List of Air Force Falcons bowl games explained

The Air Force Falcons football team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the United States Air Force Academy. Since 1999, the Falcons have competed as a charter member of the Mountain West Conference.

Overall, Air Force has participated in 30 bowl games, and has a 16–13–1 all-time postseason record. The first Air Force bowl game was the 1959 Cotton Bowl, a 0–0 tie with TCU. This was one of two major bowls Air Force has played in, the other being a 34–13 loss to Tennessee in the 1971 Sugar Bowl. The team regularly participated in bowl games in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, as coach Fisher DeBerry led the team to 12 bowl games between 1984 and 2002. Current coach Troy Calhoun has led the team to thirteen bowl games since 2007, with a 31-21 win over James Madison in the 2023 Armed Forces Bowl being the latest bowl game for Air Force. The bowl games most frequented by Air Force has been the Armed Forces Bowl, with seven total appearances (including three straight from 2007–2009), followed by the Liberty Bowl (four straight from 1989–1992).

Key

Results
WWin
LLoss
TTie

Bowl games

See also: List of Air Force Falcons football seasons.

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BowlScoreDateSeasonOpponentStadiumLocationAttendanceHead coach
1Cotton Bowl1958TCU Horned FrogsCotton BowlDallas75,504
2Gator Bowl1963North Carolina Tar HeelsGator Bowl StadiumJacksonville50,018
3Sugar Bowl1970Tennessee VolunteersTulane StadiumNew Orleans75,087
4Hall of Fame Classic1982Vanderbilt CommodoresLegion FieldBirmingham75,000
5Independence Bowl1983Ole Miss RebelsIndependence StadiumShreveport41,274
6Independence Bowl1984Virginia TechIndependence StadiumShreveport41,100
7Bluebonnet Bowl1985Texas LonghornsRice StadiumHouston42,000
8Freedom Bowl1987Arizona State Sun DevilsAnaheim StadiumAnaheim33,261
9Liberty Bowl1989Ole Miss RebelsLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis33,261
10Liberty Bowl1990Ohio State BuckeyesLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis13,144
11Liberty Bowl1991Mississippi State BulldogsLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis61,497
12Liberty Bowl1992Ole Miss RebelsLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis32,107
13Copper Bowl1995Texas Tech Red RaidersArizona StadiumTucson41,004
14Las Vegas Bowl1997Oregon DucksSam Boyd StadiumWhitney21,514
15Oahu Bowl1998Washington HuskiesAloha StadiumHonolulu34,083
16Silicon Valley Football Classic2000Fresno State BulldogsSpartan StadiumSan Jose26,542
17San Francisco Bowl2002Virginia Tech HokiesPacific Bell ParkSan Francisco25,966
18Armed Forces Bowl2007California Golden BearsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth40,905
19Armed Forces Bowl2008Houston CougarsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth41,127
20Armed Forces Bowl2009Houston CougarsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth41,414
21Independence Bowl2010Georgia Tech Yellow JacketsIndependence StadiumShreveport39,362
22Military Bowl2011Toledo RocketsRFK StadiumWashington, D.C.25,042
23Armed Forces Bowl2012Rice OwlsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth40,754
24Famous Idaho Potato Bowl2014Western Michigan BroncosAlbertsons StadiumBoise18,223
25Armed Forces Bowl2015California Golden BearsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth38,915
26Arizona Bowl2016South Alabama JaguarsArizona StadiumTucson33,868
27Cheez-It Bowl2019Washington State CougarsChase FieldPhoenix34,105
28First Responder Bowl2021Louisville CardinalsGerald J. Ford StadiumDallas15,251
29Armed Forces Bowl2022Baylor BearsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth43,875
30Armed Forces Bowl2023James Madison DukesAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth30,828

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Notes and References

  1. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/afa/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/HistorySection2013.pdf 2013 Air Force football media guide.

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