Air Force football meets with media to discuss Wyoming game
10/14/2025 3:39:00 PM | Football
Air Force Head Coach Troy Calhoun, along with senior offensive lineman Trevor Tate and junior inside linebacker Dallas Daley met with the media to discuss the upcoming Wyoming game.
Air Force leads the overall series vs. Wyoming, 31-28-3, and has a 22-21 mark in conference games. The Falcons are 19-12-1 at home, 11-16-2 in Laramie and 1-0 in neutral site games.
Wyoming defeated Air Force, 31-19, in 2024 in Laramie in the last meeting to win its fifth straight in the series in Laramie. Air Force took a 13-7 halftime lead behind 13 unanswered points in the second quarter. The Cowboys opened the scoring with a Sam Scott touchdown run. Air Force opened its scoring with a 28-yard field goal by Matthew Dapore. Kade Frew scored on a four-yard run, the first touchdown of his career, to give Air Force the lead, 10-7. Dapore closed the scoring with a 27-yard field goal. Wyoming opened the second half with an Evan Svoboda touchdown run and Tyler King added a second to put the Cowboys in front, 21-13. John Hoyland added a 23-yard field goal to extend the lead to 24-13 early in the fourth. Aiden Calvert scored on a career-long 37-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 24-19. The two-point conversion failed. Svoboda clinched it for Wyoming with his second touchdown run, this one from 17 yards to make up the final margin. The Cowboys finished with 361 total yards and held the ball for 31:28. Air Force had 320 total yards. Calvert led the rushing attack with 54 yards while Frew chipped in with 52. John Busha hit 6-13 passes for 115 yards. Cade Harris recorded season highs with five catches for 106 yards. Jamari Bellamy led the defense with a career-high 11 tackles.
Air Force overcame a 14-0 first-quarter deficit to defeat Wyoming, 34-27, in 2023 in the last meeting in Falcon Stadium. The Cowboys jumped to a 14-0 lead with an Andrew Peasley touchdown run and pass. Owen Burk got the Falcons on the board with a 15-yard TD run to cut the lead to 14-7 late in the first quarter. John Lee Eldridge III tied the score midway through the second quarter with a 17-yard touchdown reception from Zac Larrier. Following another Peasley TD pass, Matthew Dapore kicked a 24-yard field goal to make it 21-17 at the half. The Falcons opened the second half with a 17-play, 75-yard touchdown march that took the first 10:13 off the clock and took their first lead, 24-21, when Larrier capped the drive with a one-yard run. Dapore added a 43-yard field goal to make it 27-21 with 11:31 left in the fourth. Peasley threw his third TD pass of the game to tie the score at 27-all. Trey Taylor kept it tied, blocking the PAT. Eldridge III clinched it for Air Force with a 58-yard scoring run to make up the final margin. Air Force finished with 414 total yards, including 356 rushing. Larrier led the way with a career-high 111 yards rushing while Emmanuel Michel chipped in with 97 yards. The defense was led by Taylor, who had a season-high 10 tackles, a tackle for loss and the blocked PAT. Alec Mock added 10 tackles and Bo Richter had two tackles for loss and a sack.
Air Force leads the overall series vs. Wyoming, 31-28-3, and has a 22-21 mark in conference games. The Falcons are 19-12-1 at home, 11-16-2 in Laramie and 1-0 in neutral site games.
Wyoming defeated Air Force, 31-19, in 2024 in Laramie in the last meeting to win its fifth straight in the series in Laramie. Air Force took a 13-7 halftime lead behind 13 unanswered points in the second quarter. The Cowboys opened the scoring with a Sam Scott touchdown run. Air Force opened its scoring with a 28-yard field goal by Matthew Dapore. Kade Frew scored on a four-yard run, the first touchdown of his career, to give Air Force the lead, 10-7. Dapore closed the scoring with a 27-yard field goal. Wyoming opened the second half with an Evan Svoboda touchdown run and Tyler King added a second to put the Cowboys in front, 21-13. John Hoyland added a 23-yard field goal to extend the lead to 24-13 early in the fourth. Aiden Calvert scored on a career-long 37-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 24-19. The two-point conversion failed. Svoboda clinched it for Wyoming with his second touchdown run, this one from 17 yards to make up the final margin. The Cowboys finished with 361 total yards and held the ball for 31:28. Air Force had 320 total yards. Calvert led the rushing attack with 54 yards while Frew chipped in with 52. John Busha hit 6-13 passes for 115 yards. Cade Harris recorded season highs with five catches for 106 yards. Jamari Bellamy led the defense with a career-high 11 tackles.
Air Force overcame a 14-0 first-quarter deficit to defeat Wyoming, 34-27, in 2023 in the last meeting in Falcon Stadium. The Cowboys jumped to a 14-0 lead with an Andrew Peasley touchdown run and pass. Owen Burk got the Falcons on the board with a 15-yard TD run to cut the lead to 14-7 late in the first quarter. John Lee Eldridge III tied the score midway through the second quarter with a 17-yard touchdown reception from Zac Larrier. Following another Peasley TD pass, Matthew Dapore kicked a 24-yard field goal to make it 21-17 at the half. The Falcons opened the second half with a 17-play, 75-yard touchdown march that took the first 10:13 off the clock and took their first lead, 24-21, when Larrier capped the drive with a one-yard run. Dapore added a 43-yard field goal to make it 27-21 with 11:31 left in the fourth. Peasley threw his third TD pass of the game to tie the score at 27-all. Trey Taylor kept it tied, blocking the PAT. Eldridge III clinched it for Air Force with a 58-yard scoring run to make up the final margin. Air Force finished with 414 total yards, including 356 rushing. Larrier led the way with a career-high 111 yards rushing while Emmanuel Michel chipped in with 97 yards. The defense was led by Taylor, who had a season-high 10 tackles, a tackle for loss and the blocked PAT. Alec Mock added 10 tackles and Bo Richter had two tackles for loss and a sack.
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