The 1961 Air Force Falcons football team represented the

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as an independent during the

1961 NCAA University Division football season During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the major college football teams in the University Division, later known as Division I-A. The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of "wire service" ( AP and UPI) ...

. Led by fourth-year head coach Ben Martin, the Falcons played their home games at

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. They were outscored by their opponents 173–87 and finished with a record of 3–7. Both

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and

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were off of Air Force's schedule this season and the next, when the new

Falcon Stadium Falcon Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in the western United States, on the campus of the U.S. Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is the home field of the Air Force Falcons of the Mountain West Conference, and also h ...

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Air Force Falcons football seasons

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