Air Force·Mountain West

2014 — The Ten-Win Year

Air Force's 2014 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-3
Final result 10-win season Won the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -1.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Nicholls 44-16 L @ Wyoming 13-17 W @ Geor Sta 48-38 W vs Bois Sta 28-14 W vs Navy 30-21 L @ Utah Sta 16-34 W vs New Mex 35-31 W @ Army 23-6 W @ UNLV 48-21 W vs Nevada 45-38 L @ San Sta 14-30 W vs Colo Sta 27-24 W vs West Mic 38-24 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Air Force 44, Nicholls 16. A 28-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Air Force 16, Utah State 34. A 18-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Air Force beat Western Michigan 38-24 in the postseason.

"Go Air Force"
— Air Force fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Air Force — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.