1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Purdue
On November 13, Michigan defeated Purdue, 20–17. For the second consecutive week, Ed Shuttlesworth led Michigan in rushing, totaling 125 yards and a touchdown on 28 carries. Billy Taylor added 98 yards and Glenn Doughty 93 yards. Dana Coin added two field goals, including the winning field goal with 46 seconds left in the game. Purdue quarterback Gary Danielson, who attended high school in Dearborn, Michigan, kept the game close with touchdown passes of nine and 66 yards.


1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
On November 20, Michigan defeated Ohio State, 10–7, before an NCAA record crowd of 104,016 persons in attendance at Michigan Stadium. Michigan took a 3–0 lead at halftime on a 32-yard field goal by Dana Coin. Ohio State took the lead in the third quarter on an 85-yard punt return by Campana. Billy Taylor, assisted by a "devastating block" by Fritz Seyferth, put Michigan back in the lead with a 21-yard touchdown run with two minutes and seven seconds left in the game. Ohio State's final drive ended when Thom Darden intercepted a pass with one-and-a-half minutes remaining.


1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
After the interception, Ohio State coach Woody Hayes ran across the field, berating each of the officials. The officials assessed an unsportsmanlike conduct against Hayes. When another penalty was assessed against Ohio State linebacker Randy Gradishar for punching Michigan's backup quarterback, Larry Cipa. When the official moved the first-down markers to assess the penalty, Hayes pulled the markers from ground, threw one onto the field and threw the other to the ground, proceeding to then rip the plastic flag from the pole with his hand. The victory gave Michigan an undefeated record in the regular season for the first time since 1948.


1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, 1972 Rose Bowl
The game was the first Rose Bowl meeting between the two schools since the inaugural Rose Bowl in 1902, in which Michigan crushed Stanford, 49–0. In the 1972 rematch, Michigan was ranked #3 in the country and favored by 10½ points. Michigan's Dana Coin kicked a 30-yard field goal in the second quarter for the only first half scoring. In the first series of the second half, Stanford stopped the Wolverines on fourth and one at Stanford's four-yard line, then tied the game on a 42-yard field goal.


1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, 1972 Rose Bowl
Early in the fourth quarter, Michigan's Fritz Seyferth scored on a one-yard dive to put Michigan up 10–3. After Stanford got the ball back, the Indians faced fourth and ten from their own 33. Stanford ran a fake punt, with Jim Kehl receiving the snap and handing the ball forward to Jackie Brown through Brown's legs. Brown ran 33 yards for a first down, and followed up a minute later with a 24-yard touchdown run to tie the game. Late in the fourth quarter, Michigan recovered a Stanford fumble near midfield.


1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, 1972 Rose Bowl
Facing fourth down with time running down, the Wolverines attempted a 42-yard field goal. The kick was short, and Stanford safety Jim Ferguson caught the ball and attempted to run it out of the end zone. Instead, he was knocked back into the end zone by Ed Shuttlesworth for a controversial Michigan safety, as replays seemed to show that Ferguson's forward progress was to the three-yard line. This made the score 12–10 with just over three minutes to play, and Michigan due to get the ball on a free kick.


1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, 1972 Rose Bowl
Following the free kick, Stanford held Michigan to a three-and-out and got the ball back on their own 22-yard line with 1:48 to go. Bunce then threw five consecutive completions to take Stanford to the Michigan 17-yard line with 22 seconds left. The Indians ran twice to get to the Michigan 14-yard line with 12 seconds left. From there, Stanford kicked a 31-yard field goal to give Stanford a 13–12 victory with 12 seconds left.


1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ranking and honors
In their third season under coach Schembechler, the Wolverines compiled an 11–1 record, outscored opponents 421 to 83, won the Big Ten Conference championship, and played in their second Rose Bowl in three years. In early January 1972, the Associated Press (AP) released its final post-season college football poll for the 1971 season. The 1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was ranked No. 1, and Michigan dropped from No. 4 to No. 6.


1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ranking and honors
After setting Michigan's career rushing record, Billy Taylor received numerous honors at the end of the 1971 season, including the following:


1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ranking and honors
Four other Michigan players won first-team All-American honors as follows:


1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ranking and honors
Linebacker and placekicker Dana Coin set an NCAA record by successfully converting 55 of 55 extra points without a miss during the 1971 season. He was also the team's leading scorer with 79 points.


1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ranking and honors
Fifteen Michigan players received honors on the 1971 All-Big Ten Conference football team. Thom Darden, Reggie McKenzie, Billy Taylor, and Mike Taylor received first-team honors from both the AP and UPI, and Mike Keller received first-team honors from the AP. Players receiving second-team honors were Tom Coyle (AP-2, UPI-2), Guy Murdock (AP-2, UPI-2), Ed Shuttlesworth (UPI-2), Glenn Doughty (UPI-2), Paul Seymour (UPI-2), Chris Tucker (AP-2), Jim Brandstatter (UPI-2), Jim Coode (UPI-2), Alden Carpenter (UPI-2), and Tom Beckman (AP-2).


1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ranking and honors
Team awards went to Billy Taylor (Most Valuable Player), Guy Murdock (Meyer Morton Award), Dave Gallagher (John Maulbetsch Award), Tom Kee (Frederick Matthaei Award), and Bruce Elliott (Arthur Robinson Scholarship Award).


1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Personnel
The following individuals won varsity letters for their participation on the 1971 Michigan football team. Players who started at least six games are highlighted in bold.


1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Personnel, Others
The following individuals were on the team roster but did not win varsity letters.


1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Personnel, Professional football
Twenty-two members of the 1971 team went on to play professional football.


1971 Michigan Wolverines football team, Personnel, Professional football
They are: (1) Tom Beckman (St. Louis Cardinals, 1972, Memphis Grizzlies, 1974–1975), (2) Larry Cipa (New Orleans Saints, 1974–75); (3) Jim Coode (Ottawa Rough Riders, 1974–80); (4) Thom Darden (Cleveland Browns, 1972–1981), (5) Glenn Doughty (Baltimore Colts, 1972–1979), (6) Dave Gallagher (Chicago Bears, 1974, New York Giants, 1975–76, Detroit Lions, 1978–79), (7) Fred Grambau (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 1973–75), (8) Clint Haslerig (Chicago Bears, 1974, Buffalo Bills, 1974–75, Minnesota Vikings, 1975, New York Jets, 1976), (9) Mike Hoban (Chicago Bears, 1974), (10) Mike Keller (Dallas Cowboys, 1972), (11) Randy Logan (Philadelphia Eagles, 1973–83), (12) Reggie McKenzie (Buffalo Bills, 1972–1982), (13) Seattle Seahawks, 1983–1984), (14) Guy Murdock (Houston Oilers, 1974; Chicago Fire/Winds, 1974–1975), (15) Bo Rather (Miami Dolphins, 1973, 1978; Chicago Bears, 1974–78), (16) Paul Seal (New Orleans Saints, 1974–76, San Francisco 49ers, 1977–78), (17) Fritz Seyferth (Calgary Stampeders, 1972), (18) Paul Seymour (Buffalo Bills, 1973–1977), (19) Ed Shuttlesworth (Toronto Argonauts, 1971–1973), (20) Billy Taylor (Calgary Stampeders, 1972), (21) Mike Taylor (New York Jets, 1972–73), and (22) Bob Thornbladh (Kansas City Chiefs, 1974).


1971 Milan–San Remo
The 1971 Milan–San Remo was the 62nd edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 19 March 1971. The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team.


1971 Miller High Life 500
The 1971 Miller High Life 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series event that took place at Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California.


1971 Miller High Life 500, Race report
Two hundred laps were raced on the paved oval track spanning 2.500 miles (4.023 km). The total time of the race was three hours, forty-three minutes, and thirty-six seconds. This would be the first event to ever take place at Ontario Motor Speedway, on February 28, 1971. The only Cup race with a driver from Utah entered. Art Pollard was a DNQ and the sole Utahan to enter a national level NASCAR race until Michael Self's Xfinity starts 44 years later.


1971 Miller High Life 500, Race report
The average speed was 134.168 miles per hour (215.922 km/h) and the pole position speed was 151.711 miles per hour (244.155 km/h). There were five cautions for 21 laps and the margin of victory was 8½ seconds. With an attendance of nearly seventy-nine thousand people. Notable crew chiefs at this event included Paul Goldsmith, Richard Elder, Harry Hyde, Dale Inman, Lee Gordon and Paul Burchard.


1971 Miller High Life 500, Race report
In the 51-car racing grid, there were 50 Americans and one Mexican, Pedro Rodríguez who finished in 47th due to an electrical fault. It was the 1000th race in NASCAR history. Rodríguez would retire from the NASCAR Winston Cup Series after his race here. Dean Dalton would finish in last place due to being black flagged and disqualified on lap 2. The only car in the same league with Foyt was Fred Lorenzen until Lorenzen's engine blew and he crashed on the front straight with a fire. At the end, Petty had a chance to win, but he missed his pit under the green flag and had to come back in and finished third. Foyt won the first two Ontario races.


1971 Miller High Life 500, Race report
The total winnings of the race were $180,200 ($1,137,614.3 when adjusted for inflation) - making it the biggest non-Daytona purse during that era. Manufacturers involved in the event included Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge, Mercury, and Plymouth. Other notable drivers included Elmo Langley, Fred Lorenzen, and Ron Hornaday, Sr. (whose son is a four-time Craftsman Truck Series champion). Marty Kinerk would also retire after this race along with Jim McElreath, Pedro Rodríguez and Johnny Steele.


1971 Miller High Life 500, Race report, Qualifying
Failed to qualify:  Jack Roberts (#20), John W. Anderson (#57), Ben Arnold (#76), Sam Rose (#09), Walter Ballard (#30), Jerry Barnett (#55), D.K. Ulrich (#40), Earle Wagner (#01), Art Pollard (#94), Harold Pagon (#36), Larry Baumel (#68), Leonard Blanchard (#95), Frank Burnett (#43W), Scotty Cain (#1), Neil Castles (#06), Markey James (#31), Vic Irvan (#5), Paul Tyler (#95), Tru Cheek (#62), Marion Collins (#78), Chris Connery (#11W), Jim Danielson (#64W), Jack DeWitt (#17W), Paul Dorrity (#15), Vallie Engelauf (#65), Doc Faustina (#5), Glenn Francis (#33), Les Loeser (#40W), Ed Negre (#8), Bill Champion (#10)


1971 Milwaukee Brewers season
The 1971 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 69 wins and 92 losses.


1971 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1971 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1971 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1971 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1971 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1971 Milwaukee Brewers season, Farm system
The Brewers' farm system consisted of three minor league affiliates in 1971.


1971 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 1971 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1971 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 18th and final year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 278 to 212.


1971 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Defensive end Tom Chandler received the team's Most Valuable Player award. End Doug Kingsriter was named an All-American by the Associated Press and Bob Hope. Kingsriter and linebacker Bill Light were named All-Big Ten first team. Quarterback Craig Curry, fullback Ernie Cook and offensive tackle Jack Babcock were named All-Big Ten second team. Offensive lineman Bart Buetow and linebacker Ron King were named Academic All-Big Ten.


1971 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Total attendance for the season was 207,662, which averaged to 34,610. The season high for attendance was against Michigan.


1971 Minnesota Twins season
The 1971 Minnesota Twins finished 74–86, fifth in the American League West. 940,858 fans attended Twins games, the fifth-highest total in the American League, the first time the Twins failed to attract over one million fans since moving to Minnesota.


1971 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
Five Twins made the All-Star Game: first baseman Harmon Killebrew, second baseman Rod Carew, shortstop Leo Cárdenas, outfielder Tony Oliva, and pitcher Jim Perry.


1971 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
On August 10, at Metropolitan Stadium, slugger Harmon Killebrew hit his 500th career home run, in the first inning off the Baltimore Orioles' Mike Cuellar. He followed that in the sixth inning with his 501st, also off Cuellar.


1971 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
Lead off batter César Tovar led the AL with 204 hits  and was second with 94 runs. Tony Oliva won his third batting title with a .337 average and led the AL with a .546 slugging percentage. Harmon Killebrew hit 28 HR and 119 RBI. Rod Carew hit .307.


1971 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
Jim Perry (17–17), Bert Blyleven (16–15), and Jim Kaat (13–14) were the Twins' best pitchers. Kaat won his tenth Gold Glove Award.


1971 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
Shortstop Leo Cárdenas topped the AL with a .985 fielding percentage—the highest for an American League shortstop since records began in 1901.


1971 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1971 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1971 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1971 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1971 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1971 Minnesota Vikings season
The 1971 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 11th in the National Football League. They finished with an 11–3 record to win the NFC Central title and return to the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season; however, they lost 20–12 at home to the eventual Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys in the divisional round.


1971 Minnesota Vikings season
In 2007, ESPN.com ranked the 1971 Vikings as the fourth-greatest defense in NFL history, saying, "[c]onsidering that their motto was 'Meet at the quarterback,' it's no surprise that the Purple People Eaters held opposing QBs to a 40.4 rating, one of the lowest ever." ESPN also noted that the 1971 Vikings "shut out three opponents, and only one team scored more than 20 points against them. As a result, Alan Page became the first defensive player to ever be named NFL MVP. Carl Eller, Jim Marshall and safety Paul Krause joined Page on the All-Pro team."


1971 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1971 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
The 1971 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.


1971 Mississippi gubernatorial election
The 1971 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on 2 November 1971 for the post of Governor of Mississippi. The incumbent governor, Democrat John Bell Williams, was ineligible due to term limits, a rule that was changed to two back-to-back terms in the 1980s. Democrat Bill Waller was elected into office and served as Governor of Mississippi from 1972 to 1976.


1971 Missouri Tigers football team
The 1971 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The team compiled a 1–10 record (0–7 against Big 8 opponents), finished in eighth place in the Big 8, and was outscored by opponents by a combined total of 260 to 93. Al Onofrio was the head coach for the first of seven seasons. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.


1971 Missouri Tigers football team
The team's statistical leaders included Don Johnson with 360 rushing yards, Chuck Roper with 613 passing yards and 726 yards of total offense, John Henley with 247 receiving yards, and Greg Hill with 23 points scored.


1971 Monaco Grand Prix
The 1971 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on May 23, 1971. It was race 3 of 11 in both the 1971 World Championship of Drivers and the 1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers and the 200th World Championship Grand Prix held since the championship began in 1950. This was the last race on the original Monaco circuit, as a dedicated pit lane was created along the harbor before Tabac in 1972.


1971 Monaco Grand Prix
Events of the race are captured in the documentary film Weekend of a Champion in which Roman Polanski shadows Jackie Stewart.


1971 Monaco Grand Prix, Race report
Qualifying was extremely wet and so it was Friday morning times that really counted for the grid - for Mario Andretti this was particularly unfortunate as his car was stranded out on the track at this time and so he was unable to qualify despite lying second in the World Championship. Jackie Stewart claimed a stunning pole position over a second ahead of his front row companion Jacky Ickx and shot into an immediate lead from the fast-starting Jo Siffert, Ickx, Pedro Rodríguez, Ronnie Peterson and Denny Hulme. Chris Amon stalled on the grid and Graham Hill - seeking a 6th Monaco win - made a rare mistake, hitting the wall at Tabac on the 2nd lap.


1971 Monaco Grand Prix, Race report
Stewart extended his lead from Siffert and Ickx, despite being painfully ill from fumes leaking into the cockpit. Peterson was astonishing the crowd with his valiant attempts to take 4th place from Rodríguez, who was baulking him as much as was legally possible. Hulme actually managed to join the battle and pass Peterson on one lap. Eventually the Mexican slipped up under pressure and locked up a wheel to let both Peterson and Hulme through.


1971 Monaco Grand Prix, Race report
The Who used parts of the Grand Prix and showed Jackie Stewart in the music video for the song "Baba O'Riley".


1971 Monegasque municipal elections
The 1971 Monegasque municipal elections were held on 7 February to elect the 15 members of the Communal Council of Monaco.


1971 Monegasque municipal elections, Electoral system
The 15 councillors were elected for a four-year period in a single multi-member constituency using plurality-at-large voting with a two-round system. A majority of the votes was required to be elected. The second round would have been held one week after the first round. The Mayor of Monaco was elected by the councillors after the election. Candidates were required to be at least 21 years old and to have the Monegasque nationality for at least 5 years.


1971 Mongolian National Championship
The 1971 Mongolian National Championship was the eighth recorded edition of the Mongolian National Championship for football, with the first tournament taking place in 1955 and no tournament held in 1965. It would appear however that championships were contested between 1956 and 1963, as sources note that a team called Aldar, the Mongolian Army Sports Club, won the title on numerous occasions during that time. Nonetheless, the 1971 national championship was won by Tengeriin Bugnuud, a team from Bat-Ölzii, a sum (district) of Övörkhangai Province in southern Mongolia, their third title following their first victory in 1967 championship.


1971 Montana Grizzlies football team
The 1971 Montana Grizzlies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Montana in the Big Sky Conference during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. In their fifth year under head coach Jack Swarthout, the team compiled an 6–5 record.


1971 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 1971 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. In their first season under head coach Sonny Holland, the Bobcats compiled a 2–7–1 record (0–5–1 against Big Sky opponents) and finished last in the Big Sky.


1971 Monte Carlo Open
The 1971 Monte Carlo Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France. The men's tournament was part of the 1971 Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix circuit. It was the 65th edition of the event and was held from 12 April through 17 April 1971. Ilie Năstase and Gail Chanfreau won the singles titles.


1971 Monte Carlo Open, Finals, Men's Doubles
Ilie Năstase /  Ion Țiriac defeated  Tom Okker /  Roger Taylor  1–6, 6–3, 6–3, 8–6


1971 Monte Carlo Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
Katja Ebbinghaus /  Betty Stöve defeated  Lucia Bassi /  Lea Pericoli  6–4, 6–3


1971 Montreal Expos season
The 1971 Montreal Expos season was the third season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in fifth place in the National League East with a record of 71–90, 25½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.


1971 Montreal Expos season, Spring training
The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida, a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their third season at the stadium.


1971 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1971 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1971 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1971 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1971 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt
The 1971 Moroccan coup attempt or the Skhirat coup d'état (Arabic: محاولة انقلاب الصخيرات, French: Coup d'État de Skhirat) was an unsuccessful attempt by rebel military leaders to assassinate King Hassan II of Morocco on 10 July 1971, the day of his forty-second birthday. It was the first of half a dozen other attempted coups d'état during the king's regime.


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt
Lieutenant-colonel M'hamed Ababou with, and under the orders of General Mohamed Medbouh, were the main instigators of the attack on Hassan II's summer palace in Skhirat on the Atlantic coast, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Rabat, and ordered the seizing of several key places in Rabat in order to establish a republic. The main motive was the unveiling of several occurrences of corruption inside the Moroccan government and royal family.


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, Background to coup attempt
At the time, Medbouh was head of the Royal Military Household and commander of the Moroccan Royal Guard.


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, Background to coup attempt
In April 1971 Medbouh went to the United States for medical treatment. He was also officially charged by Hassan II to prepare his visit to Washington D.C. from April 22 to 27, but was secretly told he had to conduct negotiations about secret US military bases in Morocco who paid rent directly into the royal coffers.


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, Background to coup attempt
There, he also investigated why Pan American World Airways had decided against building an Intercontinental Hotel in Casablanca. In California, Medbouh discovered the reason: William P. Rogers, Secretary of State had received a file, from his friend, the president of the Pan American World Airways, containing photocopies of letters from Morocco. The company had been asked by Moroccan government officials for sizable "commissions". Indeed, a cleric close to Hassan II, Ben Messaoud, had the forgetfulness to write in black and white, "Should also pay 600 million to the king."


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, Background to coup attempt
On hearing this from Medbouh on his return, the king seized Ben Messaoud (who revealed details on the affair and was released later) and fired four of his cabinet ministers. Some said that the dismissals took place only after the ministers had made enough money from corrupt practices and it was time for others to take their turn. Medbouh felt the dismissals were not sufficient: the ministers should be tried and punished. Medbouh was "disappointed by his king" and "sickened by his country" as he also learned from the same sources in the USA about a huge metal traffic network in Morocco. This was the moment when he considered a putsch.


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, Background to coup attempt
His main task in the putsch was depleting the palace guard. He plotted with Lieutenant-colonel M'hamed Ababou, the commander of the Military Training Academy of Ahermoumou and his elder brother Commandant Mohamed Ababou who were both tasked with investing the palace with their troops and seizing strategic points in Rabat. Mohamed's given mission was raiding the Skhirat palace from the south, which he did without encountering significant resistance. Colonel Larbi Chelouati was another leader, whose role was rallying the entire army, controlling the country, and coordinating the entire operation and radio broadcasts.


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, Attack on the palace
On 10 July 1971 at 14:08, about 1,200 cadets from the base of Ahermoumou (300 kilometres (190 mi) from there) stormed the palace of Skhirat during the king's birthday reception and attacked the guests with automatic weapons and grenades. It was subsequently claimed by the Moroccan authorities that the young cadets had been misled by senior officers into thinking that they were doing "maneuvers" in the region, then that they were acting to protect the king, who was "surrounded by enemies". According to eyewitnesses they ran out of control when they saw the luxury of the gathering but in his memoirs the king wrote that the soldiers had been drugged with substituted amphetamine.


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, Attack on the palace
Between 400 and 800 senior government members, military officers and other members of the elite were present. Important guests were placed under house arrest, and the king himself was taken to a small pavilion. A total of 92 people were killed during the shooting, including Belgian ambassador Marcel Dupret, the Minister of Justice Muhammed Lazrak, ex-Prime Minister Ahmed Bahnini and the king's 80-year-old surgeon Henri Dubois-Roquebert. The king's brother, Prince Moulay Abdallah, was among the 133 injured.


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, Attack on the palace
Hassan II along with his aides and immediate family, including his eight-year-old son Crown Prince Mohammed, and General Mohamed Oufkir (Interior minister and later responsible for the attempted coup d'état of 1972) managed to escape unharmed by hiding in a bathroom or a closet. Medbouh came and knocked on the door, asking to negotiate with the king, who replied, "I don't have to follow you." Medbouh ordered a sentinel to guard the door, not letting anyone entering or leaving.


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, Attack on the palace
When the firing died down, at about 16:45, the king re-emerged to find himself face to face with one of the rebel commanders. Keeping eye contact, he recited the opening verse of the Quran, and the rebel knelt and kissed his hand. Other sources report that Hassan II faced a cadet, who apologized for not recognizing him, and was exhorted to recite the Quran with several of his comrades. They joined in and shouted, "Long live the King!"


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, Attack on the palace
The Interior Ministry, the Army headquarters and Rabat's main radio station (Radio-Maroc) were at the same time taken over by other rebels soldiers and the radio was ordered to broadcast propaganda stating that the king had been murdered and a republic established, although the Moroccan news agency later confirmed he was unharmed. Loyalist troops later sealed off government buildings and patrolled Rabat's streets in tanks.


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, Attack on the palace
In a squabble between the coup leaders, M'hamed Ababou apparently shot Mohamed Medbouh at an early stage. Medbouh wished only for Hassan II to abdicate whereas Ababou had more radical demands. According to historian Michel Abitbol, Medbouh's death occurred "under mysterious circumstances". When the mutineers moved on the Army headquarters, Ababou was killed during an exchange of fire with royal troops led by General Bouhali, who had been dispatched to the palace to rescue the king. It is reported that Ababou was only wounded in this clash, but had asked his right-hand man, Chief Warrant Officer Harrouch Akka to shoot him so that he would not be taken alive.


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, Aftermath
The overthrow attempt ended the same day when royalist troops took over the palace in combat against the rebels. Immediately after being freed from the palace, General Oufkir was invested by Hassan II with full military and civilian power in order to seize and punish the rebels and ordered loyalist troops to go to Rabat.


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, Aftermath
Among the cadets, nearly 200 were caught in the crossfire of their comrades and more than a hundred others were killed in the palace shootings; around 900 others were captured by loyal forces and acquitted. In February 1972, 74 officers and non-commissioned officers were sentenced to prison terms ranging from one year to life imprisonment. Most of them were later transferred from Rabat to the prison of Tazmamart, built between 1972 and 1973. Ten senior officers (including four generals) were executed in the courtyard of a military barracks in Rabat, witnessed by military officers, who "spat on the corpses", and Moroccan journalists. General Oufkir had personally interrogated them.


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, Aftermath
Mohamed Ababou was arrested, tried and incarcerated along with other coup antagonists (Harrouch Akka and Ahmed Mzireg). After a failed escape attempt with a group of prisoners, among whom was Ali Bourequat, he vanished and nothing is known of the circumstances of his supposed death. Although several years later his family received an official death certificate dated 20 July 1976, he is still considered disappeared by the Moroccan state. Mohamed and M'hamed younger brother, chief sergeant Abdelaziz Ababou, died during the coup itself.


1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, Aftermath
Oufkir was named Minister of Defense. King Hassan II was at the state funeral for his supporters killed at the summer palace in the two-and-a-half hour gun battle. In a press conference on July 13, the king identified the leaders of the coup and said the 1,400 rebels involved had been killed or rounded up. He dismissed the challenge to his authority, saying, "It was all very under-developed," and he pointed to foreign interference as 600 Moroccans had attempted to renew their passports in Cairo on the day of the attack.


1971 Motor Trend 500
The 1971 Motor Trend 500 was the first race in NASCAR's Winston Cup era (also known as the Winston Cup Grand National Series) that took place on January 10, 1971. 191 laps on a road course at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California that spanned a total distance of 2.620 miles (4.216 km).


1971 Motor Trend 500
Attendance was estimated at 23,000. It took four hours, fifty-seven minutes, and fifty-five seconds.


1971 Motor Trend 500
Due to a then-struggling economy, both Ford and Chevrolet cut back on factory support for the 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. NASCAR would also limit engines in the aerodynamic superspeedway cars to 305 cubic inches starting in this race.


1971 Motor Trend 500, Race report
Defending NASCAR Grand National West series champion Ray Elder won the race; making it the first time that the 500-mile event at Riverside was won by a manufacturer other than Ford. The average speed was 100.783 miles per hour (162.195 km/h) while the pole speed was 107.084 miles per hour (172.335 km/h). This race was the final NASCAR Cup Series event with triple-digit numbered cars; with three of them qualifying for the race. (Kittlekow #107, Schilling #148, Collins #177). Elder became the first winner in NASCAR's "modern" history.


1971 Motor Trend 500, Race report
Only 11 cars finished this 5-hour marathon. The 8th-place finisher was 22 laps down, and the 11th-place finisher dropped out with 34 laps to go. The top prize at this race was $18,715 ($118,149 when adjusted for inflation) and the prize for finishing last (40th) was $1,015 ($6,408 when adjusted for inflation). Richard Petty competed in this race but failed to finish; he would end up in 20th after starting from the pole position. The majority of the drivers who failed to finish had an engine problem. 43-year-old Hershel McGriff entered and raced a Cup race for the first time since 1954, when he won a Grand National race at North Wilkesboro in an Oldsmobile, back when he was 26. McGriff would qualify in 8th and finish 12th.


1971 Motor Trend 500, Race report
Harry Hyde and Dale Inman were notable crew chiefs for this event; working for Richard Petty (Inman) and fourth-place finisher Bobby Isaac (Hyde).


1971 Motor Trend 500, Race report
At the end of the race, the margin between Elder and Bobby Allison was ten and a half seconds. Ray Elder would score the first of his two NASCAR cup victories here (with his second victory taking place at the 1972 Golden State 400). This race was Ron Grable's only start in the NASCAR Cup series and that G.T. Tallas finished the race with his career best of 11th place.


1971 Mr. Olympia
The 1971 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition held September 24–25, 1971 at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, France. It was the 7th Mr. Olympia competition held.


1971 Mr. Olympia
The competition was a disappointment to many because three of its four competitors were disqualified before the event, leaving Arnold Schwarzenegger to win the contest unopposed. It was the first time the IFBB barred contestants from any of its events. The IFBB's effort to get bodybuilding represented in the 1976 Olympics required the organization enforce its constitution to give it parity with other official international athletic organizations. Sergio Oliva and Roy Callender were disqualified for entering unsanctioned meets, and Franco Columbu was disqualified for entering the AAU Mr. World contest the previous year. "If bodybuilding is to become an Olympic Games event it must have an amateur division and it must have rules and regulations specifying who is eligible or not to compete in amateur and professional categories," insisted IFBB President Ben Weider in the keynote speech opening the contest.


1971 Murray by-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Murray on 20 March 1971. This was triggered by the resignation of former Country Party leader and interim Prime Minister John McEwen.


1971 Murray by-election
The by-election was won by Country Party candidate Bruce Lloyd.


1971 Myers Brothers 250
The 1971 Myers Brothers 250 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series event that took place on August 6, 1971, at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This race was the final NASCAR cup series event at Bowman Gray Stadium.


1971 Myers Brothers 250, Background
Bowman Gray Stadium is a NASCAR sanctioned 1⁄4-mile (0.40 km) asphalt flat oval short track and longstanding football stadium located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is one of stock car racing's most legendary venues, and is referred to as "NASCAR's longest-running weekly race track". Bowman Gray Stadium is part of the Winston-Salem Sports and Entertainment Complex and is home of the Winston-Salem State University Rams football team. It was also the home of the Wake Forest University football team from 1956 until Groves Stadium (later BB&T Field) opened in 1968.


1971 Myers Brothers 250, Background
Bowman Gray Stadium was a popular venue for high school football in the 1970s.


1971 Myers Brothers 250, Race report
Because of reduced sponsorship money being given out by the "Big Three" automobile companies in Detroit, NASCAR decided to hold six of their smaller Winston Cup Series races in conjunction with the "minor league" NASCAR Grand American Series. The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore.


1971 Myers Brothers 250, Race report
The complete time of the race was one hour and twenty-three minutes. Six cautions slowed the race for 36 laps with Bobby Allison defeating Richard Petty by a margin of three seconds. Fourteen thousand people attended this live race with speeds approaching 44.472 miles per hour (71.571 km/h). Richard Petty qualified for the pole position with a speed of 55.283 miles per hour (88.969 km/h) in the solo qualifying portion of the race weekend. There was a 29-driver grid; making the racetrack overcrowded with racing vehicles and forcing the race to devolve into a glorified demolition derby. Bill Seifert, Cecil Gordon and Bill Shirey all quit the race before it was over. The result of the race would have long-reaching effects at the 1984 Firecracker 400; where they were determining whether Petty had his "200th win" or his "201st win."


1971 Myers Brothers 250, Race report
Richard Petty and Bobby Allison shared their turns as being the joint leaders of the race. Future NASCAR car owner Richard Childress competed at this race as a driver. J.D. McDuffie was also a notable driver who competed in this race. David Ray Boggs would earn his first "top-10" finish racing at this event. Almost 25% of the field was out by lap 18, which was probably about five minutes into the race, being at Bowman Gray.


1971 Myers Brothers 250, Race report
Notable crew chiefs for this race were Dale Inman, Vic Ballard, and Lee Gordon.


1971 Myers Brothers 250, Race report
As Bobby Allison was not racing in a Grand National car, he never received credit in that series but was credited with a Grand American Series ("pony" cars) win. Vehicles that competed at the Grand American series were in Chevrolet Camaros, Ford Mustangs and AMC Javelins as opposed to their full-sized equivalents from their manufacturers.


1971 Myers Brothers 250, Race report
NASCAR rules for combination races, which were in effect for Riverside and other West Coast races where the West Series raced with the Cup Series, and later used by other multiple-division races in NASCAR, state each division is scored separately, similar to rules used in the NASCAR-owned International Motor Sports Association sports car racing series. Under current rules, Richard Petty would be credited with a Grand National Series win.


1971 NAIA Division I football season
The 1971 NAIA Division I football season was the 16th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA and the second season of the league's two-division structure.


1971 NAIA Division I football season
The season was played from August to November 1971 and culminated in the 1971 NAIA Champion Bowl, played on December 11, 1971, in Birmingham, Alabama.


1971 NAIA Division I football season
Livingston defeated Arkansas Tech in the Champion Bowl, 14–12, to win their first NAIA national title.


1971 NAIA Division II football season
The 1971 NAIA Division II football season was the 16th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA and the second season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football. The season was played from August to November 1971 and culminated in the 1971 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played on December 11, 1971 in Thousand Oaks, California, on the campus of California Lutheran University.


1971 NAIA Division II football season
California Lutheran defeated Westminster (PA), the defending national champion, in the championship game, 30–14, to win their first NAIA national title. The game was covered by Los Angeles Times sportswriter Jim Murray. The game was also televised nationally on NBC and nearly 10,000 spectators saw the game at Mt. Clef field. Cal Lutheran’s head coach Robert Shoup was named National Assn. of Intercollegiate Athletics Coach of the Year and Lutheran Coach of the Year following the championship win. The university held a celebration in conjunction with the Dallas Cowboys, who won Super Bowl VI, at the Hollywood Palladium.


1971 NAIA Division II football season
Several Cal Lutheran players were drafted for NFL teams after the championship game, including Brian Kelley by the New York Giants and Sam Cvijanovich. Mike Sheppard and Ralph Miller were other notable Kingsmen players. While Bob Shoup was the team's head coach, Don Green was the assistant coach.


1971 NAIA Division II football season, Background and championship game
The championship season concluded in the first week of December in 1971. CLC barely made it into the four-team national playoffs as the fourth-seeded team. After whipping Montana Tech 34-6 in the semifinals, the Kingsmen played host in the title game to Westminister, the defending NAIA champion which had ranked No. 1 all season. Montana Tech had the best running attack and the highest scorer in the U.S. Besides being the defending champs, they were undefeated in 24 games. Westminister seemed as a sure winner and CLC was the underdog. The Montana Tech team was led by running back Don Heater, who had gained 1,797 yards and scored 25 touchdowns in ten games.


1971 NAIA Division II football season, Background and championship game
For Cal Lutheran, however, a winning streak had begun in 1965 and lasted for several years, bringing in an 8-1 record in 1965 ("Year of the Champions"), 8-2 in 1966 ("Year of the Victors"), and 7-2 in 1967 ("Year of the Conquerors"). In 1968, the college appeared for the first time in the national rankings, coming in ninth. Robbie Robinson's seventeen field goals in 1969 ("Year of the Warriors") set an NAIA record and the team moved up to seventh place. Cal Lutheran headed to the championship with an 8-1 record in 1970.


1971 NAIA Division II football season, Background and championship game
The strongest personalities on the Kingsmen team have been described as Jim Baeuer, Sam Cvijanovich, Brian Kelley, and Ralph Miller. Cvijanovich was described as the hardest hitter coach Shoup ever met, while Ralph Miller (nicknamed “Magic Mountain”) was the team’s largest player at 6’4” and 260 lbs. Brian Kelly, who later enjoyed an eleven-year NFL career, was known as “the Ralph Miller of the defense.” After a field goal by Richard Kelley furthered Cal Lutheran’s lead 24-14, Brian Kelley completed the scoring by returning an interception 33 yards for a touchdown. The Cal Lutheran team had received 23 points in the forth corner and became the national champions.


1971 NAIA Division II football season, Aftermath
Kelley has been recognized for having helped the team win the NAIA Championship and was named the most valuable player of the game. In 1972, Kelley was selected to the NAIA All-America First Team, NAIA District 3 Defensive First Team and the All-Lutheran College Defensive First Team. He was also a wrestler and an NAIA District III Heavyweight Champion. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in May 2010. He has also been inducted into Cal Lutheran Hall of Fame. In the game, Mike Sheppard was named the defensive player of the game. Middle linebacker Sam Cvijanovich was named 1971 NAIA District III Player of the Year.


1971 NAIA Division II football season, Aftermath
A banquet of the champions was held in February 1972 at the Hollywood Palladium in order to honor the Kingsmen football team and the Dallas Cowboys, an NFL team based at Cal Lutheran who won their first Super Bowl in January 1972. The NFL team had been located at CLC for nine summers prior to its Super Bowl win. There was a strong bond between the NFL team and the university, which was known as “the summer home of the Dallas Cowboys.”


1971 NAIA Division II football season, Aftermath
The Cal Lutheran coach, Bob Shoup, attended a sort of “informal summer school” for 26 years with Tom Landry as his teacher. Shoup spent much time around the NFL players, observed them play and picked up tricks. He has been described as the “de facto host” for the Dallas Cowboys at Cal Lutheran.


1971 NAIA Division II football season, Aftermath
A Bob Shoup statue was erected on University Plaza at California Lutheran University on October 18, 2014, in homage to Shoup’s 1971 Kingsmen team.


1971 NAIA Division II football season, Notable players
Numerous of the CLU players were later drafted for professional teams, including Brian Kelley by the New York Giants and Sam Cvijanovich. Other key players in the game were Mike Sheppard, later receivers coach with the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, and Ralph Miller, who later joined the Houston Oilers and played five years in the National, Canadian and World Football Leagues. Sam Cvijanovich, who later became a player in the Canadian Football League, was named NAIA Player of the Year following the championship game. While Bob Shoup was the team's head coach, Don Green was the assistant coach. Green was also the father of Doni Green, a notable player in the championship. Another notable player was Jim Bauer, the brother of Hank Bauer who also played football for the Kingsmen.


1971 NAIA Ice Hockey Championship
The 1971 NAIA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament involved four schools playing in single-elimination bracket to determine the national champion of men's NAIA college ice hockey. The 1971 tournament was the third men's ice hockey tournament to be sponsored by the NAIA. The tournament began on March 6, 1971, and ended with the championship game on March 7.


1971 NAIA Ice Hockey Championship
Bemidji State and Gustavus Adolphus attended the tournament for the fourth straight year while Augsburg College and Lakehead University made the tournament for the first time. With the addition of Lakehead, the 1971 tournament marked the first occasion that teams from United States and Canada made up the field. Bemidji and Lakehead, both members of the ICHA, reached the championship game to make it the fourth straight that the title game featured two ICHA teams. Bemidji defeated Lakehead to win the team's fourth-straight NAIA championship.


1971 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1971 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 34th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.


1971 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
The championship game featured Kentucky State University for the second time. It was the fourth time since seeding began in 1957 that the number one team won the tournament.


1971 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament, 1971 NAIA bracket, 3rd place game
The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.


1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season began on Sunday January 10 and ended on Sunday November 20. Richard Petty was the champion for this Winston Cup season. After 20 years of being named the NASCAR Grand National Series, R. J. Reynolds first became the primary sponsor in a decade where the growing anti-tobacco movement banned its advertisement on television and motorsports was the ideal place to place their advertisements. Through NASCAR, Winston merchandise was unveiled to live viewers of the races (since they were not allowed to advertise to a televised audience).


1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
This kind of merchandise would also be given out at stores that sold cigarettes in subsequent years. Race car drivers were encouraged to smoke cigarettes (when not racing) until the mid-2000s brought in strict drug testing policies in addition to a smoking cessation program by Nicorette, a GlaxoSmithKline brand (Goody's Headache Powders, a long-time NASCAR sponsor, is a GSK brand;  as of 2011, GSK sponsors both Martinsville Speedway Sprint Cup races).


1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Season recap
Note:  Some races were combined races for Grand American and Grand National cars. Races marked Combined Races were won by Grand American cars. The driver who finished first among Grand National cars is listed.


1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Notable Races, Motor Trend 500
The 1971 Motor Trend 500 was the first official race in NASCAR's Winston Cup era. Drivers had to contend with 191 laps on a 2.620 mile road course at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California. Ray Elder won the race.


1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Notable Races, Daytona 500
The 12th annual Daytona 500 was run on February 14 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. A. J. Foyt won the pole and Richard Petty would win his third Daytona 500.


1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Notable Races, Miller High Life 500
The Miller High Life 500 was run on February 28 at Ontario Motor Speedway. A. J. Foyt would win this race after more than three hours of racing (from the pole position).


1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Notable Races, Greenville 200
The Greenville 200 was the first live flag-to-flag telecast of a NASCAR race. The race was run on Saturday, April 10 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway and was carried live on ABC with Jim McKay, Chris Economaki and Ken Squier. Bobby Isaac won the race.


1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Notable Races, Southern 500
The Rebel 400 was run on May 2 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Donnie Allison won the pole and Buddy Baker would win his third Rebel 400.


1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Notable Races, Winston 500
The Winston 500 was run on May 16 at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama. Donnie Allison won the pole and won the race. He defeated Bobby by some seconds.


1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Notable Races, World 600
The World 600 was run on May 30 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, South Carolina. Charlie Glotzbach won the pole and Bobby Allison would win the 1971 World 600 (defeating his brother).


1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Notable Races, Myers Brothers 250
The 1971 Myers Brothers 250 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series event that took place on August 6, 1971, at Bowman Gray Stadium in the American community of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Due to the reduced sponsorship money being given out by the "Big Three" automobile companies in Detroit, NASCAR decided to hold six of their smaller Winston Cup Series races in conjunction with the "minor league" NASCAR Grand American Series.


1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Notable Races, Myers Brothers 250
As Bobby Allison was not racing in a Grand National car, he never received credit in that series, but was credited with a Grand American Series ("pony" cars) win. Richard Petty, who finished second in a Grand National car, was never given credit for the class win. Under current rules used in various combination races among cars in NASCAR series, Petty would be credited with a series win.


1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Notable Races, Yankee 400
The Yankee 400 was run on August 15 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Pete Hamilton won the pole and Bobby Allison would win the 1971 Yankee 400.


1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Notable Races, Delaware 500
The 1971 Delaware 500 is a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on October 17, 1971. Richard Petty defeated Charlie Glotzbach by more than one lap in front of eighteen thousand people.


1971 NASCAR Winston West Series
The 1971 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 18th season of the series. The title was eventually won by Ray Elder, his third in succession.


1971 NASCAR Winston West Series, Schedule and results
The 1971 season included 26 individual races, although some tracks were run twice.


1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament
The 1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament was the first indoor variant of soccer sanctioned by the North American Soccer League. It was held in St. Louis, Missouri on the evening of March 19, 1971 and involved four of the league's eight franchises.


1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament, Overview
Indoor soccer tournaments had been played in one form or another in North America throughout much of the 20th Century, but 1971 marked the first time that a Division One professional league organized an indoor competition for its member clubs. The total purse was $2,800. The winning side received $1,000, while the runners-up earned $750. The winners and losers of the third place match made $600 and $450 respectively.


1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament, Overview
The matches themselves were all played on March 19 at the St. Louis Arena. Individual matches lasted 30 minutes and were divided by an intermission into two 15-minute periods. Golden goal overtime was in place to break any tie after regulation time if needed. The first two matches were scheduled for 8:00 PM and 8:45 PM starts, with the others to follow at unspecified times.


1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament, Overview
Four of the NASL's five established franchises participated: the Dallas Tornado, Rochester Lancers, St. Louis Stars and Washington Darts. The Atlanta Chiefs did not. The other three NASL squads, Montreal, New York and Toronto, were all expansion teams set to begin play in the 1971 outdoor season, which itself was to begin a few weeks later.


1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament, Overview, Hoc-Soc rules
The basic premise of hoc-soc, was to combine several of the rules of hockey with small-side soccer. The playing surface was AstroTurf and the field dimensions were the same as a standard NHL hockey rink (200 feet by 85 feet), surrounded by dasher boards. The goals were set into the end boards and essentially cut in half (12 feet across by 8 feet high). As in hockey, the dasher boards were in play. Rosters were nine players strong, with six a side taking the field at the start of play.


1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament, Overview, Hoc-Soc rules
Free substitutions were permitted on the fly at the substituting team's own risk. Most fouls committed would result in a two-minute, sending-off penalty being assessed to the offending player, which would also give the opposition a hockey-style power play. The offending player's team would play short handed for two minutes or until the other team scored a goal –whichever occurred first. As there were no assistant referees, the standard offside rules of soccer did not apply to hoc-soc. This caused many at the time to predict that the scoring would be much higher than that of a conventional match.


1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament, Overview, Hoc-Soc rules
Two specific rules were created to keep play moving. The first was that a player in their own defensive half was not permitted to kick the ball directly over the boards out of play. Doing so would result in a two-minute penalty for delay of game. The second allowed the goalie to clear the ball only by throwing the ball to teammates within the defensive half of the field. Kicking the ball to clear it or throwing the ball to a teammate beyond midfield would result in an indirect free kick from the spot of the illegal pass.


1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament, Tournament recap
A crowd of 5,060 came out to witness the four back-to-back games. Eight minutes and five seconds into the opening match of the tournament, the home fans cheered as Jim Leeker put St. Louis ahead with the historic, first-ever NASL indoor goal. Their joy was short-lived as the Tornado rallied to defeat the Stars, 2–1, on the strength of two second-half goals by Jim Benedek. The second match saw the Lancers dispatch the Darts, 3–1. After a longer intermission, the losing teams, St. Louis and Washington, faced off in the Third Place match, with the Stars winning, 2–0. Dragan Popović scored both of St. Louis' goals. The evening culminated with the championship game between Dallas and Rochester. Tournament MVP Mike Renshaw was the man of the match with a pair of goals. After their 3–0 victory, the Dallas Tornado were crowned the NASL's professional hoc-soc champions.


1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament, Tournament recap
Despite pre-tournament predictions, the score lines were not overly high (in fact, there were only 12 goals in the four games, or three per contest; in the 1971 NASL "outdoor" season, there were 292 goals scored in 89 games, or 3.28 per match). Pundits attributed this to the players' instinctive reluctance to play in offside positions, despite the nonexistence of such a rule in hoc-soc.


1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament, Final rankings
Pos = Final Position, G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential


1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament, Statistical leaders
Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point)


1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament, Legacy
While 1971 marked the NASL's first foray into indoor soccer, it was by no means its last. In 1973 the Atlanta Apollos hosted two matches at The Omni against Montreal and Dallas respectively. In February 1974 the famed Soviet Red Army squad embarked on a three-city tour (Toronto, Philadelphia, St. Louis) against NASL competition. It was the second of those three matches, played on February 11 that caught everybody's attention. The Philadelphia Atoms lost a close match to the Soviets before 11,790 screaming fans at the Spectrum.


1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament, Legacy
That night is often cited as the watershed moment of indoor soccer in the United States. With over 35,000 fans attending the three Russian matches, the NASL began to recognize the sport's potential. Larger indoor tournaments were staged in 1975 and 1976, as well as more independently staged matches. All of this ultimately led to full NASL indoor seasons beginning in 1979–80.


1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament, Legacy
By no small coincidence, the future co-founder of the Major Indoor Soccer League, Ed Tepper, was also in attendance at the Spectrum that night in 1974. Liking what he saw, Tepper later shared a videotape of an 1977 indoor match with former Washington Whips owner, Earl Foreman. Foreman also saw the game's potential, and the two men set about forming a new indoor-only soccer league. The MISL began play in 1978, and lasted until 1992.


1971 NASL Professional Hoc-Soc Tournament, Legacy
Other national indoor leagues that followed included the Continental Indoor Soccer League, the American Indoor Soccer Association, (MISL II and MISL III), as well as the current Major Arena Soccer League. In 2008 the Federación Internacional de Fútbol Rápido, or FIFRA, was formed as the sport's international governing body. FIFRA was effectively replaced in 2013 by the World Minifootball Federation.


1971 NBA All-Star Game
The 1971 NBA All-Star Game was played at the San Diego Sports Arena, in San Diego, California, on January 12, 1971.


1971 NBA All-Star Game
The coach for the East team was Red Holzman and the West team was coached by Larry Costello. Officials for the game were Mendy Rudolph and Ed T. Rush. The announced attendance was 14,378. West beat the East 108–107. Lenny Wilkens was named the game's Most valuable player.


1971 NBA Finals
The 1971 NBA Finals was the championship series played at the conclusion of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 25th anniversary season of 1970–71. The Western Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks, who were founded as an expansion team three years earlier, swept the Eastern Conference champion Baltimore Bullets in four games. Baltimore had dethroned the 1969–70 NBA champion New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals.


1971 NBA Finals
The Bucks were the first Western Conference champions to win the league's championship since the St. Louis Hawks did so in 1958, and were the first expansion team in the NBA to win a championship since the NBA held its first expansion draft. (The Bullets originally started out as the Chicago Packers, an expansion team that began play in 1961–62 before moving to Baltimore in 1963.)


1971 NBA Finals
The Bullets were forced to play Game 1 on a Wednesday night, just 48 hours after having defeated New York in Game 7 of the 1971 Eastern Conference Finals, then had to wait four days before playing Game 2. The series was the second (and last) time in NBA history that the teams alternated home games, the other being in 1956. Most other series were held in the 2-2-1-1-1 or 2-3-2 format (a 1-2-2-1-1 format was used in 1975 and 1978). It was also the last NBA Championship Series completed before May 1.


1971 NBA Finals
The series was broadcast by ABC with Chris Schenkel and Jack Twyman providing the commentary.


1971 NBA Finals
Until 2021, it was the Bucks' only and the city's second championship (with the other being the 1957 Braves). The city's 49-year drought was the fourth longest title drought in the "Big 4" major professional sports leagues, behind Buffalo, San Diego and Vancouver.


1971 NBA draft
The 1971 NBA draft was the 25th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on March 29 and 30, 1971 before the 1971–72 season. In this draft, 17 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was eligible for selection. If a player left college early, he would not be eligible for selection until his college class graduated.


1971 NBA draft
The first two picks in the draft belonged to the teams that finished last in each conference, with the order determined by a coin flip. The Cleveland Cavaliers won the coin flip and were awarded the first overall pick, while the Portland Trail Blazers were awarded the second pick. The remaining first-round picks and the subsequent rounds were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season.


1971 NBA draft
Prior to the start of the season, the San Diego Rockets and the San Francisco Warriors relocated to Houston, Texas, and Oakland, California, and became the Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors respectively. The draft consisted of 19 rounds comprising the selection of 237 players. The league also hosted a supplemental hardship draft on September 20, 1971, for college underclassmen who wished  to join the league.


1971 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Austin Carr from the University of Notre Dame was selected first overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Sidney Wicks from the University of California, Los Angeles, who went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award in his first season, was selected second by the Portland Trail Blazers.


1971 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Spencer Haywood, the 30th pick, and Randy Smith, the 104th pick, were selected to both the All-NBA Team and the All-Star Game. Haywood was selected to four All-NBA Teams and five All-Star Games. He also won the NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1980. During his first and only season in the American Basketball Association (ABA), he won the ABA Most Valuable Player Award, and was selected to the ABA All-Star Game and All-ABA Team. Smith was selected to one All-NBA Team and two All-Star Games.


1971 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Artis Gilmore, the 117th pick, initially opted to play in the ABA. Gilmore spent five seasons with the Kentucky Colonels before finally joined the NBA in 1976 after both leagues merged. His achievements include ABA Most Valuable Player Award in 1972, five All-ABA Team selections, five ABA All-Star Game selections and six NBA All-Star Game selections. For his achievements, he was inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.


1971 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Fred Brown, the 6th pick, spent all of his 13-year playing career with the Sonics and was selected to one All-Star Game. Carr, Wicks, and 11th pick Curtis Rowe are the only other players from this draft who were selected to an All-Star Game. Phil Chenier, a college underclassman selected in the supplemental hardship draft, was also selected to both All-NBA Team and All-Star Game. Two players drafted went on to have coaching careers in the NBA: 13th pick Jim Cleamons and 46th pick Dave Wohl.


1971 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Spencer Haywood was selected in the second round by the Buffalo Braves although he already played in the NBA with the Seattle SuperSonics in the previous season. He left college basketball in 1969 with two years remaining in his college eligibility. At that time, the NBA prohibited the drafting or signing of a player before his college class had graduated. He then played in the ABA with the Denver Rockets for a season before controversially signed by the Sonics.


1971 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
The league and the other NBA teams opposed the move and argued Haywood should be prohibited to join and play with the Sonics. This led to a court case between the NBA against the Sonics and Haywood. He argued that he should be allowed to play because he was a "hardship case", due to his position as the sole wage earner in his family. He then won the case and was allowed to play late in the 1970–71 season. This led to the NBA allowing college underclassmen to enter the draft provided they could give evidence of "hardship". With the existing rules, Haywood was eligible for this year's draft, when his college class graduated. The Braves used one of their three second-round picks to select him, hoping that they would win the rights to sign him. However, he remained with the Sonics and never played for the Braves.


1971 NBA draft, Other picks
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.


1971 NBA draft, Hardship draft
On September 10, 1971, the NBA hosted a supplemental hardship draft for college underclassmen who wish to join the league. Prior to the 1971 Draft, college underclassmen were not eligible to be drafted until their college class graduated. These underclassmen fulfilled the "hardship" criteria and were allowed to enter the draft early. This new rule came as a result of Spencer Haywood winning the court case against the NBA which allowed him to play in the NBA before his college class graduated. The teams selected in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. The team that made a selection must withdraw their equivalent selection in the 1972 Draft. The teams were allowed to not exercise their rights on this hardship draft and thus retained their full selection in the 1972 Draft.


1971 NBA draft, Hardship draft
Three teams that were supposed to have the first three selections, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Buffalo Braves and Portland Trail Blazers, declined to exercise their rights. Therefore, the Cincinnati Royals had the first selection, which they used to select Nate Williams from Utah State University. Phil Chenier, a junior guard from the University of California, was selected by the Baltimore Bullets. He is the only player from the hardship draft who was selected to All-NBA Team and All-Star Game. Joe Hammond, who had not played high school and college basketball, was selected in the fourth round by the Los Angeles Lakers.


1971 NBA draft, Hardship draft
Hammond, who had played for the Allentown Jets in the Eastern Basketball Association (EBA) prior to the draft, had to apply as the "hardship case" because his college class could not graduate until 1972 if he had gone to the college. From the six players that were available for selection, only Ed Owens from Weber State University was not selected by any NBA team.


1971 NBA playoffs
The 1971 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1970–71 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks defeating the Eastern Conference champion Baltimore Bullets 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals.


1971 NBA playoffs
Led by Finals MVP and the previous season's Rookie of the Year Lew Alcindor and Oscar Robertson, the Bucks became the fastest expansion team in NBA history to win the championship (a record that they still hold as of 2018), and did so in dominating fashion, finishing 12-2 in the playoffs with a postseason average point differential of 14.5.


1971 NBA playoffs
The playoff format changed from the previous 2-division format. There were now 4, with each division qualifying its champion and second-place team. In the Conference Semifinals, the champion of each division played the 2nd place team in the other, with the divisional champion having home-court advantage. The two winners then played for the conference championship.


1971 NBA playoffs
This was the first NBA Finals appearance for the Bullets, and their only trip to the championship round in Baltimore; they made 3 more appearances (winning one title) later in the decade.


1971 NBA playoffs
The 1971 playoffs was the last for the San Francisco Warriors under that moniker; the following season, symbolizing their already-established home base of Oakland, they changed their name to the Golden State Warriors.


1971 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (A1) New York Knicks vs. (C2) Atlanta Hawks
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1971 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (C1) Baltimore Bullets vs. (A2) Philadelphia 76ers
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1971 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (M1) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (P2) San Francisco Warriors
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1971 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (P1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (M2) Chicago Bulls
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning the first meeting.


1971 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (A1) New York Knicks vs. (C1) Baltimore Bullets
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Knicks winning the first two meetings.


1971 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (M1) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (P1) Los Angeles Lakers
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1971 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (M1) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (C1) Baltimore Bullets
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1971 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1971 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The Wolfpack were led by first-year head coach Al Michaels and played their home games at Carter Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. The team competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in sixth.


1971 NC State Wolfpack football team
Michaels had been the defensive coordinator for the Wolfpack under Earle Edwards, and served as the interim coach after his retirement. Lou Holtz was hired as permanent coach shortly after the end of the season, and Michaels returned to the defensive coordinator position under Holtz.


1971 NCAA College Division Baseball Tournament
The 1971 NCAA College Division Baseball Tournament decided the champion of baseball at the NCAA College Division level for the 1971 season. This was the fourth such tournament for the College Division, having separated from the University Division in 1957. The Florida Southern Moccasins won the championship by defeating the Central Michigan.


1971 NCAA College Division Baseball Tournament, Format
Twenty one teams were selected to participate, divided into four regions. Two regions consisted of six teams, another had five, and the West had four. Each region completed a double-elimination round, with the winners advancing to the finals. The finals, made up of the four regional champions, also competed in a double-elimination format.


1971 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament
The 1971 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA College Division college basketball as a culmination of the 1970-71 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Evansville, with Evansville's Don Buse named the Most Outstanding Player.


1971 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament
Southwestern Louisiana's tournament and semifinal appearances were later vacated due to NCAA rules violations.


1971 NCAA College Division football rankings
The 1971 NCAA College Division football rankings are from the United Press International poll of College Division head coaches and from the Associated Press poll of sportswriters and broadcasters. The 1971 NCAA College Division football season was the 14th year UPI published a Coaches Poll in what was termed the "Small College" division. It was the 12th year for the AP version of the Small College poll. The AP poll was a "Top 20" for the first week, but switched to a "Top 10" for the rest of the season.


1971 NCAA College Division football season
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.


1971 NCAA College Division football season, 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.


1971 NCAA College Division football season, Rankings, 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.


1971 NCAA College Division football season, 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.


1971 NCAA College Division football season, Bowl games
Top-ranked Delaware met C.W. Post in the Boardwalk Bowl; played indoors at Convention Hall, Delaware won by 50 points in a rout. 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.


1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the first Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Prior to this the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) had voted for the national champion and, subsequently, awarded the Wingate Memorial Trophy for the College lacrosse title based on regular season records.


1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
Eight NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season. The tournament culminated with the finals, held at Hofstra University in front of 5,458 fans. For this tournament as well as the 1972 tournament, the Wingate Memorial Trophy was presented to the winner.


1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
College lacrosse at that time was broken into four divisions, so the NCAA tournament games for that year were based on geographical fit rather than seeding. The Tournament teams were selected from 114 schools which sponsored lacrosse at that time. Each division sent one team, two other teams were picked from the northern, southern and western divisions, and then two teams were chosen at large, chosen by a selection committee of five coaches and athletic directors.


1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
The Cornell Big Red, who posted a 13–1 record during the season, were led by coach Richard M. Moran and star players , John Burnap, Bob Shaw, and , defeated the 9-3 Maryland Terrapins 12 to 6 in the finals.


1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
Cornell won 13 straight games leading up to the title, losing only their opening game by one goal to Virginia. Cornell won despite their 1st team All American goaltender Bob Rule being out with an injury. Backup goaltender Bob Buhmann was credited with 22 saves as the Big Red shut down the Maryland attack. Bob Buhmann also ended up on the honorable mention All American list that season at goaltender.


1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
Canadian-born Al Rimmer, the first Canadian born NCAA lacrosse recruit, scored six goals in the finals to lead Cornell. Rimmer, from Toronto, led Cornell with 43 goals and 31 assists for 74 points for the season. He ended his career as the all-time Cornell record-holder in career points with 80 goals and 82 assists for 162 points.


1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
In 1970 in just his second year, Coach Moran’s team was the only squad in the nation to go undefeated with a record of 11-0, but controversy ensued when the USILA named Johns Hopkins, Navy and Virginia as the national champions, while Cornell was voted fifth in the country. The next season, after losing in the season opener to Virginia, 10-9, Cornell rattled off 13-straight victories.


1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
In the semi-finals, Cornell edged Army, 17-16, with Cornell grabbing a 7-4 lead after one period. Army, led by  who had seven goals and three assists in the game, battled back and by the third period it became a question of who would get the last goal. The lead changed hands twice and the score was tied four times in the final period, before Bob Shaw scored at 12:33 giving Cornell the victory. Frank Davis' four goals against Army in the semi-finals ensured Cornell's place in the national championship.


1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
This was Cornell's first lacrosse title since winning the USILA championship in 1907. Cornell was 1–4–1 against Maryland up to this point, in a series that began with Cornell's 2–1 win in 1921. The teams played a 2–2 tie in 1922, and Maryland won by 11–1 in 1929, 14–2 in 1951, 17–10 in 1963 and 13–6 in 1965.


1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
Coach Richie Moran was voted the Division I Coach of the Year, while John Burnap won the Schmeisser Award as the nation’s outstanding defenseman and Bob Rule won the Ens. C.M. Kelly, Jr. Award as the nation’s top goaltender, despite the fact that a season-ending knee injury kept Rule from playing in the NCAA tournament.


1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
In the finals, Al Rimmer fired in six of Cornell's 12 goals, with Cornell never trailing in the game. Rimmer scored first at 59 seconds and though Maryland was able to tie the score at 2-2, the Terps posed no real threat after the first period. The goal that put Cornell ahead for good was produced by their third midfield. With 7:47 to go in the first period, Bob Wagner, a senior from Newton, Pa., scored off an assist by Craig Bollinger, a junior from Rochester, N.Y.  Rimmer then took command and racked up three straight goals. Frank Davis, a junior from Sanborn, N.Y. and Bucky Gunts, a junior from Baltimore, Md. finished up Cornell's string of six straight goals.


1971 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
The 1971 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships were contested March 12−13, 1971 at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan at the seventh annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate indoor track and field events in the United States.


1971 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
Villanova topped the team standings, finishing only 2.75 points ahead of Texas–El Paso; it was the Wildcats' second overall indoor team title.


1971 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
Unlike other NCAA-sponsored sports, there were not separate University Division and College Division championships for indoor track and field until 1985. As such, all athletes and teams from University and College Division programs were eligible to compete.


1971 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The consensus 1971 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.


1971 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
The 1971 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the second annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college volleyball. The tournament was played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. Like the previous year, the format of this championship consisted of a preliminary, four-team round robin to determine seeding for a subsequent single-elimination tournament.


1971 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
UCLA defeated UC Santa Barbara, 3–0 (15–6, 17–15, 17–15), in the championship match to win their second consecutive national title. UCLA's Kirk Kilgour and UC Santa Barbara's Tim Bonynge were named the Most Outstanding Players of the tournament.


1971 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament, Qualification
Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs (whether from the University Division, or the College Division) were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1971 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The 1971 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the third annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1971.


1971 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
UCLA defeated San José State in the final, 5–3, to win their second national title.


1971 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The leading scorer for the tournament was Jim Waska from Cal State Fullerton (14 goals). The awards for All-Tournament Team and Most Outstanding Player were not given out until 1972.


1971 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship, Qualification
Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1971 NCAA Skiing Championships
The 1971 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Terry Peak ski area in Lead, South Dakota, at the 18th annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate alpine, cross country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.


1971 NCAA Skiing Championships
Denver, under new head coach Peder Pytte, captured their fourteenth national championship and tenth in eleven years. They finished 21.6 points ahead of rival Colorado in the team standings.


1971 NCAA Skiing Championships
Denver's Otto Tschudi, winner of the previous year's giant slalom, swept the three alpine titles; teammate Ole Hansen repeated as Cross Country champion, and John Kendall of New Hampshire repeated as Skimeister (all four events).


1971 NCAA Skiing Championships
Despite Denver's impressive streak of success, the Pioneers' next team title came in 2000, nearly three decades later.


1971 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
The eighteenth edition, this year's NCAA skiing championships were held March 4–6 in South Dakota at Terry Peak, in the Black Hills near Lead.


1971 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
Through 2020, these remain the only championships hosted in South Dakota.


1971 NCAA Soccer Tournament
The 1971 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament was the thirteenth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Howard Bison won their first national title by defeating the two-time defending champion Saint Louis Billikens in the championship game, 3–2. The final match was played on December 30, 1971, in Miami, Florida, at the Miami Orange Bowl. Howard's championship would later be vacated by the NCAA on disputed grounds of player eligibility.


1971 NCAA Soccer Tournament
This was the final championship before the establishment of separate championships for the NCAA's University Division (now Division I) and College Division (now Divisions II and III) in 1973.


1971 NCAA Soccer Tournament, Final – Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
The Championship was later vacated by the NCAA on the grounds that two Howard players had played amateur soccer in Trinidad, exhausting their eligibility, and that two others had not taken entrance exams, required by the NCAA, to predict a grade point average of at least 1.6. Howard University argued that the eligibility rules were vague and discriminated against foreigners, and that the players had all maintained grade-point averages of 3.0 or higher in college, but the NCAA did not reverse the ruling.


1971 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament
The 1971 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1971 NCAA University Division baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its twenty-fifth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals.


1971 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament
Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 23 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The twenty-fifth tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Jerry Tabb of Tulsa.


1971 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament, Tournament
The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and four teams. The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament
The 1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 13, 1971, and ended with the championship game on March 27 in Houston, Texas. A total of 29 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament
UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won its fifth consecutive national title (its seventh all-time) with a 68–62 victory in the final game over Villanova, coached by Jack Kraft. Howard Porter of Villanova was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. However, Villanova's placement in the tournament was later vacated because it was found that Porter had signed with an agent prior to the competition. Having lost to undefeated, second-ranked Penn (coached by Dick Harter) twice before, Porter did not think they would make it past the regionals where third-ranked South Carolina was also in their path.


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament
However, Penn vanquished South Carolina by 15 points, then had their worst game of the year against Villanova in the East Regional final, losing 90–47. Villanova's first-place finish in the East Regional was relinquished to Penn, with the regional consolation game winner, Fordham (coached by Digger Phelps, a former Penn assistant coach), receiving second place.


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Championship Game
UCLA was a heavy favorite over Villanova in the title game. But the Bruins did not cruise through the season in their accustomed fashion. They were severely threatened in their own conference (and backyard) by second-ranked USC, who lost only twice all season – both to UCLA. In addition, UCLA lost at Notre Dame and had several other close calls against Washington, Oregon, and Oregon State. In the West Regional final, the Bruins trailed Long Beach State by 11 points midway through the second half, and their star player Sidney Wicks was on the bench with four personal fouls. But Wicks returned and avoided his fifth foul (and disqualification), and the Bruins rallied to take a 55–53 lead. With 20 seconds remaining, Wicks sank two clinching free throws and UCLA escaped 57–55.


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Championship Game
In the national championship game, UCLA jumped out to an early lead, but star players Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe struggled against Villanova's stingy zone defense. Only the outside shooting of Henry Bibby and a career best 29 points from center Steve Patterson kept the Bruins in the lead. In the meantime, Villanova stars Howard Porter and Chris Ford overcame early struggles to keep the Wildcats in the game.


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Championship Game
Midway through the second half, UCLA coach John Wooden ordered the Bruins to go into a four-corner stall offense (there was no shot clock in college basketball in 1971), a tactic he rarely employed. Wooden said after the game he did so to bring Villanova out of their zone, and because he wanted to use the stage of the national championship game to show the NCAA that they should adopt a shot clock (something Wooden had long argued for). However, the tactic almost backfired as Villanova started forcing turnovers with an aggressive man-to-man defense.


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Championship Game
In addition, the stall took UCLA out of its offensive rhythm. Villanova closed the gap to 63–60 and had the ball with one minute to play. However, Porter missed a 15-foot off-balance jumper, Wicks grabbed the rebound, and UCLA made 5 of 6 free throws down the stretch to win 68–62.


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Championship Game
In the national 3rd place game, Western Kentucky defeated Kansas 77–75.


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Championship Game
In a situation similar to Villanova's, Western Kentucky's placement in the tournament was vacated due to an NCAA investigation that showed Jim McDaniels had signed a professional contract and accepted money during the 1970–71 season. Western Kentucky would be found in violation twice more in the next 10 years, earning the school a "lack of institutional control" violation. This made the 1971 Final Four officially the first without a school from east of the Mississippi River. The 2021 Final Four is the first to actually have all four teams come from west of the Mississippi (Baylor, Gonzaga, Houston and UCLA).


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Championship Game
The total attendance for the tournament was 220,447, a new record. The crowd of 31,765 for the championship game was also a new record.


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1971 tournament:


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
Regional Semifinals, 3rd Place Games, and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
National Semifinals, 3rd Place Game, and Championship (Final Four and Championship)


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The city of Houston became the 10th host city, and the Astrodome the 11th host venue, to host the Final Four. It was the first time the Final Four was held in the state of Texas, and the first time the Final Four was held in a domed stadium (or, for that matter, in a baseball or football venue of any kind), though the trend would not take off until the usage of the Louisiana Superdome eleven years later. The tournament saw six new venues used besides the Astrodome.


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The Mideast regional brought the tournament to the state of Georgia for the first time, with games held at the Georgia Coliseum on the campus of the University of Georgia. For the second time, the tournament came to the campus of the University of Utah, with the Special Events Center, a future Final Four venue, hosting games for the first time. The tournament came to West Virginia for the first time, with one of the three East sub-regional games held at the WVU Coliseum.


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
In the Mideast sub-regional, the tournament came to its third new host city – South Bend, home of the University of Notre Dame and the Athletic & Convocation Center, just east of Notre Dame Stadium. In the Midwest sub-regional, the tournament began at the University of Houston's Hofheinz Pavilion, the on-campus home of the Houston Cougars. To date, this marks the last time two different parts of the tournament were held in the same city. In the West sub-regional, the tournament came to Logan and the campus of Utah State University for the first time, with games held at the USU Assembly Center (now known as the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum).


1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The tournament would mark the only time the Astrodome or the Georgia Coliseum were used. While Houston has continued to be a tournament host at various venues, this was the only time the tournament came to Athens.


1971 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships
The 1971 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships were the 33rd annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the United States. Held on November 22, 1971, the meet was hosted by the University of Tennessee at the Fox Den Country Club in Knoxville, Tennessee. The distance for this race was 6 miles (9.7 kilometers).


1971 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships
All NCAA University Division members were eligible to qualify for the meet. In total, 17 teams and 285 individual runners contested this championship.


1971 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships
The team national championship was won by the Oregon Ducks, their first title. The individual championship was retained by Steve Prefontaine, from Oregon, with a time of 29:14.00, although he was unable to break his meet distance record from the previous year.


1971 NCAA University Division Golf Championship
The 1971 NCAA University Division Golf Championship was the 33rd annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf in the United States.


1971 NCAA University Division Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Tucson National Golf Club in Tucson, Arizona.


1971 NCAA University Division Golf Championship
Texas won the team title, the Longhorns' first NCAA team national title.


1971 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1971 NCAA Men's University Division Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1970–71 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season, the 24th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 18 and 20, 1971, and concluded with Boston University defeating Minnesota 4–2. All games were played at the Onondaga War Memorial in Syracuse, New York.