1975 Air Force Falcons football team

Summary

The 1975 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy as an independent during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. Led by 18th-year head coach Ben Martin, the Falcons compiled a record of 2–8–1 and were outscored by their opponents 265–156. Air Force played their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

1975 Air Force Falcons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–8–1
Head coach
CaptainChris Milodragovich, Randy Spetman
Home stadiumFalcon Stadium
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
1975 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rutgers     9 2 0
No. 10 Penn State     9 3 0
No. 20 West Virginia     9 3 0
Notre Dame     8 3 0
Virginia Tech     8 3 0
No. 15 Pittsburgh     8 4 0
Boston College     7 4 0
Georgia Tech     7 4 0
Memphis State     7 4 0
Navy     7 4 0
North Texas State     7 4 0
Southern Miss     7 4 0
South Carolina     7 5 0
Colgate     6 4 0
Cincinnati     6 5 0
Hawaii     6 5 0
Syracuse     6 5 0
Temple     6 5 0
Utah State     6 5 0
Indiana State     5 5 0
Dayton     5 6 0
Northeast Louisiana     4 6 1
Tulane     4 7 0
Villanova     4 7 0
Florida State     3 8 0
Air Force     2 8 1
Houston     2 8 0
Miami (FL)     2 8 0
Army     2 9 0
Marshall     2 9 0
Southern Illinois     1 9 1
Holy Cross     1 10 0
Louisville     1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13at ArkansasL 0–3553,500
September 20at Iowa StateL 12–1740,383
September 27No. 10 UCLAT 20–2033,390[1]
October 4vs. NavyL 0–17
October 11at BYUL 14–2830,246
October 18No. 15 Notre Dame
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)
L 30–3143,204
October 25at Colorado StateL 10–4720,058
November 1Army
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)
W 33–3
November 8at TulaneW 13–12[2]
November 15No. 15 California
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
L 14–3135,770
November 22Wyoming
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
L 10–2431,913[3]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster edit

1975 Air Force Falcons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 85 Tom Cox Sr
WR 89 John Frozena Sr
FB 40 Chris Milodragovich Sr
QB 10 Mike Worden
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Postseason edit

NFL draft edit

The following Falcon was selected in the National Football League draft following the season.[5]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Team
16 444 Dave Lawson Kicker New York Giants

References edit

  1. ^ "Long field goal ties UCLA at 20". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 28, 1975. p. 6B.
  2. ^ "Mark Olivari tried to ground Air Force". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 9, 1975. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Pokes 24 Cadets 10". November 23, 1975. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "1975 Air Force Falcons Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  5. ^ "1976 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 23, 2023.