AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — On a night when the Air Force Falcons didn’t pass, they received an offer they couldn’t pass up.

Immediately after their 21-7 win over Hawaii on Friday night, the Falcons received an invitation to the Armed Forces Bowl.

They quickly accepted.

And so the Falcons (6-5, 5-2 Mountain West) will head to a postseason game for the sixth straight season under coach Troy Calhoun. They don’t know who they will play — don’t much care, really — but were elated at the thought of extending their season.

“It’s a pretty sweet way to go out,” said quarterback Connor Dietz, who was one of 23 seniors playing in their final game at Falcon Stadium.

Dietz certainly didn’t have to worry about icing his right arm after this one. For just the fifth time in school history, the Falcons didn’t attempt a pass.

Instead, they relied on a ground game that’s ranked second in the country. Wes Cobb scored twice on short runs and Cody Getz rushed for 125 yards as the Falcons snapped a two-game skid.

“It was a gutty, gritty win,” Calhoun said.

Jeremy Higgins made his first start for Hawaii and directed a scoring drive to open the game. But the Warriors (1-9, 0-7) struggled after that as they lost for an eighth straight time, the second-longest skid in school history. Hawaii’s record is 19 straight losses from 1997-99.

“We weren’t able to move the ball very well. We weren’t able to run the ball as well as we thought,” Higgins said. “We weren’t good on third downs in the second half.”

Getz had another big night, eclipsing the 100-yard mark for the sixth time this season.

The diminutive back had a 5-yard TD run early in the third quarter to break a 7-7 tie.