The 1971 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their sixth year under head coach Ron Erhardt, the team compiled a 7–2 record.[1]
| 1971 North Dakota State Bison football | |
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| Conference | North Central Conference |
| Record | 7–2 (4–2 NCC) |
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| Home stadium | Dacotah Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morningside | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Augustana (SD) | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 11 | Northern Arizona* | W 42–9 | 11,600 | [2] | ||
| September 18 | Montana State* |
| W 28–12 | 9,700 | [3] | |
| September 25 | South Dakota | No. 1 |
| W 16–15 | 11,000 | [4] |
| October 2 | at Morningside | No. 2 |
| W 62–0 | 13,000 | [5] |
| October 9 | at Augustana (SD) | No. 1 | W 23–7 | 3,500–4,000 | [6] | |
| October 16 | North Dakota | No. 1 |
| L 7–23 | 12,800 | [7] |
| October 23 | Northern Iowa | No. 5 |
| W 23–11 | 9,000 | [8] |
| October 30 | at South Dakota State | No. 6 | L 13–20 | 2,000 | [9] | |
| November 6 | at Mankato State* | No. 9 | W 33–7 | 2,500 | [10] | |
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References
edit- ^ "1971 NDSU football schedule". North Dakota State Athletics. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
- ^ "Bison stampede past Lumberjacks, 42–9". Arizona Republic. September 12, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NDSU beats Bobcats". The Independent-Record. September 19, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "North Dakota State slips past Coyotes". Argus-Leader. September 26, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Angry herd tramples Morningsiders, 62–0". Sioux City Journal. October 3, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bison nudge Vikings, 23–7". Argus-Leader. October 10, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "North Dakota stuns North Dakota State". Corpus Christi Times. October 17, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "North Dakota State rebounds against UNI". The Gazette. October 24, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jacks stun ND State". Sioux City Journal. October 31, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "N. Dakota St. rips Mankato". Star Tribune. November 7, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Final 1971 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
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