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Quick Facts General Information Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colorado Springs, CO Enrollment:. . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000 Founded:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1954 Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . Falcons School Colors: . . . . . . . . . Blue and Silver Stadium (Cap.) . . . . . . . . . Falcon Stadium (52,480) Surface: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Grass Conference: . . . . . . . . . . . Mountain West Superintendent:. . . . . . . . . Lt. Gen. John R. Dallager (Air Force, 1966) Athletic Director: . . . . . . . Col. Randall W. Spetman (Air Force, 1976) Athletic Phone: . . . . . . . . . 719-333-4008; Fax: 719-333-4009 Ticket Mgr/Phone: . . . . . . Chris Peludat / 800-666-USAF Spring Dates: . . . . . . . . . . April 2-26 (Blue/Silver Game, April 26) Practice Days:. . . . . . . . . . April 2,3,4,5,8,9,10,12,15,16,17,19,22,23,26 Practice Times: . . . . . . . . . Weekdays, 3:30 p.m.; Weekends, TBA

Air Force History First Year:. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1956 All-Time Record: . . . . . . . 283-234-13 (47 seasons) Home: 151-97-3; Away/Neutral: 132-137-10 Bowl Record: . . . . . . . . . . 8-8-1 Last Bowl: . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 San Francisco Bowl (Va Tech 20, AFA 13)

Media Relations Asst. A.D./Media Rel:. . . . Troy Garnhart (Football Contact) Office Phone: . . . . . . . . . . 719-333-9263 Cell: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719-440-6134 Home Phone: . . . . . . . . . . 719-282-9372 Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . troy.garnhart@usafa.af.mil MR Office Phone:. . . . . . . 719-333-2313 MR Office Fax:. . . . . . . . . 719-333-3798 MR Mailing:. . . . . . . . . . . 2169 Field House Dr.; USAF Academy, CO 80840 Website: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.airforcesports.com Press Box Phone: . . . . . . . 719-333-1100 Secondary Contact:. . . . . . Dave Toller Office Phone: . . . . . . . . . . 719-333-3478 Cell: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719-440-6101 Home Phone: . . . . . . . . . . 719-528-8246 Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dave.toller@usafa.af.mil

Coaching Staff Head Coach:. . . . . . . . . . . Fisher DeBerry (Wofford, 1960) School Record: . . . . . . . . . 149-83-1 (19 years); Bowls: 6-6 Career Record: . . . . . . . . . Same Football Phone/Fax: . . . . . 719-333-3836; Fax: 719-333-6762 Best Time for Coach: . . . . By appointment with football office/MR Office Assistant Coaches Richard Bell (Arkansas, 1959) 9th year . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive Coord./ILBs Ron Burton (No. Carolina, 1987) 1st year . . . . . . . . . . Defensive Line Dean Campbell (Texas, 1972) 4th year. . . . . . . . . . . . . Running Backs Dick Enga (Minnesota, 1963) 26th year . . . . . . . . . . . . Tight Ends Capt. Steve Fernandez (Air Force, 1998), 2nd year . . . Varsity/JV Assistant Lt. Col. Jeff Hays (Air Force, 1984) 7th year . . . . . . . . Kickers Tim Horton (Arkansas, 1990) 5th year. . . . . . . . . . . . . Receivers Tom Miller (Cortland State, 1969) 20th year . . . . . . . . Special Teams/FALs Capt. Blane Morgan (Air Force, 1999) 1st year . . . . . . Varsity/JV Assistant Chuck Petersen (Air Force, 1985) 14th year. . . . . . . . . Off. Coord./QBs/FBs John Reagan (Syracuse, 1994) 1st year . . . . . . . . . . . . Offensive Line Vic Shealy (Richmond, 1984), 5th year . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive Backs

Team Information 2002 Record. . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-0 Conference: . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 (T 3rd) Final Ranking: . . . . . . . . . None Basic Offense: . . . . . . . . . Multiple Option Basic Defense: . . . . . . . . . Multiple 3-3-5 Lettermen Returning: . . . . 51 (26 offense, 22 defense, 3 kickers) Lettermen Lost: . . . . . . . . 20 (11 offense, 8 defense, 1 kickers) Starters Returning: . . . . . . 16 (7 offense, 7 defense, 2 kickers) Starters Lost:. . . . . . . . . . . 8 (4 offense, 4 defense, 0 kickers) Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

Offensive Starters Lost 80 Ricky Amezaga, WR; 68 Wayne Southam, OC; 9 Leotis Palmer, HB; 24 Tom Heier, HB. Defensive Starters Lost 51 Anthony Schlegel, ILB; 47 Mark Marsh, DB; 21 Joel Buelow, DB; 8 Wes Crawley, DB. Offensive Starters Returning 86 Adam Strecker, TE; 77 Brett Waller, OT, 63 Brett Huyser, OG; 75 Jessie Underbakke, OG; 61 Blane Neufeld, OT; 11 Chance Harridge, QB; 40 Steve Massie, FB. Defensive Starters Returning 42 Monty Coleman, DL, 90 Charles Bueker, DL; 95 Nick Taylor, DL; 44 Trevor Hightower, ILB; 58 Marchello Graddy, ILB; 48 John Rudzinski, ILB; 22 Jeff Overstreet, DB; 29 Larry Duncan, DB.

Returning Statistical Leaders Rushing Chance Harridge, Sr., QB Steve Massie, Jr., FB

G 13 13

Att 252 471

Yds 1,229 467

Avg 4.9 4.9

TD 22 4

Passing Chance Harridge, Sr., QB

G 13

C-A 64-144

Pct. 44.4

Yds. 1,062

TD-I 10-7

Receiving Adam Strecker, Sr., TE J.P. Waller, Jr., WR

G 13 13

Cat. 14 12

Yds. 261 164

Avg. 18.6 13.7

TD 4 1

Tackles Larry Duncan, Sr., DB Marchello Graddy, Sr., ILB Trevor Hightower, Sr., ILB John Rudzinski, Jr., ILB

G 13 13 13 13

U-A 36-42 22-48 30-36 31-19

TOT 78 70 66 50

TFL 0.0-0 8.0-32 8.0-43 7.0-33

Sacks 0.0-0 1.5-12 6.5-39 4.0-25

2003 Schedule Day Date Opponent Sat. Aug. 30 Wofford Sat. Sept. 6 at Northwestern Sat. Sept. 13 North Texas Sat. Sept. 20 Wyoming* Sat. Sept. 27 at BYU* Sat. Oct. 4 at Navy Sat. Oct. 11 UNLV* Thur.

Oct. 16 at Colorado State* Sat. Oct. 25 Open Sat. Nov. 1 Utah* Sat. Nov. 8 Army Sat. Nov. 15 at New Mexico* Sat. Nov. 22 at San Diego State* * - denotes MWC game -- All times TBA

Series Notes First meeting AFA leads 3-2 First meeting AFA leads 20-18-3 BYU leads 18-5 AFA leads 25-10 AFA leads 5-3 AFA leads 23-17-1 -AFA leads 13-6 AFA leads 24-12-1 AFA leads 12-8 AFA leads 15-6

2002 Results Date Air Force (8-5, 4-3) Result 8/31 Northwestern # W 52-3 9/7 New Mexico *@ W 38-31 OT 9/14 Open -9/21 at #23 California W 23-21 9/28 at Utah *$ W 30-26 10/5 Navy W 48-7 10/12 BYU * W 52-9 10/19 #7 Notre Dame& L 14-21 10/26 at Wyoming * L 26-34 10/31 Colorado State *% L 12-31 11/9 at Army $ W 49-30 11/16 at UNLV *$ W 49-32 11/23 San Diego State *& L 34-38 12/31 #19 Virginia Tech& ^ L 13-20 All AFA times, * - MWC game; # - ABC National; & - ESPN2; % - ESPN; $ ESPN Regional; @ - SportsWest; ^ - San Francisco Bowl Page 1

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Practice Practice Practice Practice (1st Day in Pads) Practice Practice (Scrimmage) Practice Practice (Scrimmage) Practice Practice (Scrimmage) Practice Practice (Scrimmage) Practice Practice (Scrimmage) Blue-Silver game

2003 Schedule Date Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 16 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22

Opponent Wofford at Northwestern North Texas Wyoming* at BYU* at Navy UNLV* at Colorado St.* Open Utah* Army at New Mexico* at San Diego St.*

Series Notes First meeting AFA leads 3-2 First meeting AFA leads 20-18-3 BYU leads 18-5 AFA leads 25-10 AFA leads 5-3 AFA leads 23-17-1 -AFA leads 13-6 AFA leads 24-12-1 AFA leads 12-8 AFA leads 15-6

* - denotes MWC game -- All times TBA

2002 Results Date Air Force (8-5, 4-3) Result 8/31 Northwestern # W 52-3 9/7 New Mexico *@ W 38-31 OT 9/14 Open -9/21 at #23 California W 23-21 9/28 at Utah *$ W 30-26 10/5 Navy W 48-7 10/12 BYU * W 52-9 10/19 #7 Notre Dame& L 14-21 10/26 at Wyoming * L 26-34 10/31 Colorado State *% L 12-31 11/9 at Army $ W 49-30 11/16 at UNLV *$ W 49-32 11/23 San Diego State *& L 34-38 12/31 #19 Virginia Tech& ^ L 13-20 All AFA times, * - MWC game; # - ABC National; & - ESPN2; % - ESPN; $ - ESPN Regional; @ - SportsWest; ^ - San Francisco Bowl

DeBerry enters 20th season as Air Force head coach GETTING STARTED: Air Force begins spring practice on Wednesday, April 2, and concludes with the annual Blue-Silver Spring game on Saturday, April 26, in Falcon Stadium. This season marks the 20th in the brilliant career of head coach Fisher DeBerry. The winningest coach in Air Force and service academy history, DeBerry has the Air Force program in as good a shape as ever. The Falcons are coming off another bowl year, the 12th in the DeBerry era.

FOR THE RECORD: Air Force finished last season with an 8-5 overall record and finished third in the Mountain West Conference with a 4-3 mark. The Falcons earned a berth in the Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl against No. 19 Virgnia Tech. The Hokies defeated the Falcons, 20-13.

THREE NEW FACES JOIN THE STAFF: The Air Force coaching staff has three new faces in 2003. Ron Burton, John Reagan and former Falcon quarterback Blane Morgan join the staff.

Burton replaces Jappy Oliver as the defensive line coach. A 1987 graduate of North Carolina, Burton comes to the Academy from Division II national champion Grand Valley State. He coached at Indiana prior to his stint at GVSU and played four years in the NFL after his collegiate career.

Reagan replaces Ed Warinner as the offensive line coach. He comes to the Academy from Temple where he coached both the offensive (one year) and defensive line (two years) during his three-year tenure. Reagan is a 1984 graduate of Syracuse where he was a three-year starter for the Orangemen.

Morgan replaces Capt. Alex Kleckner, who seperated from the Air Force. Morgan is the winningest quarterback in Air Force history, posting a 20-3 career record. He led the Falcons to their first out-right conference title in 1998 and a 12-1 final record.

MOST RETURNING STARTERS IN DEBERRY ERA: Air Force may find itself in unfamilier territory in 2003. The team may go from underdog to favorite. The reason is simple. The Falcons return 16 starters from last season’s team. AFA has seven starters on offense and defense returning as well as both its starting kickers.

The 16 returning starters is the most in Fisher DeBerry’s tenure at the Academy.

THE NATIONAL RANKINGS: Air Force played three nationally ranked teams in 2002. The Falcons were 1-2 in those games. The Falcons lost to 19th-ranked Virginia Tech, 20-13, in the San Francisco Bowl. AFA defeated No. 23 California, 23-21, in Berkeley and fell at home to seventh-ranked Notre Dame, 21-14.

Air Force spent four weeks in the national polls last season. The team’s No. 15 ranking was the highest for Air Force since the final poll of 1998 when Air Force was 10th in the coaches poll and 13th in the AP poll. AFA was nationally ranked four consecutive weeks for the first time since 1998. The team ended the year among those receiving votes in both polls. A closer look at AFA’s national rankings last season follow: Week Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20

ESPN/USA Today 25th 19th 15th 19th

Associated Press NR (27th) 21st 18th 22nd

DEBERRY GOES FOR NO. 150: Air Force head coach Fisher DeBerry will be going for career win No. 150 when Air Force opens the 2003 season. DeBerry has a 149-83-1 career record in 19 seasons as a head coach, all at the Academy. DeBerry is the winningest coach in service academy football history. His .642 winning percentage is the best in Air Force history and his 149 wins at Air Force is more than the other four head coaches in school history combined (134-151-12).

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF’S TROPHY: Air Force won its 16th Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy last season, which is the No. 1 goal of the Air Force football program. The 2003 season marks the 33rd year of Commanderin-Chief’s Trophy competition between Air Force, Army and Navy. Air Force has dominated the competition with its 16 titles. Army has won it six times and Navy five.

Air Force has a 43-19-0 all-time CIC record and has won 12 consecutive games in the series. This year’s senior class at Air Force is 6-0 in CIC games and is will attempt to become the fifth class overall and fourth consecutive (1992, 2000, 2001, 2002) in school history never to fall to Army or Navy.

Fisher DeBerry has led the Falcons to 14 of the 16 titles and has a 32-6 CIC record. The Falcons have been in possession of the Trophy for all but one year (Army, 1996) since 1989. A closer look at the series follows: Team Air Force Navy Army

Record 43-19-0 25-36-1 24-37-1

Pct. .694 .411 .395

Last Title 2002 1981 1996

Air Force outright CIC title years: ‘82, ‘83, ‘85, ‘87, ‘89, ‘90, ‘91, ‘92, ‘94, ‘95, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, ‘00, ‘01, ‘02

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Team Colorado State New Mexico Air Force San Diego State Utah UNLV BYU Wyoming

MWC 6-1 5-2 4-3 4-3 3-4 3-4 2-5 1-6

All 10-4 7-7 8-5 4-9 5-6 5-7 5-7 2-10

Falcons in MWC, national stats Team Category Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Passing Offense Passing Defense Kickoff Returns Net Punting Turnover Margin Rushing Offense Rushing Defense Total Offense Total Defense Punt Returns Passing Efficiency Passing Eff. Def. First Downs Opp. First Downs Sacks Penalties Fourth Downs Third Downs Third Down Defense Sacks Against Field Goals PAT Kicking Time of Possession Kickoff Coverage

Stats 33.8 23.3 90.4 198.8 20.4 33.5 .69 307.8 155.5 398.2 354.3 10.9 124.2 117.8 290 248 31-225 33.9 74.0 48.0 39.0 3-19 .889 .943 32:20 21.9

MWC 1st 2nd 8th 1st 3rd 7th 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 5th 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 7th 1st 1st 3rd 1st 8th

NCAA 15th 41st 116th 38th 51st 74th 22nd 1st 58th 31st 47th 48th 53rd 52nd -------------

Stats 94.5 Nat’l 119.5 10.2 Nat’l 10.2 176.5 95.7 7.3 7.3 1.2 Nat’l .889 .940 9.8 22.9 Nat’l .363 Nat’l 7 4 9.0 4

Rank 3rd 42nd 4th 1st 7th 1st 5th 8th 2nd 3rd 2nd 32nd 1st 3rd 5th 2nd 38th 1st 46th 5th T1st 3rd 2nd

Individual (MWC Rank) Player Category Chance Harridge Rushing Pass Effec.

Scoring

Joey Ashcroft

Scoring TDs Total Off. All-Purpose Kick Score Scoring Field Goals

Leotis Palmer Bryan Blew

FG Pct. PAT Kicking Punt Rtns KO Rtns

Wes Crawley

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Pass Def. For. Fum. Anthony Schlegel Tackles Marchello Graddy Fum. Rec.

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AIR FORCE 2002 SEASON NOTES: Air Force accomplished some impressive things in 2002. Some of the impressive notes about the season follow: u Air Force defeated a team from the Big 10 (Northwestern) and the Pac-10 (California) in the same season for the first time in school history. u 2002 marks the first time since 1998 that Air Force has beaten two teams from BCS conferences in a single season. In 1998, the team beat Wake Forest from the ACC, 42-0, and Washington of the Pac-10, 45-25. u The win over 23rd-ranked California was AFA's first on the road over a ranked team since beating No. 25 Wyoming, 10-3, in Laramie in 1998. The 23rd-ranked Bears were the highest-ranked team AFA has beaten on the road since beating eighth-ranked Notre Dame, 20-17, in overtime in South Bend in 1996. u The win made Air Force just the second MWC team to defeat a ranked non-conference opponent in the conference's four years. Colorado State is the other team. u Air Force overcame the fourth largest halftime deficit (26-6) in school history to defeat Utah Sept. 28. u The team’s 41-point victory margin over Navy is its largest over a service academy since beating the Midshipmen 49-7 in 1998. u AFA’s 43-point win (52-9) over BYU is the fourth largest victory margin in a conference game in school history.

FALCONS IN NON-CONFERENCE GAMES: Air Force is 23-6 in its last 29 non-conference games dating back to 1997. Three of the losses have come at the hands of nationally-ranked teams. Air Force fell to eighthranked Notre Dame, 34-31, in overtime in 2000 and in 2001 to third-ranked Oklahoma, 44-3, in Falcon Stadium. Last season, the team fell at home, 21-14, to seventh-ranked Notre Dame. AFA head coach Fisher DeBerry is 61-28 during his career in non-conference games. A closer look at the Falcons’ mark over the last five years in non-conference games follows below.

Year Date 1997 Aug. 30 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Nov. 8 Dec. 20 1998 Sept. 5 Oct. 10 Nov. 7 Dec. 25 1999 Sept. 4 Sept. 18 Oct. 16 Nov. 6 2000 Sept. 2 Oct. 7 Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Dec. 31 2001 Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Oct. 6 Nov. 3 Nov. 24 2002 Aug. 31 Sept. 21 Oct. 5 Oct. 19 Nov. 9 Dec. 31

Opp Idaho Citadel at Navy Army Oregon (Bowl) Wake Forest Navy at Army Washington (Bowl) Villanova at Washington at Navy Army Cal State Northridge Navy at Notre Dame at Army Fresno State (Bowl) Oklahoma Tennessee Tech at Navy Army at Hawaii Northwestern at California Navy Notre Dame at Army Virginia Tech

Score W 14-10 W 17-3 W 10-7 W 24-0 L 13-41 (Las Vegas Bowl) W 42-0 W 49-7 W 35-7 W 45-25 (O’ahu Bowl) W 37-13 W 31-21 W 19-14 W 28-0 W 55-6 W 27-13 L 31-34 OT W 41-27 W 37-34 (Silicon Valley Classic) L 3-44 W 42-0 W 24-18 W 34-24 L 30-52 W 52-3 W 23-21 W 48-7 L 14-21 W 49-30 L 13-20 (San Francisco Bowl)

ROAD WARRIORS: Air Force has been tough on the road recently. Including this season’s 4-2 road mark, the Falcons are 34-20 in the last 54 road games, including bowls, since 1994. Air Force has had just one losing road record in the last nine years. A closer look at AFA’s road success follows: Year 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998

Record 4-2 2-4 3-2 3-2 6-1

Year 1997 1996 1995 1994

Record 4-2 3-3 4-3 5-1

AIR FORCE 15TH NATIONALLY SINCE 1997:Air Force ranks second in the Mountain West Conference and 15th nationally since 1997 in total wins. The Falcons have a 51-23 record (.693). During the last six years, Air Force has posted seasons with nine (2000), 10 (1997) and 12 (1998) wins. Air Force posted the first backto-back 10-win seasons in program history in 1997-98 with 10 and 12 wins, respectively. A closer look at the national leaders since 1997 follows: Page 3

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Inside the numbers Air Force’s all-time record The 2003 season will be Air Force’s 48th season of varsity football.

Overall: . . . . . . . . . . 283-234-13 Home: . . . . . . . . . . . 151-97-3 Road* . . . . . . . . . . . 132-137-10 * includes neutral site games

Kickoff analysis Team Air Force Greenaway Ashcroft Sasser Opponent

No. 80 75 4 1 66

TB 32 31 1 0 29

G-10 1 1 0 0 0

11-20 7 7 0 0 6

21+ 40 37 2 1 31

Avg 25.4 25.6 23.3 23.0 25.9

Red zone Team No. Score Air Force 61 56 Opponent 48 40

TDs FGs TOs Pct. 42 14 1 .918 26 14 0 .833

First-and goal Team No. Score Air Force 34 30 Opponent 22 20

TDs FGs TOs Pct. 27 3 1 .882 17 3 1 .909

Air Force Game-by-Game Game Red Zone N’Western 8-9 (7 TDs, FG) New Mexico 4-4 (3 TDs, FG) California 4-5 (3 TDs, FG) Utah 4-4 (3 TDs, FG) Navy 7-7 (5 TDs, 2 FGs) BYU 8-8 (7 TDs, FG) Notre Dame 1-1 (TD) Wyoming 4-4 (TD, 3 FGs) Colorado St. 2-2 (2 TDs) Army 4-4 (2 TDs, 2 FGs) UNLV 5-6 (5 TDs) SDSU 2-3 (2 TDs) Va Tech 3-4 (TD, 2 FGs)

First-and-Goal 4-4 (4 TDs) 3-3 (3 TDs) 2-3 (2 TDs) 3-3 (2 TDs, FG) 4-4 (3 TDs, FG) 5-5 (5 TDs) 1-1 (TD) 0-0 4-5 (3 TDs, FG) 2-2 (TD, FG) 4-5 (4 TDs) 1-2 (TD) 0-1

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Yards Air Force 1 . . . . . . . . . 34-40 2 . . . . . . . . . 9-16 3 . . . . . . . . . 14-21 4 . . . . . . . . . 5-14 5 . . . . . . . . . 6-16 6 . . . . . . . . . 7-16 7 . . . . . . . . . 9-16 8 . . . . . . . . . 3-9 9 . . . . . . . . . 1-9 10 . . . . . . . . 0-4 11-15 . . . . . . 3-20 16-20 . . . . . . 0-6 21+ . . . . . . . 0-1 Total 90-188 (.480)

Opponent 12-19 11-13 5-16 8-12 5-10 6-18 2-11 5-12 3-10 4-17 5-15 1-9 0-3 71-180 (.390)

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Wins 65-13 62-16 61-16 61-15 60-16 60-15 59-15 56-18 56-17 55-18 54-20 53-22 52-21 52-23 51-23 50-26 49-25

SCORING FANCY: Air Force averaged 33.8 points per game last season to win its second Mountain West Conference scoring title. The Falcons also took the top spot in 2000 with a 34.9 mark. Last season’s average ranked 15th nationally and sixth in school history. The team scored 52 (twice), 49 (twice), 48, 38, 34 and 30 points. Offensive coordinator Chuck Petersen has led the Falcons to 23 30-plus scoring efforts in 37 games as offensive coordinator.

LAST SEASON’S OFFENSIVE NOTES: l Air Force led the MWC in scoring with a 33.8 average l AFA out-scored its opponent in every quarter l AFA led the conference in third-down conversions with an impressive 48.0 percent l AFA scored on 56 of 61 chances (.918) inside the red zone (42 TDs, 14 FGs) l Air Force was 30 of 34 (.882) in first-and-goal situtations with 27 touchdowns and three field goals l For only the second time in school history (1987), the team scored 50-plus points in a game twice No. 9 IN THE BOOKS: Air Force’s win over BYU Oct. 12 secured an impressive streak for another year. Air Force has posted nine consecutive seasons at .500 or better. Air Force’s last losing season was in 1993 when the team went 4-8. During the last nine years, Air Force has averaged 8.1 wins per season and has a .663 winning percentage. The school is 73-37 overall. The records follow: 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

. . . . 8-4 . . . . 8-5 . . . . 6-5 . . . . 10-3 . . . . 12-1

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. . . . 6-5 . . . . 9-3 . . . . 6-6 . . . . 8-5

DEFENSE MUCH IMPROVED: The new Air Force defensive system (3-3-5) paid off big for the Falcons last season. The unit was much improved over 2001. The most important category was scoring defense. AFA allowed 32.2 points per game in 2001. Last year, opponents scored just 23.3 per contest which ranked third in the MWC and 41st nationally. Air Force gave up an average of 452.7 yards per game in 2001. Last season, that figure was 354.3 which ranked third in the conference and 47th nationally.

The Falcons had 16 different players combine for 72 tackles for loss. The Falcons had 14 different players combine for the team’s 31 quarterback sacks. Finally, 15 different players combined for AFA’s 45 pass deflections.

LAST SEASON’S DEFENSIVE NOTES: l AFA held Utah to just 57 total yards in the second half l Navy had just 101 total yards in the second half l BYU was held to -21 yards rushing, the fourth fewest allowed by AFA in school history l AFA held Cal, the nation’s No. 2 scoring team with a 50.0 average, to just 21 points BRING ON OVERTIME: Air Force has been very successful playing in overtime games since the format was added to college football in 1996. Air Force is 4-1 overall and 2-0 in Falcon Stadium during the extra period.

The team is a perfect 3-0 in conference overtime games. All five games have been decided in the first extra period. A closer look at AFA’s overtime games follows: Year 1996 1997 2000 2002

Game at Notre Dame at Fresno State* San Diego State* at Notre Dame New Mexico* * - Conference game

Result W 20-17 W 44-38 W 24-18 L 31-34 W 38-31

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Inside the numbers TO margin Game . . . . . . . . . . . . Own Northwestern . . . . . . 0 New Mexico. . . . . . . 2 California. . . . . . . . . 2 Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 BYU . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Notre Dame . . . . . . . 1 Wyoming . . . . . . . . . 0 Colorado State . . . . . 2 Army . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 UNLV . . . . . . . . . . . 2 SDSU. . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Va Tech . . . . . . . . . . 2

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Miscellaneous statistics Time of possession Game . . . . . . . Air Force Northwestern. . 38:50 New Mexico . . 31:09 California . . . . 32:14 Utah . . . . . . . . 31:00 Navy . . . . . . . . 32:08 BYU . . . . . . . . 40:56 Notre Dame. . . 24:27 Wyoming . . . . 31:34 Colorado St. . . 26:21 Army. . . . . . . . 35:46 UNLV . . . . . . . 33:24 SDSU . . . . . . . 34:25 Va Tech. . . . . . 30:25

Opp 21:10 28:51 27:46 29:00 27:52 19:04 35:33 28:26 33:39 24:14 26:36 25:35 29:35

Diff. +17:40 -2:18 +4:19 +2:00 +4:16 +21:52 -11:06 +3:08 -7:18 +11:32 +6:48 +8:50 +:50

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Northwestern . . . . 82 . . . . . . . . 63. . . . +19 New Mexico. . . . . 72 . . . . . . . . 71. . . . +1 California . . . . . . . 64 . . . . . . . . 69. . . . -5 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . 64 . . . . . . . . 66. . . . -2 Navy. . . . . . . . . . . 74 . . . . . . . . 64. . . . +10 BYU . . . . . . . . . . . 88 . . . . . . . . 64. . . . +24 Notre Dame . . . . . 52 . . . . . . . . 71. . . . -19 Wyoming . . . . . . . 73 . . . . . . . . 76. . . . -3 Colorado St. . . . . . 63 . . . . . . . . 71. . . . -8 Army . . . . . . . . . . 75 . . . . . . . . 64. . . . +11 UNLV. . . . . . . . . . 72 . . . . . . . . 69. . . . +3 SDSU . . . . . . . . . . 89 . . . . . . . . 68. . . . +21 Va Tech. . . . . . . . . 72 . . . . . . . . 63. . . . +9 Total . . . . . . . . . . . 940 . . . . . . . 879 . . . +61

Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

AIR FORCE WINS FIRST NATIONAL RUSHING TITLE: Air Force has been one of the most dominant rushing teams in college football since Fisher DeBerry took over in 1984. While Air Force has consistantly ranked in the top 10 nationally, the team won its first national rushing title last season with an average of 307.8 yards per game. The Falcons ranked first (12) or second (three) every week last season.

AFA won its 19th conference rushing title last season. Under DeBerry, AFA has finished among the nation’s top 10 18 times and the top five 14 times. A closer look at the Falcons’ rushing numbers under DeBerry follows: Year 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Stats 326.5 293.2 232.6 386.3 377.5 356.0 267.5 338.1 242.4 284.9

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Stats 304.8 332.4 328.9 332.7 266.8 285.5 294.9 273.2 307.8

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2002 National Rushing Leaders 1. Air Force 307.8 2. West Virginia 283.6 3. Navy 270.8 4. Nebraska 268.7 5. Kansas State 264.1 Air Force Week-by-Week Week Opponent 1.

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Open 4. at California 5. at Utah 6.

Navy 7.

BYU 8.

Notre Dame 9.

Wyoming 10.

Colorado State 11.

Army 12.

UNLV 13.

San Diego State 14.

Open 15.

Bowls

Yards 476 261 -295 188 429 386 104 255 221 380 366 413 -227

National Rank 1st (476.0) 1st (368.5) 1st (368.5) 1st (344.0) 2nd (305.0) 1st (329.8) 1st (339.2) 1st (305.6) 2nd (299.2) 2nd (290.6) 1st (299.5) 1st (305.5) 1st (314.5) 1st (314.5) 1st (307.8)

BLOCKED KICKS: Air Force is one of the premier kick-blocking teams in college football.

Air Force blocked four kicks last season (3 punts, FG). Nate Allen had two of the blocks with blocked punts vs.

Northwestern and Utah. He earned MWC special teams player of the week honors for the block vs. Utah. He scored the first touchown of his career vs. Northwestern when he recovered his own block in the end zone.

Allen is the active career leader on the team with three blocks, as he also blocked a punt vs. Army in 2001. Eric Thompson blocked a field goal vs. Cal. He was named MWC special teams player of the week for his block.

Paul Mayo recorded the first block of his career against Wyoming with a blocked punt. The block led to a safety.

Air Force has blocked 79 kicks since 1990 which ranks second nationally to Virginia Tech, who has blocked 85.

During the 1990s, Virginia Tech led the nation with 62 while Air Force was second with 59. AFA has blocked at least three kicks in 13 consecutive years. A closer look at AFA’s success since 1990 follows: Year 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 Totals

Total 4 7 9 8 7 11* 4 3 5 5 8 3 5 79

Punts 3 2 4 6 4 7 1 1 4 2 6 1 3 44

FGs 1 3 2 1 3 3 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 25

PATs 0 2 3 1 0 1 (* - School record) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 Page 5

Notes

Football Facts Associated Press -- Final Poll # School Rec Pts. 1. Ohio State (71) 14-0 1,775 2. Miami 12-1 1,693 3. Georgia 13-1 1,598 4. Southern Cal 11-2 1,590 5. Oklahoma 12-2 1,476 6. Texas 11-2 1,363 7. Kansas State 11-2 1,356 8. Iowa 11-2 1,334 9. Michigan 10-3 1,182 10. Washington State 10-3 1,085 11. Alabama 10-3 988 12. N.C. State 11-3 943 13. Maryland 11-3 844 14. Auburn 9-4 821 15. Boise State 12-1 692 16. Penn State 9-4 675 17. Notre Dame 10-3 657 18. Virginia Tech 10-4 544 19. Pittsburgh 9-4 520 20. Colorado 9-5 307 21. Florida State 9-5 291 22. Virginia 9-5 250 23. TCU 10-2 231 24. Marshall 11-2 201 25. West Virginia 9-4 195 Others receiving votes: Florida 120, Texas Tech 80, Oklahoma State 73, Boston College 52, Colorado State44, LSU 38, South Florida 27, Wisconsin 15, Minnesota 4, Arkansas 3, Air Force 2, Hawaii 2, Purdue 2, Fresno State 1, North Texas 1.

USA Today-ESPN -- Final Poll # School Rec Pts. 1. Ohio State (61) 14-0 1,525 2. Miami 12-1 1,451 3. Georgia 13-1 1,378 4. Southern Cal 11-2 1,362 5. Oklahoma 12-2 1,244 6. Kansas State 11-2 1,230 7. Texas 11-2 1,140 8. Iowa 11-2 1,105 9. Michigan 10-3 1,011 10. Washington State 10-3 932 11. N.C. State 11-3 876 12. Boise State 12-1 808 13. Maryland 11-3 803 14. Virginia Tech 10-4 644 15. Penn State 9-4 619 16. Auburn 9-4 579 17. Notre Dame 10-3 525 18. Pittsburgh 9-4 486 19. Marshall 11-2 333 20. West Virginia 9-4 297 21. Colorado 9-5 291 22. TCU 10-2 274 23. Florida State 9-5 219 24. Florida 8-5 145 25. Virginia 9-5 141 Others receiving votes: Boston College 129, Colorado State 100, Texas Tech 60, South Florida 28, LSU 25, Fresno State 19, Oklahoma State 17, Hawaii 8, Minnesota 6, Air Force 4, Wisconsin 4, Bowling Green 2, North Texas 2, Tennessee 2, UCLA 1.

Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

FALCON STADIUM ONE OF THE NATION’S BEST: Mel Kiper, Jr. selected Falcon Stadium as the seventh most scenic venue to watch a college football game in a 2002 column for ESPN.com. He selected the stadium because of the view of the mountains, flyovers, cadet march-on, parachuters and the Falcon Fan Fest.

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FULLBACK RUSHING GAME: Air Force is tough to beat when the fullback rushing game is working. Air Force is 34-8 since 1990 when the position rushes for 100 or more yards. The fullbacks rushed for a season-high 175 yards yards last year vs. San Diego State. Steve Massie had his best day as a Falcon vs. the Aztecs with a career-high 123 yards and a career-long 59-yard run for a touchdown. A closer look at the fullback’s success since 1990 follows: Year 1990 1991

# (Rec) 100-Yard Games 4 (4-0) . . . . . W Hawaii (180), W Utah (131), W Army (110), W UTEP (115) 6 (4-2) . . . . . W CSU (134), W Utah (140), W Wyoming (115), W Navy (139), L Notre Dame (171), L New Mexico (179) 1992 5 (3-2) . . . . . W Rice (116), L Hawaii (116), WWyoming (147), L CSU (100), W Army (118) 1993 3 (3-0) . . . . . W Navy (112), W Citadel (145), W Hawaii (106) 1994 4 (3-1) . . . . . L CSU (128), W UTEP (143), W Navy (129), W Wyoming (110) 1995 5 (4-1) . . . . . W Wyoming (102), W New Mexico (153), W UTEP (110), W Navy (105), L Notre Dame (155) 1996 1 (1-0) . . . . . W Fresno State (134) 1997 5 (5-0) . . . . . W Idaho (106), W CSU (100), W Citadel (121), WHawaii (119), W Army (108) 1998 0 (0-0) . . . . . none 1999 2 (2-0) . . . . . W Villanova (159), W Army (101) 2000 3 (3-0) . . . . . W Cal State Northridge (245), W Wyoming (137), W Colorado State (221) 2001 1 (0-1) . . . . . L Hawaii (170) 2002 3 (2-1) . . . . . W California (139), BYU (116) Totals 42 (34-8) HARRIDGE SETS NACAA/SCHOOL RECORDS: Junior quarterback Chance Harridge is placing his name among the best in Air Force history. Harridge set an NCAA record last season for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with 22, braking the mark of 20 set in 1997 by Navy’s Chris McCoy. Harridge’s 22 touchdowns is an Air Force record for rushing and total touchdowns. He breaks the marks of 19 rushing and 20 total set by Brian Bream in 1970. Harridge’s 132 points scored also sets a new Academy record, breaking Bream’s mark of 120 set in 1970.

Harridge did something that some of the Academy’s great option quarterbacks of all-time were unable to do.

Harridge won his first six career starts which is the third best start is school history and second best in the option era. Only Bob Parker’s 8-0 start in 1970 and Blane Morgan’s 7-0 start in 1997 are better.

Harridge ranked third in the conference in rushing with an average of 94.5 yards per game. He had six 100-yard rushing performances last season, including a career-best 161 vs. Navy. He rushed for 1,229 yards last season which ranks seventh all-time in AFA history. Harridge became the 11th Falcon to top the 1,000 yard mark in a single season at UNLV with 114 yards and two touchdowns.

In the passing department, the junior signal caller hit 64 of 144 passing for 1,062 yards. He posted a 119.59 quarterback efficiency rating and threw for 10 touchdowns. His 10 scoring tosses rank as the third most in the option era and are the most since Mike Thiessen set the option era record of 13 in 2000.

Harridge became the fifth player in AFA history to rush and pass for 1,000 yards each in a single season. He joins Bart Weiss (1985), Dee Dowis (1989), Beau Morgan (1995, 1996) and Keith Boyea (2001). Harridge joins Morgan (1995) as the only juniors to accomplish the 1,000-1,000.

ASHCROFT SEMIFINALIST FOR LOU GROZA AWARD: Place kicker Joey Ashcroft was one of 20 semifinalists for the 2002 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award this season.

Ashcroft was the only kicker from the Mountain West Conference on the list. He hit 16 of 18 field goals last season and ranked second in the conference in kicker scoring with a 7.3 average. His .889 field goal percentage is a career record at the Academy and ranks second for a single season. A closer look at the career field goal percentage leaders at the Academy follows: # 1.

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FG-A 16-18 19-23 39-49 26-34 12-16

Pct. .889 .826 .796 .764 .750 Page 6

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Conference Champions Individual Player, Yr. Dee Dowis, 1987 Dee Dowis, 1989 Beau Morgan, 1996 Sean Pavlich, 1982 Marty Louthan, 1983 Tony Roberson, 1988 Mark Simon, 1985 Mark Simon, 1986 Jason Christ, 1990 Jason Christ, 1991 Chris MacInnis, 1993 Dwan Wilson, 1984 Tom Rotello, 1985 Tom Rotello, 1986 C. McDonald, 1991 C. McDonald, 1992 Brian Watkins, 1994 Ron Gray, 1989 Scott Thomas, 1984 Chris Gizzi, 1997 J. Whiting, 1999 Ryan Fleming, 2000 Mike Thiessen, 2000 Dave Adams, 2000 Joey Ashcroft, 2002 Chance Harridge, 2002 Wes Crawley, 2002

Category NCAA/Stat Rushing 20th/109.6 Rushing 22nd/107.2 Rushing 9th/135.8 Scoring 37th/6.7 Scoring 7th/8.7 All-Prupose 36th/121.5 Punting 1st/47.3 Punting 9th/43.7 Punting 12th/42.6 Punting 2nd/45.7 Punting 1st/47.0 Interceptions 20th/5 total Interceptions 4th/8 total KO Rtns 9th/25.9 Interceptions 19th/6 total Interceptions 1st/8 total Interceptions 5th/6 total KO Rtns 6th/27.2 Punt Rtns 4th/12.7 Tackles --/14.9 FG Pct. 1st/1.000 Receiving 20th/84.5 QB Eff. 10th/147.0 Scoring --/8.5 Field Goal Pct. --/88.9 Scoring 7th/10.2 Interceptions --/.30

Team Rushing Offense (National Ranking) 1982 .........4th ............301.7 1983 .........2nd............246.5 1984 .........2nd............326.5 1985 .........6th ............293.2 1986 .........15th ..........232.6 1987 .........2nd............386.3 1988 .........2nd............377.5 1989 .........3rd ............356.0 1990 .........7th ............267.5 1991 .........2nd............338.1 1993 .........4th ............284.9 1994 .........2nd............304.8 1995 .........2nd............332.4 1996 .........2nd............329.9 1998 .........3rd ............266.8 1999 .........2nd............285.5 2000 .........3rd ............294.4 2001 .........3rd ............273.2 2002 .........1st.............307.8 Scoring Offense 1985 .........3rd ............37.2 1998 .........14th ..........35.3 2000 .........16th ..........34.9 2002 .........15th ..........33.8 Rushing Defense 1984 .........37th ..........148.1 1985 .........10th ..........108.9 1997 .........28th ..........117.3

DEBERRY, BELL, PETERSEN THIRD: The Air Force coaching staff ranks third nationally in terms of coaching experience on the Division I-A level. The trio of Fisher DeBerry (head coach), Richard Bell (defensive coordinator) and Chuck Petersen (offensive coordinator) has a combined 89 years of coaching experience. DeBerry enters his 35th year at the Division I level, while Bell is in his 41st and Petersen his 13th. # 1.

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School Penn State Florida State Air Force Maryland

Coaches Joe Paterno (54) Fran Ganter (Off., 30), Tom Bradley (Def., 23) Bobby Bowden (43), Jeff Bowden (Off., 16), Mickey Andrews (Def., 36) Fisher DeBerry (35), Chuck Petersen (Off., 13), Richard Bell (Def., 41) Ralph Friedgen (30), Charlie Taaffe (Off., 25), Gary Blackney (Def., 33)

MOUNTAIN WEST ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM: Air Force defensive back Wes Crawley, place kicker Joey Ashcroft and linebacker Anthony Schlegel were all named first-team all-Mountain West Conference last season by a vote of the league's eight head coaches and conference-wide media panel.

Chance Harridge (quarterback) and Jesse Underbakke (offensive lineman) were each named to the second team.

Defensive back Joel Buelow, defensive back Larry Duncan, offensive lineman Brett Huyser, offensive lineman Blane Neufeld, halfback Leotis Palmer and tight end Adam Strecker were all named honorable mention.

FALCON FOOTBALL THROUGH THE YEARS: Air Force has enjoyed great success through the years under head coach Fisher DeBerry. A closer look at some of the accomplishments with DeBerry at the helm follow: n Six consecutive Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy titles (1997-2002) n 2000 Silicon Valley Football Classic Champions n 1998 WAC Champions n 1998 O’ahu Bowl Champions n 51 wins since 1997, the second most in the Mountain West Conference and 15th most nationally n The nation’s longest winning streak -- 11 games (98-99) n Back-to-back 10-win seasons (1997-98) -- an AFA first n Ranked No. 10 nationally in final poll of 1998 n School-record 12-1 seasons in 1985 and 1998 n Four All-Americans the last five years n 19 AllAmericans in the DeBerry era n Four post-season bowl games the last six years n 12 post-season bowl games in the DeBerry era n 122 All-conference players in the DeBerry era n 79 blocked kicks since 1990 which ranks second in the nation n 14 of Air Force’s 16 Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy titles PLAYER HONORS: Honors won by Air Force players during the 2002 season follow: l Chance Harridge: ESPN The Magazine Top 20 performers vs. Northwestern ... MWC Offensive player of the week at California ... Second-team all-MWC. l Leotis Palmer: New York Times top performer vs. New Mexico ... Selected to play in 2003 Paradise Bowl ... honorable mention all-MWC. l Eric Thompson: MWC special teams player of the week at California ... Selected to play in 2003 Paradise Bowl. l Wes Crawley: Selected to play in the East-West Shrine game following the 2002 season ... First-team allMWC ... First-team all-MWC in media poll. l Anthony Schlegel: MWC defensive player of the week at Utah ... First-team all-MWC ... First-team allMWC in media poll ... San Francisco Bowl defensive player of the game ... Denver Post state defensive player of the year in the state of colorado. l Nate Allen: MWC special teams player of the week at Utah. l Michael Greenaway: MWC special teams player of the week vs. Navy. l Joey Ashcroft: MWC special teams player of the week vs. BYU ... MWC special teams player of the week vs. Army ... First-team all-MWC ... First-team all-MWC in media poll. l Joel Buelow: Selected to play in 2003 Paradise Bowl ... MWC defensive player of the week at UNLV ... honorable mention all-MWC. l Wayne Southam: Verizon Academic All-District VII first-team. l Bryan Blew: Verizon Academic All-District VII second-team. l Brett Huyser: The Sporting News fourth-team All-American ... honorable mention all-MWC. l Jesse Underbakke: Second-team all-MWC. l Adam Strecker: Honorable mention all-MWC. l Blane Neufeld: Honorable mention all-MWC. l Larry Duncan: Honorable mention all-MWC.

Total Defense 1984 .........27th ..........315.0 1997 .........10th ..........289.3 Scoring Defense 1987 .........41st...........19.7 1991 .........47th ..........20.7 1992 .........42nd..........20.5 1997 .........3rd ............12.4 1998 .........6th ............13.3 Turnover Margin 1987 .........8th ............1.00 2002 .........22nd...........69 Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

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Coaches

Fisher DeBerry Air Force Head Coach Faith, family and the Falcons!

Nothing is more important to Fisher DeBerry, who enters his 20th season as the head football coach at Air Force. As successful as he is colorful and charitable, the 64-year-old DeBerry has become as much a part of the AFA landscape as Falcon Stadium and the Cadet Chapel.

DeBerry has guided the Falcons to 16 winning seasons since taking over in 1984.

He’s guided the Academy to three conference championships. Air Force won the Western Athletic Conference title in 1985 and again in 1995. In 1998, DeBerry guided the team to its first out-right title and a championship game win over Brigham Young. His 1998 team matched the school record with a 12-1 season while earning him his third coach of the year award.

The Cheraw, S.C., native has done it all at Air Force. He is the winningest coach in school history with a 149-83-1 mark, including an 8-5 mark and trip to the San Francisco Bowl in 2002.

He stands second in Mountain West Conference history in career wins with 88, trailing only close friend and former BYU coach LaVell Edwards. He has also beaten Notre Dame three times, including a 20-17 overtime thriller in South Bend in 1996.

Last season, DeBerry guided a team that was expected to finish in one of the bottom two slots in the conference standings to a third-place finish. The team’s eight-win season is the 10th in the DeBerry and just the 14th in school history.

During the season opener in 2003, DeBerry will be attempting to win his 150th game. He ranks eighth nationally among active coaches in career wins with 149.

DeBerry has dominated service academy football. In 1999, DeBerry became the winningest coach in service academy football history when AFA knocked of Washington in Seattle. He is an amazing 32-6 against Army and Navy in his career and has led the Academy to 14 of its 16 Commander-inAir Force Spring Football Prospectus

DeBerry’s Docket w Winningest coach in AFA history w 149-83-1 overall record w .643 winning percentage w 88-55-1 conference record w .625 conference winning percentage w 8th active coach in NCAA to win 100 games w 77-31 career record in Falcon Stadium w WAC Coach of the Year (‘85, ‘95, ‘98) w National Coach of the Year (‘85) w Three conference titles (‘85, ‘95, ‘98) w 11 post-season bowl games (6-5 record) w 32-6 in Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy games w 18 All-American players w 116 all-conference players w 10 Academic All-Americans w 9 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winners w 7 seasons with at least nine wins w 10 seasons with at least eight wins w 11 seasons with five or more conference wins w Eighth among active coaches with 149 wins

DeBerry year-by-year

Chief’s trophy titles.

DeBerry has also launched the careers of several other collegiate football head coaches.

Wake Forest’s Jim Grobe, East Tennessee’s Paul Hamilton, Brian Knorr of Ohio and Cal McCombs of Virginia Military Institute were all assistants at Air Force for DeBerry.

DeBerry is a 1960 graduate of Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C., where he lettered in football and baseball. After six years of coaching and teaching in the South Carolina high school ranks, DeBerry returned to Wofford, where he stayed two years as an assistant when the school won 21 consecutive games and was ranked No. 1 nationally. It was during a nine-year stop at Appalachian State in Boone, S.C., where his work with the option offense began to blossom. Three times (1975, ‘78, ‘79) Appalachian State ranked in the top 10 nationally in either rushing, total or scoring offense under DeBerry.

Former Air Force head coach Ken Hatfield hired DeBerry in 1980 as the quarterbacks coach at Air Force. DeBerry was promoted to offensive coordinator in 1981. When Hatfield left Air Force after the 1983 season, DeBerry became the school’s fifth head coach.

During his inaugural news conference, DeBerry stated the team goals and they have not changed since.

Year 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Totals

Overall 8-4-0 12-1-0 6-5-0 9-4-0 5-7-0 8-4-1 7-5-0 10-3-0 7-5-0 4-8-0 8-4-0 8-5-0 6-5-0 10-3-0 12-1-0 6-5-0 9-3-0 6-6-0 8-5-0 149-83-1

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Bowl Independence Bluebonnet --Freedom --Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty ----Copper --Las Vegas O’ahu -Silicon Valley -San Francisco Bowls 6-6-0

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June 9, 1938 Spartanberg, SC LuAnn Michelle, Joe Joseph, Jessica, Andrew, Allana, Christian Year in Coaching: . . . . . . . 40th

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DeBerry vs.

All Opponents

Fisher DeBerry was honored as the State Farm Coach of Distinction in 2001 for his contributions on and off the field to his community. Past winners include Philip Fulmer of Tennessee and Tyrone Willingham of Notre Dame.

They are:

Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.

1 -win the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy 2 - win the conference and 3 - go to a bowl game.

Deeply religious, DeBerry and his wife are active in church, charity and community affairs. The coach also gives motivational speeches to religious and corporate groups.

LuAnn's volunteer work includes the Ronald McDonald House and the American Cancer Society. She has also served as president of the 500-member American Football Coaches Wives Association and is very active at Sunrise United Methodist Church.

DeBerry has strong ties to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and he and LuAnn have assisted fund-raising efforts for Easter Seals, the March of Dimes, the Salvation Army and the American Heart Association. He was also the 2000 and 2002 chairperson for the citywide Relay for Life sponsored by the American Cancer Society. He's still active with the charity today.

DeBerry received two impressive awards in 2001 for his efforts on and off the field during his brilliant career. He received the State Farm Coach of Distinction award, joining coaches like Phillip Fulmer of Tennessee and Tyrone Willingham of Notre Dame as recipients. He was also inducted into the South Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

Team Arizona State Army Brigham Young California Cal State Northridge Citadel Colorado State Fresno State Hawai’i Idaho Indiana State Mississippi Mississippi State Navy New Mexico Northwestern Northern Colorado Notre Dame Oklahoma Ohio State Oregon Rice San Diego State San Jose State SMU Tennessee Tech Texas TCU Texas-El Paso (UTEP) Texas Tech Tulsa U.N.L.V. Utah Villanova Virginia Tech Wake Forest Washington Weber State Wyoming

W-L 0-1 15-4 4-13 1-0 1-0 3-0 10-9 4-2 9-4-1 1-0 1-0 0-2 1-0 17-2 8-4 3-2 1-0 3-10 0-1 1-0 0-1 5-1 12-5 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-2 11-1 0-1 1-0 5-2 11-5 1-0 1-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 10-9

Pct. .000 .789 .235 1.000 1.000 1.000 .526 .667 .678 1.000 1.000 .000 1,000 .895 .667 .600 1.000 .231 .000 1-0 .000 .833 .706 .500 1.000 1.000 1.000 .333 .917 .000 1.000 .714 .687 1.000 .500 1.000 1.000 1.000 .526

The DeBerry Coaching Tree Former DeBerry assistants now collegiate head coaches.

Jim Grobe Wake Forest

Paul Hamilton E. Tenn. State

Cal McCombs VMI

Brian Knorr Ohio Page 9

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Richard Bell Defensive Coordinator/ Inside Linebackers Richard Bell is in his ninth year at the Academy overall and fifth as defensive coordinator. In addition to his position coaching responsibilities, Bell assists with the kickoff and kick block teams.

Bell came to the Academy from Navy, where he served as defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach in 1994. Prior to his stint at Navy, Bell spent five seasons at Georgia as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach.

Bell is a 1959 graduate of Arkansas where he earned a degree in physical education. He earned two letters while playing varsity football for the Razorbacks and later earned a master’s degree from the school in 1962. Bell’s 41 years of coaching experience at the collegiate level has seen him coach in 18 postseason bowl games.

Bell began his coaching career at Virginia Military Institute as an assistant in 1962-63.

He then coached linebackers at Georgia Tech from 1964-67 before becoming defensive coordinator at West Virginia in 1968. After two years with the Mountaineers, Bell moved to Texas Tech as defensive coordinator from 1970-74.

In 1975, Bell moved to South Carolina where he was the defensive coordinator from 1971-81 and head coach in 1982. He then coached at Duke (1983-87) and East Carolina (1987-88) as the defensive coordinator before going to Georgia.

Bell has always been involved in his local community. He has been president of the adult group or a sponsor of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at every school he’s been at.

He is active in the Colorado Springs community. He volunteers for community projects for his church and is active in Promise Keepers.

He’s been active in the AFCA, having served on several commitees. Most recently he was on the Assistant Coaches Committee.

Bell and his wife, Marilyn, have three daughters, Michelle, Meredith and Melinda and one son, Murry.

Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

Ron Burton

Dean Campbell Defensive Line

Ron Burton enters his first year at the Academy in 2003 as the defensive line coach. In addition to his position coaching duties, Burton is involved with the kickoff team and the extra point and field goal blocking teams.

Burton was the defensive line coach at Grand Valley State this past season and helped the school to the NCAA Division II national championship, the first in school history.

GVSU was a perfect 14-0 in Burton's first season at the school. Prior to his stint at GVSU, Burton was the linebackers coach at Indiana for five seasons (1997-01) where he was responsible for the development of two Butkus Award nominees, Justin Smith and Jabar Robinson.

Burton was a four-year letterman at the of North Carolina (1982-86), where he made three bowl appearances and was named team captain and best defensive lineman as a senior.

His eight sacks during the 1986 season presently ties him for seventh on UNC's single-season sack list. Burton played in the 1982 Sun Bowl, the 1983 Peach Bowl, and the 1986 Aloha Bowl while he was at North Carolina.

He graduated in 1987 with a degree in industrial relations.

Moving on to the next level, Burton spent four seasons playing linebacker in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys (1987-89), Phoenix Cardinals (1989) and the Los Angeles Raiders (1990). He started 15 games in 1988 at outside linebacker for the Cowboys. While playing for Los Angeles, Burton was on the team that played in the 1990 AFC Championship Game.

After spending two seasons as a graduate assistant for North Carolina, Burton took his first full-time assistant coaching position at Morehead State in 1994. He worked with the defensive backs for one-season and then went to Eastern Michigan where he served two seasons as the linebackers coach.

Burton was an all-state, all-district, and allregion selection as an outside linebacker at Highland Springs High School (Va.). A native of Highland Springs, Va., Burton and his wife, Andrea, have four children, Ronald, Ryan, Roya and Reid.

Running Backs Dean Campbell is in his fourth year at the Academy where he coaches running backs.

Campbell came to the Academy from Texas Tech, where he spent eight seasons. He coached defensive backs from 1993-99 and inside linebackers in 1992.

A native of Austin, Texas, Campbell is a 1972 graduate of Texas and played for the Longhorns from 1969-71. He played on two national championship teams and Southwest Conference title squads. As a senior, Campbell led the conference and was fourth nationally in punt returns. He played in three Cotton Bowls while at Texas.

Campbell began his coaching career as an assistant at Texas A&M in 1973. In 1978, he coached the secondary at New Mexico under defensive coordinator Spike Dykes. He returned to Texas A&M from 1979-81.

Campbell returned to his alma mater from 1982-86 as the secondary coach.

Campbell worked at North Carolina for one season in 1987 before entering private business in Austin. In 1989, he joined the staff at Rice and was promoted to defensive coordinator for the passing game in 1991. Campbell has 19 years of postseason bowl experience, 16 as a coach and three as a player.

Campbell and his wife, Cindy, have one son, Scott, who is a junior at Texas A&M and a daughter, Cris, who is a school teacher in Lubbock, Texas. Campbell has been active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for over 25 years and a part of Young Life.

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Dick Enga

Lt. Col. Jeff Hays Tight Ends

Kickers

The Air Force and Falcon football have been big parts of Dick Enga’s life. The retired Air Force officer is in his 26th year at the Academy, which is the longest tenure among

Lt. Col. Jeff Hays is in his seventh year as the varsity kicking coach at the Academy.

the assistant coaches.

Enga first came to the Academy in 1977 as an assistant coach at the USAFA Prep School. He returned for good in 1982 as tight end coach and has helped produce some of the school’s best at the position.

Enga is also active in special teams, coaching five positions. He coaches both punt and kick block teams, extra point and field goal kicking and the kickoff return and hands teams.

The coach is a 1963 graduate of Minnesota where he earned a degree in educational psychology. He later earned his master’s in guidance and counseling from Troy State in 1973. While at Minnesota, Enga helped the Golden Gophers to a pair of Big 10 conference titles and Rose Bowl appearances. A two-time all-conference performer, Enga helped lead Minnesota to the 1960 national championship.

In 1961, he earned second-team All-American honors and in ‘62 was named to the Scholastic All-America team. He was also team captain.

Enga played linebacker, center and fullback for the Golden Gophers.

Following graduation, Enga entered the Air Force in 1965. His tours include Da Nang in Vietnam and the Edwards Flight Test Center. Enga left the military in 1976. His decorations include the Bronze Star, Joint Service Commendation Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal.

Enga notched a 41-19-1 record as a head coach at Spangdahlem Air Base, Edwards AFB and the USAFA Prep School. While at the Academy, he’s helped the Falcons to 14 postseason bowl games.

Hays is a 1984 graduate of the Academy where he earned a bachelor’s degree in biology. He was a two-year letterman as a free safety and deep snapper. He helped the Falcons to bowl victories in 1982 and 1983 and was part of the Academy’s first wins over Brigham Young and Notre Dame. Hays has U.S. national team experience as a brakeman on the bobsled team from 1986-88. He helped his team place eighth in the 1988 Olympic trials and advanced to the championship in the 1987 Empire State Games.

Following graduation from the Academy, Hays joined the AFA coaching staff as a graduate assistant working with the junior varsity program. His first military assignment was to the armament division at Eglin AFB, Fla., from 1985-86. He was then at the Air Force Human Resources Lab at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas from 1986-90. He earned his master’s degree from Texas in 1991 before coming to the Academy as a professor from 1991-95 in the biology department. Hays then went to the Ninth Physiological Support Squadron at Beale AFB, Calif., from 1995-96 before returning to AFA in 1997.

Originally from West Columbia, Texas, Hays is a 1980 graduate of Columbia High School. He was a four-year letterman in baseball and track and a three-year letterman in football. He was twice named all-district in football.

Hays and his wife, Gina, have been married 18 years and have three daughters, Kaitlin, Madeline and Caroline.

Tim Horton Receivers Tim Horton is in his fifth year at the Academy as wide receivers coach. Horton came to the Academy from Appalachian State where he was on the staff from 1990-98.

In addition to his position coaching responsibilties, Horton assists with special teams with the kick blocking, kickoff return and hands team.

Horton helped Appalachian State to a 6732 record during his tenure. He coached running backs and returners from 1993 to 1998.

Before that, he coached receivers and tight ends for three seasons.

Appalachian State won the Southern Conference in 1991 and 1995 while Horton was on the staff. The team made it to the Division I-AA playoffs five years. Horton coached five all-conference players, two of the top three career rushers and two of the top eight all-time receivers in school history.

A 1990 graduate of Arkansas, Horton earned his bachelor’s degree in marketing management. He was a four-year letterman and three-year starter as a receiver and punt returner for the Razorbacks under former AFA head coach Ken Hatfield.

Horton served as team captain his senior year and helped the Razorbacks to a 38-7 record and two Southwest Conference titles (1988-89). Horton’s class is the winningest in school history. He won the Gordon Campbell Spirit Award, and was a two-time academic all-conference selection. He was also a second-team all-conference selection in 1989.

Horton is active outside the lines of the field as well. He is active in the American Football Coaches Association and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Horton and his wife, Lauren, have one daughter, Caroline, and one son, Jackson.

Originally from Minneapolis, Minn., Enga is a 1958 graduate of Richfield High School where he lettered four years in football and three years in basketball and track. Enga was inducted into the Minnesota High School Hall of Fame in 1991 for football.

Enga and his wife, Diana, have two sons, Daniel and R.J., and one daughter, Kirsten.

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Tom Miller

Chuck Petersen Special Teams Coordinator / Falcon Backs

An original member of Fisher DeBerry’s first staff, Tom Miller is in his 20th season at the Academy. Miller first came to AFA in 1984 from Dartmouth.

This season marks Miller’s fourth in the position of special teams coordinator. Miller is responsible for all areas of the special teams.

He is responsible for assigning staff members to the different special teams areas and supervising the drafting of players for each area.

Miller is a 1969 graduate of Cortland State where he earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education. He later earned a master’s in physical education in 1972 from Bridgeport.

While at Cortland State, Miller lettered in football three years and was a team captain.

He was named all-conference and all-East as a tight end and defensive end. He also lettered one year in track.

Miller began his coaching career at Glens Falls High School in 1969, helping the team to an 8-2 record. In 1970, he moved to Ravena High School and helped the team to a 17-2 mark. Miller’s collegiate career began at Bridgeport in 1972 when he served as a defensive line and offensive line coach. In 1974, he went to Davidson College where he coached until 1982. While at Davidson, Miller coached the offensive line, linebackers, defensive ends, defensive line and was the kicking game coordinator. Miller coached at The Citadel in 1982 for one year before moving to Dartmouth.

Since coming to the Academy and taking over the kick-blocking duties, Miller’s teams have been among the nation’s best at blocking kicks. In 1997, the Falcons set a school record with 11 blocked kicks. The team blocked 59 kicks in the 1990s, the second most in the nation. Over the last five seasons, the Falcons have averaged eight blocks per year.

He and his wife, Pat, have two sons, Bo and Michael, and one daughter, Emily.

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Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks / Fullbacks Chuck Petersen is in his 14th season at the Academy as a varsity assistant. This season marks his fourth as offensive coordinator and fifth as quarterbacks and fullbacks coach.

Prior to that, Petersen coached the wide receivers from 1991-1996.

The Falcons’ offense has been machinelike under Petersen. Air Force led the conference in total offense, scoring, rushing, passing efficiency and third and fourth down conversions in 2000. In 2001, the Falcons ranked third in the league in scoring and total offense.

Last year, Air Force led the league in scoring again with a 33.8 norm.

Petersen has been a part of both 12-win teams at the Academy. He was a graduate assistant coach of the 1985 squad and the quarterbacks/fullbacks coach in 1998.

A 1985 graduate of the Academy, Petersen was a four-year letterman as a defensive back. He helped the Falcons win a pair of Commander-in-Chief’s Trophies and played in two postseason bowl games. Following graduation, Petersen worked with the Falcon junior varsity program in 1985-86.

Petersen was stationed at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida from 1986 to 1989. He returned to the Academy in 1990 as the junior varsity offensive coordinator. While in Florida, Petersen served as a volunteer assistant coach at Choctawhatchee High School in 1986-87.

He also worked one year with the Arkansas football program as its scout team coordinator.

Petersen is a native of Fort Worth, Texas, where he attended Eastern Hills High School.

While there, he lettered in football and baseball and was an all-district selection in baseball.

Petersen and his wife, Roya, have two boys, Chase and Brady, and one daughter, Natalie.

John Reagan Offensive Line John Reagan enters his first season in 2003 at the Academy as the offensive line coach. In addition to his position coaching duties, Reagan also assists in special teams with the extra point and field goal teams.

Reagan was the offensive line coach at Temple last season, after two seasons directing the defensive line. A former standout offensive lineman at Syracuse, he joined the Owls' coaching staff in February 2000 after instructing the Akron defensive line in 1999.

In 2001, Reagan directed Temple's defensive front four to a productive campaign that saw Temple rank 19th nationally in total defense and resulted in Dan Klecko becoming Temple's first unanimous all-Big East honoree and Raheem Brock being drafted in the seventh round of the NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles.

Before coaching at Akron in 1999, Reagan was the tight ends coach and offensive tackle coach at Army in 1998. In 1997, he held the same position as an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania. Reagan spent the 1996 season as an offensive graduate assistant at Oklahoma State. He began his coaching career in 1994 as the assistant offensive line and fullback coach at Albany, where he remained until joining the Cowboys in 1996.

A native of Delmar, N.Y., Reagan graduated from Syracuse in 1994 with a dual major in exercise science and sport psychology. He was a three-year starter at center for the Orangemen. As a senior captain in 1993, Reagan earned the Ben Schwartzwalder Most Exemplary Football Player Award after leading his team to a 26-22 victory over Colorado in the Fiesta Bowl. While with the Orange, he also competed in the 1992 Hall of Fame Bowl when the Orangemen outscored Ohio State 2417. Reagan was twice named to the GTE District Academic All-America team (199293) and was presented with the Toyota Leadership Award following his senior season.

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Vic Shealy

Support Staff

Secondary

Military Assistant Coaches Vic Shealy begins his fifth year at the Academy as defensive secondary coach.

In addition to his position coaching duties, Shealy helps in special teams with the kick blocking and kickoff team.

Shealy came to the Academy from Azusa Pacific, where he was head coach for four seasons. In 1998, he led the school to its first-ever NAIA national championship and a 12-2 record. While at Azusa Pacific, he posted a 2714-1 record. He was 4-4-1 in 1995, 7-3-0 in 1996 and 4-5-0 in 1997. Shealy was named NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1998, as well as winning the American Football Quarterly Schutt National Coach of the Year Award.

A standout quarterback at Auburn High School, Shealy accepted a scholarship to Liberty in Lynchburg, Va., but transferred after one season when his father took over the post at Richmond. After one year of playing at Richmond, Shealy entered the coaching ranks as an undergraduate assistant on the Spider staff.

Following his two-year stint at Richmond, Shealy coached for two years as a graduate assistant at Baylor under Grant Teaff.

He then began the first of two stints at Mars Hill (NC) College in 1986.

In 1988, he became the offensive coordinator at Austin Peay State. He left coaching in 1990, but returned to Mars Hill in 1992 as the offensive coordinator. In 1993, he returned to Austin Peay as the defensive secondary coach and became the defensive coordinator the following year. He left Austin Peay to begin his stint at Azusa Pacific in 1995.

Shealy graduated from Richmond in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education.

He received a master’s degree in education from Baylor in 1986.

Capt. Tim Schumacher, JV/Varsity assistant Capt. Steve Fernandez, JV/Varsity assistant Capt. Blane Morgan, JV/Varsity assistant

Athletic Department Staff Jim Bowman, Assoc. Athletic Director for Recruiting Support Jeff Cosky, Chief of Football Operations Joe Novak, Assistant A.D. for Event Management Troy Garnhart, Assistant A.D. for Media Relations Dave Toller, Assoc. Director of Athletic Media Relations Chris Peludat, Assistant A.D. for Ticket Operations Dan Whisenhunt, Video Coordinator Mike Wehrmann, Falcon Stadium Manager Vern Waldrip, Assistant Falcon Stadium Manager

Equipment Managers Dan Siermine, Head Equipment Manager Robert Rush, Equipment Specialist Troy Jepsen, Equipment Specialist

Strength Staff Alan Hedrick, Head Strength Coach Peter Melanson, Assistant Strength Coach Jack Braley, Assistant Strength Coach Capt. Adam Edwards, Assistant Strength Coach

Athletic Trainers / Team Doctors Larry Willock, Head Athletic Trainer Tony Peck, Head Football Athletic Trainer Erik Marsh, Athletic Trainer Ernie Sedelmyer, Athletic Trainer Erick Kozlowski, Athletic Trainer SSgt. Eric Sanders, Athletic Trainer Lt. Col. Chris Palmer, Team Doctor Lt. Col. Eli Powell, Team Doctor Maj. J.T. Tokish, Team Doctor

Football Office Staff Kathy Shipley, Secretary Chris Zelsnack, Secretary

Officer Representatives Col. Greg Sealy Col. Mark Wells

Shealy and his wife, Holly, have four children, Dal, Jacob, Kate and Will. Shealy and his son, Dal, have each been the ball boy in a national championship game. When Vic was 11, he was the ball boy when his father coached in the NAIA championship game at Carson-Newman College. Twenty-six years later, Vic’s son Dal, who was 11 at the time, served as the ball boy for Vic’s national championship Azusa Pacific team.

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Meet the Falcons

2003 Spring Roster # Name

Pos

Ht

1 Overton Spence ILB 6-2 2 Rich Davis HB 5-5 3 Matt Ward HB 5-11 4 Travis Thurmond QB 5-10 5 Anthony Butler HB 5-9 6 Joel Kurzdorfer DB 6-0 7 Nate Allen LC 5-10 9 Jason Brown WR 6-4 10 Joe Schieffer HB 5-10 11 Chance Harridge QB 5-11 12 Zach Myhra QB 5-11 13 Brad Booth QB 6-2 14 Anthony Park WR 5-11 15 Darnell Stephens HB 6-2 16 Adam Fitch QB 6-0 17 Adrian Wright RF 6-0 18 Chase Waterhouse DB 6-1 19 Jordan Wilkie RC 5-11 20 Dan Shaffer FB 5-11 21 Nick Bromberek HB 5-10 22 Jeff Overstreet S 5-10 23 Cedric Adams FB 6-0 24 Adam Cole FB 6-0 25 Andy Braley S 6-0 26 Colin Beard HB 5-11 27 Dennis Poland S 6-3 28 David Conley LC 5-11 29 Larry Duncan S 5-10 30 Don Heaton P 6-3 31 John Taibi S 6-2 32 Felix Cole RF 6-1 33 Kris Holstege HB 5-9 34 Sean Rodgers LF 5-11 35 Brandon Bernardoni LB 6-1 36 Tyler Hess S 5-11 37 Grant Mallory LF 5-9 38 Jeff Quetti S 5-11 39 Matt Simpkins FB 5-11 40 Steve Massie FB 5-11 41 Joe Cianciolo ILB 6-1 42 Monty Coleman LE 6-2 43 Robert Hutsell FB 6-2 44 Trevor Hightower ILB 6-0 45 Kenny Smith ILB 6-2 46 George Moore S 5-10 47 Alex Renshaw DB 5-11 48 John Rudzinski ILB 6-2 49 Cameron Hodge ILB 6-2 50 John Peel OL 6-2 51 Chikaodi Akalanou LB 6-0 53 Ryan Carter LE 6-2 54 Justin Kasmarcak ILB 6-2 56 Jon Wilson OL 6-4 57 Trevin Reed DE 6-3 58 Marchello Graddy ILB 6-1 59 Justin Wolcott DL 6-2 60 Cory Crossetti OL 6-3 61 Blane Neufeld OL 6-5 62 Vance Shaffer OL 6-3 63 Brett Huyser OL 6-4 64 Ramon Young OL 6-2 65 Larry Hufford OL 6-2 66 Stephen Maddox OL 6-2 Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

Wt

Yr

Hometown (High School)

205 150 180 185 195 190 180 210 185 185 185 190 170 200 180 215 185 170 230 190 185 225 215 195 175 205 185 200 180 210 210 175 195 230 186 185 205 190 230 210 245 230 230 225 185 185 230 225 255 212 245 226 281 215 235 215 275 295 290 295 270 285 260

So. So. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. So. So. Jr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Sr. So. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. So. So. So. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Sr.

Jacksonville, FL (Jackson) Hamilton, NJ (Hamilton West) Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Stranahan) Jacksonville, FL (Bolles) Newark, CA (Gunn) Warner Robins, GA (Houston County) Converse, TX (Judson) Arvada, CO (Arvada West) Indianola, IA (Indianola) Bonaire, GA (Houston County) La Crosse, WI (Logan) Baton Rouge, LA (Parkview Baptist) Las Vegas, NV (Las Vegas) Midwest City, OK (Midwest City) Gillette, WY (Campbell County) West Columbia, SC (Lexington) Thomasville, NC (East Davidson) Eagan, MN (Eagan) Lakewood, CO (Green Mountain) Lemont, IL (Lemont) Killeen, TX (Ellison) O'Fallon, IL (O'Fallon Township) Dallas, TX (Richardson) Valdosta, GA (Valdosta) Grants Pass, OR (North Valley) Pittsburgh, PA (Central Catholic) Mesa, AZ (West Lake) San Diego, CA (Mira Mesa) Waterloo, IA (West) Englewood, CO (Cherry Creek) Linden, TX (Kildare) Caledonia, MI (South Christian) Fuquay-Varina, NC (Faquay-Varina) Boulder, CO (Fairview) Canyon Lake, CA (Elsinore) Aurora, CO (Smoky Hill) Pittfield, MA (St. Joseph Academy) Pensacola, FL (Escambia) Fairfax Station, VA (West Springfield) North Charleston, SC (Fort Dorchester) Phoenix, AZ (Brophy Prep) Portland, TX (Gregory-Portland) Plano, TX (Plano) Kirtland, NM (Kirtland Central) Coppell, TX (Coppell Senior) Odell, NE (Dillec-Odell) Green Bay, WI (Notre Dame Academy) Parker, CO (Ponderosa) San Antonio, TX (Smithson Valley) Hyrum, UT (Mountain Crest) Waterloo, WI (Edgewood) Richfield, OH (St. Ignatius) Tampa, FL (Hillsborough) Kansas City, MO (Rockhurst) Wrightsville, GA (Johnson County) Abilene, TX (Abilene) Wilmette, IL (Loyola Academy) Inman, KS (Inman) Houston, TX (Alief Hasting) Rock Valley, IA (Community) Denver, CO (Thomas Jefferson) Hamilton, OH (Badin) Carrollton, GA (Carrollton)

Alphabetical Roster # 23 51 7 71 80 97 81 26 35 13 25 21 9 90 2 53 84 41 24 32 42 28 96 60 8 79 29 16 58 93 11 30 36 44 49 33 65 43 63 70 98 54 6 69 66 37 40 91 82 78

Name Cedric Adams Chikaodi Akalanou Nate Allen Jacob Anderson Erik Anderson Joey Ashcroft Robert Barkers Colin Beard Brandon Bernardoni Brad Booth Andy Braley Nick Bromberek Jason Brown Charles Bueker Anthony Butler Ryan Carter Chris Charron Joe Cianciolo Adam Cole Felix Cole Monty Coleman David Conley Brandon Conyers Cory Crossetti Rich Davis Scott Diehl Larry Duncan Adam Fitch Marchello Graddy Michael Greenaway Chance Harridge Don Heaton Tyler Hess Trevor Hightower Cameron Hodge Kris Holstege Larry Hufford Robert Hutsell Brett Huyser Brain Jarratt Todd Jolly Justin Kasmarcak Joel Kurzdorfer Abe Leigh Stephen Maddox Grant Mallory Steve Massie Robert McMenomy Alec Messerall Nelson Mitchell

Pos. FB LB LC OL DL PK P HB LB QB S HB WR RE HB LE WR ILB FB RF LE LC NG LG HB RT S QB ILB PK QB K S ILB ILB HB OL FB OL OL TE ILB DB OL OL LF FB TE WR DL

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Pos

Ht

Wt

Yr

Hometown (High School)

67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 95 96 97 98 99

OL OL OL OL OL OL DL OL OL OL OL DL OL DL P WR WR WR PK TE TE NG TE RE TE DL PK NG NG PK TE DL

6-0 6-1 6-5 6-5 6-5 6-5 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-7 6-1 6-6 6-8 6-3 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-6 6-7 6-2 6-2 6-5 6-4 6-2 5-10 6-4 6-0 6-0 6-4 6-3

275 220 275 280 275 255 205 250 275 255 275 220 270 220 212 185 175 185 180 240 260 250 235 260 215 245 175 265 250 210 250 235

So. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Sr. So. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So.

Fort Worth, TX (Haltom) Navarre, FL (Navarre) Arvada, CO (Arvada West) Three Rivers, TX (Three Rivers) West Des Moines, IA (Valley) Springfield, MO (Springfield Catholic) Lincoln, NE (Lincoln Christian) Homestead, FL (South Dade) Mabel, MN (Mabel Canton) LaCresenta, CA (St. Francis) Oak Harbor, WA (Oak Harbor) Houston, TX (Saint Thomas) Springfield, MO (Kickapoo) Eden Prairie, MN (Eden Prairie) Decatur, GA (Southwest Dekalb) Alexandria, OH (Northridge) Bryan, TX (Bryan) Grand Island, NE (Northwest) Amarillo, TX (Amarillo) Littleton, CO (Kent Denver) Parker, CO (Ponderosa) Victoria, TX (Memorial) Pratt, KS (Pratt) Camarillo, CA (Adolfo Camarillo) Snellville, GA (South Gwinnett) Lakewood, CA (Green Mountain) Culpeper, VA (Culpepper County) Cincinnati, OH (Turpin) San Antonio, TX (Macarthur) Springfield, MO (Glendale) Cherokee, IA (Washington) LaCresenta, CA (St. Francis)

Trey Rodriguez Frank Willis Abe Leigh Brain Jarratt Jacob Anderson Brett Thornton Carston Stahr Howard Turner Jesse Underbakke Tyler Terrazone Brett Waller Nelson Mitchell Scott Diehl Erik Anderson Robert Barkers Alec Messerall J.P. Waller Chris Charron Zach Sasser Adam Strecker Ross Weaver Russ Mitscherling John Schwartz Charles Bueker Robert McMenomy David Shaffer Michael Greenaway Nicholas Taylor Brandon Conyers Joey Ashcroft Todd Jolly Nathan Terrazone

Pronunciation Chart 6 Joel Kurzdorfer . . . . . . . . . KERZ-dorf-ER

69 Abe Leigh. . . . . . . . . . . . . LAY

12 Zach Myhra . . . . . . . . . . . MY-rah

75 Jesse Underbakke . . . . . . Under-BACH-ee

21 Nick Bromberek. . . . . . . . braum-BER-eck

79 Richard Diehl . . . . . . . . . Deal

31 John Taibi . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE-bee

82 Alec Messerall . . . . . . . . . MESS-er-all

33 Kris Holstege . . . . . . . . . . HOL-stege

84 Chris Charron . . . . . . . . . Share-ON

38 Jeff Quetti . . . . . . . . . . . . QUET-tie

90 Charles Bueker . . . . . . . . BUEK-er

88 46 12 61 22 14 50 27 38 57 47 34 67 48 85 10 89 20 62 92 39 45 1 73 15 86 31 95 76 99 72 4 74 75 77 83 3 18 87 19 68 56 59 17 64

Russ Mitscherling George Moore Zach Myhra Blane Neufeld Jeff Overstreet Anthony Park John Peel Dennis Poland Jeff Quetti Trevin Reed Alex Renshaw Sean Rodgers Trey Rodriguez John Rudzinski Zach Sasser Joe Schieffer John Schwartz Dan Shaffer Vance Shaffer David Shaffer Matt Simpkins Kenny Smith Overton Spence Carston Stahr Darnell Stephens Adam Strecker John Taibi Nicholas Taylor Tyler Terrazone Nathan Terrazone Brett Thornton Travis Thurmond Howard Turner Jesse Underbakke Brett Waller J.P. Waller Matt Ward Chase Waterhouse Ross Weaver Jordan Wilkie Frank Willis Jon Wilson Justin Wolcott Adrian Wright Ramon Young

NG S QB RT S WR OL S S DE DB LF OL ILB PK HB TE FB OL DL FB ILB ILB DL HB TE S NG OL DL OL QB RT RG OL WR HB DB TE RC OL OL DL RF OL

41 Joe Cianciolo . . . . . . . . . . SEE-in-Cholo 48 John Rudzinski . . . . . . . . Rud-ZIN-ski 51 Chikaodi Akalanou . . . . . ACK-uh-lone-ooh 54 Justin Kasmarcak . . . . . . kaz-mar-CHECK 58 Marchello Graddy . . . . . . mar-CHEL-oGRAD-ee 60 Cory Crossetti . . . . . . . . . Crow-SET-ee 61 Blane Neufeld . . . . . . . . . NEW-feld 63 Brett Huyser . . . . . . . . . . HIGH-serr

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2003 Spring Depth Chart Offense WR.....14.........Anthony Park (5-11, 170, Sr.) Las Vegas, NV (3/0) 82.........Alec Messerall (5-11, 185, Jr.) Alexandria, VA (0/0) 83.........J.P. Waller (6-3, 205, Jr.) Bryan, TX (0/0)

TE ......86.........Adam Strecker (6-6, 240, Sr.) Littleton, CO (13/13) 98.........Todd Jolly (6-4, 270, Sr.) Cherokee, IA (0/0) 92.........Ross Weaver (6-7, 250, So.) Parker, CO (0/0)

QT ......77.........Brett Waller (6-7, 275, Sr.) Oak Harbor, WA (13/13) 79.........Scott Diehl (6-6, 270, Jr.) Springfield, MO (0/0) 71.........Jacob Anderson (6-5, 275, Jr.) West Des Moines, IA (0/0)

SG ......63.........Brett Huyser (6-4, 295, Sr.) Rock Valley, IA (18/17) 70.........Brian Jarratt (6-5, 280, Jr.) West Des Moines, IA (0/0) 62.........Vance Shaffer (6-3, 290, Jr.) Houston, TX (0/0)

C .........66.........Stephen Maddox (6-2, 260, Sr.) Carrollton, GA (0/0) 50.........John Peel (6-2, 255, Jr.) San Antonio, TX (6/0) 56.........Jon Wilson (6-4, 281, So.) Tampa, FA (0/0)

QG......75.........Jesse Underbakke (6-3, 290, Sr.) Mabel, MN (13/13) 60.........Cory Crossetti (6-3, 275, Sr.) Wilmette, IL (0/0) 69.........Abe Leigh (6-5, 275, Jr.) Arvada, CO (0/0)

Defense LE ......42.........Monty Coleman (6-2, 245, Sr.) Phoenix, AZ (16/7) 99.........Nathan Terrazone (6-3, 235, So.) LaCrestenta, CA (0/0) 59.........Justin Wolcott (6-2, 215, So.) Abilene, TX (0/0)

NG ......95.........Nicholas Taylor (6-4, 265, Sr.) Cincinnati, OH (9/1) 88.........Russ Mitscherling (6-2, 240, So.) Victoria, TX (0/0) 96.........Brandon Conyers (6-0, 250, So.) San Antonio, TX (0/0)

RE ......90 ........Charles Bueker (6-5, 260, Sr.) Camarillo, CA (7/3) 53.........Ryan Carter (6-2, 245, Sr.) Waterloo, WI (0/0) 78.........Nelson Mitchell (6-1, 220, So.) Houston, TX (0/0)

ILB .....30.........Kenny Smith (6-2, 225, Jr.) Kirtland, NM (0/0) 12.........Overton Spence (6-2, 205, So.) Jacksonville, FL (0/0) 41.........Joe Cianciolo (6-1, 210, So.) North Charleston, SC (0/0)

ILB .....48.........John Rudzinski (6-2, 230, Jr.) Green Bay, WI (12/12) 49.........Cameron Hodge (6-2, 225, Jr.) Parker, CO (0/0) 35.........Brandon Bernardoni (6-1, 230, So.) Boulder, CO (0/0)

ILB .....44.........Trevor Hightower (6-0, 230, Sr.) Plano, TX (8/0) 54.........Justin Kasmarcak (6-2, 226, So.) Richfield, OH (0/0)

RF.......34.........Sean Rodgers (5-11, 195, Jr.) Faquay-Varina, NC (4/0) ST.......61.........Blane Neufeld (6-5, 280, Sr.) Inman, KS (12/0) 76.........Tyler Terrazone (6-4, 255, Sr.) LaCresenta, CA (0/0) 72.........Bert Thornton (6-5, 255, So.) Springfield, MO (0/0)

QB ......11.........Chance Harridge (5-11, 185, Sr.) Bonaire, GA (13/13)

37.........Grant Mallory (5-9, 180, Jr.) Aurora, CO (0/0) 6...........Joel Kurzdorfer (6-0, 190, Jr.) Warner Robins, GA (0/0) 25.........Andy Braley (6-0, 195, So.) Valdosta, VA (0/0)

LF.......17.........Adrian Wright (6-0, 215, Sr.) West Columbia, SC (1/1)

4...........Travis Thurmond (5-10, 185, Jr.) Jacksonville, FL (0/0) 12.........Zach Myhra (5-11, 185, Jr.) La Crosse, WI (0/0)

32.........Felix Cole (6-1, 210, Sr.) Linden, TX (0/0) 36.........Tyler Hess (5-11, 186, Jr.) Canyon Lake, CA (0/0)

FB.......40.........Steve Massie (5-11, 230, Sr.) Fairfax Station, VA (10/4)

LC.......22.........Jeff Overstreet (5-10, 185, Sr.) Killeen, TX (12/0)

27.........Adam Cole (6-0, 210, Jr.) Dallas, TX (2/0) 23.........Cedric Adams (6-0, 225, Jr.) O’Fallon, IL (0/0)

19.........Jordan Wilkie (5-11, 170, Jr.) Eagan, MN (0/0)

RC ......7...........Nate Allen (5-10, 180, Jr.) Converse, TX (0/0) LHB ...5...........Anthony Butler (5-9, 195, Jr.) Newark, CA (2/0) 2...........Matt Ward (5-11, 180, So.) Ft. Lauderdale, FL (0/0) 21.........Nick Bromberek (5-10, 190, Jr.) Lemont, IL (0/0)

28.........David Conley (5-11, 185, Jr.) Mesa, AZ (0/0)

FS .......29.........Larry Duncan (5-10, 200, Sr.) San Diego, CA (18/10) 18.........Chase Waterhouse (6-1, 185, Jr.) Thomasville, NC (0/0)

RHB ...15.........Darnell Stephens (6-2, 200, Jr.) Midwest City, OK (0/0) 10.........Joe Schieffer (5-10, 185, Sr.) Indianola, IA (0/0) 33.........Kris Holstege (5-9, 175, Jr.) Caledonia, MI (0/0)

(Career Starts / Consecutive Starts)

Special Teams PK ......97.........Joey Ashcroft (6-0, 210, Sr.) Springfield, MO 93.........Michael Greenaway (5-10, 175, Jr.) Culpeper, VA

P .........81.........Robert Barkers (6-3, 212, So.) Decatur, GA 30.........Don Heaton (6-3, 180, So.) Waterloo, IA

DS .......74.........Howard Turner (6-4, 250, Sr.) Homestead, FL 48.........John Rudzinski (6-2, 230, Jr.) Green Bay, WI

Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

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Meet the Falcons

Air Force returns 17 starters from 2002’s 8-5 squad Returning starters the most in DeBerry era Air Force head coach Fisher DeBerry enters his 20th year in 2003 and not much as changed. The Falcons consistently compete for the conference title, dominate the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy race and are one of the most competitive teams in the country.

DeBerry himself has not changed a bit. Despite the fact the coach finds himself in a particularly nice situation heading into the season, you'd never guess it. The coach usually has to replace the most starters of any team in the Mountain West Conference and must look to inexperienced players to do so.

This year, that's not the case. The Falcons return the most starters during DeBerry's tenure (17) and have a host of young players with plenty of experience.

"I suppose it's nice to have so many players returning because there is no substitute to player experience," the coach said. "But that doesn't always guarantee you success. I think this team can be very competitive, but it must be very hungry. If they are not hungry entering the season, they will be very average."

The coach himself seems to be like a fine wine, getting better with age. The 64-year-old DeBerry may be coming off the best coaching job in his brilliant career. The coach took the youngest team in the nation with just seven returning starters to an 8-5 overall record and a berth in the San Francisco Bowl. The Falcons finished third in the MWC with a 4-3 mark. Air Force spent four weeks in the national rankings, rising as high as No. 15 after a 6-0 start.

Part of the coach's success is that his team takes on his attitude. That's true again this season, as the team has adopted the motto of unfinished business. "We felt like we had unfinished business last year after getting off to a 6-0 start. In our final two games, we fell short with the ball inside the five yard line twice and it cost us two wins," DeBerry said.

line in school history. Underbakke led the team in knockdown blocks last year with a 17.1 average. He had a career-high 24 knockdowns against Wyoming which was the most by a Falcon last year. He earned second-team all-conference honors in 2002. Neufeld and Waller averaged 11.3 and 11.0 knockdown blocks, respectively. Waller was in double figures in knockdown blocks 10 times last season while Neufeld hit double digits six times.

Starting center Wayne Southam is lost to graduation, but when a knee injury sidelined him for six games a year ago, John Peel (6-2, 255) stepped in and played solidly. The junior from San Antonio, Texas, recorded double figures in knockdown blocks in four of his six starts. Peel and senior Stephen Maddox (6-2, 260) are the favorites to win the starting job.

"The offensive line could establish itself as the best we've ever had here, but we must find a center to go along with all the returning starters and we need to find some depth," DeBerry said. "Depth will be very important because we lose everyone after this year."

The glamour position in the option, like most offenses, is the quarterback. The Falcons have one of the nation's best at the position in senior Chance Harridge. He produced one of the best single-seasons in school history last year breaking the NCAA record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with 22. Harridge was seventh in the nation in scoring with a 10.2 norm. His 132 points and 22 touchdowns set school records for points, rushing and total touchdowns, respectively.

Harridge also became the fifth player in Air Force history and 16th in NCAA history to rush and pass for over 1,000 yards each in a season. Harridge rushed for 1,229 yards, the seventh most in AFA history. In the passing department, Harridge threw for 1,062 yards and 10 touchdowns. His 10 scoring toss-

Offense You can't talk about Air Force football without starting with the multiple option offense. The Falcons were explosive last season, winning their second MWC scoring title in three years with a 33.8 average per game. Air Force averaged 398.2 total yards per game, including a 307.8 rushing to win the school's first national rushing title.

The multiple option starts with the offensive line. Air Force returns four starters from a group that could rank among the best in school history. In addition to the national rushing title and conference scoring title, the line helped Air Force control the ball in typical Falcon fashion with an average time of possession of 32:20 per game.

Senior Brett Huyser (6-4, 295) leads the group.

Huyser was a fourth-team All-American by The Sporting News in 2002. He averaged 13.1 knockdown blocks per game to rank third on the team. He should garner several preseason honors in 2003.

Fellow seniors Jesse Underbakke (6-3, 285), Blane Neufeld (6-5, 280) and Brett Waller (6-7, 275) round out the group. They are the biggest offensive Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

Cance Harridge

es rank as the third most in the option era in school history.

As impressive as those numbers are, the most impressive thing about the Bonaire, Ga., product is that he is a winner. Harridge won his first six career starts which is the third best start in school history, trailing only Bob Parker's 8-0 start in 1970 and Blane Morgan's 7-0 start in 1997. Harridge could close his career as one of the winningest quarterbacks in AFA history.

"Our quarterback could be someone very special," the coach said. "He has a chance to be just the second player in NCAA history to rush and pass for 1,000 or more yards in back-to-back seasons. If he does that and improves his passing, he could be one of the best we've had here and could be one of the best in country."

The backup quarterback position has the coach worried. Last year’s backup Bryan Blew is lost to graduation while third-string QB Brad Baca decided to leave the team to concentrate on academics.

The backup spot is likely to go to Travis Thurmond, a junior without a down of varsity experience. He missed all of last season with a foot injury, but returns healthy this spring.

The Falcons lost three halfbacks from last year, including both starters. Departed seniors Leotis Palmer, Tom Heier and Don Clark combined for over 600 yards last year. Palmer finished second on the team in rushing with 559 yards and was a multiple threat as a punt return specialist. Heier and Clark provided valuable leadership and blocking.

While the loss will be tough to overcome, the returning halfbacks are as talented a young group as the team has had recently. Juniors Anthony Butler and Darnell Stephens, along with sophomore Matt Ward and senior Joe Schieffer give the Falcons plenty of options.

Butler suffered through a injury-riddled season, missing four games due to shoulder and ankle injuries. He was still able to rack up 349 yards rushing, including 56 in the big comeback win at Utah.

Butler also had a team highs of 84 yards at Army and 75 in the San Francisco Bowl against Virginia Tech. A powerful inside runner, Butler can do as much damage between the tackles as outside of them.

Stephens came off the bench to roll up 431 yards last year and averaged 6.8 yards per carry. He rushed for 75 yards at Army and a team- and careerhigh 89 yards at UNLV. Ward chipped in with 246 yards and a 7.0 yards per carry average last year.

Schieffer added 61 yards rushing and 72 yards receiving and has lots of experience with the offense.

The fullback position is loaded with talent.

Junior Dan Shaffer returns after missing all but the season opener with a knee injury that required surgery. Due to a medical stop-out and red-shirt last year, he'll return in the fall with two season's of eligibility remaining. Shaffer will not participate in spring drills.

Last year's starter returns in senior Steve Massie. The Fairfax Station, Va., product made the most of his chances last year after the injury to Shaffer. Massie finished third on the team in rushing with 467 yards. He recorded a career-high 123 yards Page 17

Meet the Falcons and scored on a career-long 59-yard run against San Diego State. Junior Adam Cole also returns. He rushed for 196 yards last year and burst on the scene with 63 yards at California. Junior Cedric Adams, who was solid last spring, but suffered through injuries all of last fall, will join the pair.

"We're very strong at the running back and fullback positions. We have good halfbacks and are very strong a fullback," DeBerry said. "Like anywhere else, we must stay healthy. If we do, we have several very good players at these positions."

The wide receiver and tight end positions are very solid. Senior tight end Adam Strecker is not only a talented blocker, but a gifted receiver. The Littleton, Colo., native caught a team-high 14 passes for 261 yards and four touchdowns last year. His four touchdowns are the most by a tight end in the option era at the Academy.

The Falcons return three of the top four wide receivers. Junior J.P. Waller is the top returner. He had 12 catches for 164 yards and a touchdown last year. He had four catches for 51 yards against Wyoming. His four catches were the most by a Falcon in a game last year.

Alec Messerall and Anthony Park also return to give the Falcons a three-man rotation. Messerall had three catches for 84 yards last year while Park was third on the team in receiving with 11 catches for 283 yards. His 25.7 yards per catch average led the team. He also recorded an 80-yard TD reception against Wyoming last year which is the fourthlongest TD catch in school history.

"We can catch the football," said DeBerry. "I don't think our wide receivers dropped a single pass last year. Our tight end is as good as anyone in the conference. Strecker can block and has great hands."

Defense Defensively, the Falcons made huge strides a year ago. A switch to a 3-3-5 system paid off big. In 2001, the Falcons allowed 32.2 points per game.

That averaged dropped to 23.3 last year which was third best in the MWC. Air Force gave up an average of 452.7 yards per game in 2001 and just 354.3 last year which was third in the MWC. The defense held Utah to just 57 total yards in the second half in a come-from-behind win in Salt Lake City. AFA also had BYU to -21 yards rushing and held California, the nation's No. 2 scoring offense with a 50.0 average, to just 21 points.

The unit will need to replace five starters, two of which were first-team all-conference performers in 2002. Departing senior Wes Crawley led the conference in interceptions with four while earning first-team honors. As big a replacement as Crawley will be, none are bigger than replacing first-team allMWC linebacker Anthony Schlegel. The Dallas, Texas, native finished third in the conference in tackles with 118 and was establishing himself as one of the top young players in AFA history. The sophomore left he Academy in January to transfer to defending national championship Ohio State. Also gone from last year's team are defensive backs Joel Buelow (graduation) and Mark Marsh (left the team).

"We need to continue what we started on defense last year. We must force turnovers and we must find a middle linebacker that can make big plays," DeBerry said.

The defensive line will be a strength, as all three starters return. The trio of seniors Monty Coleman, Nick Taylor and Charles Bueker form an Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

Joey Ashcroft talented, experienced group. The group combined for 12.5 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks. Coleman led the linemen with 5.0 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks after making the switch from outside linebacker to down lineman. Taylor had 4.5 tackles for loss and 1.

5 sacks in his first year as a starter. Bueker chipped in with 3.0 and 1.0, respectively.

The linebackers will also be a strength, despite the loss of Schlegel. Junior John Rudzinski moves to the middle to replace Schlegel. Rudzinski started 12 of 13 games last year and recorded 7.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks to go along with 50 total tackles.

The other returning starters are seniors Trevor Hightower and Marchello Graddy. Hightower led the team in sacks with 6.5 and was second in tackles for loss with 8.0. Graddy, who will sit out spring drills due to shoulder surgery, was fourth on the team in tackles with 70. He also had 8.0 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. Graddy also recorded four fumble recoveries.

"Despite the fact we need to replace our middle linebacker, our linebackers will be our biggest strength," DeBerry said. "We need to find leadership from this position from Hightower and Graddy like we had last year."

The secondary must replace three starters lost to graduation. Seniors Larry Duncan and Jeff Overstreet anchor the group. Duncan finished second on the team in tackles with 78 and had two interceptions. He is the team's active career leader in interceptions with five. Overstreet is a versatile player, who played both safety and corner last year. He had 31 total tackles and an interception last year.

"We need to find four good Falcon backs," the coach said. "That's the major thing for the secondary. With what we do, we need this position to be sound."

Junior Sean Rodgers and Grant Mallory, along with seniors Adrian Wright and Felix Cole are the favorites. The team will also look to several younger players like Andrew Braley, John Taibi and Dennis Poland to fill the void.

Special Teams Air Force is one of the premier programs

nationally in terms of special teams. The Falcons have blocked 79 kicks since 1990 to rank second nationally. The team entered last year averaging nearly nine blocks per season over the previous five years. Last year's unit blocked just four, but kept a steak of 13 consecutive years with at least three blocks alive.

"We need to block more kicks, plain and simple," DeBerry said. "We need to find guys that will do what's necessary to block kicks."

Senior Joey Ashcroft returns to lead the offensive side of things. Ashcroft is the career leader in field goal percentage in AFA history with an .889 mark. He hit 16 of 18 field goals last year in his first year as the starter to become a semifinalist for the Lou Groza National Place Kicker award.

"Joey did a great job last year. We should be very good again with our kicking," DeBerry said.

"Joey is as good a kicker as there is in the conference and in the nation."

Kickoff specialist Michael Greenaway also returns. He had 31 touchbacks in 75 kickoffs last year. Punter Robert Barkers also returns. He split time last year and averaged a team-best 43.6 yards per punt. The team's deep snapper, Howard Turner, also returns.

"We need to find a punter," the coach said.

"Barkers could be the guy, but he needs to become more consistent."

Wrap up DeBerry has engineered the 15th-winningest program in all of college football since 1997 with a 51-23 record. The team has not had a losing season since 1994 and has been a consistent contender in the conference. The coach will go for career win No. 150 when the Falcons open the season against his alma mater Wofford on Aug. 30.

"Spring is to go through and fix things and to become a better blocking and tackling football team.

That's what we need to do now," DeBerry said. "I think that if we can accomplish these things and be a hungry team in the fall we can be very competitive."

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7 Nate Allen Left Cornerback 5-10, 180, Jr. Converse, TX (Judson) Major: Biology 2002 (Sophomore) Played in every game on special teams ... led the team in blocked kicks with two ... blocked punts vs. Northwestern and Utah ... recovered his own blocked punt in the end zone for his first career touchdown vs. Northwestern ... named MWC special teams player of the week for his efforts ... recorded three total tackles.

2001 (Freshman) - Saw some time on special teams … blocked a punt against Army … also saw action as a cornerback on the junior varsity team … recorded three solo tackles in the annual Blue-Silver game.

High School - Lettered twice in football and once in basketball at Judson … was voted team captain and best defensive player on the basketball team … member of National Honor Society … high school football coach was D.W. Rutledge.

Personal - Attended and played football and basketball at the Academy's Prep School … nickname is "Red" … parents are Javont and Wilhemina Allen … has two older sisters, Felicia McCollough (29) and Monica Allen (25) … would like to become a doctor after graduating from the Academy … completed Combat Survival Training and Global Engagement during the summer of 2002 … favorite movie is The Last Dragon … lists his dad as having the biggest influence on his sports career … born March 5, 1982.

Allen's Career Statistics Year G UT-AT TT 2002 13 2-1 3

TFL Sacks 0.0-0 0.0-0

FGs in a game since Dave Adams in 2000 ... kicked three field goals at Wyoming ... second in the MWC in kicker scoring with a 7.3 norm ... led the league in field goal percentage with .889 ... his .889 FG percentage is a career record at AFA and also ranks second in AFA single-season history ... second in the MWC in field goals, averaging 1.1 per game ... careerlong 45 yard field goal vs. Virginia Tech.

2001 (Sophomore) - Served as the team's backup place kicker ... made his only extra point attempt (vs. Tennessee Tech) ... did not attempt any field goals ... handled all the team's kickoff duties ... kicked off 67 times and had 32 touchbacks ... held the opponents to an average starting position of the 23 following kickoffs.

2000 (Freshman) - Played on the junior varsity all season … entered the fall co-No. 2 at place kicker.

High School - Lettered four years in soccer and two each in football, basketball and baseball … all-conference and all-southwest Missouri in soccer his junior year … all-conference, all-district and second-team allOzarks in football as a junior … all-conference and all-district in soccer his senior year … allconference and all-district in football as a senior … named to the Gridiron Great team in football … all-conference as a senior in baseball … member of the National Honor Society … named to the all-academic team in every sport … member of the Boys Service Club … high school football coach was Charlie Getty.

Personal - Born Aug. 17, 1981 … member of cadet squadron 1 … son of Wes and Denise Ashcroft … siblings include Danny (22) and Carrie Roberts (25) … is a relative of U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft … would like to become a CEO of a company someday … member of the dean's list … completed Combat Survival Training and Global Engagement training in summer of 2001 … completed Operations Air Force during the summer of 2002 … favorite musical group is the Steve Miller Band … hobby is spending time outdoors.

97 Joey Ashcroft Place Kicker 6-0, 210, Sr. Springfield, MO (Glendale) Major: Operations Research 2002 (Junior) Semifinalist for the Lou Groza National PlaceKicker Award ... first Falcon to earn the honor ... hit his first career field goal attempt (35 yards) vs. Northwestern ... finished 16-18 on the season ... tied a school record with four field goals at Army ... first player to kick four Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

81 Robert Barkers Punter 6-3, 212, Jr. Decatur, GA (Southwest DeKalb) Major: Management 2002 (Sophomore) Punted 23 times for a team-best 43.6 average ... long punt of 66 yards vs. New Mexico ... had two punts inside the 20 ... averaged 45.7 yards per punt vs. New

Mexico ... punted five times for a 45.2 average with a long of 55 vs. Cal ... did not attempt a punt the final five regular season games of the year prior to the bowl game.

2001 (Freshman) - Was the punter for the Academy's junior varsity team … punted four times in the spring Blue-Silver game, averaging 40.5 yards per punt.

High School - Three-year letterwinner in soccer … also lettered twice in football and once in wrestling … ranked No. 2 in the county as a goalie in soccer … made the Top 50 list by Metro Star Prep Football … all-county selection for football … high school football coach was Buck Godfrey.

Personal - Son of Arnold and Georgia Barkers … has one brother, Keith (27) and one sister (14) … attended and played football at the Academy's Prep School … completed Combat Survival Training and Global Engagement last summer … would like to attend pilot training following his graduation from the Academy … also recruited by Clemson and Florida A&M … enjoys watching movies and fishing in his spare time … favorite TV show is The Cosby Show … born April 17, 1982 … member of squadron 22.

90 Charles Bueker Right End 6-5, 260, Sr. Camarillo, CA (Adolfo Camarillo) Major: Management 2002 (Junior) - Played in 13 games, starting seven ... starts came against Northwestern, Utah, Navy, BYU, UNLV, San Diego State and Virginia Tech ... recorded 34 total tackles, including 14 unassisted ... three tackles for loss and a sack ... also had one pass breakup, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery ... careerhigh 13 tackles vs. Navy.

2001 (Sophomore) - Played as a backup defensive lineman ... was not credited with any statistics … had two solo tackles and two assists in the annual Blue-Silver spring game.

2000 (Freshman) - Played on the junior varsity all season.

High School - Lettered twice in football and basketball … named all-league and all-county as a junior in football … team captain of the football team his senior year … named all-CIF and all-league his senior year … served as captain of the basketball team as a senior … member of the county all-academic team and was an Army ROTC scholar-athlete award winner … high school football coach was Carl Thompson.

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Meet the Falcons Personal - Member of cadet squadron 18 … born June 18, 1982 … son of Chuck and Ginger Bueker … has an older sister, Beth (22) … nickname is Charlie … would like to attend pilot training after graduation … completed Combat Survival Training and Soaring in the summer of 2001 … completed Operations Air Force at Eglin AFB, Fla., last summer … favorite food is a double-double with cheese from In-N-Out Burger … also recruited by Navy … hobbies include fishing and body-boarding.

Bueker’s Career Statistics Year G UT-AT TT TFL 2002 13 14-20 34 3.0-8

Sacks 1.0-4

5 Anthony Butler Halfback 5-9, 195, Jr. Bay Area, CA (Gunn) Major: Management 2002 (Sophomore) Played in nine games ... missed four games due to injury ... rushed for 349 yards and three touchdowns ... DNPs vs.

Navy, BYU and Notre Dame (ankle) and New Mexico (shoulder) ... rushed for a team- and season-high 84 yards and a touchdown at Army ... recorded his season-long run of 21 yards ... rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown vs. Utah ... left the game with a sprained ankle in the fourth quarter ... rushed for a game-high 75 yards on 17 carries vs. Virginia Tech in the San Francisco Bowl.

2001 (Freshman) - Played in all 12 games, starting one ... finished third on the team in rushing with 375 yards and four touchdowns on 66 carries ... averaged 5.7 yards per carry which led all players with 50 or more attempts on the team ... caught four passes for 63 yards and a touchdown ... rushed for a career-best 120 yards and a touchdown against Brigham Young ... his 120 yards are the most by an Air Force freshman since 1997 when Qualario Brown rushed for 158 at San Jose State ... scored on a career-long 46 yard run ... rushed for 44 yards on seven carries in his first career start vs. Utah ... career-high nine carries at Hawaii for 54 yards and two touchdowns which marked his first-career multi-touchdown game ... scored his first-career rushing touchdown against Navy ... rushed for 19 yards on four carries in the game ... scored the first receiving touchdown of his career on a 25yard pass from Keith Boyea at New Mexico.

High School - Lettered three years in football Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

Anthony Butler

and track and one year in wrestling ... named the team and conference most valuable player in football in 1999 ... first-team all-state in football as a senior ... high school football coach was Jeff Remington.

Personal - Member of cadet squadron 24 ... born Jan. 29, 1981 ... son of Mary Butler ... has one older brother, Howard (27), who was a defensive lineman at San Jose State and played professionally in the arena league for the San Jose Sabercats ... attended the Academy Prep School and played football ... would like to go into marketing following graduation ... hobbies include listening to music, photography and spending time with family and friends … completed Cadet Survival Training last summer.

Butler's Career Statistics Rushing Year G Att Yds Avg 2002 9 70 349 5.0 2001 12 66 375 5.7 Total 21 136 724 5.3

TD 3 4 7

LG 21 (Army) 46 (BYU) 46 (BYU)

53 Ryan Carter Left End 6-2, 245, Sr. Waterloo, WI (Edgewood) Major: Astronautical Engineering 2002 (Junior) - Played in nine games, recorded 23 tackles ... had two tackles for loss ... missed the first four games of the year recovering

from off season knee surgery ... career-high six tackles at Army.

2001 (Sophomore) - Missed entire season due to a knee injury.

2000 (Freshman) - Played on the junior varsity all season at outside linebacker … recorded eight total tackles, one tackle for a loss and a quarterback sack in the annual Blue-Silver spring game.

High School - Lettered four years in track, three in football and two in basketball … honorable mention all-conference in football as a sophomore … second-team all-conference as a junior and first-team as a senior … secondteam all-state and first-team all-city … named the conference's student-athlete of the year … earned the all-state college Hall of Fame scholarship … member of the National Honor Society … high school football coach was Al Minnaert.

Personal - Born Aug. 29, 1981 … member of cadet squadron 14 … son of Jim and Jackie Carter … siblings include Ben (25), Nicole (23), Andrea (22) and Jeffrey (6) … would like to become a fighter pilot after graduation … member of the superintendent's list for military, academic and athletic excellence … completed Combat Survival Training the summer of 2001 … also completed Global Engagement and Soaring … completed Ops Air Force at Lackland AFB, Texas, last summer … hobbies include camping, fishing, hiking and climbing.

Carter’s Career Statistics Year G UT-AT TT 2002 9 13-10 23

TFL Sacks 2.0-12 2.0-12

24 Adam Cole Fullback 6-0, 215, Jr. Dallas, TX (Richardson) Major: Undecided 2002 (Sophomore) Played in 12 games, starting two ... starts came against Wyoming and Colorado State ... rushed for 196 yards on 49 carries ... rushed for a career-high 63 yards on nine carries at California ... recorded his career-long run of 40 yards in the game ... just one carry for two yards in his career prior to the game ... rushed for 59 yards on 15 carries and scored a touchdown against BYU. 2001 (Freshman) - Played fullback on the junior varsity team … four carries for 23 yards in the annual Blue-Silver spring game.

High School - Three-year letterwinner in football, two-year letterwinner in basketball and track … named outstanding offensive back and Page 20

Meet the Falcons outstanding linebacker … team MVP … defensive player of the year in basketball … freshman athlete of the year award … all-district selection in football … high school coach was Harry Everett … member of the National Honor Society … junior and senior class president.

Personal - Son of Alvin and Greta Walls-Cole … has three siblings, Addison (15), Giordan (13) and Gillian (9) … related to Everson Walls, who played cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants … would like to go to pilot training following graduation, then become a teacher at the Academy … completed Combat Survival Training last summer … also recruited by New Mexico, Louisiana-Monroe and Henderson State … his hobby is collecting DVDs … what he likes most about the football staff is that everyone has a southern accent, which helps him better relate to the coaches … born Feb. 18, 1983 … member of squadron 27.

Cole’s Career Statistics Rushing Year G Att Yds Avg TD LG 2002 12 49 196 4.0 1 40 (Cal)

42 Monty Coleman Left End 6-2, 245, Sr. Phoenix, AZ (Brophy Prep) Major: Management 2002 (Junior) - Played and started in 11 games ... recorded 39 total tackles ... 5.0 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks ... also had two pass breakups and a forced fumble ... missed the Navy and BYU games due to injury ... seasonhigh seven tackles vs. San Diego State ... five tackles vs. Virginia Tech in the San Francisco Bowl.

2001 (Sophomore) - Played in 12 games, starting seven at outside linebacker ... recorded 41 total tackles ... One tackle for loss for two yards and one pass breakup ... recorded a career-high 12 tackles against Army ... notched six tackles against Navy to average 9.0 tackles in the two service academy games … posted 10 total tackles, including five solo, in the annual Blue-Silver spring game … also recorded a sack and forced a fumble.

2000 (Freshman) - Played on the junior varsity all season … played outside linebacker … recorded four total tackles, including one for a loss of four yards in the annual Blue-Silver spring game.

High School - Lettered three years in football and basketball … named all-conference in Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

Monty Coleman

each sport … high school football coach was Tim Sanford.

Personal - Born Dec. 23, 1980 … member of cadet squadron 23 … given name is Montgomery … attended the Academy Prep School and played football … son of Travis and Kim Coleman … has a younger sister, Muriah (9) … would like to attend medical school after graduation … completed a course in computer science during the summer of 2001 … also completed Combat Survival Training … completed Ops Air Force at Ramstein AFB, Germany, last summer … active in his squadron as services clerk … also recruited by California, Wyoming and Holy Cross.

Coleman's Career Statistics Year G UT-AT TT 2002 11 14-25 39 2001 12 7-34 41 Total 23 21-59 80

TFL 5.0-18 1.0-2 6.0-20

Sacks 2.5-12 0.0-0 2.5-12

29 Larry Duncan Safety 5-10, 200, Sr. San Diego, CA (Mira Mesa) Major: Management 2002 (Junior) - Played in 13 games, starting 12 at safety ... second on the team in tackles with 78 ... twice saved touchdowns with pass breakups in the end zone vs. Cal ... 11 total tackles, a forced fumble and one interception

vs. Utah ... 10 tackles vs. Colorado State ... team-high nine tackles at UNLV ... eight tackles and a fumble recovery vs. Virginia Tech ... returned the fumble 22 yards.

2001 (Sophomore) - Played in 11 games, starting six ... started the last six games of the season ... finished second on the team in total tackles with 60, including 31 unassisted ... three tackles for loss of five yards ... tied for the team lead in interceptions with three for a team-best 113 return yards ... returned an interception a school-record 95 yards for a touchdown against Army ... the touchdown sealed the game for Air Force ... also notched 10 total tackles against Army to earn his first MWC defensive player of the week honor ... recorded one fumble recovery ... recorded a career-high 16 total tackles, including seven unassisted, against Utah ... his 16 tackles were the most by a Falcon during the year ... had the only interception in the annual Blue-Silver game, returning it 24 yards.

2000 (Freshman) - Played on the junior varsity all season.

High School - Lettered three years in football and two each in track and baseball … threetime first-team all-conference performer in football … set the school record in the 100 meters in track … high school football coach was Gary Blevins.

Personal - Born March 20, 1980 … member of cadet squadron 12 … nickname is L.D. … attended the Academy Prep School and played football … son of Larry and Brenda Duncan … has a younger sister, Erica (11) … is a relative of professional boxer Herman Duncan … completed Combat Survival Training in the summer of 2001 … completed Ops Air Force last summer … also recruited by UCLA, San Diego State, Michigan, Stanford and Colorado.

Duncan's Career Statistics Year G UT-AT TT 2002 13 36-42 78 2001 11 31-29 60 Total 24 67-71 138

TFL 0.0-0 3.0-5 3.0-5

Sacks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

58 Marchello Graddy Inside Linebacker 6-1, 235, Sr. Wrightsville, GA (Johnson County) Major: Civil Engineering 2002 (Junior) - Played in 13 games, starting five ... started the last four games ... fourth on the team in total tackles with 70 ... tied for second on the team in tackles for loss with 8.0 for 32 yards ... 1.5 Page 21

Meet the Falcons sacks for 12 yards ... season-high 10 tackles at Utah ... nine tackles vs. Colorado State and San Diego State ... six tackles, including one for a loss, vs. Virginia Tech ... led the MWC in fumble recoveries with four for 21 yards ... his four fumble recoveries are the most by a Falcon since 1978 ... returned a fumble 21 yards for a touchdown against Notre Dame.

2001 (Sophomore) - Played in nine games as a backup inside linebacker ... made his firstcareer start against Utah ... recorded a careerhigh nine tackles against the Utes ... finished the season with 33 total tackles, including 21 unassisted ... recorded one quarterback sack for 10 yards ... intercepted one pass and forced one fumble.

2000 (Freshman) - Played on both the varsity and junior varsity … listed as a co-starter at inside linebacker heading into the fall.

High School - Lettered four years in football and basketball and one in track … named to the all-state team in football for offense and defense … helped his team to the Georgia Sweet 16 … member of the beta club … high school football coach was Bill Bonds.

Personal - Born July 30, 1981 … nickname is Chello … attended the Academy's Prep School and played football … son of Jimmie and Mary Ann Dixon … has a younger brother, Terrance (19) … completed Combat Survival Training during the summer of 2001 … also completed Global Engagement training … credits his mother with having the biggest influence on his sports career.

High School - Three-year letterwinner in football … four-year letterwinner in soccer, and lettered once in cross country … first-team allstate, all-region and all-district place kicker as a senior … second-team all-region punter … team MVP for football and soccer … firstteam all-district, team MVP and captain for soccer as a senior … ranked No. 12 in his district in cross country as a freshman … high school football coach was Lou Sorrentino … member of the National Honor Society …

FCA President.

Personal - Son of John and Glenda Greenaway … has two brothers, Thomas (21) and Brendan (17) … his uncle, Brendan McCarthy, was an All-American football player at Boston College and played in the NFL … would like to attend pilot training and become a pilot after graduating from the Academy … member of the dean's list … completed Combat Survival Training and took an academic course in behavioral science last summer … also recruited by William & Mary … born Dec. 24, 1982 … member of squadron 25 ... enjoys fishing in his spare time.

Graddy's Career Statistics Year G UT-AT TT 2002 13 22-48 70 2001 9 21-12 33 Total 22 43-60 103

2002 (Junior) - Led the conference and ranked seventh nationally in scoring with a 10.2 average ... set an NCAA record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with 22 ... broke the 1997 record of 20 set by Navy’s Chris McCoy ... his 22 scores set new AFA records for rushing touchdowns and total touchdowns ... broke the record of 20 set in 1970

by Brian Bream ... Become the fifth Falcon and 16th player in NCAA history to rush and pass for 1,000 yards each in a season ... joins Falcons Bart Weiss (1985), Dee Dowis (1989),

TFL 8.0-32 1.0-10 9.0-42

Sacks 1.5-12 1.0-10 2.5-22

92 Michael Greenaway Place Kicker 5-10, 175, Jr. Culpepper, VA (Culpepper County) Major: Undecided 2002 (Sophomore) Served as the team’s kickoff specialist ... recorded 31 touchbacks in 75 kickoffs ... opponents averaged the 25 yard line following his kickoffs ... named special teams player of the week for his efforts vs.

Navy ... recorded six touchbacks kicking into the wind four of the times ... kicked three extra points, making all three.

2001 (Freshman) - Place kicker on the junior varsity team … his only kickoff in the annual Blue-Silver spring game resulted in a touchback.

Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

11 Chance Harridge Quarterback 5-11, 185, Sr. Bonaire, GA (Houston County) Major: Management

Beau Morgan (1995, 1996) and Keith Boyea (2001) ... rushed for 1,229 yards on the season ... hit 64 of 144 passes for 1,062 yards and 10 touchdowns ... his 10 TD passes rank as the third most by a quarterback in the option era ... rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns at UNLV to become the 11th Falcon to top the 1,000-yard mark in rushing for a season ... hit four of eight passes for 102 yards and matched his career high with two touchdown passes ... rushed for 76 yards and hit five of nine passes for 108 yards and a touchdown at Army ... rushed for 115 yards vs. Colorado State ... became the 29th Falcon in school history to hit the 1,000-yard mark for his career ... rushed for 91 yards at Wyoming ... also hit nine of 19 passes for a career-high 169 yards ... hit Anthony Park for an 80 yard TD pass which is the longest pass of his career and the fifth longest in AFA history ... tied a school record with eight touchdowns in consecutive games with four each vs. Navy and BYU ... third best start in AFA history for a quarterback with six straight wins (Bob Parker 8 in 1970, Blane Morgan 7 in 1997) ... rushed for 104 yards and four TDs vs. BYU ... also hit four of eight passes for 77 yards ... best game of his career vs. Navy with career highs of 161 yards rushing and four touchdowns ... four rushing TDs tie as the fourth most in school history ... rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown and passed for 99 yards at Utah ... threw for two touchdowns, including the game-winner with 17 seconds left ... rushed for 124 yards on 25 carries at Cal ... scored three touchdowns ... led AFA to touchdowns on all three second half drives ... rushed for 94 yards on 16 carries in his first career start vs. Northwestern ... rushed for two touchdowns and threw his firstcareer TD pass ... hit five of seven passes for 47 yards ... won the starting quarterback job

Chance Harridge Page 22

Meet the Falcons during spring drills ... organized the team’s seven-on-seven passing drill during the off season ... gave up his only leave period to spend at the Academy working out in preparation for the 2002 season.

2001 (Sophomore) - Played in five games as a backup quarterback ...rushed for 181 yards on 30 carries and scored one touchdown ... averaged 6.0 yards per carry and 36.2 yards per game ... hit seven of 24 passes for 119 yards and three touchdowns ... rushed for a careerhigh 85 yards on eight carries at Hawaii ... also hit three of 10 passes for 48 yards ... rushed for 44 yards on 10 carries and scored a touchdown against BYU ... also hit two of four passes for 60 yards.

2000 (Freshman) - Started on the junior varsity at quarterback … entered the spring fourth on the depth chart at quarterback … spent a week as the No. 1 quarterback and entered the fall No. 2 … helped lead the Blue team to victory as the starting quarterback in the spring game … rushed for 13 yards and a touchdown and hit two of six passes … engineered a pair of scoring drives.

High School - Lettered four years in football and baseball … named the team's offensive most valuable player in football … was team captain … named second-team all-Middle Georgia … head football coach was Doug Johnson.

Personal - Born Oct. 17, 1980 … attended the Academy Prep School and played football … was the team's starting quarterback … member of squadron 27 … son of Ross and Linda Harridge … his parents are both retired school teachers … has one older brother, David (24) … wants to attend pilot training after graduation … would like to come back to the Academy and coach football … member of the commandant's list for military excellence at the Academy … his greatest moment in sports is scoring his first collegiate touchdown against BYU … completed Operation Air Force at Dyess AFB, Texas, last summer … also completed Global Engagement … completed Combat Survival Training during the summer of 2001 … also completed a course in engineering mechanics … hobbies include golf, music and video games.

Harridge's Career Statistics Rushing Year G Att Yds Avg 2002 13 252 1,229 4.9 2001 5 30 181 6.0 Total 18 282 1,410 5.0 Passing Year G 2002 13 2001 5 Total 18

C-A 64-144 7-24 71-168

Pct .444 .292 .423

TD 22 1 23

LG 61 (Navy) 52 (UH) 61 (Navy)

Yds TD-I LG 1,062 10-7 80 (Wyo) 119 0-3 40 (BYU) 1,181 10-10 80 (Wyo)

Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

44 Trevor Hightower Inside Linebacker 6-0, 230, Sr. Plano, TX (Plano) Major: Management 2002 (Junior) - Played in 13 games, starting seven ... team leader in sacks with 6.5 for 39 yards ... tied for second on the team in tackles for loss with 8.0 for 43 yards ... fifth on the team in tackles with 66 ... recorded 10 tackles vs. Virginia Tech in the San Francisco bowl ... seven tackles, three tackles for a loss and 2.5 sacks at UNLV ... TFLs and sacks are careerhighs ... career-high 12 tackles vs. Notre Dame ... also had a sack ... recorded eight tackles, including a career-best six unassisted vs. Navy ... two quarterback sacks for a loss of 13 yards vs. Navy ... first-career start vs. Northwestern ... recorded three total tackles ... selected by his teammates as a captain for the 2002 season... earned a starting job during spring drills ... earned the team’s lunch pail award (player who had the best practice) a team-high three times during spring drills ... was the first player selected during the draft for the annual Blue-Silver game.

2001 (Sophomore) - Played in six games … collected eight solo and 13 total tackles … one tackle for a loss of one yard … first pick in the Blue-Silver spring game draft … three solo tackles in that game ... won the team’s lunch pail award a team-high three times during spring drills ... the award goes to the player that worked the hardest and had the best practice that day during spring drills.

2000 (Freshman) - Played on the junior varsity all year … recorded eight total tackles and one tackle for a loss in the spring game.

High School - Lettered three years in football … first-team all-district as a junior and senior at halfback … also made all-district as a linebacker his senior year … district most valuable player and all-area for North Texas as a senior … high school football coach was Gerald Brence.

Personal - Born March 3, 1982 … member of cadet squadron 32 … son of Thomas Hightower and Karleen Hoffman … has an older brother, Travis (23) … completed Ops Air Force in Tucson, Ariz., last summer … also completed Global Engagement … completed Combat Survival Training in the summer of 2001 … also completed a course in summer academics … active in his squadron as honor NCO and Fight NCO … his greatest moment in sports was making six tackles in his first collegiate game against Army last season … was also recruited by Navy … hobbies include golf and volleyball.

Hightower’s Career Statistics Year G UT-AT TT TFL 2002 13 30-36 66 8.0-43 2001 6 8-5 13 1.0-1 Total 19 38-41 79 8.0-44

Sacks 6.5-39 0.0-0 6.5-39

63 Brett Huyser Left Guard 6-4, 295, Sr. Rock Valley, IA (Rock Valley Com.) Major: Management 2002 (Junior) - Started every game at left guard ... earned fourth-team All-American honors from The Sporting News ... third on the team in knockdowns with a 13.1 per-game average ... double figures in knockdowns in 12 games ... career-high 19 knockdowns against Colorado State ... had 18 knockdowns vs.

Northwestern.

2001 (Sophomore) - Played in 12 games, starting five ... starts came against San Diego State, Colorado State, UNLV, Hawaii and Utah ... started the final four games of the year ... recorded 97 knockdown blocks ... averaged 8.1 knockdowns per game ... notched a career-best 20 knockdowns against Colorado State ... had 18 knockdowns against San Diego State in his first career start ... ranked sixth on the team in total knockdowns.

2000 (Freshman) - Played left tackle on the junior varsity team ... second on the depth chart at left guard after spring drills.

High School - Lettered two years in track and baseball … lettered once in basketball and football … first-team all-conference in football and baseball … second-team all-conference in basketball … third-team all-state in baseball … named to the state all-tournament team … high school football coach was Cory Brandt.

Personal - Born Feb. 11, 1980 … member of cadet squadron 33 … attended the AFA Prep School … son of Bob and Lorna Huyser … siblings are Chris (28), Matt (25) and Kenzie (17) … completed Ops Air Force at Scott AFB, Ill., last summer … also took an academic course in history … the person in history he would most like to meet is Vince Lombardi.

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Meet the Falcons

40 Steve Massie

88 Russ Mitscherling

Fullback 5-11, 230, Sr. Fairfax Station, VA (West Springfield) Major: Legal Studies 2002 (Junior) - Played in 13 games, starting 10 ... third on the team in rushing with 95 carries for 467 yards ... breakthrough game came at Cal with 76 yards on 12 carries ... also had a long run of 45 yards ... rushed for a careerhigh 123 yards on 12 carries and scored on a career-long run of 59 yards vs. San Diego State ... averaged 4.9 yards per carry and lost just four yards rushing all year.

2001 (Sophomore) - Fullback on the junior varsity team … rushed for over 300 yards and five touchdowns in one junior varsity game.

2000 (Freshman) - Halfback on junior varsity.

High School - Lettered three years in football … team captain as a senior … second-team all-district as a senior … honorable mention all-district as a sophomore and junior … high school football coach was Bill Renner.

Personal - Born Dec. 7, 1981 … member of cadet squadron 20 … parents are Steve and Jean Massie … the oldest of four children … siblings are John (17), Dianna (15) and Lauren (13) … hopes to go to pilot training … worked as a cadre member during Combat Survival Training this past summer … also recruited by Virginia Tech, Georgetown and Brown … hobbies are fishing and boating … lists Vince Lombardi as the person in history he would like to meet.

Massie's Career Statistics Rushing Year G Att Yds Avg TD LG 2002 13 95 467 4.9 4 59 (SDSU)

82 Alec Messerall Wide Receiver 5-11, 185, Jr. Alexandria, VA (Northridge) Major: Undecided 2002 (Sophomore) Played in every game as a wide receiver ... caught three passes for 84 yards ... scored the first touchdown of his career on a 29-yard reception vs. San Diego State ... career-long 44-yard reception vs.

Navy ... also returned kickoffs ... seven returns for a 21.0 average on the year ... returned a Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

Nose Guard 6-2, 250, So. Victoria, TX (Memorial) Major: Undecided

Steve Massie

kickoff 61 yards vs. UNLV which was the longest return by a player in the MWC. 2001 (Freshman) - Played wide receiver on the junior varsity team … played in three varsity games on special teams … recorded one assisted tackle … listed fourth on the depth chart at wide receiver after spring drills.

High School - Lettered four years in football and three in basketball … first-team all-district and second-team all-state as a senior … MidBuckeye Conference player of the year … high school football coach was Roger "Buzz" Kirkhart.

Personal - Born Jan. 13, 1982 … member of cadet squadron 32 … parents are Tom and Anne Messerall … siblings are Adam (18) and Annie (15) … attended the AFA Prep School and played football … completed Combat Survival Training, global engagement and soaring this past summer … also recruited by Dayton and Ohio University … hobbies are hunting, fishing and backpacking.

Messerall's Career Statistics Receiving Year G # Yds Avg TD LG 2002

12

3

84

28.0 1

44 (Navy)

2002 (Freshman) Played in six games ... moved up to the varsity from the junior varsity midway through the season ... recorded three total tackles.

High School - Lettered three years in football and track ... named all-Bay area, all-area, alldistrict and all-South Texas in football ... high school football coach was Wayne Condra.

Personal - Born Sept. 5, 1982 ... member of cadet squadron 14 ... son of Charles Mitscherling and Gerry Bernhard ... siblings include: Carley (15) ... attended the Academy Prep School and played football ... would like to work in special forces someday ... also recruited by Rice ... hobbies include hunting, fishing and snow skiing.

Mitscherling's Career Statistics Year G UT-AT TT TFL 2002 6 1-2 3 0.0-0

Sacks 0.0-0

61 Blane Neufeld Right Tackle 6-5, 295, Sr. Inman, KS (Inman) Major: Management 2002 (Junior) - Played and started in 12 games at tackle ... fourth on the team in knockdown blocks with an 11.3 average ... career-high 20 knockdowns at Northwestern ... had 16 knockdowns vs. New Mexico and Cal ... scored a touchdown on a three-yard pass on the tackleeligible play vs. New Mexico.

2001 (Sophomore) - Played eight games as a reserve offensive lineman ... recorded 38 knockdown blocks ... notched a career-high 10 knockdowns against Tennessee Tech ... had eight knockdowns against BYU and seven against UNLV … listed No. 1 at tackle after spring drills.

2000 (Freshman) - Played guard on the junior varsity team … listed second at left tackle on the varsity depth chart after spring drills.

High School - Lettered four years in football and track and three in basketball … first-team all-conference at offensive lineman and linebacker as a junior and senior … first-team allstate as a junior … second-team all-southwest Page 24

Meet the Falcons Kansas as a senior … high school football coach was Mike Hicks … member of the National Honor Society.

Personal - Born Dec. 22, 1981 … member of cadet squadron 17 … nickname is "Newf" … attended the AFA Prep School … son of Keith and Sally Neufield .. has an older brother, Kevin (26) … on the dean's list both semesters as a freshman … worked Combat Survival Training this past summer … hobby is watching NASCAR.

controlling the flow of information … lists Martin Luther King, Jr., as the person in history he would like to meet.

engagement this past summer … lists Martin Luther King, Jr., as the person in history he would most like to meet.

Overstreet's Career Statistics Year G UT-AT TT 2002 13 22-9 31 2001 5 15-19 34 2000 7 8-5 13 Total 25 45-33 78

Parks' Career Statistics Receiving Year G Att Yds Avg 2002 12 11 283 25.7 2001 7 3 11 3.7 Total 19 14 294 21.0

22 Jeff Overstreet

14 Anthony Park

Free Safety 5-10, 185, Sr. Killeen, TX (Ellison) Major: Biology 2002 (Junior) - Played in 13 games, starting seven ... played both corner and safety ... 31 total tackles ... one interception (vs. Army) ... one tackle for loss ... finished third on the team in pass breakups with four.

2001 (Sophomore) - Played and started in five games before an injured ankle forced him to miss the remainder of the season ... recorded 34 total tackles, including 15 unassisted ... had two tackles for a loss ... was injured against Navy ... appeared in Sports Illustrated following the Navy game making a "perfect" tackle ... ranked second in the conference in tackles after four games ... considered by the coaching staff as having the potential to be one of the best defensive backs in AFA history ... no contact during spring drills after recovering from off-season ankle surgery.

2000 (Freshman) - Played in seven games as a reserve safety … saw the most action of any freshman on the team … recorded eight unassisted tackles and assisted on five … had one of the Falcons' seven interceptions … made his first career start at Notre Dame.

High School - Lettered three years in football, basketball and track … two-time first-team allconference selection for football and basketball … honorable mention all-state in football as a junior … placed second in the conference in the triple jump (47') … honor roll all four years.

Personal - Son of Jeff, Sr. and Jewel Overstreet … siblings include Joann (19) and Jamaira (14) … born Sept. 12, 1980 … member of cadet squadron 28 … nickname is "Street" … played football and basketball at the USAFA Prep School … also recruited by Army, Navy and Southwest Texas … hobbies include golfing and weight lifting … served as the group operations NCO during Basic Cadet Training, responsible for all squadrons and Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

TFL 1.0-2 2.0-1 0.0-0 3.0-3

Sacks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

Wide Receiver 5-11, 170, Sr. Las Vegas, NV (Las Vegas) Major: Management 2002 (Junior) - Played in 12 games, starting the first two ... third on the team in receiving with 11 catches for 283 yards ... averaged 25.7 yards per catch to lead the team ... recorded his career long reception of 80 yards for a touchdown at Wyoming ... the 80-yard reception is the fifth longest in Air Force history and longest since 2000 ... missed the San Diego State game due to a knee injury ... caught a 47-yard pass vs. Virginia Tech to set up AFA’s first touchdown ... caught passes in 10 of 12 games.

2001 (Sophomore) - Played seven games, starting once (Utah) ... three catches for 11 yards ... carried the ball five times for 29 yards and scored his first-career touchdown on a 27yard run against Utah … listed No. 2 at wide receiver after spring drills.

2000 (Freshman) - Wide receiver on Air Force's junior varsity team … caught four passes for 66 yards, including a game-high 53yarder in the Blue/Silver spring game.

High School - Lettered four years in track and two years in football ... first-team all-state and honorable mention All-American wide receiver … earned All-America honors in the long jump and triple jump.

Personal - Son of Dorothy Martin … born Dec. 22, 1980 ... siblings include Adrian (18), Antrill (15) and twins Alisia and Alyssie (13) … member of cadet squadron 24 … nickname is "Ace" … also competes for the USAFA track team … named MWC freshman of the year in track in 2001 ... won the conference championship in the long and triple jump as a freshman ... completed Combat Survival Training and a course during summer academics in the summer of 2000 ... was recruited by Kansas State, Washington State and St. Mary's College (CA) ... hobbies include watching movies and playing chess … worked global

TD 1 0 1

LG 80 (Wyo) 10 (Utah) 80 (Wyo)

50 John Peel Center 6-2, 255, Jr. San Antonio, TX (Smithson Valley) Major: Civil Engineering 2002 (Sophomore) Played in 10 games, starting six ... firstcareer start came against BYU ... started six consecutive games before giving way to Wayne Southam for the San Diego State game ... sixth on the team in knockdown blocks with an 8.6 average ... career-high 16 knockdowns vs. Notre Dame.

2001 (Freshman) - Center on the junior varsity team … listed third on the depth chart at offensive guard after spring drills.

High School - Lettered twice in football and track … first-team all-district and all-Greater San Antonio as a junior and senior … thirdteam all-state as a senior … member of the National Honor Society … high school football coach was Larry Hill.

Personal - Born on Aug. 21, 1982 … member of cadet squadron 5 … parents are Dennis Peel and Deborah Stephenson … siblings are Garrett and Kellyn … completed Combat Survival Training and global engagement this past summer … also recruited by Navy.

34 Sean Rodgers Left Falcon 5-11, 195, Jr. Fuquay-Varina, NC (Fuquay-Varina) Major: Undecided 2002 (Sophomore) Played in 11 games, starting four of the last five at Falcon ... recorded 19 total tackles ... career-high five tackles at Wyoming in his first-career start.

2001 (Freshman) - Cornerback on the junior varsity team … listed third at left Falcon back Page 25

Meet the Falcons after spring drills.

High School - Lettered three years in football, four in track and two in basketball … honorable mention all-conference as a junior … preseason all-state as a senior … third-team allconference … U.S. Navy scholastic AllAmerican … most valuable defensive player in basketball … earned the athletic director's 110 percent award … honor graduate (eighth in class) … Coca-Cola scholar-athlete award … high school football coach was Phillip Howard.

Personal - Born June 4, 1983 … member of cadet squadron 15 … parents are Jeff and Kim Stoehr … siblings are Jack (10) and Alex (5) Stoehr and Meghan Rodgers (4) … hopes to work in the engineering field after graduation … responsible for fourth degree accountability in his squadron as a freshman … completed Combat Survival Training and global engagement this past summer … also recruited by Furman, Western Carolina and Wofford … hobbies are playing basketball and listening to music.

Rodgers' Career Statistics Year G UT-AT TT 2002 11 10-9 19

TFL Sacks 0.0-0 0.0-0

48 John Rudzinski Inside Linebacker 6-2, 230, Jr. Green Bay, WI (Notre Dame Academy) Major: Undecided 2002 (Sophomore) Played in 13 games, starting the last 12 ... sixth on the team in tackles with 50 ... second on the team in sacks with 4.0 for 25 yards ... had 7.0 tackles for loss for 33 yards ... tied for third on the team with four pass breakups ... forced two fumbles ... career-high eight tackles at Utah.

2001 (Freshman) - Played linebacker on the junior varsity team … made eight tackles, seven unassisted with one tackle for loss, one sack and a forced fumble in the Blue/Silver spring game … listed No. 1 at outside linebacker after spring drills.

High School - Lettered four years in football and track and three in basketball … two-year captain in football and track … all-city, allmetro and all-state in football twice … fifth in the state in the shotput as a senior … member of the National Honor Society … high school football coach was John Nonae.

Personal - Born May 10, 1983 … member of cadet squadron 17 … nickname is Rod … parents are Paul and Mary Rudzinski … one of Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

John Rudzinski

four children … siblings are Lauren (17), Caroline (14) and Jacqueline (11) … father played football at Michigan State and for the Green Bay Packers… uncle, Jim, played football at Dayton … uncle, Joe, played football at Notre Dame … cousin, Jerry, played football at Ohio State … future goal is to be a football coach … on the superintendent's list for excellence in academics, military and athletics … completed Combat Survival Training this past summer … hobbies are golf and playing cards … person in history he'd like to meet is Jesus … born in Canada … greatest day in sports was hitting two home runs in the little league city championship.

Rudzinski’s Career Statistics Year G UT-AT TT TFL 2002 13 31-19 50 7.0-33

Sacks 4.0-25

10 Joe Schieffer Halfback 5-10, 185, Sr. Indianola, IA (Indianola) Major: Management 2002 (Junior) - Played in 13 games as a backup halfback ... rushed for 61 yards on 12 carries and scored a touchdown ... caught two passes for 72 yards, including a 43-yard touchdown catch at Army ... rushed for a career-high 42 yards on four carries and scored a touchdown vs. Northwestern.

2001 (Sophomore) - Played in seven games

and had four carries for 19 yards … caught one pass for three yards (Tennessee Tech) … career-long run of nine yards came against Brigham Young … made five tackles, four unassisted, while on special teams … caught a 17-yard touchdown pass from Zach Myhra in the Blue/Silver spring game … also scored a two-point conversion in the game as the Silver team beat the Blue, 16-2 … rushed for 22 yards on 10 carries … listed third at wing back after spring drills.

2000 (Freshman) - Falcon back on the junior varsity team.

High School - Lettered two years in football and track … first-team all-conference and allcounty as a junior and senior … team offensive MVP as a junior … team MVP as a senior … second-team all-state as a senior … Iowa scholar-athlete of the year as a senior … member of the National Honor Society … four-year academic letterwinner … academic all-conference all four years … student body president … National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame award winner … delegate to the American Legion for Iowa boy's state … editor-in-chief of the high school newspaper … high school football coach was Dave Summy.

Personal - Born Jan. 12, 1982 … member of cadet squadron 8 … son of Terry Schieffer and Eileen Weischedel … siblings are Ann (27), Katie (24), Patrick (24), Nick (22) and Sean (18) … hopes to go to pilot training after graduation … future goal is to be a fighter pilot … was the training clerk in his squadron as a freshman … is the academic NCO in his squadron … was a flight NCO during basic cadet training this past summer … also recruited by Iowa State and Kansas … hobbies are collecting football cards and playing video games … person in history he would like to meet is Jesus.

Schieffer's Career Statistics Rushing Year G Att Yds Avg 2002 13 12 61 5.1 2001 7 4 19 4.8 Total 20 16 80 5.0

TD 1 0 1

LG 19 (NW) 9 (BYU) 19 (NW)

15 Darnell Stephens Halfback 6-2, 200, Jr. Midwest City, OK (Midwest City) Major: Undeclared 2002 (Sophomore) Played in 13 games ... fourth on the team in rushing with 431 yards on just 63 carries ... team-best 6.8 yards per Page 26

Meet the Falcons carry ... scored two touchdowns ... rushed for 66 yards on eight carries vs. Northwestern ... rushed for 75 yards on eight carries and recorded his career-long run of 46 yards at Army ... career-high 89 yards and a touchdown at UNLV. 2001 (Freshman) - Played in four games as a reserve halfback ... rushed for 51 yards on seven carries ... averaged 7.3 yards per carry ... caught one pass for seven yards ... two carries for 18 yards, including a long run of 12 yards against UNLV. High School - Lettered three years each in football and basketball ... all-conference in football as a freshman ... named the school's male athlete of the year as a freshman ... allstate as a junior in football ... all-city and allstate in football as a senior ... was a McDonald's All-American nominee in basketball ... member of the National Honor Society and Oklahoma Honor Society ... class valedictorian ... graduated with a 4.0 grade point average ... was an academic state finalist for basketball.

Personal - Born Sept. 21, 1982 ... member of cadet squadron 13 ... son of Kenneth and Gloria Stephens ... siblings include Jeremy (22) and LeKesha (25) ... nickname is "Nelly" ... would like to attend pilot training following graduation ... member of the dean's list and the commandant's list for military excellence at the Academy ... was also recruited by Army, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma ... hobbies include all sports and singing … secret ambition is to be a professional singer.

Stephens' Career Statistics Rushing Year G Att Yds Avg 2002 13 63 431 6.8 2001 4 7 51 7.3 Total 17 70 482 6.9

TD 2 0 2

end ... caught one pass for nine yards against San Diego State.

2000 (Freshman) - Played on the junior varsity team.

High School - Earned four letters in football and three in basketball and baseball … allleague and all-state in football as a senior … first team all-league in baseball … honorable mention all-state in basketball … Steinmark Award finalist … graduated cum laude … member of headmaster's list.

Personal - Born July 27, 1982 … member of cadet squadron 12 … son of Russ and Cynthia Strecker … siblings include sister Cynthia (21) and brother Eric (17) … would like to become a civil engineer after graduation … first sergeant during Combat Survival Training and basic cadet training … member of the dean's list … also recruited by Harvard, Univ. of Pennsylvania and Northern Colorado … person in history he would like to meet is George Washington.

Strecker's Career Statistics Receiving Year G Att Yds Avg 2002 13 14 261 18.6 2001 2 1 9 9.0 Total 15 15 270 18.1

86 Adam Strecker

2002 (Junior) - Played in 10 games, starting nine ... missed four games due to an ankle injury ... recorded 42 total tackles ... had 4.5 tackles for loss for 18 yards and 1.5 sacks for 12 yards ... recorded his career high of nine tackles vs. Notre Dame.

2001 (Sophomore) - Played in six games as a backup defensive lineman ... recorded five total tackles and one tackle for loss of one yard ... forced one fumble.

2000 (Freshman) - Played defensive tackle on the junior varsity … listed as a reserve nose guard on the varsity after spring 2001 drills.

High School - Lettered three years in football and wrestling … also lettered in baseball … first-team all-conference and all-city as a senior in football … city champion in wrestling as a junior … high school football coach was Bob Berta.

Personal - Son of Mark and Connie Taylor … born Sept. 24, 1981 … siblings are Kyle (16) and Alison (16) … attended the AFA Prep School and played football before coming to the Academy … member of cadet squadron 12 … also recruited by Ohio University, Ohio State, Miami (OH) and Dayton.

TFL 4.5-18 1.0-1 5.5-19

Sacks 1.5-12 0.0-0 1.5-12

75 Jesse Underbakke

Tight End 6-6, 240, Sr. Littleton, CO (Kent Denver) Major: Civil Engineering

Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

LG 49 (Army) 9 (SDSU) 49 (Army)

Nose Guard 6-4, 265, Sr. Cincinnati, OH (Turpin) Major: Electrical Engineering

Taylor's Career Statistics Year G UT-AT TT 2002 10 15-27 42 2001 6 1-4 5 Total 16 16-31 47

LG 46 (Army) 12 (UNLV) 46 (Army)

2002 (Junior) - Started all 13 games ... teamhigh 14 catches for 261 yards and four touchdowns ... averaged 18.6 yards per catch ... four touchdown catches are the most by a tight end in the option era ... career highs of three catches for 64 yards at Army ... recorded his career-long 49-yard catch for a touchdown vs. Army ... caught a pass in five straight games to end the season.

2001 (Sophomore) - Played as a backup tight

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Right Guard 6-3, 275, Sr. Mabel, MN (Mabel-Canton) Major: Management

Nick Taylor

2002 (Junior) - Played and started in every game at right guard ... team-high 222 knockdown blocks ... averaged a team-best 17.1 knockdowns per game ... double figures in knockdowns in 12 of 13 games ... career-high 24 knockdowns at Wyoming ... his 24 knockdowns was the most by a Falcon ... also had 20 vs. New Mexico and 21 vs. Cal ... only player on the team with three 20-plus knockPage 27

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2001 (Sophomore) - Reserve offensive lineman on the varsity … Played left guard behind Brian Strock, who started all 12 games … listed No. 1 at guard after spring drills.

2000 (Freshman) - Offensive lineman on the junior varsity team … listed as a backup right guard on 2001 spring depth chart.

High School - Lettered four years in football, three in baseball, two in basketball and one in track … honorable mention all-state in football as a senior … conference lineman of the year and first-team all-conference … high school football coach was Karl Urbaniak.

Personal - Son of Dean and Doreen Underbakke … born Sept. 26, 1980 … member of cadet squadron 8 … has two sisters, Abbey (23) and Erin (20) … played football at the AFA Prep School … would like to coach at the AFA Prep School after graduation … served as a cadre at Combat Survival Training this past summer … worked on a dairy farm as a kid.

77 Brett Waller Left Tackle 6-7, 275, Sr. Oak Harbor, WA (Oak Harbor) Major: Social Science 2002 (Junior) - Played and started in every game at tackle ... fifth on the team in knockdown blocks with an 11.0 average ... careerhigh 18 knockdowns at Cal ... had 17 knockdowns at Wyoming ... double figures in knockdowns in 10 of 12 games.

2001 (Sophomore) - Defensive tackle on the junior varsity.

2000 (Freshman) - Defensive tackle on the junior varsity.

High School - Lettered three years in football and two in basketball and baseball … firstteam all-conference at offensive and defensive tackle as a senior … high school football coach was Dave Ward.

Personal - Born May 23, 1981 … member of cadet squadron 31 … parents are Jim and Sandee Waller … siblings are Bryce (15) and Brooks (11) … completed global engagement this past summer … also recruited by Western and Central Washington … person in history he would like to meet is Al Capone.

83 J.P. Waller Wide Receiver 6-3, 205, Jr. Bryan, TX (Bryan) Major: Undecided 2002 (Sophomore) Played in every game ... finished second on the team in receiving with 12 catches for 164 yards and and a touchdown ... caught passes in seven games ... career highs of four catches for 51 yards vs.

Wyoming ... his four catches were the most by a Falcon in a game ... two catches for 37 yards and a career-long 34-yard touchdown vs.

UNLV ... three multiple-catch games, most by any Falcon.

2001 (Freshman) - Played on the junior varsity team ... played wide receiver.

High School - Lettered twice in football and three times in track ... first-team all-valley in football two years ... second-team all-district twice ... special teams player of the year at his school ... academic all-state and national student-athlete of the day once ... was a district champion in the triple jump ... three-time hurdler of the year award winner ... was the team’s high point scorer twice and was a twotime MWP ... member of the national honor society and student council ... high school coach was Marty Criswell.

Personal - Born June 30, 1982 ... parents are Jimmy and Ruth Waller ... siblings include Cody (17) and Seth (15) ... also recruited by Texas A&M, Louisiana Tech and Kentucky ... hobbies include hunting and fishing.

Waller’s Career Statistics Receiving Year G Att Yds Avg TD LG 2002 13 12 164 13.7 1 34 (UNLV)

3 Matt Ward Halfback 5-11, 180, So. Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Stranahan) Major: Management 2002 (Freshman) Played in 10 games ... rushed for 250 yards on 35 carries and scored two touchdowns ... averaged 7.0 yards per carry ... returned six kickoffs for a 23.5 average to lead the team ... long return of 34 yards ... two carries for 20 yards and a touchdown vs. Virginia Tech ... rushed for a career-high 66 yards on nine carries vs. Navy ... scored his first-career touchdown in the game ... rushed for 56 yards on five carries in his first-career game vs. Northwestern ... recorded his careerlong run of 29 yards vs. BYU. High School - Lettered three years in basketball and twice each in football and track ... selected for the county all-star game in football ... honorable mention all-county in basketball ... won state in the 4x100 and 4x200 relays ... team had the nation’s best time in the 4x100 (40.72).

Personal - Born Dec. 23, 1982 ... member of cadet squadron 19 ... nickname is Rookie ... attended the Academy Prep School and played football ... son of Walter and Marvis Ward ... siblings include: Carlos (21), Charmins (32), and Malcolm (13) ... would like to someday run a small business ... also recruited by North Carolina ... hobbies include basketball, TV, video games and sleeping.

Wards' Career Statistics Rushing Year G Att Yds Avg TD LG 2002 10 35 246 7.0 2 29 (BYU)

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2002 Review For the record

Rushing

Category All Games Conference Non-conference

Overall 8-5-0 4-3-0 4-2-0

Home 4-3-0 2-2-0 2-1-0

Away 4-1-0 2-1-0 2-0-0

Neutral 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0

The Games Date Opponent Result Aug. 31 Northwestern. . . . . . . . . . . . . W 52-3 Sept. 7 New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . W 38-31 OT Sept. 21 at #23 California . . . . . . . . . . W 23-21 Sept. 28 at Utah* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W 30-26 Oct. 5 Navy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W 48-7 Oct. 12 Brigham Young* . . . . . . . . . . W 52-9 Oct. 19 #7 Notre Dame . . . . . . . . . . . L 14-21 Oct. 26 at Wyoming*. . . . . . . . . . . . . L 26-34 Oct. 31 #24 Colorado State* . . . . . . . L 12-31 Nov. 9 at Army. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W 49-30 Nov. 16 at UNLV* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W 49-32 Nov. 23 San Diego State*. . . . . . . . . . L 34-38 Dec. 31 #19 Virginia Tech (Bowl) . . . L 13-20 * denotes conference game

Attendance 45,114 36,620 31,816 35,659 48,550 42,214 56,409 15,022 39,063 39,228 25,417 31,023 25,966

Score by Quarter Quarter Air Force Opponent

1st 85 75

2nd 130 97

3rd 113 51

4th 105 80

OT 7 0

Total 440 303

Player G STRECKER, Adam 13 WALLER, J.P. 13 PARK, Anthony 12 AMEZAGA, Ricky 13 HEIER, Tom 11 PALMER, Leotis 13 CLARK, Don 11 MESSERALL, Alec 11 SCHIEFFER, Joe 11 MASSIE, Steve 13 HARRIDGE, Chance 13 NEUFELD, Blane 12 Total 13 Opponents 13

Category AFA OPP FIRST DOWNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Passing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Penalty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 RUSHING YARDAGE . . . . . . . 4,001. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,022 Yards gained rushing . . . . . . . . 4,200. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,421 Yards lost rushing. . . . . . . . . . . 199 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 Rushing Attempts. . . . . . . . . . . 786 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Average Per Rush. . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0 Average Per Game . . . . . . . . . . 307.8. . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.5 TDs Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 PASSING YARDAGE . . . . . . . . 1,175. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,584 Att-Comp-Int . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-154-7 . . . . . . . . . 210-370-12 Average Per Pass . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 Average Per Catch . . . . . . . . . . 17.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 Average Per Game . . . . . . . . . . 90.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.9 TDs Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 TOTAL OFFENSE. . . . . . . . . . . 5,176. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,606 Total Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879 Average Per Play . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 Average Per Game . . . . . . . . . . 398.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . 354.3 KICKOFF RETURNS (#-Yds). . 33-695 . . . . . . . . . . . 48-1,052 PUNT RETURNS (#-Yds) . . . . . 21-229 . . . . . . . . . . . 16-225 INT RETURNS (#-Yds). . . . . . . 12-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-68 FUMBLES-LOST . . . . . . . . . . . 18-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-14 PENALTIES-YARDS . . . . . . . . . 55-441 . . . . . . . . . . . 64-571 PUNTS-AVG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-38.2. . . . . . . . . . . 52-40.3 TIME OF POSSESSION . . . . . . 32:20 . . . . . . . . . . . . 27:40 3RD-DOWNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .480 (90-188) . . . . . . .390 (71-180) 4TH-DOWNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .740 (20-27) . . . . . . . .480 (13-27)

Eff. 119.59 318.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 124.22 117.85

C-A-Int 64-144-7 3-6-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 2-0-0 67-154-7 210-370-12

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Pct .444 .500 .000 .000 0.0 .435 .568

Yds 1,062 113 0 0 0 1,175 2,584

TD 10 2 0 0 0 12 10

Lg 80 55 0 0 0 80 58

Att 252 99 95 63 70 35 49 32 20 18 12 8 14 6 3 2 1 1 6 786 509

Yds 1,307 603 471 446 369 250 196 134 101 74 64 45 60 38 24 6 6 6 0 4,200 2,421

Lost 78 44 4 15 20 4 0 0 9 3 3 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 -12 199 399

Net 1,229 559 467 431 349 246 196 134 92 71 61 45 55 37 23 6 6 6 -12 4,001 2,022

Avg 4.9 5.6 4.9 6.8 5.0 7.0 4.0 4.2 4.6 3.9 5.1 5.6 3.9 6.2 7.7 3.0 6.0 6.0 -2.0 5.1 4.0

No. 14 12 11 6 6 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 67 210

Yds 261 164 283 115 68 44 60 84 72 6 15 3 1,175 2,584

Avg 18.6 13.7 25.7 19.2 11.3 8.8 15.0 28.0 36.0 3.0 15.0 3.0 17.5 12.3

TD 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 12 10

1-19 0-0 0-0

20-29 6-6 6-6

30-39 7-8 7-8

Avg 37.4 43.6 2.0 38.2 40.3

Long 57 66 6 66 71

TB 1 2 0 3 7

TD 22 4 4 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 25

Lg 61 54 59 46 21 29 40 12 21 14 19 13 12 24 19 5 6 6 0 61 53

Avg/G 94.5 43.0 35.9 33.2 38.8 24.6 16.3 19.1 7.1 6.5 5.5 45.0 5.0 7.4 1.9 2.0 3.0 0.5 -1.7 307.8 155.5

Long 49 34 80 55 30 23 29 44 43 3 15 3 80 58

Avg/G 21.8 14.9 23.6 10.5 6.2 3.4 5.5 7.6 6.5 0.5 1.2 0.4 90.4 198.8

Field Goals Player ASHCROFT, Joey Total

FG-A Pct 16-18 .889 16-18 .889

40-49 3-4 3-4

50+ 0-0 0-0

Lg 45 45

Punting Player WELSH, John BARKERS, Rob. AF Team Total Opponents

No. 22 23 3 48 52

Yds 823 1,003 6 1,832 2,095

No. 17 1 1 1 1 21 16

Yds 167 18 16 21 7 229 225

FC 1 1 0 2 7

I20 8 2 0 10 7

Blk 2 1 0 3 3

Punt Returns

Passing G 13 13 9 13 7 13 13

G 13 13 13 13 9 10 12 7 13 11 11 1 11 5 12 3 2 11 7 13 13

Receiving

Avg. 33.8 23.3

Team Statistics

Player HARRIDGE, Chance PALMER, Leotis BARKERS, Rob. BLEW, Bryan AF Team Total Opponents

Player HARRIDGE, Chance PALMER, Leotis MASSIE, Steve STEPHENS, Darnell BUTLER, Anthony WARD, Matt COLE, Adam GEHRSITZ, Tim BLEW, Bryan HEIER, Tom SCHIEFFER, Joe SHAFFER, Dan CLARK, Don BACA, Brad PARK, Anthony ADAMS, Cedric HOLSTEGE, Kris MESSERALL, Alec TEAM Total Opponents

Avg/G 81.7 9.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 90.4 198.8

Player PALMER, Leotis CRAWLEY, Wes MAYO, Paul ALLEN, Nate WALLER, J.P. Total Opponents

Avg 9.8 18.0 16.0 21.0 7.0 10.9 14.1

TD 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

Long 22 18 0 0 7 22 49

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2002 Review Scoring Player TD HARRIDGE, Chance 22 ASHCROFT, Joey 0 PALMER, Leotis 4 STRECKER, Adam 4 MASSIE, Steve 4 BUTLER, Anthony 3 WARD, Matt 2 STEPHENS, Darn. 2 SCHIEFFER, Joe 2 CLARK, Don 2 AMEZAGA, Ricky 1 COLE, Adam 1 PARK, Anthony 1 WALLER, J.P. 1 ALLEN, Nate 1 GEHRITZ, Tim 1 GRADDY, March. 1 CRAWLEY, Wes 1 MESSERALL, Alec 1 SHAFFER, Dan 1 TEAM 0 GREENAWAY, Mi. 0 Total 56 Opponents 36

Interceptions |------ PATs ------| FGs Kick Rush Rcv 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 16-18 47-50 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 3-3 0-0 0 16-18 50-53 1-3 0 17-22 32-32 0-0 1

Pass 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-4

DXP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1

Pts 132 95 26 24 24 18 12 12 12 12 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 440 303

No. 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 12 7

Yds 28 18 0 0 36 0 13 95 68

Avg 7.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 36.0 0.0 13.0 7.9 9.7

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Long 17 18 0 0 36 0 13 36 26

All Purpose (Leaders only) Player G HARRIDGE, Chance13 PALMER, Leotis 13 BUTLER, Anthony 9 WARD, Matt 10 MASSIE, Steve 13 BLEW, Bryan 13 STEPHENS, Darn. 13 PARK, Anthony 12 STRECKER, Adam 13 MESSERALL, Alec 11 Total 13 Opponents 13

Rush 1,229 559 349 246 467 92 431 23 0 6 4,001 2,022

Rec 15 44 0 0 6 0 0 283 261 84 1,175 2,584

PR 0 167 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 229 225

KOR 0 0 0 141 0 366 17 0 0 147 695 1,052

IR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 68

Total 1,244 770 349 387 473 458 448 306 261 237 6,195 5,951

Pass 1,062 113 0 0 0 0 0 1,175 2,584

Total 2,291 672 467 431 349 246 196 5,176 4,606

Avg/G 176.2 51.7 35.9 33.2 38.8 24.6 16.3 398.2 354.3

Avg 95.7 59.2 38.8 38.7 36.4 35.2 34.5 25.5 21.8 21.5 476.5 457.8

Total Offense (Leaders only)

Kickoff Returns Player No. BLEW, Bryan 16 MESSERALL, Alec 7 WARD, Matt 6 STEPHENS, Darn. 2 SCHIEFFER, Joe 1 CLARK, Don 1 Total 33 Opponents 48

Player CRAWLEY, Wes BUELOW, Joel DUNCAN, Larry SCHLEGEL, Anthony MAYO, Paul OVERSTREET, Jeff AKINYEMI, Charles Total Opponents

Yds 266 147 141 17 12 12 695 1,052

Avg 22.9 21.0 23.5 8.5 12.0 12.0 21.1 21.9

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player G HARRIDGE, Chance13 PALMER, Leotis 13 MASSIE, Steve 13 STEPHENS, Darn. 13 BUTLER, Anthony 9 WARD, Matt 10 COLE, Adam 12 Total 13 Opponents 13

Long 33 61 34 14 12 12 61 45

Plays 396 105 95 63 70 35 49 940 879

Rush 1,229 559 467 431 349 246 196 4,001 2,022

Defense # 51 29 21 58 44 48 8 95 42 47 90 1 91 22 5 53 38 34 17 37 12 59 30 19 32 36 49 7 88 93 74

Name SCHLEGEL, Anthony DUNCAN, Larry BUELOW, Joel GRADDY, Marchello HIGHTOWER, Trevor RUDZINSKI, John CRAWLEY, Wes TAYLOR, Nick COLEMAN, Monty MARSH, Mark BUEKER, Charles MAYO, Paul THOMPSON, Eric OVERSTREET, Jeff AKINYEMI, Charles CARTER, Ryan HICKS, Jon RODGERS, Sean WRIGHT, Adrian MALLORY, Grant SPENCE, Overton MCCRANEY, Matt SMITH, Kenny WILKIE, Jordan COLE, Felix HESS, Tyler HODGE, Cameron ALLEN, Nate MITSCHERLING, Russ GREENAWAY, Michael TURNER, Howard Air Force Opponents

GP 13 13 13 13 13 13 11 10 11 10 13 13 13 12 11 9 11 11 9 5 9 3 11 9 9 5 9 8 6 13 13 13 13

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|---Tackles-----| UT AT Total 54 64 118 36 42 78 42 32 74 22 48 70 30 36 66 31 19 50 30 19 49 15 27 42 14 25 39 23 15 38 14 20 34 22 11 33 17 16 33 22 9 31 16 8 24 13 10 23 6 17 23 10 9 19 8 10 18 5 6 11 3 6 9 5 4 9 6 2 8 4 4 8 1 4 5 3 1 4 2 2 4 2 1 3 1 2 3 0 3 3 1 0 1 466 478 944 498 622 1,120

Loss 10.0-54 0.0-0 6.0-42 8.0-32 8.0-43 7.0-33 0.0-0 4.5-18 5.0-18 6.5-27 3.0-8 0.0-0 5.0-16 1.0-2 1.0-3 2.0-12 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-9 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-17 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-9 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 72-343 57-161

|-Sacks-| No-Yards 3.0-25 0.0-0 3.0-33 1.5-12 6.5-39 4.0-25 0.0-0 1.5-12 2.5-12 1.0-14 1.0-4 0.0-0 1.0-6 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-12 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-9 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-17 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 31-225 3-19

|---Pass Def---| Int-Yds BrUp 1-0 4 2-0 3 2-18 5 0-0 4 0-0 0 0-0 4 4-28 7 0-0 0 0-0 2 0-0 1 0-0 1 1-36 4 0-0 0 1-0 4 1-13 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 1 0-0 1 0-0 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 12-95 45 7-68 19

|-Fumbles-| Rcv-Yds 0-0 1-22 0-0 4-21 1-0 0-0 2-52 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 14-98 10-29

FF 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 10

Blkd Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Page 30

2002 Review Rushing (Att-Yds-Lg-TD) Game Northwestern New Mexico California Utah Navy BYU Notre Dame Wyoming Colorado St. Army UNLV SDSU Va. Tech

Harridge 16-94-13-2 19-57-11-1 25-124-17-3 21-75-11-1 19-161-61-4 22-104-12-4 13-31-7-1 17-91-17-0 26-115-28-1 13-76-25-0 21-114-14-2 22-117-35-3 18-70-21-0

Blew 3-28-21-0 DNP DNP DNP 5-23-6-0 3-8--4-0 DNP DNP 2-1-4-0 5-30-12-0 1-5-5-0 1-(-3)-0 DNP

Massie 6-21-10-1 16-55-15-1 12-76-45-0 3-6-3-0 7-45-22-0 9-34-7-0 4-11-5-0 3-11-6-0 1-4-4-0 8-19-4-1 9-45-18-1 12-123-59-1 5-17-6-0

Cole DNP 1-2-2-0 9-63-40-0 4-17-9-0 5-11-4-0 15-59-9-1 3-3-2-0 7-23-6-0 3-9-4-0 DNP DNP 1-6-6-0 1-3-3-0

Palmer 7-53-13-1 15-125-54-1 2-14-13-0 5-30-12-0 6-13-8-0 9-66-18-0 10-21-7-0 9-45-15-0 3-9-4-0 8-66-27-1 13-50-9-1 8-45-12-0 4-22-8-0

Butler 1-18-19-0 DNP 3-9-5-0 13-56-14-1 DNP DNP DNP 7-23-7-1 2-6-4-0 7-84-21-1 9-47-8-0 11-31-8-0 17-75-18-0

Heier 3-13-8-0 0-0-0-0 2-2-2-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-10-12-0 0-0-0-0 5-29-14-0 3-12-5-0 0-0-0-0 1-(-1)-0 1-2-2-0 1-4-4-0

Clark 4-17-12-0 2-12-10-0 1-1-1-0 1-5-5-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-(-1)-0 1-3-3-0 1-3-3-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-5-5-0 2-10-9-0

Stephens 8-66-17-0 2-11-10-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 9-52-12-0 8-40-14-1 5-31-15-0 3-11-6-0 4-16-9-0 8-75-46-0 7-89-31-1 7-36-16-0 2-4-2-0

Scheiffer 4-42-19-1 4-1-2-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-8-8-0 1-2-2-0 2-8-5-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0

Ward 5-56-20-0 DNP 1-7-7-0 1-(-1)-0 9-66-18-1 3-40-29-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 9-40-12-0 4-13-8-0 0-0-0-0 1-5-5-0 2-20-15-1

Amezaga 1-10-10-0 1-55-55-1 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-19-19-0 1-4-4-0 1-13-13-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-14-14-0 0-0-0-0

Waller 1-8-8-0 1-14-14-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-10-10-0 0-0-0-0 2-24-13-0 4-51-16-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-37-34-1 0-0-0-0 1-20-20-0

Messerall 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-44-44-0 1-11-11-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-29-29-1 0-0-0-0

Strecker 1-12-12-1 0-0-0-0 1-12-12-0 1-23-23-1 2-27-14-0 1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-16-16-0 1-9-9-1 3-64-49-1 1-35-35-1 1-41-41-0 1-18-18-0

Jolley 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0

Schwartz 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

Palmer 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-25-25-0 1-3-3-0 0-0-0-0 1-8-8-0 0-0-0-0 1-7-7-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-1-1-0 0-0-0-0

Butler 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0

Heier 0-0-0-0 1-12-12-0 1-3-3-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-6-6-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-30-30-0 1-11-11-0 1-6-6-0

Clark 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 3-54-29-2 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-6-6-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0

Receiving (Att-Yds-Lg-TD) Game Northwestern New Mexico California Utah Navy BYU Notre Dame Wyoming Colorado St. Army UNLV SDSU Va Tech

Park 2-17-9-0 0-0-0-0 1-7-7-0 1-(-3)-0-0 1-23-23-0 1-47-47-0 1-15-15-0 1-80-80-1 1-9-9-0 1-41-41-0 0-0-0-0 DNP 1-47-47-0

Passing (C-A-Int-Yds-TD) Game Northwestern New Mexico California Utah Navy BYU Notre Dame Wyoming Colorado St. Army UNLV SDSU Va Tech

Harridge 5-7-0-47-1 3-10-1-29-1 3-7-0-22-0 6-16-1-99-2 6-7-0-107-0 4-8-0-77-0 6-14-1-57-0 9-19-0-169-1 3-8-0-29-1 5-9-0-108-1 4-8-2-102-2 6-12-0-125-1 4-19-2-91-0

Blew 0-1-0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0

Baca 0-0-0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

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Punting (#-Yds-Avg-Lg-I20)

Game Northwestern New Mexico California Utah Navy BYU Notre Dame Wyoming Colorado St. Army UNLV SDSU Va Tech

Welsh 1-34-34.0-34-0 1-48-48.0-48-0 DNP DNP DNP 1-30-30.0-30-1 4-141-35.2-46-4 5-236-47.2-57-2 3-73-24.3-34-0 1-50-50.0-50-1 2-79-39.5-44-0 4-132-27.6-42-0 DNP

Ashcroft 1-1 (G 35) 1-1 (G 35) 1-1 (G 34) 1-2 (G 22, NG 40) 2-2 (G 34, 27) 1-1 (G 44) 0-0 3-3 (G 27, 26, 31) 0-0 4-4 (G 28, 38, 41, 30) 0-0 0-1 (NG 30) 2-2 (G 45, 21)

Barkers 1-56-56.0-56-0 3-137-45.7-66-0 3-118-39.3-50-0 5-226-45.2-55-0 2-113-56.5-61-1 2-77-38.5-40-0 4-184-46.0-57-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 3-92-30.7-43-0

Offensive line knockdowns Player Underbakke Huyser Southam Neufeld Waller Peel Olsen Maddox Diehl Thompson Meyer

NW 18 18 15 20 14 DNP 12 6 6 6 DNP

UNM 20 17 21 16 13 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

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Cal 21 13 14 16 18 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1

Utah 9 15 14 5 4 1 DNP DNP DNP DNP 0

Navy 16 16 18 13 10 5 DNP 8 1 3 4

BYU 12 10 DNP 15 11 13 DNP 3 3 3 2

ND 17 16 DNP 4 11 16 DNP DNP DNP DNP 1

Wyo 24 12 DNP 9 17 8 DNP 5 DNP DNP 1

CSU 18 19 DNP 9 10 12 DNP 6 DNP DNP 3

Army 16 16 2 8 11 10 4 7 DNP 0 2

UNLV 17 8 DNP 9 2 4 DNP 4 DNP DNP 2

SDSU 17 13 14 11 11 9 DNP 5 DNP DNP 2

Total 205 157 98 135 132 78 16 40 10 12 18

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WR Park Park Amezaga Amezaga Amezaga Amezaga Amezaga Amezaga Amezaga Amezaga Amezaga Amezaga Amezaga

TE Strecker Strecker Strecker Strecker Strecker Strecker Strecker Strecker Strecker Strecker Strecker Strecker Strecker

LT Waller Waller Waller Waller Waller Waller Waller Waller Waller Waller Waller Waller Waller

LG Huyser Huyser Huyser Huyser Huyser Huyser Huyser Huyser Huyser Huyser Huyser Huyser Huyser

C Southam Southam Southam Southam Southam Peel Peel Peel Peel Peel Peel Southam Southam

RG Underbak Underbak Underbak Underbak Underbak Underbak Underbak Underbak Underbak Underbak Underbak Underbak Underbak

RT Neufeld Neufeld Neufeld Neufeld Neufeld Neufeld Neufeld Neufeld Neufeld Neufeld Neufeld Neufeld Meyer

QB Harridge Harridge Harridge Harridge Harridge Harridge Harridge Harridge Harridge Harridge Harridge Harridge Harridge

FB Shaffer Massie Massie Massie Massie Massie Massie Cole Cole Massie Massie Massie Massie

HB Palmer Palmer Palmer Palmer Palmer Palmer Palmer Palmer Palmer Palmer Palmer Palmer Palmer

HB Butler Heier Heier Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Clark Heier Heier Heier Heier

NG Taylor Taylor Taylor Thmpson Thmpson Thmpson Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Thmpson Taylor

RE Bueker Thmpson Thmpson Bueker Bueker Bueker Thmpson Thmpson Thmpson Thmpson Bueker Bueker Bueker

ILB Hightower Hightower McCraney Hightower Graddy Hightower Hightower Hightower Hightower Graddy Graddy Graddy Graddy

ILB Schlegel Schlegel Schlegel Schlegel Schlegel Schlegel Schlegel Schlegel Schlegel Schlegel Schlegel Schlegel Schlegel

ILB McCraney Rudzinski Rudzinski Rudzinski Rudzinski Rudzinski Rudzinski Rudzinski Rudzinski Rudzinski Rudzinski Rudzinski Rudzinski

RF Marsh Marsh Marsh Marsh Marsh Marsh Marsh Rodgers Rodgers Rodgers Marsh Rodgers Wright

LF Buelow Buelow Buelow Buelow Buelow Buelow Buelow Buelow Buelow Buelow Buelow Buelow Buelow

LC Crawley Crawley Crawley Crawley Crawley Crawley Crawley Crawley Crawley Crawley Mayo Mayo Crawley

RC Overstreet Mayo Mayo Overstreet Mayo Overstreet Mayo Akinyemi Overstreet Mayo Overstreet Overstreet Mayo

FS Duncan Overstreet Duncan Duncan Duncan Duncan Duncan Duncan Duncan Duncan Duncan Duncan Duncan

Cal 3-3-6 2-0-2 1-1-2 1-0-1 2-0-2 2-0-2 5-2-7 0-0-0 6-0-6 2-0-2 0-0-0 3-0-3 2-3-5 DNP 1-0-1 5-1-6 DNP 1-1-2 2-0-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 1-0-1 1-0-1

Utah 6-11-17 3-5-8 1-9-10 2-2-4 2-5-7 DNP 5-6-11 0-1-1 2-2-4 1-2-3 0-1-1 2-2-4 1-2-3 DNP DNP DNP 1-0-1 1-4-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-1-1 DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

Wyo 5-3-8 3-0-3 2-3-5 2-4-6 7-1-8 DNP 2-0-2 0-0-0 3-1-4 1-0-1 0-0-0 5-2-7 1-1-2 0-0-0 4-1-5 3-2-5 0-1-1 DNP 0-1-1 0-0-0 3-0-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-3-5 0-0-0 0-0-0

CSU 5-5-10 1-1-2 5-4-9 2-3-5 1-4-5 DNP 4-6-10 0-3-3 2-0-2 3-0-3 0-4-4 3-1-4 2-3-5 0-1-1 0-2-2 0-4-4 DNP 3-1-4 2-0-2 0-0-0 1-2-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0

Defensive starters Game Northwestern New Mexico California Utah Navy BYU Notre Dame Wyoming Colorado St. Army UNLV SDSU Va Tech

LE Coleman Coleman Coleman Coleman Hicks Hicks Coleman Coleman Coleman Coleman Coleman Coleman Coleman

Tackles (UT-AT-TT) Name Schlegel Rudzinski Graddy Hightower Buelow McCraney Duncan Overstreet Mayo Bueker Hicks Crawley Thompson Smith Rodgers Taylor Wright Marsh Akinyemi Allen Coleman Spence Hodge Hess Carter Cole Wilkie

NW 4-1-5 3-0-3 1-2-3 2-1-3 1-1-2 1-2-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-2-5 4-0-4 3-1-4 3-0-3 2-1-3 1-2-3 2-0-2 2-0-2 1-1-2 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-1-1 0-1-1

UNM 3-3-6 3-3-6 2-4-6 0-2-2 5-1-6 2-2-4 1-2-3 3-0-3 1-1-2 1-0-1 0-1-1 4-2-6 2-0-2 DNP DNP 2-3-5 DNP 4-1-5 6-1-7 0-0-0 3-2-5 DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP

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Navy 5-5-10 3-0-3 1-4-5 6-2-8 2-1-3 DNP 1-5-6 1-0-1 0-0-0 3-10-13 1-6-7 2-3-5 3-0-3 1-0-1 1-1-2 DNP 0-2-2 4-2-6 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-2-2 0-1-1 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 1-0-1

BYU 5-3-8 3-0-3 2-0-2 1-0-1 5-5-10 DNP 1-2-3 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-2-3 4-3-7 0-1-1 1-0-1 1-1-2 DNP 1-0-1 1-1-2 0-1-1 0-0-0 DNP 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-3 0-0-0 1-0-1

ND 6-13-19 0-5-5 2-1-3 2-10-12 1-7-8 DNP 3-8-11 1-1-2 0-2-2 1-3-4 1-0-1 0-4-4 0-2-2 1-1-2 0-1-1 1-8-9 0-3-3 0-4-4 1-2-3 0-0-0 1-5-6 DNP 1-0-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

Army 4-4-8 2-2-4 1-4-5 1-1-2 4-2-6 DNP 2-0-2 4-0-4 1-0-1 1-2-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-3 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-1-1 DNP 4-1-5 2-1-3 0-0-0 1-4-5 1-1-2 0-0-0 1-0-1 4-2-6 0-0-0 1-1-2

UNLV 1-3-4 5-1-6 1-4-5 5-2-7 4-3-7 DNP 6-3-9 4-0-4 1-3-4 0-1-1 0-0-0 DNP 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-2-3 DNP 3-0-3 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-2-2 0-2-2 0-1-1 0-0-0 4-1-5 0-2-2 0-2-2

SDSU 0-5-5 1-0-1 2-7-9 1-4-5 4-2-6 DNP 3-3-6 7-2-9 4-0-4 1-0-1 0-0-0 DNP 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 2-1-3 0-0-0 3-4-7 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0

Va Tech 7-5-12 2-2-4 1-5-6 5-5-10 4-0-4 DNP 3-5-8 2-1-3 2-2-4 0-1-1 0-0-0 4-1-5 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-3-4 4-4-8 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-5-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0

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Air Force 52, Northwestern 3 Aug. 31, Falcon Stadium

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3 10

21 14

0 7

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31 38

Scoring

Scoring

AF: Harridge 3 run (Ashcroft kick), 1/11:15 AF: Harridge 4 run (Ashcroft kick), 1/4:45 AF: Strecker 12 pass from Harrige (Ashcroft kick), 2/14:16 AF: Ashcroft 35 FG, 2/8:58 AF: Allen blocked punt recovery (Ashcroft kick), 2/7:40 AF: Shaffer 1 run (Ashcroft kick), 2/:25 AF: Palmer 2 run (Ashcroft kick), 3/7:30 AF: Schieffer 14 run (Greenaway kick), 3/3:30 NU: Wasielewski 51 FG, 3/:17

AF: Palmer 54 run (Ashcroft kick), 1/12:08 NM: Zunker 28 FG, 1/7:22 AF: Ashcroft 35 FG, 1/2:28 NM: Kelly 1 run (Zunker kick), 2/14:51 AF: Amezaga 55 pass from Palmer (Ashcroft kick), 2/13:05 AF: Neufeld 3 pass from Harridge(Ashcroftkick),2/6:51 NM: Kelly 4 run (Zunker kick), 2/1:37 NM: Wright 48 pass from Kelly (Zunker kick), 2/:23 AF: Harridge 1 run (Ashcroft kick), 3/2:04 NM: Manning 12 pass from Kelly (Zunker kick), 4/11:03 AF: Massie 4 run (Ashcroft kick), OT

Team Statistics

NW

First Downs 12 (2-10-0) Rushing Attempts 27 Rushing Yards 64 Yards Lost Rushing 23 NET RUSHING 41 NET PASSING YARDS 180 Passing (C-A-I) 19-36-0 TOTAL OFFENSE 63-221 Avg. Per Play 3.5 Fumbles 1-1 Penalties 1-15 Punts (#-Avg) 8-42.8 Punt Returns 2-11 Kickoff Returns 2-39 Interceptions 0-0 Fumble Returns 0-0 Possession Time 21:10 Third Downs 5-17 Fourth Downs 1-3 Sacks By: 0-0 Attendance (45,114)

Air Force 31 (30-1-0) 74 482 6 476 47 5-8-0 82-523 6.4 0-0 3-16 2-45.0 5-80 1-26 0-0 0-0 38:50 10-14 0-1 2-14

Individual Statistics Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Harridge 1694-2; Stephens 8-66-0, Ward 5-56-0, palmer 7-530, Shaffer 8-45-0, Schieffer 4-42-1, Blew 3-28-0, Massie 6-21-0, Butler 1-18-0, Clark 4-17-0, Heier 3-13-0, Adams 2-6-0, Holstege 1-6-0, Baca 3-5-0, Rodgers 2-4-0, Cole 1-2-0. Northwestern - Backes 7-31-0, Wright 10-21-0, Herron 4--7-0, Stauss 3-(8)-0, Basanez 3-(-10)-0.

Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD): Air Force Harridge 5-7-0-47-1, Blew 0-1-0-0-0.

Northwestern - Basanez 14-26-0-158-0, Stauss 510-0-22-0.

Receiving (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Park 2-17-0, Strecker 1-12-1, Amezaga 1-10-0, Waller 1-8-0.

Northwestern - Schweighardt 4-46-0, Philmore 434-0, Patrick 3-23-0, Wright 3-21-0, Backes 2-270, Jordan 1-16-0, Foster 1-9-0, Herron 1-4-0.

Tackle Leaders (UT-AT-TT): Air Force - Schlegel 4-1-5, Hicks 3-2-5, Crawley 4-0-4, Thompson 3-14, Rudzinski 3-0-3, Smith 3-0-3, Rodgers 2-1-3, Hightower 2-1-3, McCraney 1-2-3, Taylor 1-2-3, Graddy 1-2-3. Northwestern - Adams 7-9-16, Stuckey 1-10-11, Ward 2-6-8, Jones 0-8-8, Price 34-7.

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Team Statistics

UNM

First Downs 17 (8-9-0) Rushing Attempts 40 Rushing Yds 179 Yards Lost Rushing 30 NET RUSHING 149 NET PASSING YARDS 213 Passing (C-A-I) 19-31-1 TOTAL OFFENSE 71-362 Avg. Per Play 5.1 Fumbles 0-0 Penalties 9-85 Punts (#-Avg) 6-37.7 Punt Returns 1-19 Kickoff Returns 2-41 Interceptions 1-2 Fumble Returns 0-0 Possession Time 31:09 Third Downs .500 (8-16) Fourth Downs .000 (0-1) Sacks By: 1-9 Attendance (36,620)

Air Force 22 (14-4-4) 59 279 18 261 99 5-13-1 72-360 5.0 1-1 3-29 5-37.0 1-0 2-30 1-36 0-0 28:51 .563 (9-16) 1.000 (1-1) 3-14

Individual Statistics Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Palmer 15-1251, Harridge 19-57-1, Massie 16-55-1, Clark 2-12-0, Stephens 2-11-0, Schieffer 4-1-0. New Mexico Wright 25-145-0, Kelly 12-6-2, Moore 2-1-0, Counter 1-(-3)-0.

Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD): Air Force Harridge 3-10-1-29-1, Palmer 2-2-0-70-1, Team 01-0-0-0. New Mexico - Kelly 19-31-1-213-2.

Receiving (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Amezaga 155-1, Harridge 1-15-0, Waller 1-14-0, Heier 1-120, Neufeld 1-3-1. New Mexico - Manning 7-64-1, Counter 4-29-0, Sright 2-68-1, Boyd 2-13-0, Thomas 1-22-0, Ferrel 1-9-0, Penley 1-7-0, Sanders 1-1-0.

Tackle Leaders (UT-AT-TT): Air Force - Akinyemi 6-1-7, Buelow 5-1-6, Crawley 4-2-6, Rudzinski 33-6, Schlegel 3-3-6, Graddy 2-4-6, Marsh 4-1-5, Coleman 3-2-5, Taylor 2-3-5, McCraney 2-2-4, Overstreet 3-0-3, Duncan 1-2-3. New Mexico Moss 7-12-19, Speegle 4-4-8, Hall 4-3-7, Fashola 4-3-7, Golden 3-3-6, Strother 3-3-6.

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Scoring Cal: Mark Jensen 42 FG, 1/13:50 AF: Joey Ashcroft 34 FG, 1/6:04 Cal: Jensen 31 FG, 2/9:15 Cal: Jensen 37 FG, 2/:01 Cal: Jensen 44 FG, 3/5:27 AF: Harridge 6 run (Ashcroft kick), 3/3:34 Cal: Jensen 29 FG, 4/14:56 AF: Harridge 1 run (Massie run failed), 4/7:16 AF: Harridge 13 run (Ashcroft kick), 4/1:59 Cal: Makonnen 17 pass from Boller (Jensen kick), 4/:31

Team Statistics California

Air Force

First Downs Rushing Attempts Rushing Yds Yards Lost Rushing NET RUSHING NET PASSING YARDS Passing (C-A-I) TOTAL OFFENSE Avg. Per Play Fumbles Penalties Punts (#-Avg) Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Fumble Returns Possession Time Third Downs Fourth Downs Sacks By: Attendance (31,816)

17 (15-1-1) 56 311 16 295 22 3-8-0 64-317 5.0 3-2 8-70 3-39.3 1-8 2-57 1-11 0-0 32:14 8-14 .571 (8-14) 1-9

18 (6-11-1) 31 129 10 119 216 13-38-1 69-335 4.9 0-0 7-64 3-37.0 2-8 3-71 0-0 0-0 27:46 4-16 .250 (4-16) 0-0

Individual Statistics Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Harridge 25124-3, Massie 12-76-0, Cole 9-63-0, Palmer 214-0, Butler 3-9-0, Ward 1-7-0, Heier 2-2-0, Clark 1-1-0, Team 1-(-1)-0. Cal - Igber 18-74-0, Ward 2-27-0, Manderino 3-9-0, Williams 4-7-0, Boller 4-2-0.

Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD): Air Force Harridge 3-7-0-22-0, Barkers 0-1-0-0-0. Cal Boller 13-37-1-216-1, Williams 0-1-0-0-0.

Receiving (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Strecker 112-0, Park 1-7-0, Heier 1-3-0. Cal - Makonnen 592-1, Mcarthur 5-85-0, Ward 3-39-0.

Tackle Leaders (UT-AT-TT): Air Force - Duncan 5-2-7, Mayo 6-0-6, Taylor 5-1-6, Schlegel 3-3-6, Thompson 2-3-6, Crawley 3-0-3, Rudzinski 2-02, Buelow 2-0-2, Akinyemi 2-0-2, Bueker 2-0-2, McCraney 2-0-2, Graddy 1-1-2, Marsh 1-1-2.

Cal - Watts 10-1-11, Nixon 8-2-10, Daniels 3-4-7, Ugenti 4-0-4, Asomugha 3-1-4, Bethea 2-2-4, Gustaveson 3-0-3, Beckham 3-0-3, Nwangwu 30-3, Canada 1-2-3, Banta-Cain 1-1-2, Alexander 1-1-2, Cherry 1-1-2, Powell 1-0-1, Tremblay 1-01, Drake 1-0-1, Mcgrath 1-0-1, Igber 1-0-1.

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Air Force 30, Utah 26 Sept. 28, Salt Lake City, UT

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Scoring AF: Harridge 7 run (Ashcroft kick NG), 1/10:02 UT: Warfield 6 run (Borreson kick), 1/7:15 UT: Warfield 1 run (Borreson kick), 2/9:43 UT: AFA recovers own blked punt for safety, 2/9:12 UT: Warfield 5 run (Borreson kick), 2/3:52 UT: Borreson 35 FG, 2/:05 AF: Clark 29 pass from Harridge (Ashcroft kick), 3/10:04 AF: Ashcroft 22 FG, 3/1:40 AF: Butler 6 run (Ashcroft kick), 3/10:24 AF: Clark 20 pass from Harridge (Ashcroft kick), 4/:17

Team Statistics

Air Force Utah

First Downs 17 (10-3-4) Rushing Attempts 48 Rushing Yds 192 Yards Lost Rushing 4 NET RUSHING 188 NET PASSING YARDS 99 Passing (C-A-I) 6-16-1 TOTAL OFFENSE 64-287 Avg. Per Play 4.5 Fumbles 2-2 Penalties 7-35 Punts (#-Avg) 6-37.7 Punt Returns 3-35 Kickoff Returns 2-37 Interceptions 2-0 Fumble Returns 1-3 Possession Time 31:00 Third Downs .467 (7-15) Fourth Downs .000 (0-0) Sacks By: 3-29 Attendance (35,659)

15 (10-4-1) 46 238 57 181 109 11-20-2 66-290 4.4 7-4 13-148 5-47.8 4-104 3-78 1-6 0-0 29:00 .300 (3-10) .000 (0-1) 0-0

Individual Statistics Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Harridge 2175-1, Butler 13-56-1, Palmer 5-30-0, Cole 4-17-0, Massie 3-6-0, Clark 1-5-0, Wark 1-(-1)-0. Utah Warfield 30-193-3, Peroulis 8-23-0, Benton 1-2-0, Lewis 1-(-13)-0, Elliott 1-(-14)-0, Rice 5-(-15)-0, Houston 0-5-0.

Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD): Air Force Harridge 6-16-1-99-2. Utah - Rice 11-19-2-109-0, Elliott 0-1-0-0-0.

Receiving (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Clark 3-54-2, Palmer 1-25-0, Strecker 1-23-0, Park 1-(-3)-0.

Utah - Lyman 3-40-0, Latendresse 2-19-0, Austin 2-16-0, Jackson 2-11-0, Hansen 1-22-0, Warfield 1-1-0.

Tackle Leaders (UT-AT-TT): Air Force - Schlegel 6-11-17, Duncan 5-6-11, Graddy 1-9-10, Rudzinski 3-5-8, Buelow 2-5-7, Marsh 1-4-5, Mayo 2-2-4, Hightower 2-2-4, Crawley 2-2-4, Bueker 1-2-3, Thompson 1-2-3. Utah - Revill 5-10-15, Sanders 17-8, Holdcraft 2-5-7, Lyman 2-4-6, Savage 1-5-6, Bahr 2-3-5, Deckart 1-4-5, Pouha 0-5-5, Jones 1-34, Smith 0-4-4, Nagahi 2-1-3, Crockett 1-2-3, Powell 1-1-2, Kaufusi 1-1-2, Parker 1-1-2, Sape 02-2, Dodds 0-2-2, Fifita 0-1-1, Brand 0-1-1.

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#25 Air Force 48, Navy 7 Oct. 5, Falcon Stadium

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Scoring

Scoring

N: Eckel 5 run (Blumenfeld kick), 1/9:15 AF: Joey Ashcroft 34 FG, 1/:23 AF: Crawley 52 fumble return (Ashcroft kick), 2/13:24 AF: Harridge 7 run (Ashcroft kick), 2/5:31 AF: Harridge 1 run (Ashcroft kick), 2/:20 AF: Harridge 8 run (Ashcroft kick), 3/11:23 AF: Ashcroft 27 FG, 3/5:07 AF: Harridge 3 run (Ashcroft kick), 3/12:45 AF: Ward 18 run (Ashcroft kick), 4/5:29

BY: Payne 35 FG, 1/11:40 AF: Harridge 1 run (Ashcroft kick), 1/5:43 AF: Harridge 4 run (Ashcroft kick), 1/1:06 AF: Stephens 7 run (Ashcroft kick), 2/13:04 AF: Harridge 11 run (Ashcroft kick), 2/10:23 AF: Harridge 1 run (Ashcroft kick), 3/10:42 AF: Ashcroft 44 FG, 3/4:16 AF: Cole 1 run (Ashcroft kick), 4/6:17 BY: Reid 13 pass from Berry (Berry pass NG), 4/5:36 AF: Gehrsitz 1 run (Greenaway kick), 4/1:28

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Team Statistics

First Downs Rushing Attempts Rushing Yds Yards Lost Rushing NET RUSHING NET PASSING YARDS Passing (C-A-I) TOTAL OFFENSE Avg. Per Play Fumbles Penalties Punts (#-Avg) Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Fumble Returns Possession Time Third Downs Fourth Downs Sacks By: Attendance (48,550)

15 (11-3-1) 52 281 21 260 87 5-12-1 64-347 5.4 2-2 3-30 4-43.5 1-7 5-79 0-0 0-0 27:52 .357 (5-14) .333 (1-3) 1-4

27 (22-5-0) 67 461 32 429 107 6-7-0 74-536 7.2 1-0 3-35 2-56.5 2-20 1-17 1-0 1-52 32:08 .545 (6-11) 1.000 (1-1) 2-13

First Downs 18 (3-14-1) Rushing Attempts 18 Rushing Yds 41 Yards Lost Rushing 62 NET RUSHING -21 NET PASSING YARDS 325 Passing (C-A-I) 23-46-4 TOTAL OFFENSE 64-304 Avg. Per Play 4.8 Fumbles 1-1 Penalties 3-5 Punts (#-Avg) 2-41.5 Punt Returns 0-0 Kickoff Returns 6-159 Interceptions 0-0 Fumble Returns 0-0 Possession Time 19:04 Third Downs .307 (4-13) Fourth Downs .000 (0-4) Sacks By: 0-0 Attendance (42,214)

BYU

Air Force 28 (25-2-1) 79 409 23 386 77 4-9-0 88-463 5.3 0-0 3-30 3-35.7 0-0 1-0 4-35 0-0 40:56 .386 (5-13) .667 (2-3) 4-44

Individual Statistics

Individual Statistics

Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Harridge 19161-4, Ward 9-66-1, Stephens 9-52-0, Massie 7-450, Baca 3-32-0, Blew 5-23-0, Gershitz 3-18-0, Palmer 6-13-0, Cole 5-11-0, Schieffer 1-8-0. Navy - Candeto 17-99-0, Eckel 19-85-1, McDonald 724-0, Roberts 3-20-0, Lane 2-13-0, Owens 3-12-0, Tepper 1-7-0.

Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD): Air Force Harridge 6-7-0-107-0. Navy - Candeto 5-12-1-870.

Receiving (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Strecker 2-270, Messerall 1-44-0, Park 1-23-0, Waller 1-10-0, Palmer 1-3-0. Navy - Lane 3-35-0, Roberts 2-52-0.

Tackle Leaders (UT-AT-TT): Air Force - Bueker 310-13, Schlegel 5-5-10, Hightower 6-2-8, Hicks 16-7, Marsh 4-2-6, Duncan 1-5-6, Crawley 2-3-5, Graddy 1-4-5, Thompson 3-0-3, Rudzinski 3-0-3, Buelow 2-1-3, Rodgers 1-1-2, Wright 0-2-2, Spence 0-2-2, Overstreet 1-0-1, Smith 1-0-1, Wilkie 1-0-1, Mallory 0-1-1, Hodge 0-1-1, Fry 01-1. Navy - Thomas 7-5-12, Mathews 4-7-11, Smith 3-7-10, Brazier 5-3-8, Kelley 4-4-8, McClarin 3-3-6, Carthan 4-1-5, Bush 1-2-3, Sanders 0-3-3, Person 2-0-2, Owmby 2-0-2, Sinitiere 2-0-2, Chase 1-1-2.

Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Harridge 22104-4, Palmer 9-76-0, Cole 15-59-1, Ward 3-40-0, Stephens 8-40-0, Massie 9-34-0, Gehrsitz 7-23-1, Heier 2-10-0, Blew 3-8-0, Schieffer 1-2-0. BYU Whalen 9-41-0, Brown 3-(-4)-0, Mahe 1-(-11)-0, Berry 2-(-16)-0, Engemann 3-(-31)-0.

Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD): Air Force Harridge 4-8-0-77-0, Palmer 0-1-0-0-0. BYU Engemann 10-22-2-143-0, Mortensen 5-16-2-700, Berry 6-8-0-95-1, Pendleton 1-1-0-17-0.

Receiving (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Park 1-47-0, Amezaga 1-19-0, Messerall 1-11-0, Strecker 1-00. BYU - Nead 5-77-0, Reid 3-42-1, Wilkerson 339-0, Mahe 2-50-0, ANderson 2-28-0, Ord 2-16-0, Kukahiko 1-21-0, Wilson 1-14-0, T. Christensen 1-14-0, D. Christensen 1-12-0, Brown 1-6-0, Whalen 1-6-0.

Tackle Leaders (UT-AT-TT): Air Force - Buelow 5-5-10, Schlegel 5-3-8, Crawley 4-3-7, Rudzinski 3-0-3, Carter 2-1-3, Duncan 1-2-3, Hicks 1-2-3, Graddy 2-0-2, Rodgers 1-1-2, Marsh 1-1-2. BYU - Tanner 9-5-14, Bockwoldt 6-4-10, Francisco 63-9, Madsen 2-6-8, Funderson 0-7-7, Madarieta 42-6, Poppinga 2-3-5, Wright 1-4-5, Wright 1-4-5, Walkenhorst 1-4-5, Pili 1-4-5, Heaney 2-2-4.

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#7 N.D. 21, #15 Air Force 14 Oct. 19, Falcon Stadium

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Scoring

Scoring

AF: Graddy 21 fumble ret. (Ashcroft kick), 1/3:52 ND: Holiday 53 run (Setta kick), 1/1:12 ND: Grant 18 run (Setta kick), 2/4:30 AF: Harridge 1 run (Ashcroft kick), 3/11:55 ND: Holiday 1 run (Setta kick), 3/6:15

AF: Ashcroft 27 FG, 1/9:04 WY: Vines 40 pass from Bramlet (Parker kick), 1/2:57 WY: Parker 21 FG, 2/11:28 AF: Ashcroft 26 FG, 2/6:23 WY: Floyd 58 pass from Bramlet (Parker kick), 2/5:59 AF: Butler 4 run (Palmer run), 3/8:02 WY: Bramlet 9 run (Parker kick), 3/2:18 WY: Armah 4 run (Parker kick), 4/11:01 AF: Park 80 pass from Harridge (Ashcroft kick), 4/10:42 WY: Parker 23 FG, 4/5:57 AF: Team safety, 4/2:03 AF: Ashcroft 31 FG, 4/:43

Team Statistics

N. Dame Air Force

First Downs Rushing Attempts Rushing Yds Yards Lost Rushing NET RUSHING NET PASSING YARDS Passing (C-A-I) TOTAL OFFENSE Avg. Per Play Fumbles Penalties Punts (#-Avg) Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Fumble Returns Possession Time Third Downs Fourth Downs Sacks By: Attendance (56,409)

22 (15-6-1) 56 359 24 335 112 8-15-0 71-447 6.3 3-3 3-20 3-43.3 2-16 3-74 1-0 0-0 35:33 .538 (7-13) .000 (0-0) 0-0

10 (6-4-0) 38 116 12 104 57 6-14-1 52-161 3.1 0-0 4-41 8-40.6 2-15 1-31 0-0 1-21 24:27 .308 (4-13) 1.000 (1-1) 2-9

Individual Statistics Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Harridge 1331-1, Stephens 5-31-0, Palmer 10-21-0, Massie 411-0, Schieffer 2-8-0, Cole 3-3-0, Clark 1-(-1)-0.

Notre Dame - Grant 30-190-1, Holiday 9-71-2, Wilson 10-44-0, McNair 1-12-0, Lopienski 3-11-0, Yura 1-7-0, Team 2-0-0.

Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD): Air Force Harridge 6-14-1-57-0. Notre Dame - Holiday 8-150-112-0.

Receiving (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Waller 2-240, Park 1-15-0, Palmer 1-8-0, Clark 1-6-0, Amezaga 1-4-0. Notre Dame - Battle 8-112-0.

Tackle Leaders (UT-AT-TT): Air Force - Schlegel 6-13-19, Hightower 2-10-12, Duncan 3-8-11, Taylor 1-8-9, Buelow 1-7-8, Coleman 1-5-6, Rudzinski 0-5-5, Bueker 1-3-4, Marsh 0-4-4, Graddy 2-1-3, Akinyemi 1-2-3, Wright 0-3-3, Smith 1-1-2, Overstreet 1-1-2, Mayo 0-2-2, Thompson 0-2-2, Hicks 1-0-1, Hodge 1-0-1, Rodgers 0-1-1, Massie 0-1-1, Hess 0-1-1. Notre Dame - Sapp 5-5-10, Watson 4-5-9, Hillieard 3-47, Hoyte 2-5-7, Walton 1-3-4, Goolsby 1-3-4, Campbell 2-1-3, Earl 1-2-3, Pauly 0-3-3, Budinskcak 2-0-2, Duff 20-02, Curry 2-0-2, Bible 0-1-1, Mays 0-1-1, Yura 0-1-1.

Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

Team Statistics

Air Force Wyoming

First Downs Rushing Attempts Rushing Yds Yards Lost Rushing NET RUSHING NET PASSING YARDS Passing (C-A-I) TOTAL OFFENSE Avg. Per Play Fumbles Penalties Punts (#-Avg) Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Fumble Returns Possession Time Third Downs Fourth Downs Sacks By: Attendance (15,022)

22 (16-6-0) 53 276 21 255 169 9-20-0 73-424 5.8 0-0 3-25 5-47.2 3-41 3-48 0-0 0-0 31:34 .316 (6-16) 1.000 (2-2) 3-21

26 (11-15-0) 33 122 25 97 387 32-43-0 76-484 6.4 2-0 2-10 4-34.5 2-30 2-64 0-0 0-0 28:26 .385 (5-13) 1.000 (2-2) 1-6

Individual Statistics Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Harridge 1791-0, Palmer 9-45-0, Heier 5-29-0, Butler 7-23-1, Cole 7-23-0, Park 1-19-0, Massie 3-11-0, Stephens 3-11-0, Clark 1-3-0. Wyoming - Armah 14-41-1, Bradshaw 8-37-0, Bramlet 11-19-1.

Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD): Air Force Harridge 9-19-0-169-1, Team 0-1-0-0-0. Wyoming - Bramlet 32-42-0-387-2. Team 0-1-0-0-0.

Receiving (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Waller 4-510, Park 1-80-1, Strecker 1-16-0, Amezaga 1-13-0, Heier 1-6-0, Massie 1-3-0. Wyoming - Vines 7-851, Bouknight 7-54-0, Floyd 6-92-1, McGuffey 488-0, Ralph 4-41-0, Pleasant 3-20-0, Sorensen 1-7-0.

Tackle Leaders (UT-AT-TT): Air Force - Buelow 7-1-8, Schlegel 5-3-8, Crawley 5-2-7, Hightower 2-4-6, Rodgers 4-1-5, Taylor 3-2-5, Carter 2-3-5, Graddy 2-3-5, Mayo 3-1-4, Rudzinski 3-0-3, Coleman 3-0-3, Duncan 2-0-2, Wyoming Gottschalk 4-8-12, Young 6-4-10, Tuell 4-3-7, Rollins 3-4-7, Dixon 3-3-6, White 4-1-5.

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#24 Colorado St. 31, Air Force 12 Oct. 31, Falcon Stadium

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Scoring CS: Sapp 2 run (Babcock kick), 1/8:32 AF: Harridge 1 run (Ashcroft kick fail), 1/2:08 CS: Sapp 2 run (Babcock kick), 2/11:59 CS: Sanders 8 run (Babcock kick), 2/2:31 AF: Strecker 13 pass from Harridge (Palmer run fail), 2/:46 CS: Babcock 29 fumble ret. (Babcock kick), 3/14:44 CS: Babcock 27 FG, 4/14:57

Team Statistics

CSU

First Downs 20 (12-8-0) Rushing Attempts 52 Rushing Yds 216 Yards Lost Rushing 17 NET RUSHING 199 NET PASSING YARDS 142 Passing (C-A-I) 19-12-0 TOTAL OFFENSE 71-341 Avg. Per Play 4.8 Fumbles 1-0 Penalties 1-5 Punts (#-Avg) 0-0 Punt Returns 0-0 Kickoff Returns 2-22 Interceptions 0-0 Fumble Returns 1-29 Possession Time 33:39 Third Downs .562 (9-16) Fourth Downs 1.000 (2-2) Sacks By: 0-0 Attendance (39,063)

Air Force 16 (13-2-1) 55 224 3 221 29 8-3-0 63-250 4.0 3-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 5-140 0-0 0-0 26:21 .429 (6-14) .600 (3-5) 1-10

Individual Statistics Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Harridge 26115-1, Ward 9-40-0, Stephens 4-16-0, Heier 3-120, Palmer 3-9-0, Cole 3-9-0, Messerall 1-6-0, Butler 2-6-0, Massie 1-4-0, Clark 1-3-0, Blew 21-0. Colorado State - Sapp 29-132-2, Van Pelt 1339-0, Sanders 6-23-1, Jaunarajs 1-5-0, Team 3-00.

Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD): Air Force Harridge 3-8-0-29-1. Colorado State - Van Pelt 12-19-0-142-0.

Receiving (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Strecker 113-1, Park 1-9-0, Palmer 1-7-0. Colorado State Pittman 4-47-0, Cuppari 2-42-0, Dreessen 2-29-0, Anderson 1-17-0, Childs 1-4-0, Hill 1-2-0, Alconcel 1-1-0.

Tackle Leaders (UT-AT-TT): Air Force - Schlegel 5-5-10, Duncan 4-6-10, Graddy 5-4-9, Hightower 2-3-5, Thompson 2-3-5, Buelow 1-4-5, Crawley 3-1-4, Marsh 3-1-4, Taylor 0-4-4, Hicks 0-4-4, Bueker 3-0-3, Coleman 1-2-3, Overstreet 0-3-3, Mayuo 2-0-2, Akinyemi 2-0-2, Rudzinski 1-1-2, Rodgers 0-2-2, Carter 0-1-1, Cole 0-1-1, Smith 01-1. Colorado State - Mastropaolo 6-8-14, Pauly 4-9-13, Stratton 6-5-11, Wood 4-3-7, Hogan 3-36, Vickers 1-5-6, Thomas 0-6-6, Wade 3-2-5, Wynn 2-3-5, Mann 1-1-2, Save 1-1-2, Bimber 10-1.

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Air Force 49, Army 30 Nov. 9, West Point, NY

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SDSU 38, Air Force 34 Nov. 23, Falcon Stadium 1

San Diego State 10 Air Force 0

Scoring

Scoring

AF: Schieffer 43 pass from Palmer (Ashcroft kick), 1/13:11 Ar: Jones 4 run (Riley kick), 1/7:22 AF: Team safety, 1/2:32 AF: Palmer 27 run (Ashcroft kick), 2/13:33 Ar: Riley 34 FG, 2/9:05 AF: Ashcroft 28 FG, 2/6:14 AF: Massie 1 run (Ashcroft kick), 2/2:17 Ar: Jones 2 run (Riley kick), 2/:42 AF: Ashcroft 39 FG, 2/:00 AF: Ashcroft 41 FG, 3/10:10 Ar: Holden 22 run (Riley kick), 3/7:18 AF: Strecker 49 pass from Harridge (Ashcroft kick), 3/6:01 AF: Ashcroft 30 FG, 3/:23 AF: Butler 3 run (Ashcroft kick), 4/9:33 Ar: Holden 1 run (Nevels pass failed), 4/7:41

LV: Croom 40 run (Pieffer kick), 1/13:25 AF: Harridge 5 run (Ashcroft kick), 2/14:54 LV: Johnson 5 pass from Thomas (Pieffer kick), 2/8:41 AF: Palmer 6 run (Ashcroft kick), 2/2:21 AF: Harridge 1 run (Ashcroft kick), 3/12:36 LV: Pieffer 34 FG, 3/10:50 AF: Strecker 35 pass from Harridge (Ashcroft kick), 3/8:06 LV: Croom 17 run (Thomas pass), 4/13:02 AF: Waller 34 pass from Harridge (Ashcroft kick), 4/7:49 AF: Massie 3 run (Ashcroft kick), 4/3:54 AF: Stephens 16 run (Greenaway kick), 4/2:50 LV Relf 4 pass from Nantkes (Pieffer kick), 4/:12

Scoring

Team Statistics

Team Statistics

Team Statistics

Air Force Army

First Downs 27 (21-4-2) Rushing Attempts 65 Rushing Yds 399 Yards Lost Rushing 19 NET RUSHING 380 NET PASSING YARDS 151 Passing (C-A-I) 6-10-0 TOTAL OFFENSE 75-531 Avg. Per Play 7.1 Fumbles 3-1 Penalties 7-45 Punts (#-Avg) 1-50.0 Punt Returns 1-6 Kickoff Returns 6-110 Interceptions 1-0 Fumble Returns 0-0 Possession Time 35:46 Third Downs .429 (6-14) Fourth Downs 1.000 (3-3) Sacks By: 1-5 Attendance (39,288)

16 (7-9-0) 41 167 18 149 181 11-23-1 64-330 5.2 0-0 5-47 3-34.0 0-0 9-175 0-0 0-0 24:14 .500 (8-16) .667 (2-3) 0-0

Individual Statistics Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Butler 7-84-1, Harridge 13-76-0, Stephens 8-75-0, Palmer 8-66-1, Blew 5-30-0, Gehrsitz 6-24-0, Massie 8-19-1, Ward 4-13-0, Park 2-4-0, Team 4-(-11)-0. Army Holden 10-67-2, Jones 13-38-2, Nevels 10-31-0, Chapman 1-10-0, Williams 4-4-0, Kent 1-3-0, Dahman 2-(-4)-0.

Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD): Air Force Harridge 5-9-0-108-1. Palmer 1-1-0-43-1. Army 816-1-120-0. Dahman 3-7-0-61-0.

Receiving (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Strecker 3-641, Schieffer 1-43-1, Park 1-41-0, Massie 1-3-0.

Army - White 4-33-0, Alexander 3-82-0, Stewart 3-42-0, Jones 1-24-0.

Tackle Leaders (UT-AT-TT): Air Force - Schlegel 4-4-8, Buelow 4-2-6, Carter 4-2-6, Marsh 4-1-5, Graddy 1-4-5, Coleman 1-4-5. Army - Martinez 56-11, Weaver 6-3-9, Frazier 6-3-9, Lewis 7-0-7.

Air Force Spring Football Prospectus

Air Force UNLV

First Downs 27 (21-3-3) Rushing Attempts 64 Rushing Yds 372 Yards Lost Rushing 6 NET RUSHING 366 NET PASSING YARDS 102 Passing (C-A-I) 4-8-2 TOTAL OFFENSE 72-468 Avg. Per Play 6.5 Fumbles 0-0 Penalties 1-5 Punts (#-Avg) 2-39.5 Punt Returns 1-17 Kickoff Returns 3-99 Interceptions 1-0 Fumble Returns 0-0 Possession Time 33:24 Third Downs .600 (6-10) Fourth Downs 1.000 (1-1) Sacks By: 4-24 Attendance (25,417)

22 (13-9-0) 47 354 51 303 166 10-22-1 69-469 6.8 4-2 6-47 2-49.0 1-9 7-165 2-30 0-0 26:36 .500 (6-12) .333 (1-3) 0-0

Individual Statistics Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Harridge 21114-2, Stephens 7-89-1, Palmer 13-50-1, Butler 947-0, Massie 9-45-1, Gehrsitz 3-17-0, Blew 1-5-0, Heier 1-(-1)-0. UNLV - Dorsey 11-101-0, Haro 1481-0, Croom 8-75-2, Costa 5-55-0, Thomas 9-(-9)0.

Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD): Air Force Harridge 4-8-2-102-2. Thomas 9-20-1-162-1.

Nantkes 1-2-0-4-1.

Receiving (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Walller 2-371, Strecker 1-35-1, Heier 1-30-0. UNLV - Johnson 4-71-1, Mandley 2-44-0, Johnson 2-29-0, Relf 222-1.

Tackle Leaders (UT-AT-TT): Air Force - Duncan 6-3-9, Hightower 5-2-7, Buelow 4-3-7, Rudzinski 5-1-6, Carter 4-1-5, Graddy 1-4-5, Schlegel 1-3-4, Overstreet 4-0-4, Mayo 1-3-4. UNLV - Brown 6-915, Seward 5-7-12, Brimmer 4-7-11, Tucker 3-811, Wynn 3-5-8, Eagen 4-3-7, Moore 0-5-5, DoddMasters 1-3-4, Young 1-3-4, Bell 1-3-4.

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SD: Tolver 15 run (Kirovski kick), 1/12:21 SD: Kirovski 27 FG, 1/6:03 AF: Harridge 6 run (Ashcroft kick), 2/12:27 AF: Massie 59 run (Ashcroft kick), 2/2:30 AF: Messerall 29 pass from Harridge (Ashcroft kick), 3/11:46 SD: Davenport 26 pass from Sheriff (Kirovski kick), 3/8:53 AF: Harridge 2 run (Ashcroft kick failed), 3/3:24 SD: Truvillion 2 run (Kirovski kick), 4/9:54 SD: Osgood 31 pass from Sheriff (Kirovski kick), 4/5:23 AF: Harridge 35 run (Ashcroft kick), 4/3:16 SD: Truvillion 1 run (Kirovski kick), 4/:58

SDSU

First Downs 26 (11-14-1) Rushing Attempts 26 Rushing Yds 131 Yards Lost Rushing 22 NET RUSHING 109 NET PASSING YARDS 289 Passing (C-A-I) 29-42-1 TOTAL OFFENSE 68-398 Avg. Per Play 5.9 Fumbles 1-0 Penalties 8-70 Punts (#-Avg) 7-35.7 Punt Returns 1-21 Kickoff Returns 1-33 Interceptions 0-0 Fumble Returns 0-0 Possession Time 25:35 Third Downs .307 (4-13) Fourth Downs .000 (0-0) Sacks By: 0-0 Attendance (31,023)

Air Force 29 (22-5-2) 75 441 28 413 125 6-14-0 89-538 6.0 4-2 6-37 5-27.6 2-7 1-18 1-13 0-0 34:25 .524 (11-21) .667 (2-3) 3-14

Individual Statistics Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Massie 12123-1, Harridge 22-117-3, Gehrsitz 10-46-0, Palmer 8-45-0, Stephens 7-36-0, Butler 11-31-0, Cole 1-6-0, Clark 1-5-0, Ward 1-5-0, Heier 1-2-0, Blew 1-(-3)-0. SDSU - Truvillion 13-58-2, Tolver 4-47-1, Collins 2-17-0, Franklin 3-1-0, Sheriff 4(-9)-0.

Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD): Air Force Harridge 6-12-0-125-1, Palmer 0-2-0-0-0. SDSU Sheriff 29-42-1-289-2.

Receiving (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Strecker 141-0, Schieffer 1-29-0, Messerall 1-29-1, Amezaga 1-14-0, Heier 1-11-0, Palmer 1-1-0.

SDSU - Tolver 13-126-0, Osgood 12-123-1, Davenport 3-38-1, Ortiz 1-2-0.

Tackle Leaders (UT-AT-TT): Air Force Overstreet 7-2-9, Graddy 2-7-9, Coleman 3-4-7, Buelow 4-2-6, Duncan 3-3-6, Mallory 3-3-6, Hightower 1-4-5, Schlegel 0-5-5, Mayo 4-0-4.

SDSU - Underwood 10-8-18, Demps 5-7-12, Morrison 4-5-9, Dean 5-3-8, Sharpe 2-5-7.

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#19 Va Tech 20, Air Force 13 Dec. 31, San Francisco, CA

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Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl Team

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Scoring AF: Ward 15 run (Ashcroft kick), 1/12:00 AF: Ashcroft 45 FG, 1/7:36 VT: Suggs 16 run ( Warley kick), 1/2:26 VT: Warley 23 FG, 2/:33 VT: Suggs 1 run (Warley kick), 3/4:55 AF: Ashcroft 21 FG, 4/9:58 VT: Warley 37 FG, 4/4:11

Team Statistics

Air Force Va Tech

First Downs 17 (12-3-2) Rushing Attempts 53 Rushing Yds 238 Yards Lost Rushing 11 NET RUSHING 227 NET PASSING YARDS 91 Passing (C-A-I) 4-19-2 TOTAL OFFENSE 72-318 Avg. Per Play 4.4 Fumbles 1-0 Penalties 7-73 Punts (#-Avg) 3-30.7 Punt Returns 0-0 Kickoff Returns 5-82 Interceptions 0-0 Fumble Returns 1-22 Possession Time 20:25 Third Downs .353 (6-17) Fourth Downs .800 (4-5) Sacks By: 2-19 Attendance (25,966)

21 (8-10-3) 40 140 39 101 177 18-23-0 63-278 4.4 2-1 3-25 3-40.0 0-0 3-52 2-30 0-0 29:35 .273 (3-11) .500 (1-2) 0-0

Individual Statistics Rushing (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Butler 17-75-0, Harridge 18-70-0, Palmer 4-22-0, Ward 2-20-1, Massie 5-17-0, Clark 2-10-0, Stephens 2-4-0, Heier 1-4-0, Cole 1-3-0, Gehrsitz 1-2-0. Va. Tech - Suggs 19-70-2, Jones 11-35-0, Easlick 2-16-0, Randall 8(-20)-0.

Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD): Air Force Harridge 4-19-2-91-0. Va Tech - Randall 18-23-0177-0.

Receiving (Att-Yds-TD): Air Force - Park 1-47-0, Waller 1-20-0, Strecker 1-18-0, Heier 1-6-0. Va Tech - Wilford 5-50-0, Witten 4-48-0, Parham 435-0, Jones 2-7-0, Willis 1-20-0, Easlick 1-10-0, Hamilton 1-7-0.

Tackle Leaders (UT-AT-TT): Air Force - Schlegel 7-5-12, Hightower 5-5-10, Wright 4-4-8, Duncan 3-5-8, Graddy 1-5-6, Crawley 4-1-5, Coleman 0-55, Buelow 4-0-4, Mayo 2-2-4, Taylor 1-3-4, Rudzinski 2-2-4, Overstreet 1-2-3, Mallory 1-1-2.

Va Tech - Williams 6-3-9, Robinson 2-7-9, Hardee 5-3-8, Pile 4-3-7, Whitaker 4-1-5, Baaque 3-2-5, Lewis 2-3-5, Manning 2-3-5, Adibi 3-1-4, Mazzetta 1-2-3, Daniels 0-3-3, Trott 1-1-2, Cobb 1-1-2, Wilds 1-0-1, Davis 1-0-1, Colas 1-0-1, Warren 0-1-1, Schmitt 0-1-1, Sandidge 0-1-1, Tapp 0-1-1, Lallis 0-1-1, Anderson 0-1-1, Hall 0-1-1.

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Points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 vs. BYU (Oct. 12)* . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 vs. Colorado State (10-21) Points Allowed: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 vs. San Diego State (Nov. 23) . . . . 3 vs. Northwestern (Aug. 31) First Downs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 vs. Northwestern (Aug. 31) . . . . . . 10 vs. Notre Dame (Oct. 19) Rushing Attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . 79 vs. BYU (Oct. 12). . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 vs. Notre Dame (Ovt. 19) Rushing Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 vs. Northwestern (Aug. 31). . . . . 104 vs. Notre Dame (Oct. 19) Passing Attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . 20 vs. Wyoming (Oct. 26) . . . . . . . . . 8 vs. Northwestern (Aug. 31) Pass Completions: . . . . . . . . . . . 9 vs. Wyoming (Oct. 26) . . . . . . . . . . 3 vs. Colorado State (Oct. 31)* Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 vs. Wyoming (Oct. 26) . . . . . . . . 22 vs. California (Sept. 21) Total Plays: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 vs. San Diego State (Nov. 23) . . . . 52 vs. Notre Dame (Oct. 19) Total Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 vs. San Diego State (Nov. 23) . . . 161 vs. Notre Dame (Oct. 19) Turnovers:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 vs. Utah (Sept. 28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 vs. Wyoming (Oct. 26)* Time of Possession:. . . . . . . . . . 40:56 vs. BYU (Oct. 12) . . . . . . . . . . 24:47 vs. Notre Dame (Oct. 19) * - Done more than once, most recent is listed.

Individual Highs Rushing Attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, Chance Harridge vs. Colorado State (Oct. 31) Rushing Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161, Chance Harridge vs. Navy (Oct. 5) Rushing Touchdowns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, Chance Harridge vs. BYU (Oct. 12)* Long Run: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, Chance Harridge vs. Navy (Oct. 5) Pass Attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, Chance Harridge vs. Virginia Tech (Dec. 31) Pass Completions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, Chance Harridge vs. Wyoming (Oct. 26) Pass Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169, Chance Harridge vs. Wyoming (Oct. 26) Pass Touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, Chance Harridge vs. UNLV (NOv. 16) Long Pass: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, Chance Harridge vs. Wyoming (Oct. 26) Receptions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, J.P. Waller vs. Wyoming (Oct. 26) Receiving Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, Anthony Park vs. Wyoming (Oct. 26) Receiving TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, Don Clark vs. Utah (Sept. 28) Long Reception: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, Anthony Park vs. Wyoming (Oct. 26) Most Punts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, John Welsh vs. Wyoming (Oct. 26) Punt Avg: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.5, Robert Barkers vs. Navy (Oct. 5) Long Punt:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, Robert Barkers vs. New Mexico (Sept. 7) Long Punt Return:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, Leotis Palmer vs. Northwestern (Aug. 31) Long Kickoff Return:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, Alec Messerall vs. UNLV (Nov. 16) Most Tackles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, Anthony Schlegel vs. Notre Dame (Oct. 19) Most Tackles for Loss: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5, Trevor Hightower vs. UNLV (Nov. 16) 2.5, John Rudzinski vs. New Mexico (Sept. 7) Most Sacks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5, Trevor Hightower vs. UNLV (NOv. 16) Interceptions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 12 times * - Done more than once, most recent is listed.

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