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{{Short description|Official list of the best college football players of 1971}}
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The '''1971 College Football All-America team''' is composed of [[college football]] players who were selected as [[All-America]]ns by various organizations and writers that chose [[College Football All-America Team]]s in 1971. The [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1971 season. They are: (1) the [[American Football Coaches Association]] (AFCA), (2) the [[Associated Press]] (AP),<ref name=apalama>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z8IUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5878%2C464053 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon)|agency=Associated Press |title=Associated Press All-America team |date=December 2, 1971 |page=2D}}</ref> (3) the [[Football Writers Association of America]] (FWAA), (4) the [[Newspaper Enterprise Association]] (NEA), and (5) the [[United Press International]] (UPI).<ref name=CAA/>

Nine players are recognized by the NCAA as unanimous All-America selections: quarterback and 1971 [[Heisman Trophy]] [[1971 NCAA University Division football season#Heisman Trophy|winner]] [[Pat Sullivan (American football)|Pat Sullivan]] of [[1971 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn]]; running backs [[Ed Marinaro]] of [[1971 Cornell Big Red football team|Cornell]] and [[Greg Pruitt]] of [[1971 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]]; receiver [[Terry Beasley]] of Auburn; tackle [[Jerry Sisemore]] of [[1971 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]]; guard [[Royce Smith]] of [[1971 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]]; defensive end [[Walt Patulski]] of [[1971 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]]; linebacker [[Mike Taylor (linebacker, born 1949)|Mike Taylor]] of [[1971 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]]; and defensive back [[Bobby Majors]] of [[1971 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]].<ref name=CAA/>

==Consensus All-Americans==
The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1971 and displays which first-team designations they received.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="15%" | Name
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | Position
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | School
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Number<ref>This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.</ref>
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%" | Official
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | Other
|-align="left"
|[[Terry Beasley]]||Receiver||[[1971 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn]]||5/4/9||AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI||FN, Time, TSN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Bobby Majors]]||Defensive back||[[1971 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]]||5/4/9||AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI||FN, Time, TSN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Walt Patulski]]||Defensive end||[[1971 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]]||5/4/9||AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI||FN, Time, TSN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Royce Smith]]||Offensive guard||[[1971 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]]||5/4/9||AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI||FN, Time, TSN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Mike Taylor (linebacker, born 1949)|Mike Taylor]]||Linebacker||[[1971 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]]||5/4/9||AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI||FN, Time, TSN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Ed Marinaro]]||Running back||[[1971 Cornell Big Red football team|Cornell]]||5/3/8||AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI||FN, Time, TSN
|-align="left"
|[[Pat Sullivan (American football)|Pat Sullivan]]||Quarterback||Auburn||5/3/8||AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI||FN, TSN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Clarence Ellis]]||Defensive back||Notre Dame||4/4/8||AFCA, AP, NEA, UPI||FN, Time, TSN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Reggie McKenzie (guard)|Reggie McKenzie]]||Offensive guard||Michigan||4/4/8||AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI||FN, Time, TSN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Greg Pruitt]]||Running back||[[1971 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]]||5/2/7||AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI||FN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Jerry Sisemore]]||Offensive tackle||[[1971 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]]||5/2/7||AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI||FN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Sherman White (American football)|Sherman White]]||Defensive tackle||California||3/4/7||AFCA, FWAA, NEA||FN, Time, TSN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Johnny Rodgers]]||Receiver||[[1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]]||4/2/6||AFCA, FWAA, NEA, UPI||FN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Jeff Siemon]]||Linebacker||[[1971 Stanford Indians football team|Stanford]]||4/2/6||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI||FN, Time
|-align="left"
|[[Larry Jacobson]]||Defensive tackle||[[1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]]||4/1/5||AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI||Time
|-align="left"
|[[Tom Brahaney]]||Center||Oklahoma||3/2/5||AFCA, AP, FWAA||FN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[David M. Joyner|Dave Joyner]]||Offensive tackle||[[1971 Penn State Nittany Lions football team|Penn State]]||3/2/5||AFCA, FWAA, UPI||FN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Johnny Musso]]||Running back||[[1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]||3/2/5||AFCA, FWAA, UPI||FN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Tommy Casanova]]||Defensive back||[[1971 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]]||2/3/5||FWAA, UPI||FN, Time, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Mel Long]]||Defensive tackle||[[1971 Toledo Rockets football team|Toledo]]||4/0/4||AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI||--
|-align="left"
|[[Willie Harper]]||Defensive end||Nebraska||2/2/4||NEA, UPI||FN, WC
|-align="left"
|[[Ernie Jackson]]||Defensive back||Duke||2/0/2||AFCA, FWAA||--
|-align="left"
|}

== Offense ==

=== Receivers ===

* '''[[Terry Beasley]]''', Auburn (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WC)
* '''[[Johnny Rodgers]]''', Nebraska (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, WC)
* [[Mike Siani (American football)|Mike Siani]], Villanova (NEA-2, UPI-2, TSN)
* [[Tom Gatewood]], Notre Dame (UPI-2, Time)
* [[Cliff Branch]], Colorado (FN)
* [[Rhett Dawson]], Florida State (AP-3)

=== Tight ends ===

* [[Riley Odoms]], Houston (AP-3, NEA-2 [receiver], Time, TSN)
* [[Doug Kingsriter]], Minnesota (AP-1)
* [[Charle Young]], USC (AP-2)

=== Tackles ===

* '''[[Jerry Sisemore]]''', Texas (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, WC)
* '''[[David M. Joyner|Dave Joyner]]''', Penn State (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-1, FN, WC)
* [[John Vella]], USC (AP-1, NEA-1, UPI-2, FN, TSN)
* [[John Hannah (American football)|John Hannah]], Alabama (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-2)
* [[Tom Drougas]], Oregon (TSN)
* [[Lionel Antoine]], Southern Illinois (Time)
* [[Tom Luken (American football)|Tom Luken]], Purdue (AP-2, NEA-2 [OG])
* [[Carl Johnson (American football)|Carl Johnson]], Nebraska (AP-3)
* Mike Stark, Memphis State (AP-3)

=== Guards ===

* '''[[Reggie McKenzie (guard)|Reggie McKenzie]]''', Michigan (AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WC)
* '''[[Royce Smith]]''', Georgia (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WC)
* [[Gordon Gravelle]], BYU (AP-2, NEA-2)
* Dick Rupert, Nebraska (AP-3, UPI-2)
* B. C. Williams, West Virginia (AP-3)
* Ken Jones, Oklahoma (UPI-2)

=== Centers ===

* '''[[Tom Brahaney]]''', Oklahoma (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-2, FN, WC)
* [[Tom DeLeone]], Ohio State (AP-2, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN)
* [[Dave Dalby]], UCLA (AP-3, NEA-2, TSN)

=== Quarterbacks ===

* '''[[Pat Sullivan (American football)|Pat Sullivan]]''', Auburn (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA,<ref name=FN/> NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, TSN, WC)
* [[Chuck Ealey]], Toledo, (AP-3, FWAA,<ref name=FW/> UPI-2, FN)
* [[Jerry Tagge]], Nebraska (AP-2, FN)
* [[Jack Mildren]], Oklahoma (NEA-2, FN)
* [[John Reaves]], Florida (Time)

=== Running backs ===

* '''[[Ed Marinaro]]''', Cornell (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN)
* '''[[Greg Pruitt]]''', Oklahoma (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, WC)
* '''[[Johnny Musso]]''', Alabama (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-1, FN, WC)
* [[Ahmad Rashad]] (born Bobby Moore), Oregon (AP-3, NEA-1, UPI-2, FN, Time, TSN)
* [[Lydell Mitchell]], Penn State (AP-1, NEA-2, UPI-2, FN)
* [[Eric Allen (running back)|Eric Allen]], Michigan State (AFCA, AP-2, NEA-2)
* [[Billy Taylor (Canadian football running back)|Billy Taylor]], Michigan (AP-3, UPI-2, FN)
* [[Robert Newhouse]], Houston (AP-2)
* [[Jeff Kinney (American football)|Jeff Kinney]], Nebraska (AP-3)

== Defense ==

=== Defensive ends ===

* '''[[Walt Patulski]]''', Notre Dame (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WC)
* '''[[Willie Harper]]''', Nebraska (AP-2, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, WC)
* Smylie Gebhart, Georgia Tech (AP-1)
* Robin Parkhouse, Alabama (AP-2, NEA-2, UPI-2)
* [[Junior Ah You]], Arizona State (UPI-2)
* [[Mike Keller]], Michigan (AP-3)
* Gene Ogilvie, Air Force (AP-3)

=== Defensive tackles ===

* '''[[Larry Jacobson]]''', Nebraska (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-2 [OT], UPI-1, Time)
* '''[[Mel Long]]''', Toledo (AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1)
* '''[[Sherman White (American football)|Sherman White]]''', California (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, FN, Time, TSN, WC)
* [[Herb Orvis]], Colorado (AFCA, AP-3, NEA-2 [DE], UPI-2, TSN [DE], WC)
* [[Mike Kadish]], Notre Dame (Time, TSN)
* [[Ron Estay]], LSU (AFCA [guard], AP-2, NEA-2 [MG], UPI-2)
* [[Pete Lazetich]], Stanford (NEA-2, FN)

=== Middle guards ===

* [[Rich Glover]], Nebraska (AP-1, NEA-1, WC)
* Ron Curl, Michigan State (AFCA, AP-3, NEA-2)
* Doug Krause, Miami (OH) (AP-2)
* [[Bud Magrum]], Colorado (AP-3)

=== Linebackers ===

* '''[[Mike Taylor (linebacker, born 1949)|Mike Taylor]]''', Michigan (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WC)
* '''[[Jeff Siemon]]''', Stanford (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, Time)
* [[Jackie Walker (Tennessee)|Jackie Walker]], Tennessee (FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-1, FN, WC)
* Dave Chaney, San Jose State (AP-1, NEA-1, UPI-2)
* [[Willie Hall (American football)|Willie Hall]], Southern California (AP-2, UPI-2, Time, TSN, FN)
* [[Chuck Zapiec]], Penn State (AP-3, NEA-1)
* [[Mark Arneson]], Arizona (TSN)
*[[Rodrigo Barnes]], Rice (UPI-2)
* [[Ralph Cindrich]], Pittsburgh (AP-2, NEA-2)
* [[Joe Federspiel]], Kentucky (AP-2)
* Steve Aycock, Oklahoma (UPI-2)
* Bill Light, Minnesota (AP-3)
* Harold Sears, Miami (FL) (AP-3)

=== Defensive backs ===

* '''[[Bobby Majors]]''', Tennessee (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WC)
* '''[[Clarence Ellis]]''', Notre Dame (AFCA, AP-1, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WC)
* '''[[Tommy Casanova]]''', LSU (FWAA, UPI-1, FN, Time, WC)
* '''[[Ernie Jackson]]''', Duke (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA)
* [[Brad Van Pelt]], Michigan State (AP-3, UPI-1, FN)
* [[Willie Buchanon]], San Diego State (NEA-2, Time, TSN)
* [[Thom Darden]], Michigan (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-2, TSN)
* Eric Hutchinson, Northwestern (FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2)
* [[Dickie Harris]], South Carolina (UPI-2, WC)
* [[Craig Clemons]], Iowa (NEA-1, TSN)
* [[Windlan Hall]], Arizona State (AP-3, NEA-2 [LB], UPI-2, FN)
* [[Tom Myers (safety)|Tom Myers]], Syracuse (AP-1)
* [[Robert Popelka]], SMU (AP-2)
* [[Ralph McGill (American football)|Ralph McGill]], Tulsa (AP-3, NEA-2)

== Special teams ==

=== Kickers ===

* [[Bill McClard]], Arkansas (FWAA TSN)
* [[Chester Marcol]], Hillsdale College (Time)

=== Punters ===

* [[Marv Bateman]], Utah (TSN, Time)

== Key ==

* '''Bold''' – Consensus All-American<ref name=CAA>{{cite web|title=Football Award Winners|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2016|access-date=October 21, 2017|page=10|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf}}</ref>
* -1 – First-team selection
* -2 – Second-team selection
* -3 – Third-team selection

===Official selectors===
* AFCA – [[American Football Coaches Association]] for Kodak<ref>{{cite news|title=Sullivan picked by Kodak|newspaper=The Pantagraph|date=November 28, 1971|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4231443/sullivan_picked_by_kodak/}}</ref>
* AP – [[Associated Press]]<ref name=APUPI>{{cite news|title=All-America Lists|newspaper=News-Journal (Mansfield, Ohio)|date=December 2, 1971|page=42|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1479017/honorable_mention_all_american/}}</ref>
* FWAA – [[Football Writers Association of America]]<ref name=FN/><ref name=FW>{{cite web|title=FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team|editor=Ted Gangi|access-date=February 8, 2015|url=http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304073432/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* NEA – [[Newspaper Enterprise Association]]<ref>{{cite news|title=1971 NEA All-America|newspaper=Corpus Christi Caller-Times|date=November 27, 1971|page=3D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4231209/1971_nea_all_america/}}</ref>
* UPI – [[United Press International]]<ref name=APUPI/>

===Other selectors===
* FN – ''Football News''<ref name=FN>{{cite news|title=Walker, Majors All-Americans on Two Teams|newspaper=The Nashville Tennessean|date=November 24, 1971|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4231649/walker_majors_all_americans/}}</ref>
* Time – ''Time'' magazine{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}
* TSN – ''The Sporting News''<ref>{{cite news|title=Arneson Named To Team: Sporting News Picks UA Star|newspaper=Tucson Daily Citizen|date=December 9, 1971|page=42|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4231493/arneson_named_to_team/}}</ref>
* PFW – ''Pro Football Weekly''
* WC – [[Walter Camp Football Foundation]]{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

==See also==
* [[1971 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team]]
* [[1971 All-Big Eight Conference football team]]
* [[1971 All-Big Ten Conference football team]]
* [[1971 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team]]
* [[1971 All-SEC football team]]
* [[1971 All-Southwest Conference football team]]

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

{{1971 NCAA Division I FBS College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
{{College Football All-America Teams}}

[[Category:1971 NCAA University Division football season|All-America Team]]
[[Category:College Football All-America Teams]]

1971 College Football All-America Team - Revision history

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