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1995 Air Force

8–⁠5 (6–⁠2 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Fisher DeBerry.

Schedule and results

Air Force in 1995, game by game: won vs. BYU 38–12; won vs. Wyoming 34–10; lost vs. Colorado State 20–27; lost at Northwestern 6–30; won at New Mexico 27–24; won vs. UTEP 56–46; won at Navy 30–20; lost at Utah 21–22; won at Fresno State 31–20; won vs. Army 38–20; lost vs. No. 8 Notre Dame 14–44; won at Hawai’i 45–28; lost vs. Texas Tech 41–55+26−30Won 38–12 vs. BYU+26BYUWon 34–10 vs. Wyoming+24WyomingLost 20–27 vs. Colorado State-7Colorado StateLost 6–30 at Northwestern-24NorthwesternWon 27–24 at New Mexico+3New MexicoWon 56–46 vs. UTEP+10UTEPWon 30–20 at Navy+10NavyLost 21–22 at Utah-1UtahWon 31–20 at Fresno State+11Fresno StateWon 38–20 vs. Army+18ArmyLost 14–44 vs. No. 8 Notre Dame-30No. 8 Notre DameWon 45–28 at Hawai’i+17Hawai’iLost 41–55 vs. Texas Tech-14Texas Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsBYUW 38–⁠1254%
Sep 9vsWyomingW 34–⁠1068%
Sep 16vsColorado StateL 20–⁠2763%
Sep 23atNorthwesternL 6–⁠3062%
Sep 30atNew MexicoW 27–⁠2447%
Oct 7vsUTEPW 56–⁠4683%
Oct 14atNavyW 30–⁠2063%
Oct 21atUtahL 21–⁠2242%
Oct 28atFresno StateW 31–⁠2051%
Nov 11vsArmyW 38–⁠2074%
Nov 18vs8Notre DameL 14–⁠4443%
Nov 25atHawai’iW 45–⁠2866%
Dec 27Bowls & playoffvsTexas TechCopper BowlL 41–⁠5545%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas Tech 55–⁠41 in the Copper Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Western Athletic Conference champions.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 71 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 21

Western Athletic Conference champions6–⁠2 in the conference, shared with BYU, Colorado State and Utah

Record
8–⁠5
Conference
6–⁠2 shared first in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 21
Points
401–⁠358
Coach
Fisher DeBerry
Elo
1557 +18 this season
SP+ rating
8.9 No. 37 of 107; offense No. 14, defense No. 71
SRS
2.9 No. 44 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Paul Hamilton
Defensive coordinators
Richard Bell and Cal McCombs
Offense
Wishbone triple option
Defense
3–⁠4

All-WAC

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Beau MorganQBCoaches-1
  • Bret CillessenOLCoaches-1
  • Brian McCrayLBCoaches-1

Second team

  • Cameron CurryDLCoaches-2
  • LeRon HudginsDBCoaches-2
  • Kelvin KingDBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado State6–⁠28–⁠4
BYU6–⁠27–⁠4
Utah6–⁠27–⁠4
Air Force6–⁠28–⁠5
San Diego State5–⁠38–⁠4
Wyoming4–⁠46–⁠5
Fresno State2–⁠65–⁠7
New Mexico2–⁠64–⁠7
Hawai’i2–⁠64–⁠8
UTEP1–⁠72–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.