The 1987 Air Force Falcons football team represented the
United States Air Force Academy
The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and U ...
in the
1987 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Miami winning its second national championship of the 1980s in an Orange Bowl game featuring a rare No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup between the top ranked Oklahoma Sooners and the Hurricanes.
Miami' ...
. The Falcons offense scored 405 points while the defense allowed 269 points. At season's end, the Falcons appeared in the
1987 Freedom Bowl. In the
Ram–Falcon Trophy match, the Falcons beat the Colorado State Rams to win the trophy. Air Force also won the
Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, emblematic of beating both Army and Navy.
Schedule
Personnel
Season summary
at BYU
Army
Air Force wins
Commander-in-Chief Trophy
1987 team players in the NFL
The following were selected in the
1988 NFL Draft
The 1988 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 24–25, 1988, at the Marriot Ma ...
.
Awards and honors
*Rip Burgwald, Bullard Award
*Chad Hennings, Outland Trophy
References
Air Force
An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ...
Air Force Falcons football seasons
Air Force Falcons football
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