2005 Air Force Falcons football team

The 2005 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were a member of the Mountain West Conference. The Falcons were coached by Fisher DeBerry and played their home games at Falcon Stadium. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in seventh place.

2005 Air Force Falcons football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	4–7 (3–5 MW)
Head coach	Fisher DeBerry (22nd season)
Offensive scheme	Wishbone triple option
Defensive coordinator	Richard Bell (11th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Falcon Stadium (Capacity: 46,692)

2005 Mountain West Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 TCU $		8	–	0					11	–	1
BYU		5	–	3					6	–	6
Colorado State		5	–	3					6	–	6
Utah		4	–	4					7	–	5
New Mexico		4	–	4					6	–	5
San Diego State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Air Force		3	–	5					4	–	7
Wyoming		2	–	6					4	–	7
UNLV		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	1:30 p.m.	at Washington*	Qwest Field Seattle, WA	ABC	W 20–17	26,482
September 10	12:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN360	W 41–29	30,101
September 17	12:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO		L 28–29	41,240
September 22	5:30 p.m.	at Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	L 35–38	41,935
September 29	5:30 p.m.	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)	ESPN	L 23–41	26,711
October 8	11:30 a.m.	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CSTV	L 24–27	35,211
October 15	10:00 a.m.	UNLV	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	SPW	W 42–7	30,573
October 22	1:00 p.m.	No. 21 TCU	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN+	L 10–48	33,210
October 29	1:00 p.m.	at BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN+	L 41–62	57,687
November 5	1:30 p.m.	Army*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	ESPN Classic	L 24–27	44,782
November 19	12:30 p.m.	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM		W 42–24	33,791
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Personnel

2005 Air Force Falcons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Shaun Carney So SB Chad Hall So	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Fisher DeBerry Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt