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Overall, Air Force has participated in 30 bowl games, and has a 16–13–1 all-time postseason record. The first Air Force bowl game was the 1959 Cotton Bowl, a 0–0 tie with TCU. This was one of two major bowls Air Force has played in, the other being a 34–13 loss to Tennessee in the 1971 Sugar Bowl.
They recorded 10 straight wins to start the season, climbed the polls to No. 2 in the nation, but lost to BYU 28–21 in the penultimate game of the regular season. Air Force rebounded with a bowl game win over Texas in the Bluebonnet Bowl and finished with a 12–1 record as the No. 5 ranked team in the nation.
The 1959 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 23rd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, January 1.Part of the 1958–59 bowl game season, it matched the independent and sixth-ranked Air Force Falcons and the No. 10 TCU Horned Frogs of the Southwest Conference (SWC).
Pages in category "Air Force Falcons football bowl games" ... List of Air Force Falcons bowl games; 0–9. 1959 Cotton Bowl Classic; 1963 Gator Bowl; 1971 Sugar Bowl;
19: Combined win total between James Madison and Air Force is tied for the second-most by opponents entering the game in the 21 years of the bowl. TCU and Boise State were both 11-1 before the ...
The Fort Worth bowl is the only one to host all three military academy teams. Air Force in Armed Forces Bowl for record 6th time; Baylor is first Big 12 team since ’05 Skip to main content
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The Air Force Falcons football team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the United States Air Force Academy. Since 1999, the Falcons have competed as a charter member of the Mountain West Conference. Following the split of the Mountain West Conference into two ...