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2008 Air Force Falcons football
2008 Air Force Falcons football
Armed Forces Bowl, L 28–34 vs. Houston
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	8–5 (5–3 MW)
Head coach	Troy Calhoun (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Clay Hendrix (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Blane Morgan (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Tim DeRuyter (2nd season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Falcon Stadium; (Capacity: 46,511)
	Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Air Force competed as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MWC). The team was led by second-year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games at Falcon Stadium. The Falcons finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they lost to Houston.

2008 Mountain West Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Utah $	8	–	0	13	–	0
No. 7 TCU	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 25 BYU	6	–	2	10	–	3
Air Force	5	–	3	8	–	5
Colorado State	4	–	4	7	–	6
UNLV	2	–	6	5	–	7
New Mexico	2	–	6	4	–	8
Wyoming	1	–	7	4	–	8
San Diego State	1	–	7	2	–	10

$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	12:00 p.m.	Southern Utah*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO		W 41–7	39,180
September 6	1:30 p.m.	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	CBSCS	W 23–3	23,168
September 13	9:05 a.m.	at Houston*	Gerald Ford Stadium Dallas, TX		W 31–28	2,546
September 20	2:00 p.m.	No. 20 Utah	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	Versus	L 23–30	36,952
October 4	2:00 p.m.	Navy*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	Versus	L 27–33	46,339
October 11	7:30 p.m.	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	The Mtn	W 35–10	43,630
October 18	8:00 p.m.	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	The Mtn	W 29–28	21,055
October 23	6:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	CBSCS	W 23–10	25,101
November 1	10:00 a.m.	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	ESPNU	W 16–7	37,409
November 8	4:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)	The Mtn	W 38–17	39,052
November 15	1:30 p.m.	No. 16 BYU	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	CBSCS	L 24–38	42,177
November 22	1:30 p.m.	at No. 15 TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	Versus	L 10–44	32,823
December 31	10:00 a.m.	vs. Houston*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (Armed Forces Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–34	41,127
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game