Saturday, October 1
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10:00 am MT
Air Force Academy
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GAME 5: Air Force vs. Navy
9/26/2022 10:28:00 AM | Football
Saturday, Oct. 1, 10 a.m. MT, Falcon Stadium (Colorado Springs, CO)
GAME 5: Air Force vs. Navy
Saturday, Oct. 1, 10 a.m. MT, Falcon Stadium (Colorado Springs, CO)
BROADCAST INFORMATION
• Television: CBS
Rich Waltz (play-by-play), Aaron Taylor (analyst), Sherree Burruss (reporter), Gene Steratore (rules analyst)
• Radio: KVOR AM 740 in Colorado Springs, 104.3 the Fan in Denver
Jim Arthur (play-by-play), Jesse Kurtz (analyst)
THE SERIES
• Air Force leads the overall series, 32-22
• Air Force is 19-7 at home, 9-12 at Navy and 4-3 in neutral site games
• Air Force has won two straight and three of the last four overall
• The Falcons have won four straight at home, dating back to 2012
• Air Force defeated Navy, 40-7, in 2020 in the last meeting in Falcon Stadium
• The Falcons beat Navy, 23-3, last season in Annapolis to snap a streak of eight straight in the series won by the home team, dating back to 2012
• Air Force holds a 29-21 mark in Commander-in-Chief's Trophy competition (started in 1972)
• The winner of this game has gone on to win 21 of the last 25 CIC Trophies
• The team's first played in 1960 in Baltimore, Md., resulting in a 35-3 Navy win
LAST SEASON
(Nov. 11, 2021) Air Force defeated Navy, 23-3, in Annapolis on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Navy opened the scoring with a 23 yard field goal early in the second quarter. Air Force answered with the first of two Brad Roberts touchdown runs to take a 7-3 halftime lead. Haaziq Daniels scored on a 28-yard run late in the third quarter to make it 14-3. Following a safety, Roberts added his second TD run to make it 23-3 with 9:13 left. Roberts led the offense with 97 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries while Daniels added 51 yards and a score while hitting 3-10 passes for 49 yards. Air Force had 225 total yards, including 176 rushing. The story of the day, however, was the Air Force defense. The Falcons held Navy to just 68 total yards and six first downs. The Mids managed just one first down in the first three quarters. Air Force forced Navy to just 1-12 on third down, 1.1 yards per rush and 1.5 yards per play overall. TD Blackmon led the way with 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss. Demonte Meeks added nine tackles and a career-high two sacks.
THE LAST TIME IN FALCON STADIUM
(Oct. 3, 2020) Air Force defeated Navy, 40-7, in Falcon Stadium Oct. 3 in the season opener. Kicker Tevye Schuettpelz-Rohl opened the scoring with a career-best 48-yard field goal to give the Falcons a 3-0 lead in the first quarter. Navy answered with a 73-yard touchdown connection from Tyger Gosling to Myles Fells early in the second quarter to take a 7-3 lead. Haaziq Daniels scored his first-career touchdown on Air Force's next drive to put the Falcons in front for good, 10-7. Schuettpelz-Rohl added two more field goals to make it 16-7 at the half. Following a school-record-tying fourth field goal by Schuettpelz-Rohl to open the second half, the Falcons added three fourth-quarter touchdown runs to make up the final margin. Air Force rushed for 369 yards and had 410 total yards. The defense held Navy to just 241 total yards, 90 yards rushing and 10 first downs. Timothy Jackson led the offense with 118 yards rushing while Brad Roberts added 103 yards and a touchdown in his first-career game. Daniels added 96 yards rushing and a score while hitting 4-9 passes for 41 yards. Senior George Silvanic led the defense with seven tackles and 1.5 sacks. Freshman Alec Mock added seven tackles and a sack. Grant Donaldson chipped in with six tackles.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S TROPHY
The 2022 season marks 51st year of Commander-in-Chief's trophy competition. The trophy goes annually to the winning academy with the best record in the round-robin competition. The winning team goes to the White House to receive the trophy from the President of the United States. The Falcons have a series-best 63-37 overall record and 20 titles.
This series ended in a tie last season for the fifth time ever and first since 1993. The Falcons closed the competition with a 1-1 mark. Air Force opened the season series with a 23-3 win at Navy Sept. 11 and lost to Army, 21-14, in overtime in the Commanders' Classic at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, Nov. 6. Navy defeated Army, 17-13, Dec. 11, to force the tie.
Team Record Titles Last
Air Force 63-37-0 20 2016
Navy 52-47-1 16 2019
Army 34-65-1 9 2020
Air Force outright CIC title years:
'82, '83, '85, '87, '89, '90, '91, '92, '94, '95, '97, '98, '99, '00, '01, '02, '10, '11, '14, '16
AIR FORCE - NAVY TIES
Navy offensive assistant Chuck Petersen is a 1985 graduate of Air Force. Petersen spend 17 years as an assistant at Air Force, coaching running backs (1990), receivers (1991-96) and quarterback/fullbacks (1997-06). He was the primary play caller from 1997-06 and served as offensive coordinator from 2000-06. Petersen was a four-year letterwinner at cornerback and served as a team captain his senior year. As a player, he helped the program win the first two Commander-In-Chief's Trophies in school history and helped lead Air Force to its first two bowl wins in school history (Vanderbilt in the 1982 Hall of Fame Bowl and Ole Miss in the 1983 Independence Bowl).
AIR FORCE AT HOME
• Air Force is 69-23 in Falcon Stadium under head coach Troy Calhoun...the Falcons have won four straight dating back to last season.
• Air Force had a school-record 15-game winning streak from 2014 to Oct. 22, 2016.
• Air Force went 20-4 at home from 2014-17, posting the most wins in a four-year span, breaking the record of 19 set from 1982-85 and 1998-2001 when the program went 19-4 those years.
• Air Force set a record for the best three-year run from 2014-16 with a 17-1 record, breaking the mark of 15-2 from 1983-85.
• The Falcons have finished undefeated at home six times overall in school history, four coming under Calhoun.
Year Rec. Notes
2022 3-0 Air Force has beat Northern Iowa, Colorado and Nevada this season
2021 4-2 Air Force .500 or better for 14th time in 15 seasons under Calhoun
2020 2-1 Loss came to No. 25 Boise State
2019 6-0 Sixth undefeated season in program history, fourth under Calhoun
2018 4-2 Air Force posts four or more wins for ninth time in 12 seasons
2017 3-3 20 wins over four years is best four-year run in school history
2016 5-1 Air Force went 17-1 in home games from 2014-16
2015 6-0 Fifth 6-0 mark in AF history, third under Calhoun
2014 6-0 Fourth 6-0 mark in AF history, second under Calhoun
2013 2-5 Lone losing record in Calhoun era
2012 5-1 Second-best mark in school history
2011 4-3 Air Force goes 14-5 from 2009-11
2010 5-1 Combined with 2009, 10 wins in two seasons is third-best in AF history
2009 5-1 Second-best mark in school history
2008 3-3 Two losses at the hands of nationally ranked teams
2007 6-0 Just the third undefeated home record in school history
Total 69-23
AIR FORCE 24-6 LAST THREE SEASONS
Air Force is 24-6 the last three full seasons, excluding the COVID-shortened 2020 season. Air Force is 3-1 this season, finished 10-3 last season and 11-2 in 2019. The five losses have come at Wyoming this season, vs. Utah State, San Diego State and Army (N) last season and at Boise State and Navy in 2019.
• The Falcons are 14-4 in conference play, including a 1-1 mark this season. Air Force shared the Mountain Division title with a 6-2 mark last season and finished second with a 7-1 mark in 2019.
NATIONAL RANKINGS
Air Force is among others receiving votes in the AFCA Coaches poll for the fifth straight week. The Falcons are 36th with eight points. Air Force received votes in the Associated Press poll the first three weeks of the season, but have not received votes the last two weeks.
AIR FORCE VS. NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS
Air Force is 45-27 against non-conference opponents under head coach Troy Calhoun. The Falcons are 29-4 at home, 9-17 on the road and 7-6 in neutral site games. Air Force is 2-0 this season following a 48-17 victory over Northern Iowa and a 41-10 win vs. Colorado.
AN AIR FORCE WIN WOULD
• Air Force would improve to 4-1 overall.
• Air Force would improve to 33-22 all-time vs. Navy, including a 20-7 mark at home.
• Air Force would win its third straight and fourth in the last five meetings vs. Navy.
• Air Force would win its fifth straight at home in the series, dating back to 2012.
• Air Force would improve to 30-21 in Commander-in-Chief's Trophy competition vs. Navy.
• Air Force would improve to a series-best 64-37 all-time in Commander-in-Chief's Trophy games since 1972.
• Air Force would be one win away from a record 21st CIC trophy title, its first since 2016.
• Air Force would improve to 25-6 the last three full seasons, excluding the COVID-shortened 2020 season.
• Air Force would improve to 70-23 in Falcon Stadium under head coach Troy Calhoun and post its fifth straight win dating back to last season.
• Air Force would improve to 3-0 this season vs. non-conference opponents. The Falcons would improve to 46-27 under head coach Troy Calhoun, including a 30-4 mark at home.
LAST WEEK
Air Force defeated Nevada, 48-20, in Falcon Stadium. Air Force jumped to a 10-0 first-quarter lead behind a field goal from Matthew Dapore and an 80-yard touchdown connection from Ben Brittain to David Cormier. Following a Nevada touchdown, Brad Roberts added the first two of his three touchdown runs to give the Falcons a 24-7 halftime lead. Roberts added his third touchdown run to open the third quarter to push the lead to 31-7. Dapore added a 51-yard field goal and Emmanual Michel scored a 26-yard rushing touchdown to give Air Force a commanding 41-7 lead late in the third quarter. Nevada scored two late touchdowns and Air Force added another to make up the final margin. The Falcons finished with 541 total yards, including 461 rushing. Roberts led the way with 123 yards and a career-high three touchdowns on 20 carries. John Lee Eldridge III added 102 yards rushing. Air Force had 30 first downs, held the ball for 43:41 and was 10-15 on third down conversions. The defense held Nevada to 242 total yards and 11 first downs. Alec Mock led the defense with eight tackles. Toa Taua led the Wolf Pack with 73 yards rushing and two touchdowns on seven carries.
Saturday, Oct. 1, 10 a.m. MT, Falcon Stadium (Colorado Springs, CO)
BROADCAST INFORMATION
• Television: CBS
Rich Waltz (play-by-play), Aaron Taylor (analyst), Sherree Burruss (reporter), Gene Steratore (rules analyst)
• Radio: KVOR AM 740 in Colorado Springs, 104.3 the Fan in Denver
Jim Arthur (play-by-play), Jesse Kurtz (analyst)
THE SERIES
• Air Force leads the overall series, 32-22
• Air Force is 19-7 at home, 9-12 at Navy and 4-3 in neutral site games
• Air Force has won two straight and three of the last four overall
• The Falcons have won four straight at home, dating back to 2012
• Air Force defeated Navy, 40-7, in 2020 in the last meeting in Falcon Stadium
• The Falcons beat Navy, 23-3, last season in Annapolis to snap a streak of eight straight in the series won by the home team, dating back to 2012
• Air Force holds a 29-21 mark in Commander-in-Chief's Trophy competition (started in 1972)
• The winner of this game has gone on to win 21 of the last 25 CIC Trophies
• The team's first played in 1960 in Baltimore, Md., resulting in a 35-3 Navy win
LAST SEASON
(Nov. 11, 2021) Air Force defeated Navy, 23-3, in Annapolis on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Navy opened the scoring with a 23 yard field goal early in the second quarter. Air Force answered with the first of two Brad Roberts touchdown runs to take a 7-3 halftime lead. Haaziq Daniels scored on a 28-yard run late in the third quarter to make it 14-3. Following a safety, Roberts added his second TD run to make it 23-3 with 9:13 left. Roberts led the offense with 97 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries while Daniels added 51 yards and a score while hitting 3-10 passes for 49 yards. Air Force had 225 total yards, including 176 rushing. The story of the day, however, was the Air Force defense. The Falcons held Navy to just 68 total yards and six first downs. The Mids managed just one first down in the first three quarters. Air Force forced Navy to just 1-12 on third down, 1.1 yards per rush and 1.5 yards per play overall. TD Blackmon led the way with 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss. Demonte Meeks added nine tackles and a career-high two sacks.
THE LAST TIME IN FALCON STADIUM
(Oct. 3, 2020) Air Force defeated Navy, 40-7, in Falcon Stadium Oct. 3 in the season opener. Kicker Tevye Schuettpelz-Rohl opened the scoring with a career-best 48-yard field goal to give the Falcons a 3-0 lead in the first quarter. Navy answered with a 73-yard touchdown connection from Tyger Gosling to Myles Fells early in the second quarter to take a 7-3 lead. Haaziq Daniels scored his first-career touchdown on Air Force's next drive to put the Falcons in front for good, 10-7. Schuettpelz-Rohl added two more field goals to make it 16-7 at the half. Following a school-record-tying fourth field goal by Schuettpelz-Rohl to open the second half, the Falcons added three fourth-quarter touchdown runs to make up the final margin. Air Force rushed for 369 yards and had 410 total yards. The defense held Navy to just 241 total yards, 90 yards rushing and 10 first downs. Timothy Jackson led the offense with 118 yards rushing while Brad Roberts added 103 yards and a touchdown in his first-career game. Daniels added 96 yards rushing and a score while hitting 4-9 passes for 41 yards. Senior George Silvanic led the defense with seven tackles and 1.5 sacks. Freshman Alec Mock added seven tackles and a sack. Grant Donaldson chipped in with six tackles.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S TROPHY
The 2022 season marks 51st year of Commander-in-Chief's trophy competition. The trophy goes annually to the winning academy with the best record in the round-robin competition. The winning team goes to the White House to receive the trophy from the President of the United States. The Falcons have a series-best 63-37 overall record and 20 titles.
This series ended in a tie last season for the fifth time ever and first since 1993. The Falcons closed the competition with a 1-1 mark. Air Force opened the season series with a 23-3 win at Navy Sept. 11 and lost to Army, 21-14, in overtime in the Commanders' Classic at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, Nov. 6. Navy defeated Army, 17-13, Dec. 11, to force the tie.
Team Record Titles Last
Air Force 63-37-0 20 2016
Navy 52-47-1 16 2019
Army 34-65-1 9 2020
Air Force outright CIC title years:
'82, '83, '85, '87, '89, '90, '91, '92, '94, '95, '97, '98, '99, '00, '01, '02, '10, '11, '14, '16
AIR FORCE - NAVY TIES
Navy offensive assistant Chuck Petersen is a 1985 graduate of Air Force. Petersen spend 17 years as an assistant at Air Force, coaching running backs (1990), receivers (1991-96) and quarterback/fullbacks (1997-06). He was the primary play caller from 1997-06 and served as offensive coordinator from 2000-06. Petersen was a four-year letterwinner at cornerback and served as a team captain his senior year. As a player, he helped the program win the first two Commander-In-Chief's Trophies in school history and helped lead Air Force to its first two bowl wins in school history (Vanderbilt in the 1982 Hall of Fame Bowl and Ole Miss in the 1983 Independence Bowl).
AIR FORCE AT HOME
• Air Force is 69-23 in Falcon Stadium under head coach Troy Calhoun...the Falcons have won four straight dating back to last season.
• Air Force had a school-record 15-game winning streak from 2014 to Oct. 22, 2016.
• Air Force went 20-4 at home from 2014-17, posting the most wins in a four-year span, breaking the record of 19 set from 1982-85 and 1998-2001 when the program went 19-4 those years.
• Air Force set a record for the best three-year run from 2014-16 with a 17-1 record, breaking the mark of 15-2 from 1983-85.
• The Falcons have finished undefeated at home six times overall in school history, four coming under Calhoun.
Year Rec. Notes
2022 3-0 Air Force has beat Northern Iowa, Colorado and Nevada this season
2021 4-2 Air Force .500 or better for 14th time in 15 seasons under Calhoun
2020 2-1 Loss came to No. 25 Boise State
2019 6-0 Sixth undefeated season in program history, fourth under Calhoun
2018 4-2 Air Force posts four or more wins for ninth time in 12 seasons
2017 3-3 20 wins over four years is best four-year run in school history
2016 5-1 Air Force went 17-1 in home games from 2014-16
2015 6-0 Fifth 6-0 mark in AF history, third under Calhoun
2014 6-0 Fourth 6-0 mark in AF history, second under Calhoun
2013 2-5 Lone losing record in Calhoun era
2012 5-1 Second-best mark in school history
2011 4-3 Air Force goes 14-5 from 2009-11
2010 5-1 Combined with 2009, 10 wins in two seasons is third-best in AF history
2009 5-1 Second-best mark in school history
2008 3-3 Two losses at the hands of nationally ranked teams
2007 6-0 Just the third undefeated home record in school history
Total 69-23
AIR FORCE 24-6 LAST THREE SEASONS
Air Force is 24-6 the last three full seasons, excluding the COVID-shortened 2020 season. Air Force is 3-1 this season, finished 10-3 last season and 11-2 in 2019. The five losses have come at Wyoming this season, vs. Utah State, San Diego State and Army (N) last season and at Boise State and Navy in 2019.
• The Falcons are 14-4 in conference play, including a 1-1 mark this season. Air Force shared the Mountain Division title with a 6-2 mark last season and finished second with a 7-1 mark in 2019.
NATIONAL RANKINGS
Air Force is among others receiving votes in the AFCA Coaches poll for the fifth straight week. The Falcons are 36th with eight points. Air Force received votes in the Associated Press poll the first three weeks of the season, but have not received votes the last two weeks.
AIR FORCE VS. NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS
Air Force is 45-27 against non-conference opponents under head coach Troy Calhoun. The Falcons are 29-4 at home, 9-17 on the road and 7-6 in neutral site games. Air Force is 2-0 this season following a 48-17 victory over Northern Iowa and a 41-10 win vs. Colorado.
AN AIR FORCE WIN WOULD
• Air Force would improve to 4-1 overall.
• Air Force would improve to 33-22 all-time vs. Navy, including a 20-7 mark at home.
• Air Force would win its third straight and fourth in the last five meetings vs. Navy.
• Air Force would win its fifth straight at home in the series, dating back to 2012.
• Air Force would improve to 30-21 in Commander-in-Chief's Trophy competition vs. Navy.
• Air Force would improve to a series-best 64-37 all-time in Commander-in-Chief's Trophy games since 1972.
• Air Force would be one win away from a record 21st CIC trophy title, its first since 2016.
• Air Force would improve to 25-6 the last three full seasons, excluding the COVID-shortened 2020 season.
• Air Force would improve to 70-23 in Falcon Stadium under head coach Troy Calhoun and post its fifth straight win dating back to last season.
• Air Force would improve to 3-0 this season vs. non-conference opponents. The Falcons would improve to 46-27 under head coach Troy Calhoun, including a 30-4 mark at home.
LAST WEEK
Air Force defeated Nevada, 48-20, in Falcon Stadium. Air Force jumped to a 10-0 first-quarter lead behind a field goal from Matthew Dapore and an 80-yard touchdown connection from Ben Brittain to David Cormier. Following a Nevada touchdown, Brad Roberts added the first two of his three touchdown runs to give the Falcons a 24-7 halftime lead. Roberts added his third touchdown run to open the third quarter to push the lead to 31-7. Dapore added a 51-yard field goal and Emmanual Michel scored a 26-yard rushing touchdown to give Air Force a commanding 41-7 lead late in the third quarter. Nevada scored two late touchdowns and Air Force added another to make up the final margin. The Falcons finished with 541 total yards, including 461 rushing. Roberts led the way with 123 yards and a career-high three touchdowns on 20 carries. John Lee Eldridge III added 102 yards rushing. Air Force had 30 first downs, held the ball for 43:41 and was 10-15 on third down conversions. The defense held Nevada to 242 total yards and 11 first downs. Alec Mock led the defense with eight tackles. Toa Taua led the Wolf Pack with 73 yards rushing and two touchdowns on seven carries.
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