1971 Texas Southern Tigers football team

1971 Texas Southern Tigers football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	7–2–1 (3–2–1 SWAC)
Head coach	Rod Paige (1st season)
Home stadium	Astrodome Jeppesen Stadium Rice Stadium
Seasons ←  1970 1972  →

1971 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 Grambling $	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Jackson State	4	–	1	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
No. 16 Alcorn A&M	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Texas Southern	3	–	2	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Prairie View A&M	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Mississippi Valley State	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Southern	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA Division I poll for Grambling and UPI small college poll for Alcorn A&M

The 1971 Texas Southern Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. Led by first-year head coach Rod Paige, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 7–2–1, with a mark of 3–2–1 in conference play, and finished fourth in the SWAC.

The October 15 game against Bishop was the first football game ever played at Texas Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	at Southern	A. W. Mumford Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 21–0		[1]
September 25	at New Mexico Highlands *	Las Vegas, NM	W 33–18		[2]
October 2	No. 10 Tennessee State *	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 28–23		[3]
October 9	Alcorn A&M	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 7–10		[4]
October 15	at Bishop *	Texas Stadium Irving, TX	W 34–21		[5]
October 23	at Mississippi Valley State	Magnolia Stadium Itta Bena, MS	W 23–0		[6]
October 30	Grambling	Astrodome Houston, TX	L 7–21	33,000–33,556	[7] [8]
November 6	Jackson State	Jeppesen Stadium Houston, TX	T 7–7		[9]
November 13	Langston *	Jeppesen Stadium Houston, TX	L 37–28		[10]
November 25	Prairie View A&M	Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 16–6		[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "Southern falls to Texans, 21–0". The Shreveport Times. September 19, 1971. Retrieved June 26, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Pokes fall to TSU". The Santa Fe New Mexican. September 26, 1971. Retrieved June 26, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Texas Southern tops TSU". The Nashville Tennessean. October 3, 1971. Retrieved June 26, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Alcorn nips TSU, 10–7". The Clarion-Ledger. October 10, 1971. Retrieved June 26, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
5. "TSU rolls past Bishop in Dallas". The Kilgore News Herald. October 17, 1971. Retrieved June 26, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
6. "MVSC loses to TSU, 23–0". The Delta Democrat-Times. October 24, 1971. Retrieved June 26, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Grambling posts 21–7 SWAC win". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. October 31, 1971. Retrieved June 26, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Final 1971 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Grambling)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved August 16, 2023.
9. "Jackson St., TSU battle to deadlock". The Clarion-Ledger. November 7, 1971. Retrieved June 26, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
10. "TSU skitters by Langston". Austin American-Statesman. November 14, 1971. Retrieved June 26, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Southern beats Prairie View". The Waco Times-Herald. November 26, 1971. Retrieved June 26, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
12. "Final 1971 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Texas Southern)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved June 26, 2023.
13. "Football". The Tiger. Texas Southern University. 1972. pp. 308–317. Retrieved June 26, 2023.