1971 NAIA Division I football season

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1971 NAIA Division I football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1971
PostseasonNovember 26–December 11, 1971
National Championship
Legion Field
Birmingham, AL
ChampionsLivingston

The 1971 NAIA Division I football season was the 16th season of

Champion Bowl, played on December 11, 1971 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama.[1] Livingston defeated Arkansas Tech in the Champion Bowl, 14–12, to win their first NAIA national title.[2]

Conference standings

1971 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Arkansas Tech $^ 6 – 0 – 0 12 – 1 – 0
Southern Arkansas 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Ouachita Baptist 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Harding 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Arkansas–Monticello 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Henderson State 1 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
State College of Arkansas
 0 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1971 Carolinas Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Elon
$ 		5 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Newberry
 3 – 1 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
Presbyterian 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Catawba
 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Lenoir Rhyne
 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Guilford 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1971 Evergreen Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Washington $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Oregon College
 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Eastern Washington
 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Eastern Oregon
 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Central Washington 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Southern Oregon
 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Oregon Tech
 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1971 Gulf South Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Livingston +^ 5 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
Troy State + 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Jacksonville State 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Tennessee–Martin
 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Delta State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Florence State 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Southeastern Louisiana 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1971 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Howard Payne + 7 – 1 – 1 10 – 1 – 1
No. 4 Southwest Texas State + 7 – 1 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
No. 13
Texas A&I
 7 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Angelo State 6 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
East Texas State
 5 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Sul Ross
 3 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Sam Houston State 3 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Tarleton State 2 – 7 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
McMurry
 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Stephen F. Austin 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1971 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Saint John's (MN) + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Gustavus Adolphus
+ 		6 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Minnesota–Duluth
 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Concordia-Moorhead
 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Hamline 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
St. Thomas (MN) 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Macalester
 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
Augsburg
 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1971 Nebraska College Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wayne State (NE)
$ 		3 – 0 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Kearney State
 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Chadron State
 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Peru State
 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1971 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Moorhead State
$ 		6 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
Michigan Tech
 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Minnesota Morris 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Bemidji State 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
St. Cloud State
 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Winona State 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Southwest State (MN)
 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1971 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 SW Oklahoma State $ 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Central State (OK)
 5 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Cameron
 5 – 2 – 1 7 – 3 – 2
Northeastern State
 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
NW Oklahoma State
 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
East Central
 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Panhandle
 2 – 6 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Langston
 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
SE Oklahoma State
 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1971 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mountain Division
Western State (CO)
x 		5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Adams State
xy 		5 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Southern Utah 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Western New Mexico
 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Colorado Mines 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Westminster (UT)
 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Fort Lewis
 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Plains Division
Northern Colorado xy$ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
Pittsburg State 3 – 1 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
Nebraska–Omaha
 2 – 2 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Emporia State 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Fort Hays State 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Southern Colorado
 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Washburn * 0 – 0 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Championship: Northern Colorado 25, Adam State 15
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * – Washburn was ineligible for conference title
1971 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8
Northern State
$^ 		5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
No. 12 Dakota State 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
South Dakota Tech
 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
South Dakota–Springfield
 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Huron
 2 – 2 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Black Hills State
 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Dakota Wesleyan
 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll for Northern State and NAIA Division II poll for Dakota State
1971 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Grambling $ 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Jackson State 4 – 1 – 1 9 – 1 – 1
No. 16 Alcorn A&M 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Texas Southern 3 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Prairie View A&M 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Mississippi Valley State 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Southern 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll for Grambling and UPI small college poll for Alcorn A&M
1971 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5
West Liberty State
$^ 		7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Fairmont State
 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Salem
 6 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Bluefield State
 4 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Shepherd
 3 – 1 – 2 7 – 1 – 2
Glenville State
 4 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 0
West Virginia State 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
West Virginia Tech
 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
West Virginia Wesleyan
 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Concord
 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
    Conference standings based on power ratings
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1971 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Wisconsin–Platteville + 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 14
Wisconsin–La Crosse
+ 		7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Wisconsin–Superior
 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin–Stout 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Wisconsin–River Falls 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin–Whitewater 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • Wisconsin–Whitewater forfeited five games.
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1971 NAIA Division I independents football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Carson–Newman   –   10 – 2 – 0
Kentucky State   –   8 – 2 – 0
Wofford   –   6 – 4 – 0
Hillsdale
   –   6 – 5 – 0
Eastern New Mexico
   –   4 – 5 – 1
New Mexico Highlands
   –   1 – 8 – 1
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

Postseason

Semifinals
November 26–27, 1971 		1971 Champion Bowl
December 11, 1971
Birmingham, AL
      
Northern State (SD)
0
Arkansas Tech* 24
Arkansas Tech 12
Livingston* 14
Livingston 25
West Liberty State
* 		2

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  2. ^ "1971 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
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