This season was placed under the sign of sequences for the Air Force Falconsand they can only hope to maintain their current winning streak when they face the Nevada Wolf Pack during Mountain West football action Saturday.

Kickoff is set for 8:30 p.m. and the contest will be broadcast on FS1.

THE Falcons (3-7, 1-4) are on a two-game winning streak after shutting out Oregon State SATURDAY. But before that stretch, Air Force lost seven straight games, including against its two service academy rivals.

There’s no bowling game to play, so the Falcons really play the game.

Nevada (3-8, 0-5) is playing its penultimate game of the season and has lost its last four games. Oddly enough, the Wolf Pack’s last win came against Oregon State.

Here’s a preview of the game.

Mackay Stadium, Reno, Nevada.

Time: 8:30 p.m. MT, Saturday

TV: FS1

Radio: 97.9 FM l’Académie (flagship product).

Coaches: Air Force – Troy Calhoun (133-89 at Air Force, overall); Nevada — Jeff Choate (3-8 Nevada, 31-30 overall).

Fun fact: Choate led the Montana State Bobcats to two playoff berths, including a run in 2019 that led to the FCS semifinals and a No. 4 national ranking.

All-time series: Aviation leads the series, 5-2.

Last meeting: Air Force 48, Nevada 20 (2022).

Series Notes: The Falcons and Wolf Pack had not played each other until 2012. Before that, the two schools were in different conferences.

Last week: Air Force def. Oregon State, 28-0; Nevada was inactive.

About Nevada: Jay Norvell took the Nevada job in 2017 and built the Wolf Pack into a winning program, culminating with an 8-4 mark in 2021. Then State of Colorado lured him in and, well, it got bumpy.

Nevada lured Ken Wilson away from Oregon, where he was the linebackers coach. But in two seasons he went 4-20 and the Wolf Pack moved on to Choate, who had a successful run at Montana State before accepting an assistant head coaching job at Texas to try to pave the way for an FBS head coaching job.

Hopefully he will have more time than Wilson to develop his program. One more victory and he will match what Wilson was able to do in two seasons.

About the Air Force: The three-year streak of bowl appearances is over for the Falcons. Air Force was a combined 29-10 from 2021 to 2023, during which it won a Mountain West division title and won three straight bowl games.

That seven-game losing streak isn’t the norm under Calhoun, who has led the program to 13 bowl games since taking over in 2007 and replacing the legendary Fisher DeBerry. Only DeBerry has more Air Force coaching victories (169) than Calhoun.

With two more wins, the Falcons can secure a five-win season. But they’ve already avoided their worst season under Calhoun. It was their 2-10 campaign in 2013.

Next step: The Air Force goes to San Diego State on November 30. Nevada travels to UNLV on November 30.