1971 College Football All-America Team

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

• 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, Villanova (NEA-2, UPI-2, TSN)
• Tom Gatewood, Notre Dame (UPI-2, Time)
• Cliff Branch, Colorado (FN)
• Rhett Dawson, Florida State (AP-3)

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

• Jerry Sisemore, Texas (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, WC)
• 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, Alabama (AFCA, AP-2, UPI-2)
• Tom Drougas, Oregon (TSN)
• Lionel Antoine, Southern Illinois (Time)
• Tom Luken, Purdue (AP-2, NEA-2 [OG])
• Carl Johnson, Nebraska (AP-3)
• Mike Stark, Memphis State (AP-3)

• 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)

• 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)

• Pat Sullivan, Auburn (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, TSN, WC)
• Chuck Ealey, Toledo, (AP-3, FWAA, UPI-2, FN)
• Jerry Tagge, Nebraska (AP-2, FN)
• Jack Mildren, Oklahoma (NEA-2, FN)
• John Reaves, Florida (Time)

• 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, Michigan State (AFCA, AP-2, NEA-2)
• Billy Taylor, Michigan (AP-3, UPI-2, FN)
• Robert Newhouse, Houston (AP-2)
• Jeff Kinney, Nebraska (AP-3)

• 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)

• 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, 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)

• 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)

• 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 (FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-1, FN, WC)
• Dave Chaney, San Jose State (AP-1, NEA-1, UPI-2)
• 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)

• 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, Syracuse (AP-1)
• Robert Popelka, SMU (AP-2)
• Ralph McGill, Tulsa (AP-3, NEA-2)

• Bill McClard, Arkansas (FWAA TSN)
• Chester Marcol, Hillsdale College (Time)

• Marv Bateman, Utah (TSN, Time)

• Bold – Consensus All-American{{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}}
• -1 – First-team selection
• -2 – Second-team selection
• -3 – Third-team selection

• AFCA – American Football Coaches Association for Kodak{{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/}}
• AP – Associated Press{{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/}}
• FWAA – Football Writers Association of America{{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}}
• NEA – Newspaper Enterprise Association{{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/}}
• UPI – United Press International

• FN – Football News{{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/}}
• Time – Time magazine{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}
• TSN – The Sporting News{{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/}}
• PFW – Pro Football Weekly
• WC – Walter Camp Football Foundation{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

• 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

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