1984 Air Force Falcons football team

The 1984 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Fisher DeBerry and played its home games at Falcon Stadium. It finished the regular season with a 7–4 record overall and a 4–3 record in Western Athletic Conference games. The team was selected to play in the Independence Bowl, in which it defeated Virginia Tech.[1][2]

1984 Air Force Falcons football
Independence Bowl, W 23–7 vs. Virginia Tech
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1984 record	8–4 (4–3 WAC)
Head coach	Fisher DeBerry (1st season)
Home stadium	Falcon Stadium

1984 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 BYU $	8	–	0	–	0			13	–	0	–	0
Hawaii	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Air Force	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Utah	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	5	–	1
San Diego State	4	–	3	–	1			4	–	7	–	1
Wyoming	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Colorado State	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
New Mexico	1	–	7	–	0			4	–	8	–	0
UTEP	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 1	San Diego State	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	W 34–16
September 8	Northern Colorado*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	W 75–7
September 15	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	L 20–26
September 22	at Utah	Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	L 17–28
September 29	Colorado State	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)	W 52–10
October 6	Navy*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	W 29–22
October 13	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 21–7
October 20	No. 7 BYU	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	L 25–30
November 3	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	L 12–24
November 10	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	W 23–9
November 17	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	W 38–12
December 31	vs. Virginia Tech	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA (Independence Bowl)	W 23–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1984 Air Force Falcons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 4 Bart Weiss Jr TE 87 Chad Hennings Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 96 Chris Funk Sr LB Terry Maki So CB Tom Rotello So S 29 Scott Thomas Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 39 Mark Simon So	Head coach Fisher DeBerry Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "Football Schedule/Results: 1984-1985". Air Force Athletics. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
2. "Air Force Yearly Results: 1980-1984". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 2, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017.