1971 NCAA College Division football season

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1971 NCAA College Division football season
Champions Delaware (AP, UPI)
Tennessee State (black)
College football seasons
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The 1971 NCAA College Division football season was the 16th season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA College Division level.

Conference standings

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1971 Southland Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Louisiana Tech + 4 – 1 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
Trinity (TX) + 4 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
Lamar + 4 – 1 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
SW Louisiana 2 – 2 – 1     5 – 4 – 1
Arkansas State 1 – 3 – 1     4 – 4 – 1
Abilene Christian 1 – 4 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Texas–Arlington 1 – 4 – 0     2 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • Louisiana Tech record includes Pioneer Bowl win.
Rankings from AP Poll
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1971 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Connecticut $ 4 – 1 – 1     5 – 3 – 1
UMass $ 4 – 1 – 1     4 – 4 – 1
New Hampshire 3 – 2 – 0     4 – 4 – 1
Rhode Island 2 – 3 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Vermont 2 – 3 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Maine 1 – 4 – 0     2 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross 0 – 2 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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Rankings

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Main article: 1971 NCAA College Division football rankings

College Division teams (also referred to as "small college") were ranked in polls by the AP (a panel of writers) and by UPI (coaches). The national champion(s) for each season were determined by the final poll rankings, published at or near the end of the regular season, before any bowl games were played.

College Division final polls

Delaware, who during the regular season had defeated Rutgers, Villanova, and Boston University, averaged 40 points per game, and had a 9–1 record, was ranked first by both UPI and AP; both polls also ranked McNeese State (9–0–1) second, and Eastern Michigan (7–0–2) third.[1][2]

Bowl games

The postseason consisted of four bowl games as regional finals, all played on December 11. This was the first year for the Pioneer Bowl; it succeeded the Pecan Bowl, which had been played in Arlington, Texas.

Top-ranked Delaware met C.W. Post in the Boardwalk Bowl; played indoors at Convention Hall,[5] Delaware won by 50 points in a rout.[6] The next two teams in the polls both lost; Eastern Michigan was defeated by Louisiana Tech in the Pioneer Bowl, and McNeese State fell to Tennessee State—led by future National Football League quarterback Joe Gilliam—in the Grantland Rice Bowl. Out west in the Camellia Bowl, Boise State mounted a 25–0 fourth quarter comeback to defeat Chico State.[7]

Bowl Region Location Winning team Losing team Ref
Boardwalk East Atlantic City, New Jersey Delaware 72 C.W. Post 22 [8]
Grantland Rice Mideast Baton Rouge, Louisiana Tennessee State 26 McNeese State 23 [9]
Pioneer Midwest Wichita Falls, Texas Louisiana Tech 14 Eastern Michigan 3 [10]
Camellia West Sacramento, California Boise State 32 Chico State 28 [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Delaware Named Best In Nation", Daily News (Huntingdon, Pa.), Nov. 24, 1971, p4
  2. ↑ "North Dakota Number Nine", Daily Journal (Fergus Falls, Minnesota), Nov. 24, 1971, p12
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