1971 junior college football season

1971 junior college football season
1971 junior college football season
National Championship	Shrine Bowl, Savannah, GA (NJCAA)
Champion(s)	Mississippi Gulf Coast (NJCAA)
	← 1970; junior college football season; 1972 →;

The 1971 junior college football season was the season of intercollegiate junior college football running from September to December 1971. Mississippi Gulf Coast won the NJCAA National Football Championship, defeating Fort Scott in the Shrine Bowl in Savannah, Georgia.^[1]^[2]

El Camino won the California state junior college large division playoffs, defeating Santa Rosa in the championship game at Bakersfield College Stadium in Bakersfield, California, while Reedley won the California state junior college small division playoffs, beating Hartnell in the title game at Ratcliffe Stadium in Fresno, California.^[3]^[4]

Quarterfinals November 26–27		Semifinals December 4		Championship game December 11 Bakersfield College Stadium—Bakersfield, California

Citrus	14

El Camino	42
		El Camino	51

		Rio Hondo	36
Rio Hondo	34

Santa Barbara City	24
				El Camino	48

				Santa Rosa	14
San Mateo	0

San Joaquin Delta	9
		San Joaquin Delta	15

		Santa Rosa	39
Orange Coast	22

Santa Rosa	26

Semifinals November 27		Championship game December 4 Ratcliffe Stadium—Fresno, CA

Reedley	74

College of the Canyons	20
		Reedley	20

		Hartnell	10
Redwoods	15

Hartnell	37

California