Air Force Academy
San Diego State
Falcons Fall At San Diego State, 19-12
10/21/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 21, 2006
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Garrett Palmer kicked a 30-yard field goal with 2 seconds left to help San Diego State get its first win of the season, 19-12 over Air Force on Saturday night.
San Diego State (1-5, 1-2 Mountain West) also snapped a six-game losing streak dating to last season and avoided setting a record for the worst start in the school's 86-year football history.
San Diego State scored a touchdown with no time remaining when Air Force, trailing 13-12, tried to lateral the kickoff after Palmer's field goal. Freddy Dunkle recovered the loose ball in the end zone.
Air Force (3-3, 3-1) had a chance to tie the game after Jacobe Kendrick scored on a 9-yard run early in the fourth quarter. But Zach Sasser missed the extra point. The Falcons were called for a false start on the first PAT try.
Sasser, who also missed a 49-yard field-goal attempt, tied the score at 3-all on a 24-yard field goal at the 9:49 mark of the third quarter.
Kevin Craft hit Chaz Schilens with a 49-yard touchdown pass to give San Diego State a 10-3 lead midway through the third quarter. The play was the longest from scrimmage this season for the Aztecs.
Palmer's 35-yard field goal gave the Aztecs a 3-0 halftime lead.
Freshman Atiyyah Henderson gained 142 yards on 25 carries for San Diego State.
