Air Force — Mountain West
HC
Troy Calhoun · Falcon Stadium · Colorado Springs, CO · 46,692 cap
PPA off / def
0.29 / 0.40
2025
Class rank
#141
class of 2026
Returning PPA
57%
returning production
2026 schedule
2025 results (4–8)
Statistical comps — 2025 Air Force's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (0 in / 4 out)
| Outgoing |
|---|
| Jordan Shuler | LB | → uncommitted |
| Trae Williams | CB | → Furman |
| Jeremiah Shelby | EDGE | → uncommitted |
| Dominic Diaz | LS | → uncommitted |
Origins
DeBerry won 169 games running the option against opponents with heavier rosters and no height limits. The Commander-in-Chief's Trophy is the only trophy that matters here, and Air Force has the most of them.
Founded 1954 · Established by Congress the year the Air Force needed its own academy · first football 1955 · defined by Fisher DeBerry
All-time record
All-time
436–356–12
1956–2025
Win %
55.0%
70 seasons played
Winning seasons
40
57% of seasons
By level: D-II 0–1 (1956–1956) · FBS 436–355–12 (1957–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 1998 | 12 | 1 | Western Athletic |
| 1985 | 12 | 1 | Western Athletic |
| 2019 | 11 | 2 | Mountain West |
| 1983 | 10 | 2 | Western Athletic |
| 2022 | 10 | 3 | Mountain West |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1956 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 347 | 81% |
43% | 67 of 136 | 5.4 | 11% |
| 2nd down | 259 | 78% |
49% | 12 of 136 | 7.3 | 15% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 63 | 92% |
68% | — | 4.5 | 6% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 48 | 71% |
46% | — | 5.3 | 10% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 39 | 46% |
28% | — | 5.6 | 13% |
| 4th down | 33 | 67% |
70% | — | 5.9 | 6% |
122 drives · 45% ended in points · 8.0 plays and 46.1 yards per drive · 1.94 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 5 | Hawai'i |
Liam Szarka pass complete to Cade Harris for 73 yds for a TD (Jacob Medina KICK) |
73 | 6.53 |
| 14 | Colorado State |
(09:59) #11 J.Johnson pass complete short right to #88 B.Fleischmann caught at CSU49, for … |
55 | 6.44 |
| 4 | Boise State |
Liam Szarka pass complete to Cade Harris for 74 yds to the BOIS 1 for a 1ST down |
74 | 5.84 |
| 1 | Bucknell |
Josh Johnson pass complete to Cade Harris for 62 yds for a TD (Jacob Medina KICK) |
62 | 4.95 |
| 6 | Navy |
Liam Szarka pass complete to Bruin Fleischmann for 68 yds to the NAVY 13 for a 1ST down |
68 | 4.31 |
| 11 | San José State |
End of 1st quarter. |
72 | 4.28 |
| 4 | Boise State |
Dylan Carson run for 64 yds to the BOIS 10 for a 1ST down |
64 | 4.23 |
| 6 | Navy |
Liam Szarka pass complete to Jonah Dawson for 53 yds for a TD (Jacob Medina KICK) |
53 | 4.10 |