1971 Texas A&M Aggies football team
| 1971 Texas A&M Aggies football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (4–3 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Kyle Field |
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| No. 18 Texas $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Arkansas | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1971 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC). The Aggies were led by head coach Gene Stallings in his seventh season and finished with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 4–3 in the SWC).
Stallings was fired as head coach and athletic director at the conclusion of the season and replaced by Emory Bellard, offensive coordinator of archrival Texas and the architect of the Wishbone formation. Bellard was hired after LSU coach Charles McClendon rejected a lucrative offer to become the Aggies' coach and AD (McClendon was not AD at LSU, unusual for the time in the Southeastern Conference).
Stallings was hired by Tom Landry to be an assistant coach with the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys, a position he held until he was named head coach of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1986. Stallings returned to college coaching in 1990 as head coach at Alabama.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 11 | Wichita State* | W 41–7 | 29,580 | [1] | |
| September 18 | at LSU* | L 0–37 | 68,576 | [2] | |
| September 25 | at No. 1 Nebraska* | L 7–34 | 67,993 | [3] | |
| October 2 | Cincinnati* |
| L 0–17 | 26,267 | [4] |
| October 9 | at Texas Tech | L 7–28 | 44,380 | [5] | |
| October 16 | at TCU | L 3–14 | 31,910 | [6] | |
| October 23 | Baylor |
| W 10–9 | 28,662 | [7] |
| October 30 | at No. 8 Arkansas | W 17–9 | 54,446 | [8] | |
| November 6 | SMU |
| W 27–10 | 27,358–28,570 | [9] |
| November 13 | at Rice | W 18–13 | 47,000 | [10] | |
| November 25 | No. 12 Texas |
| L 14–34 | 52,090 | [11] |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Aggies outman Wichita". Express & News. September 12, 1971. Retrieved March 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LSU returns, swamps A&M". The Nashville Tennessean. September 19, 1971. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Howling 'Huskers ax Aggies 34–7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 26, 1971. Retrieved March 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aggie errors spell defeat". The Odessa American. October 3, 1971. Retrieved March 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Raiders crush Aggies, 28–7". Del Rio News Herald. October 10, 1971. Retrieved March 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Horned Frogs bash Texas Aggies, 14–3". Brownwood Bulletin. October 17, 1971. Retrieved March 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "53-yard FG tops Baylor". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. October 24, 1971. Retrieved March 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas A&M shocks Arkansas". Lincoln Journal Star. October 31, 1971. Retrieved March 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Green leads resurging Aggies over Mustangs 27–10". The El Paso Times. November 7, 1971. Retrieved March 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aggies dump Owls, keep hopes alive". The Victoria Advocate. November 14, 1971. Retrieved March 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Longhorns stop Aggies, 34–14". The Waco Times-Herald. November 26, 1971. Retrieved March 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1971 Texas A&M Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
- ^ "1971–72 NCAA Statistics (Texas A&M)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
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