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2010 Air Force

9–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Mountain West Conference), coached by Troy Calhoun.

Schedule and results

Air Force in 2010, game by game: won vs. Northwestern State 65–21; won vs. BYU 35–14; lost at No. 7 Oklahoma 24–27; won at Wyoming 20–14; won vs. Navy 14–6; won vs. Colorado State 49–27; lost at San Diego State 25–27; lost at No. 4 TCU 7–38; lost vs. No. 8 Utah 23–28; won at Army 42–22; won vs. New Mexico 48–23; won at UNLV 35–20; won vs. Georgia Tech 14–7+44−31Won 65–21 vs. Northwestern State+44Northwestern St…Won 35–14 vs. BYU+21BYULost 24–27 at No. 7 Oklahoma-3No. 7 OklahomaWon 20–14 at Wyoming+6WyomingWon 14–6 vs. Navy+8NavyWon 49–27 vs. Colorado State+22Colorado StateLost 25–27 at San Diego State-2San Diego StateLost 7–38 at No. 4 TCU-31No. 4 TCULost 23–28 vs. No. 8 Utah-5No. 8 UtahWon 42–22 at Army+20ArmyWon 48–23 vs. New Mexico+25New MexicoWon 35–20 at UNLV+15UNLVWon 14–7 vs. Georgia Tech+7Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsNorthwestern StateW 65–⁠2193%
Sep 11vsBYUW 35–⁠1448%
Sep 18at7OklahomaL 24–⁠2732%
Sep 25atWyomingW 20–⁠1464%
Oct 2vsNavyW 14–⁠661%
Oct 9vsColorado StateW 49–⁠2788%
Oct 16atSan Diego StateL 25–⁠2767%
Oct 23at4TCUL 7–⁠3825%
Oct 30vs8UtahL 23–⁠2841%
Nov 6atArmyW 42–⁠2260%
Nov 13vsNew MexicoW 48–⁠2391%
Nov 18atUNLVW 35–⁠2076%
Dec 27Bowls & playoffvsGeorgia TechIndependence BowlW 14–⁠761%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia Tech 14–⁠7 in the Independence Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Mountain West Conference.

In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 71 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 25
  2. Wk 7: 23
Record
9–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Mountain West Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 23
Points
401–⁠274
Coach
Troy Calhoun
Elo
1644 +76 this season
SP+ rating
3.9 No. 56 of 120; offense No. 44, defense No. 50, special teams No. 105
SRS
7.4 No. 36 of 120 in FBS
Recruiting class
No. 120
Offensive coordinators
Clay Hendrix, Blane Morgan and Mike Thiessen
Defensive coordinators
Matt Wallerstedt and Charlton Warren
Offense
Triple option
Defense
Multiple

How good, play by play

  • Offense15th of 120
  • Defense70th of 120
  • Offense, opponent-adjusted17th of 120
  • Defense, opponent-adjusted85th of 120
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense0.1343%1.0215th of 120
Defense0.0643%0.9170th of 120
Opponent-adjusted0.10 off
0.06 def		43% off
43% def		—17th off
85th def
How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season. The opponent-adjusted row (offense / defense) is CollegeFootballData.com’s WEPA, which accounts for who each team played.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 302% allowed
Defense0.0own 312% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Player leaders are hidden for this season: our source’s player stats for Air Force are missing players (they add up to less than 85% of the team’s passing or rushing yards).

Top recruits in the 2010 class

Antonio Andrews DUAL★★★No. 1492
Sean Craig TE★★★No. 1492

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2010 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks13.00.833
Receivers13.00.833
Whole class23.00.833

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Roster 96

The 2010 roster

96 players, with numbers, heights, hometowns and each player’s 2010 line; 35 have a stat line. See the roster

2010 Mountain West Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
TCU8–⁠013–⁠02
Utah7–⁠110–⁠3
Air Force5–⁠39–⁠4
San Diego State5–⁠39–⁠4
BYU5–⁠37–⁠6
Colorado State2–⁠63–⁠9
UNLV2–⁠62–⁠11
Wyoming1–⁠73–⁠9
New Mexico1–⁠71–⁠11

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