American college football season
The 2011 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by fifth-year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games at Falcon Stadium. They are members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 3–4 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place. They were invited to the Military Bowl where they were defeated by Toledo, 42–41. With wins over Army and Navy, Air Force won the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the second consecutive year.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 12:00 p.m. | South Dakota* | | Mtn. | W 37–20 | 39,105[1] |
September 10 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 25 TCU | - Falcon Stadium
- Colorado Springs, CO
| Versus | L 19–35 | 42,107 |
September 24 | 1:00 p.m. | Tennessee State* | - Falcon Stadium
- Colorado Springs, CO
| Mtn. | W 63–24 | 33,487 |
October 1 | 10:00 a.m. | at Navy* | | CBS | W 35–34 OT | 37,506 |
October 8 | 1:30 p.m. | at Notre Dame* | | NBC | L 33–59 | 80,795 |
October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | San Diego State | - Falcon Stadium
- Colorado Springs, CO
| CBSSN | L 27–41 | 27,490[2] |
October 22 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 5 Boise State | | Versus | L 26–37 | 34,196[3] |
October 29 | 12:00 p.m. | at New Mexico | | Mtn. | W 42–0 | 16,691 |
November 5 | 1:30 p.m. | Army* | - Falcon Stadium
- Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)
| CBS | W 24–14 | 46,709[4] |
November 12 | 12:00 p.m. | Wyoming | - Falcon Stadium
- Colorado Springs, CO
| Mtn. | L 17–25 | 33,823 |
November 19 | 4:00 p.m. | UNLV | - Falcon Stadium
- Colorado Springs, CO
| Mtn. | W 45–17 | 24,401 |
November 26 | 4:00 p.m. | at Colorado State | | Mtn. | W 45–21 | 14,107 |
December 28 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Toledo* | | ESPN | L 41–42 | 25,042 |
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Defense | | WLB | ILB | ILB | SLB | Jordan Waiwaiole | Brady Amack | Patrick Hennessey | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | | | | | DE | NT | DE | Zach Payne | Harry Kehs | Ryan Gardner | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | | | | Offense | | | LT | LG | C | RG | RT | Jason Kons | Jordan Eason | Michael Hester | A.J. Wallerstein | Kevin Whitt | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | • Air Force | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 35 | Navy | 3 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 34 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | 13:30 | AF | Ty MacCurthur 52-yard pass from Tim Jefferson (Parker Herrington kick) | AF 7-0 | | 1 | 4:45 | AF | Tim Jefferson 2-yard run (Parker Herrington kick) | AF 14-0 | | 1 | 0:14 | NAVY | Jon Teague 25-yard field goal | AF 14-3 | | 2 | 12:26 | AF | Asher Clark 23-yard run (Parker Herrington kick) | AF 21-3 | | 3 | 5:00 | NAVY | Kriss Proctor 2-yard run (Jon Teague kick) | AF 21-10 | | 4 | 14:55 | AF | Asher Clark 6-yard run (Parker Herrington kick) | AF 28-10 | | 4 | 9:34 | NAVY | Kriss Proctor 7-yard run (Jon Teague kick) | AF 28-17 | | 4 | 2:04 | NAVY | Jon Teague 37-yard field goal | AF 28-20 | | 4 | 0:19 | NAVY | Gee Gee Greene 5-yard pass from Kriss Proctor (Alexander Teich run) | Tied 28-28 | | OT | | NAVY | Kriss Proctor 1-yard run (kick failed) | NAVY 34-28 | | OT | | AF | Tim Jefferson 1-yard run (Parker Herrington kick) | AF 35-34 | |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Army | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | • Air Force | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 24 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | 9:19 | ARMY | Max Jenkins 1-yard run (Alex Carlton kick) | ARMY 7-0 | | 1 | 1:58 | ARMY | Larry Dixon 13-yard run (Alex Carlton kick) | ARMY 14-0 | | 3 | 11:55 | AF | Parker Herrington 37-yard field goal | ARMY 14-3 | | 3 | 4:54 | AF | Tim Jefferson 2-yard run (Asher Clark run) | ARMY 14-11 | | 3 | 3:35 | AF | Parker Herrington 35-yard field goal | Tied 14-14 | | 3 | 0:15 | AF | Tim Jefferson 1-yard run (Parker Herrington kick) | AF 21-14 | | 4 | 11:49 | AF | Parker Herrington 39-yard field goal | AF 24-14 | |
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