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1987 Air Force Falcons football team

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1987 record
  
9–4 (6–2 WAC)

Home stadium
  
Falcon Stadium

Head coach
  
Fisher DeBerry

1987 Air Force Falcons football team

Conference
  
Western Athletic Conference

The 1987 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. 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.

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1987 team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1988 NFL Draft.

Awards and honors

  • Rip Burgwald, Bullard Award
  • Chad Hennings, Outland Trophy
  • References

    1987 Air Force Falcons football team Wikipedia