The Air Force Falcons football team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the United States Air Force Academy. Since 1999, the Falcons have competed as a charter member of the Mountain West Conference.
Overall, Air Force has participated in 30 bowl games, and has a 16–13–1 all-time postseason record. The first Air Force bowl game was the 1959 Cotton Bowl, a 0–0 tie with TCU. This was one of two major bowls Air Force has played in, the other being a 34–13 loss to Tennessee in the 1971 Sugar Bowl. The team regularly participated in bowl games in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, as coach Fisher DeBerry led the team to 12 bowl games between 1984 and 2002. Current coach Troy Calhoun has led the team to thirteen bowl games since 2007, with a 31-21 win over James Madison in the 2023 Armed Forces Bowl being the latest bowl game for Air Force. The bowl games most frequented by Air Force has been the Armed Forces Bowl, with seven total appearances (including three straight from 2007–2009), followed by the Liberty Bowl (four straight from 1989–1992).
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+ Results W Win L Loss T Tie
Bowl games
+ List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach#BowlScoreDateSeasonOpponentStadiumLocationAttendanceHead coach1Cotton Bowl1958TCU Horned FrogsCotton BowlDallas75,5042Gator Bowl1963North Carolina Tar HeelsGator Bowl StadiumJacksonville50,0183Sugar Bowl1970Tennessee VolunteersTulane StadiumNew Orleans75,0874Hall of Fame Classic1982Vanderbilt CommodoresLegion FieldBirmingham75,0005Independence Bowl1983Ole Miss RebelsIndependence StadiumShreveport41,2746Independence Bowl1984Virginia TechIndependence StadiumShreveport41,1007Bluebonnet Bowl1985Texas LonghornsRice StadiumHouston42,0008Freedom Bowl1987Arizona State Sun DevilsAnaheim StadiumAnaheim33,2619Liberty Bowl1989Ole Miss RebelsLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis33,26110Liberty Bowl1990Ohio State BuckeyesLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis13,14411Liberty Bowl1991Mississippi State BulldogsLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis61,49712Liberty Bowl1992Ole Miss RebelsLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis32,10713Copper Bowl1995Texas Tech Red RaidersArizona StadiumTucson41,00414Las Vegas Bowl1997Oregon DucksSam Boyd StadiumWhitney21,51415Oahu Bowl1998Washington HuskiesAloha StadiumHonolulu34,08316Silicon Valley Football Classic2000Fresno State BulldogsSpartan StadiumSan Jose26,54217San Francisco Bowl2002Virginia Tech HokiesPacific Bell ParkSan Francisco25,96618Armed Forces Bowl2007California Golden BearsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth40,90519Armed Forces Bowl2008Houston CougarsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth41,12720Armed Forces Bowl2009Houston CougarsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth41,41421Independence Bowl2010Georgia Tech Yellow JacketsIndependence StadiumShreveport39,36222Military Bowl2011Toledo RocketsRFK StadiumWashington, D.C.25,04223Armed Forces Bowl2012Rice OwlsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth40,75424Famous Idaho Potato Bowl2014Western Michigan BroncosAlbertsons StadiumBoise18,22325Armed Forces Bowl2015California Golden BearsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth38,91526Arizona Bowl2016South Alabama JaguarsArizona StadiumTucson33,86827Cheez-It Bowl2019Washington State CougarsChase FieldPhoenix34,10528First Responder Bowl2021Louisville CardinalsGerald J. Ford StadiumDallas 15,25129Armed Forces Bowl2022Baylor BearsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth 43,87530Armed Forces Bowl2023James Madison DukesAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth 30,828
2013 Air Force football media guide. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
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