American college football season
The 1982 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season . Led by fourth-year head coach Ken Hatfield , Air Force played its home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs and finished the regular season at 7–5 (4–3 in WAC, third), for their first winning record in nine years .
Following their upset of #18 Notre Dame on November 20, Air Force was invited to play in the Hall of Fame Classic in Birmingham on December 31, where they rallied to upset Vanderbilt and finished at 8–5. It was the first bowl appearance for the Falcons in twelve years and their first postseason win.
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 4 at Tulsa * L 17–35 29,811 September 11 San Diego State W 44–32 23,000 September 18 at Texas Tech * L 30–31 38,694 September 25 at BYU W 39–38 64,253 October 2 New Mexico Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO L 37–49 October 9 Navy *W 24–21 October 16 Colorado State Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry ) L 11–21 25,326 October 23 at UTEP W 35–7 28,678 October 30 Wyoming Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO W 44–34 November 6 at Army * W 27–9 November 20 No. 18 Notre Dame * Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry ) W 30–17 46,712 November 27 at Hawaii L 21–45 40,019 December 31 vs. Vanderbilt * W 36–28 75,114 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Personnel
1982 Air Force Falcons football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
FB
John Kreshner
Jr
QB
11
Marty Louthan
Jr
OL
Dave Schrek
Sr
HB
Jody Simmons
So
HB
Ted Sundquist
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
LB
Carl Dieudonne
Jr
DL
Chris Funk
So
S
Scott Thomas
Fr
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
P
Jeff Kubiak
Jr
K
Sean Pavlich
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
Awards and honors
Dave Schrek, guard, 3rd team All-American (AP), 1st team All-WAC References
^ Hurt, Cecil (January 1, 1983). "SEC strikes out" . Tuscaloosa News . (Alabama). p. 10.
"Louthan, Falcons ground Irish, 30-17" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). wire services. November 21, 1982. p. 7F."Air Force 30, Notre Dame 17" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. November 21, 1982. p. 2B."Air Force gets bowl invitation" . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. November 22, 1982. p. 2D. Retrieved October 2, 2011.^ "Louthan flies, so do Falcons" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). staff and wire services. January 1, 1983. p. 1B.
^ "Unsung lads hit high note" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 1, 1983. p. 17.
"Football Schedule/Results: 1982-1983" . Air Force Athletics. Archived from the original on October 8, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2017."1982 Air Force Falcons Schedule and Results" . College Football at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference . Retrieved April 22, 2017.Dave Distel (September 12, 1982). "Aztecs Can't Stop an Air Force Bomb -- or the Wishbone" . The Los Angeles Times (San Diego County ed.). Los Angeles, California. p. III-1. Retrieved January 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
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