2011 Air Force Falcons football team

American college football season

2011 Mountain West Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 14 TCU $	7	–	0	11	–	2
No. 8 Boise State	6	–	1	12	–	1
Wyoming	5	–	2	8	–	5
San Diego State	4	–	3	8	–	5
Air Force	3	–	4	7	–	6
Colorado State	1	–	6	3	–	9
UNLV	1	–	6	2	–	10
New Mexico	1	–	6	1	–	11

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by fifth-year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games at Falcon Stadium. They are members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 3–4 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place. They were invited to the Military Bowl where they were defeated by Toledo, 42–41. With wins over Army and Navy, Air Force won the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the second consecutive year.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	12:00 p.m.	South Dakota*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	Mtn.	W 37–20	39,105^[1]
September 10	1:30 p.m.	No. 25 TCU	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	Versus	L 19–35	42,107
September 24	1:00 p.m.	Tennessee State*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	Mtn.	W 63–24	33,487
October 1	10:00 a.m.	at Navy*	Navy – Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS	W 35–34 ^OT	37,506
October 8	1:30 p.m.	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 33–59	80,795
October 13	6:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	L 27–41	27,490^[2]
October 22	1:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Boise State	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	Versus	L 26–37	34,196^[3]
October 29	12:00 p.m.	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	Mtn.	W 42–0	16,691
November 5	1:30 p.m.	Army*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS	W 24–14	46,709^[4]
November 12	12:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	Mtn.	L 17–25	33,823
November 19	4:00 p.m.	UNLV	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	Mtn.	W 45–17	24,401
November 26	4:00 p.m.	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)	Mtn.	W 45–21	14,107
December 28	2:30 p.m.	vs. Toledo*	RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. (Military Bowl)	ESPN	L 41–42	25,042
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Defense

FS
Chris Miller
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WLB	ILB	ILB	SLB
Jordan Waiwaiole	Brady Amack	Patrick Hennessey	⋅
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SS
Brian Lindsay
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CB
Jon Davis
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DE	NT	DE
Zach Payne	Harry Kehs	Ryan Gardner
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CB
Anthony Wright
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Offense

WR
Jonathan Warzeka
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LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Jason Kons	Jordan Eason	Michael Hester	A.J. Wallerstein	Kevin Whitt
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TE
Joshua Freeman
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WR
Mikel Hunter
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QB
Tim Jefferson
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RB
Asher Clark
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FB
Wes Cobb
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	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
• Air Force	14	7	0	7	7	35
Navy	3	0	7	18	6	34

Scoring summary

1	13:30	AF	Ty MacCurthur 52-yard pass from Tim Jefferson (Parker Herrington kick)	AF 7-0

1	4:45	AF	Tim Jefferson 2-yard run (Parker Herrington kick)	AF 14-0

1	0:14	NAVY	Jon Teague 25-yard field goal	AF 14-3

2	12:26	AF	Asher Clark 23-yard run (Parker Herrington kick)	AF 21-3

3	5:00	NAVY	Kriss Proctor 2-yard run (Jon Teague kick)	AF 21-10

4	14:55	AF	Asher Clark 6-yard run (Parker Herrington kick)	AF 28-10

4	9:34	NAVY	Kriss Proctor 7-yard run (Jon Teague kick)	AF 28-17

4	2:04	NAVY	Jon Teague 37-yard field goal	AF 28-20

4	0:19	NAVY	Gee Gee Greene 5-yard pass from Kriss Proctor (Alexander Teich run)	Tied 28-28

OT		NAVY	Kriss Proctor 1-yard run (kick failed)	NAVY 34-28

OT		AF	Tim Jefferson 1-yard run (Parker Herrington kick)	AF 35-34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Army	14	0	0	0	14
• Air Force	0	0	21	3	24

Scoring summary

1	9:19	ARMY	Max Jenkins 1-yard run (Alex Carlton kick)	ARMY 7-0

1	1:58	ARMY	Larry Dixon 13-yard run (Alex Carlton kick)	ARMY 14-0

3	11:55	AF	Parker Herrington 37-yard field goal	ARMY 14-3

3	4:54	AF	Tim Jefferson 2-yard run (Asher Clark run)	ARMY 14-11

3	3:35	AF	Parker Herrington 35-yard field goal	Tied 14-14

3	0:15	AF	Tim Jefferson 1-yard run (Parker Herrington kick)	AF 21-14

4	11:49	AF	Parker Herrington 39-yard field goal	AF 24-14

^ "South Dakota Coyotes vs. Air Force Falcons Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
^ "San Diego State Aztecs vs. Air Force Falcons Box Score". ESPN.com. October 13, 2011.
^ "Air Force Falcons vs. Boise State Broncos Box Score". ESPN.com. October 22, 2011.
^ "Army Black Knights vs. Air Force Falcons Box Score". ESPN.com. November 5, 2011.
^ "Air Force vs. Navy - Game Recap - October 1, 2011 - ESPN".
^ "Army vs. Air Force - Game Recap - November 5, 2011 - ESPN".

v t e Air Force Falcons football
Venues	DU Stadium (1955–1961) Falcon Stadium (1962–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Army (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Colorado State (Ram–Falcon Trophy) Hawaii (Kuter Trophy) Navy (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)
Culture & lore	History The Bird "Falcon Fight Song" "The U.S. Air Force" United States Air Force Academy Band
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024