Air Force - Houston

the Armed Forces Bowl Wednesday, December 31st, 12:00pm Fort Worth, Texas
Air Force (8-4)______MtnWest______116.54 Wk Opp oPts Score 1 Southern Utah -416.15 W, 41-7 2 Wyoming -165.37 W, 23-3 3 Houston 78.17 W, 31-28 4 Utah 439.63 L, 23-30 6 Navy 146.36 L, 27-33 7 San Diego State -316.46 W, 35-10 8 UNLV -100.68 W, 29-28 9 New Mexico -128.09 W, 23-10 10 Army -266.12 W, 16-7 11 Colorado State 34.54 W, 38-17 12 Brigham Young 209.37 L, 24-38 13 TCU 350.14 L, 10-44	Houston (7-5)______CUSA_____68.00 Wk Opp oPts Score 1 Southern U. -419.51 W, 55-3 2 Oklahoma State 222.81 L, 37-56 3 Air Force 131.54 L, 28-31 4 Colorado State 34.54 L, 25-28 5 East Carolina 209.48 W, 41-24 7 UAB -158.62 W, 45-20 8 SMU -370.81 W, 44-38 9 Marshall -136.98 L, 23-37 11 Tulane -316.49 W, 42-14 12 Tulsa 184.02 W, 70-30 13 UTEP -90.18 W, 42-37 14 Rice 164.11 L, 42-56

The Falcons have the edge here, barely playing a tougher schedule but beating better teams while not losing to mediocre ones like the Cougars did. The story here though is that this is a repeat game - Air Force beat Houston 31-28 back in week 3. Are they gonna be pumped to have to do it again?

Stats Matchup
Team	Air Force	Houston
Points (rank)	116.54 (#42)	68.00 (#51)
Record	8-4	7-5
Opp. Points (rank)	-325.19 (#78)	-664.13 (#94)
Opp. Record	71-62	67-68
Points (% of Opp. Avg)	26.7 (103%)	41.2 (141%)
dPoints (% of Opp. Avg)	21.3 (74%)	31.2 (114%)
Rush Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	268.9 (193%)	161.0 (95%)
dRush Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	139.8 (81%)	169.5 (105%)
Pass Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	79.9 (37%)	414.1 (187%)
dPass Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	195.6 (104%)	249.1 (102%)
Tot Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	348.8 (93%)	575.1 (145%)
dTot Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	335.3 (88%)	418.6 (109%)
ST Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	96.5 (81%)	135.1 (104%)
dST Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	75.5 (65%)	155.1 (125%)
Penalties / Pen. Yds	5.8 / 49.3	6.5 / 61.0
TO's / TO Margin	1.3 / +12	2.1 / -5

The Falcons will probably try to run the ball, since it's their strength, so if the Cougars can stop them or slow them down a bit, they'll have a good chance to win. Air Force has better takeaway stats though, so that might derail Houston's plans... I think we might see some revenge here.

The Line: Houston -3.5

The Call: Houston by 7

The Result: Houston 34-28

Yup. Well done, Cougars. Better luck next year, Falcons.