# 2010 Air Force Falcons football team

The 2010 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fourth-year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They were members of the Mountain West Conference.
During their games against Navy and Army, the Falcons wore a special uniform design modeled after the flying suits and helmets worn by the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, with each player's nameplate featuring either the word "SERVICE" or "FREEDOM". Air Force defeated both Navy and Army, winning them the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the first time since 2002.
They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in Mountain West play. They were invited to the Independence Bowl, where they defeated Georgia Tech, 14–7.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 4 | 12:00 p.m. | Northwestern State* | | Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO | | W 65–21 | 40,236 |
| September 11 | 2:00 p.m. | BYU | | Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO | Versus | W 35–14 | 46,692 |
| September 18 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 7 Oklahoma* | | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK | FSN | L 24–27 | 84,332 |
| September 25 | 12:00 p.m. | at Wyoming | | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY | Mtn. | W 20–14 | 22,413 |
| October 2 | 12:30 p.m. | Navy* | | Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) | Versus | W 14–6 | 47,565 |
| October 9 | 12:00 p.m. | Colorado State | No. 25 | Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy) | Mtn. | W 49–27 | 41,547 |
| October 16 | 6:00 p.m. | at San Diego State | No. 23 | Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA | CBSCS | L 25–27 | 28,178 |
| October 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 4 TCU | | Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX | CBSCS | L 7–38 | 46,096 |
| October 30 | 5:30 p.m. | No. 8 Utah | | Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO | CBSCS | L 23–28 | 37,211 |
| November 6 | 10:00 a.m. | at Army* | | Michie StadiumWest Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) | CBSCS | W 42–22 | 38,128 |
| November 13 | 4:00 p.m. | New Mexico | | Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO | Mtn. | W 48–23 | 27,309 |
| November 18 | 8:00 p.m. | at UNLV | | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV | CBSCS | W 35–20 | 13,790 |
| December 27 | 3:00 p.m. | vs. Georgia Tech* | | Independence StadiumShreveport, LA (Independence Bowl) | ESPN2 | W 14–7 | 39,362 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time ||||||||

## Roster

* QB Tim Jefferson, Jr.

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | | | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | RV | | | | | | RV | RV | RV |
| Coaches | | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | RV | RV | | | RV | | RV | | RV |
| Harris | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 23 | RV | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | Not released |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | | | Not released |