1971 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
American college football season
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The 1971 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State College—now known as California State University, Fresno—as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Darryl Rogers, Fresno State compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, placing third in the PCAA. The Bulldogs played their home games at Ratcliffe Stadium on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California.
- Darryl Rogers (6th season)
| 1971 Fresno State Bulldogs football | |
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Mercy Bowl, L 14–17 at Cal State Fullerton | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Athletic Association |
| Record | 6–5 (3–2 CCAA) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Bob Padilla (4th season) |
| Home stadium | Ratcliffe Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach State $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Los Angeles | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the end of the season, a charity bowl game was played to benefit the children of three Cal State Fullerton coaches and a pilot who had been killed in an airplane crash a month earlier. The game was called Mercy Bowl II, and was played on December 11 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 11 | Cal State Hayward* | L 14–18 | 11,000 | [1] | ||
| September 18 | 7:30 p.m. | San Jose State |
| W 14–7 | 9,500 | [2] |
| September 25 | at Montana State* | L 28–37 | 7,500 | [3] | ||
| October 2 | Hawaii* |
| W 19–8 | 9,441 | [4] | |
| October 16 | at Cal Poly* | W 13–10 | 8,500 | [5] | ||
| October 23 | Cal State Los Angeles |
| W 47–7 | 7,723 | [6] | |
| October 30 | San Diego State |
| W 17–10 | 11,140 | [7] | |
| November 5 | at Long Beach State | L 13–30 | 10,310 | [8] | ||
| November 13 | Valley State* |
| W 23–7 | 5,457 | [9] | |
| November 20 | 7:30 p.m. | at Pacific (CA) | L 13–14 | 5,719–10,000 | [10] | |
| December 11 | at Cal State Fullerton* | L 14–17 | 16,854 | [11] | ||
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