado State (rivalry) Hawaii (Kuter Trophy) | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 5 | ||
| Current uniform | |||
| Colors | Blue and silver | ||
| Fight song | "Falcon Fight Song" (unofficial: "The U.S. Air Force") | ||
| Mascot | The Bird | ||
| Marching band | United States Air Force Academy Drum & Bugle Corp "The Flight of Sound" | ||
| Outfitter | Nike | ||
| Website | GoAirForceFalcons.com | ||
The three major service academies—Air Force, Army and Navy—compete for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy which is awarded to the academy that defeats the others in football that year (or retained by the previous year's winner in the event of a three-way tie).
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