Air Force·Mountain West

2021 — The Ten-Win Year

Air Force's 2021 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 First Responder Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +1.9 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Lafaye 35-14 W @ Navy 23-3 L vs Utah Sta 45-49 W vs Flor Atl 31-7 W @ New Mex 38-10 W vs Wyoming 24-14 W @ Bois Sta 24-17 L vs San Sta 14-20 L vs Army 14-21 W @ Colo Sta 35-21 W @ Nevada 41-39 W vs UNLV 48-14 W @ Louisv 31-28 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2021.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: Air Force 48, UNLV 14. A 34-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Air Force 14, Army 21. A 7-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Air Force beat Louisville 31-28 in the postseason.

"Go Air Force"
— Air Force fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 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.