The 2000 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 Uni ...

in the

2000 NCAA Division I-A football season The 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Oklahoma Sooners claiming their seventh national championship and their thirty-seventh conference championship, the first of each since the departure of head coach Barry Switzer. Oklahoma ...

. The team was a member of the

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. The Falcons were coached by

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and played their home games at

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 ...

. They finished the season 9–3, 5–2 in Mountain West play to finish in second place. They were invited to the Silicon Valley Football Classic where they defeated

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Schedule

Roster

NO NAME, POS HT WT CL HOMETOWN 1 Tony Metters, CB 6-0 190 Sr Mansfield, TX 2 Bryan Blew, QB 5-11 190 So Edmond, OK 3 Mike Thiessen, QB 6-0 195 Sr Modesto, CA 4 Kurt Duffy, RB 6-1 190 Sr Windsor, CO 5 Ryan Fleming, WR 6-5 220 Jr Wyoming, OH 6 Brian LaBasco, WR 5-9 175 So Ft Lauderdale, FL 7 Adam Hanes, LB 6-0 195 Jr Douglasville, GA 7 Joseph Kessler, QB 6-0 190 Sr Grand Prairie, TX 8 Dustin Ireland, WR 6-0 195 Sr Farmington, ME 9 Leotis Palmer, TE 5-8 175 So Darien, GA 10 Daniel Stuart, TE 5-10 180 Jr Friendswood, TX 11 Dallas Thompson, K 6-0 205 Sr Arlington, TX 12 Jon Lee, TE 5-10 180 Jr Paola, KS 13 Brandon Heaney, CB 5-10 180 So Trabuco Canyon, CA 13 Tony Lopiccolo, WR 6-0 180 So Rock Springs, WY 14 Jacob Lindaman, WR 5-0 180 So Lewisville, TX 14 Erik Svendsen, S 6-2 205 Jr Steamboat Springs, CO 15 Joe Brazier, QB 6-1 190 So Maple Valley, WA 16 Calvin Jenkins, LB 6-2 200 So Freemount, CA 17 John Cortney, P 5-11 180 Jr San Diego, CA 18 Keith Boyea, QB 5-10 190 Jr George West, TX 19 Tre Cage, LB 6-2 215 Jr Chantilly, VA 19 Lance Easterling, TE 5-10 180 So Plano, TX 20 Wes Crawley, CB 6-0 190 So Elk Grove, CA 21 Joel Buelow, CB 6-1 195 So Pulaski, WI 22 Ben Bosscher, P/K 5-10 185 So Louisville, KY 23 Wes Glisson, S 6-0 190 Sr Huntsville, TX 24 Tom Heier, TE 5-9 180 Jr Redmond, WA 25 Qualario Brown, TE 5-10 185 Sr Lake City, SC 26 Don Clark, TE 6-0 200 So Valparaiso, IN 27 Michael Kelley, RB 5-9 205 So Garland, TX 27 Paul Mayo, CB 5-10 170 So Kountze, TX 28 Mustafa Danquah, TE 5-11 190 Jr Killeen, TX 29 Travis Logsdon, RB 6-3 230 Sr Loomis, CA 29 Michael Fieberkorn, TE 6-2 195 So Sturgis, MI 30 Scotty McKay, TE 5-8 175 Sr Santa Clara, CA 31 Brandon Brown, CB 6-0 170 So Holyoke, CO 32 Jimmy Burns, RB 5-11 210 Jr Chantilly, VA 33 Drew Walters, RB 6-1 230 So Alamosa, CO 34 Nathan Beard, RB 5-10 220 Sr Grand Junction, CO 35 Ryan Seekins, LB 6-0 230 Jr Kirkland, WA 35 Matt Karas, RB 6-0 245 So Evergreen, CA 36 Sam Meinrod, S 6-1 202 Jr Oldsmar, FL 36 John Welsh, P/K 6-3 190 So Valdosta, GA 37 Brandon Knox, LB 6-2 230 Jr Houston, TX 37 Josh Cherkinsky, TE 6-0 215 So Coral Springs, FL 38 John Hicks, DT 6-2 265 So North Hollywood, CA 39 Andy Malin, TE 6-3 235 Sr Fond du Lac, WI 40 Bert Giovanetti, TE 5-9 190 Sr Lake Geneva, WI 41 Dustin Pratt, LB 5-9 205 Sr Mission Viejo, CA 42 Corey Nelson, LB 6-4 230 Sr Rockingham, NC 43 Jon Highley, LB 6-0 220 So Gobles, MI 44 Scott Becker, RB 5-10 225 Sr Granger, IN 46 Jamie Arthur, LB 5-9 220 Jr Lakeland, FL 46 William Sargent, RB 6-0 205 So Santa Ana, CA 47 Josh Sauls, LB 6-1 230 So Fayettsville, CA 48 Billy Wilson, LB 6-2 215 Sr Arlington, TX 48 Larry Vanderoord, LB 6-2 220 So Avon Lake, OH 49 Andy Rule, LB 6-2 230 Jr Oxford, OH 50 Matt Mai, DT 6-3 270 Jr LeMars, IA 51 Kevin Runyon, LB 6-4 230 Jr Aurora, CO 51 Vincent Sherer IV, LB 6-1 225 Sr Portland, OR 52 Matt Pommer, LB 5-11 215 Sr Boulder, CO 53 Andy Kerschbaum, LB 6-3 215 So Xenia, OH 54 CJ Zanotti, LB 6-1 230 Sr Bay City, MI 55 Jon Eccles, LB 6-2 235 Jr Fort Hood, TX 56 Michael Gallagher, LB 6-1 225 Sr Albuquerque, NM 57 Ryan Finnan, LB 6-2 230 Sr O'Fallon, IL 58 Dan Alves, LB 6-0 230 Sr Rocklin, CA 59 Matt McCraney, LB 6-2 220 Jr Coppell, TX 60 Luke Porisch, T 6-5 275 Sr St. Ansgar, IA 61 Matt Dayoc, C 6-2 250 Sr Victoria, TX 62 Brian Strock, T 6-3 265 Jr Downers Grove, IL 63 David Hildebrand, G 6-3 290 Sr Houston, TX 64 Paul Cancino, C 6-1 260 Jr El Paso, TX 65 Joe Franciscovich, T 6-2 255 Jr Lakeville, MN 66 Dan Heil, G 6-4 270 Sr Parker, CO 67 Matt Joseph, G 6-5 280 Jr White Bear Lake, MN 69 Randal Gibbs, G 6-1 260 So Powder Springs, GA 70 Matt Greene, T 6-2 265 So Thomasville, NC 71 Ryan Van Maarth, T 6-4 260 Jr Burlington, CO 72 Mark Hannon, C 6-1 245 Jr Buffalo, MN 74 Terrance Barreau, G 6-3 300 Jr Aurora, CO 75 Jonathan Pitts, DT 5-10 240 So Aiken, SC 76 John Berger, G 6-2 265 So Sioux City, IA 78

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, T 6-4 270 Jr Columbia Station, OH 79 Joseph Pugh, DT 6-3 265 Jr Atlantic Beach, FL 80 Rickey Amezaga, WR 5-11 180 So Grapevine, TX 82 Brooks Walters, K 6-0 185 Jr Park City, UT 83 Shane Swenson, G 6-2 255 Jr Minnetonka, MN 84 Ramon Edison, WR 6-3 190 So Pittsburgh, PA 87 Chris Jessop, TE 6-5 250 Sr Vacaville, CA 88 Dan Probert, DT 6-4 270 Jr Kalispell, MT 89 Nate Osborne, DT 6-5 255 Jr Greenly, CO 90 Alex Mignery, TE 6-3 220 Sr Hamilton, OH 90 Christian Pierce, DT 6-2 210 So Colorado Springs, CO 91 Eric Thompson, DT 6-2 245 So Woodland, TX 92 Zach Johnson, DT 6-3 265 Jr Junction City, OR 93 Dan Boyd, DT 6-5 275 So Corma, NY 95 Kyle Allen, DT 6-2 270 Sr Olympia, WA 96 Kirby Ingram, DT 6-3 235 So Vienna, GA 96 Adam Thornton, K 5-9 190 So Bedford, TX 97 Jordan Bounds, P 6-0 180 Sr Powell, TN 98 Dave Adams, K 5-11 185 Sr Ft. Lauderdale, FL 99 Justin Pendry, DT 6-6 285 Jr Bellingham, WA

References

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