Air Force vs. Arizona

Air Force and Arizona have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1959; Air Force leads the series 6–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Air Force 6–⁠3.

Scheduled 2029 at Arizona; 2031 at Air Force. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Air Force wins
6
Arizona wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1959
Longest streak
4 Air Force
Current streak
1 Arizona
Last 10 meetings
Air Force 6–⁠3
Most recent
1974

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s1–⁠0
1960s3–⁠2
1970s2–⁠1
Average margin
7.8 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Air Force
1–⁠2 Air Force’s record at home
At Arizona
1–⁠4 Arizona’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Air Force first
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Air Force’s biggest win1965: Air Force 34, Arizona 7by 27 points
  2. Arizona’s biggest win1968: Arizona 14, Air Force 10by 4 points
  3. Upset1962: Air Force 20, Arizona 6Air Force had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsAir ForceSeriesArizona
1959–⁠1965Ben Martin4–⁠0Jim LaRue

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Air Force’s side (Martin 4–⁠0 against LaRue). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Air Force and Arizona, 1959 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Every game

Nov 16, 1974Arizona 27, Air Force 24at Air Force
Nov 17, 1973Air Force 27, 19Arizona 26at Arizona
Oct 31, 19707Air Force 23, Arizona 20at Arizona
Nov 9, 1968Arizona 14, Air Force 10at Air Force
Nov 18, 1967Arizona 14, Air Force 10at Arizona
Nov 13, 1965Air Force 34, Arizona 7at Arizona
Oct 31, 1964Air Force 7, Arizona 0at Air Force
Oct 13, 1962Air Force 20, Arizona 6at Arizona
Nov 14, 1959Air Force 22, Arizona 15Neutral site

Every game is listed as played on the field.