1982 Air Force Falcons football team
American college football season
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The 1982 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Ken Hatfield, Air Force played its home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs and finished the regular season at 7–5 (4–3 in WAC, third), for their first winning record in nine years.
- Ken Hatfield (4th season)
| 1982 Air Force Falcons football | |
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Hall of Fame Classic champion | |
Hall of Fame Classic, W 36–28 vs. Vanderbilt | |
| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| Record | 8–5 (4–3 WAC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Fisher DeBerry (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Wishbone triple option[1] |
| Defensive coordinator | Chan Gailey (2nd season) |
| Base defense | 3–4 |
| Captain | Johnny Jackson |
| Home stadium | Falcon Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU $ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTEP | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Following their upset of No. 18 Notre Dame on November 20,[2][3] Air Force was invited to play in the Hall of Fame Classic in Birmingham on December 31,[4] where they rallied to upset Vanderbilt and finished at 8–5.[1][5][6][7][8] It was the first bowl appearance for the Falcons in twelve years and their first postseason win.[5][6]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 4 | 6:35 p.m. | at Tulsa* | L 17–35 | 29,811 | [9] | |
| September 11 | 1:35 p.m. | San Diego State | W 44–32 | 23,000 | [10] | |
| September 18 | 6:31 p.m. | at Texas Tech* | L 30–31 | 38,694 | [11] | |
| September 25 | 1:30 p.m. | at BYU | W 39–38 | 64,253 | [12] | |
| October 2 | 1:48 p.m. | New Mexico |
| L 37–49 | 25,576 | [13] |
| October 9 | 1:30 p.m. | Navy* |
| W 24–21 | 37,109 | [14] |
| October 16 | 1:30 p.m. | Colorado State |
| L 11–21 | 25,326 | [15] |
| October 23 | 7:36 p.m. | at UTEP | W 35–7 | 28,678 | [16] | |
| October 30 | 1:30 p.m. | Wyoming |
| W 44–34 | 22,740 | [17] |
| November 6 | 11:32 a.m. | at Army* |
| W 27–9 | 40,252 | [18][19] |
| November 20 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 18 Notre Dame* |
| W 30–17 | 46,712 | [20] |
| November 27 | 10:31 p.m. | at Hawaii | L 21–45 | 40,019 | [21] | |
| December 31 | vs. Vanderbilt* | W 36–28 | 75,114 | [5][1][6] | ||
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Roster
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Special teams
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Awards and honors
- Dave Schrek, guard, 3rd team All-American (AP), 1st team All-WAC
