1971 SANFL season

The 1971 South Australian National Football League season was the 92nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1971 SANFL season
Teams	10
Premiers	North Adelaide 10th premiership
Minor premiers	North Adelaide 10th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Russell Ebert Port Adelaide
Ken Farmer Medallist	Fred Phillis Glenelg (99 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	109
Total attendance	1,023,433 (9,389 per match)
Highest	52,228 (Grand Final, North Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide)

Ladder

1971 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	North Adelaide (P)	21	17	4	0	2076	1645	55.79	34
2	Port Adelaide	21	16	5	0	2197	1594	57.95	32
3	Sturt	21	15	6	0	2080	1401	59.75	30
4	Central District	21	12	9	0	2151	1920	52.84	24
5	Norwood	21	10	11	0	2047	1962	51.06	20
6	Glenelg	21	9	12	0	2132	2030	51.23	18
7	West Torrens	21	8	13	0	1525	1767	46.32	16
8	West Adelaide	21	6	15	0	1698	2016	45.72	12
9	South Adelaide	21	6	15	0	1615	2078	43.73	12
10	Woodville	21	6	15	0	1596	2704	37.12	12

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals Series

Grand Final

Main article: 1971 SANFL Grand Final

	1971 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 25 September (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide	def.	Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 52,228)
	4.6 (30) 6.11 (47) 9.18 (72) 10.19 (79)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.1 (1) 0.3 (3) 2.4 (16) 9.5 (59)