The 1957 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy as an independent during the

1957 NCAA University Division football season The 1957 NCAA University Division football season saw two different national champions. Auburn was ranked first in the AP writers' poll taken at season's end, while Ohio State was first in the UPI coaches' poll. Auburn was ineligible for a bowl ...

. For its first three years, the academy was housed at Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado, adjacent to Denver, until August 1958. Until Falcon Stadium opened in

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

, Air Force played home games at DU Stadium at the University of Denver. Led by second-year head coach Buck Shaw, it was the third season for the football program. The Falcons finished with a record of 3–6–1. Air Force did not play Army or Navy this season; Army was first played in

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

and Navy in

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

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Air Force Falcons football The Air Force Falcons football program represents the United States Air Force Academy in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level. Air Force has been a member of the Mountain West Conference s ...

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