1971 NFL Final Standings
Included here on the "Millennium Stats page" are the final 1971 NFL
standings along with scores from all the post-season playoff games.


1971 Final NFC Overall Standings
Eastern Division
Team Name
Wins
Loses
Ties
PF
PA
y - Dallas Cowboys
11
4
0
406
222
x - Washington Redskins
9
4
1
276
190
EAGLES
6
7
1
221
302
St. Louis Cardinals
4
9
1
231
279
New York Giants
4
10
0
228
362
Central Division
Team Name
Wins
Loses
Ties
PF
PA
y - Minnesota Vikings
11
3
0
245
139
Detroit Lions
7
6
1
341
286
Chicago Bears
6
8
0
185
276
Green Bay Packers
4
8
2
274
298
Western Division
Team Name
Wins
Loses
Ties
PF
PA
y - San Francisco 49ers
9
5
0
300
216
Los Angeles Rams
8
5
1
313
260
Atlanta Falcons
7
6
1
274
277
New Orleans
4
8
2
266
347
1971 Final AFC Overall Standings
Eastern Division
Team Name
Wins
Loses
Ties
PF
PA
y - Miami Dolphins
10
3
1
315
174
x - Baltimore Colts
10
4
0
313
140
New England Patriots
6
8
0
238
325
New York Jets
6
8
0
212
299
Buffalo Bills
1
13
0
184
394
Central Division
Team Name
Wins
Loses
Ties
PF
PA
y - Cleveland Browns
9
5
0
285
273
Pittsburgh Steelers
6
8
0
246
292
Houston Oilers
4
9
1
251
330
Cincinnati Bengals
4
10
0
284
265
Western Division
Team Name
Wins
Loses
Ties
PF
PA
y - Kansas City Chiefs
10
3
1
302
208
Oakland Raiders
8
4
2
344
278
San Diego Chargers
6
8
0
311
341
Denver Broncos
4
9
1
203
275

y - Clinched Division Title
x - Wild Card Playoff Berth


** Special Note ** ~ Starting in 1970, and until 2002, there were three divisions (Eastern, Central and Western) in each conference. The winners of each division, and a fourth "wild card" team based on the best non-division winner, qualified for the playoffs. The tiebreaker rules were changed to start with head-to-head competition, followed by division records, common opponents records, and conference play. More tiebreakers were provided in 1971 because, in 1970, changing just one game's outcome would have led to a coin toss between Dallas and Detroit for the NFC wild-card berth.

The season ended with Super Bowl VI when the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Miami Dolphins. Before the season, the Boston Patriots changed their name to New England Patriots after they moved to their new home field, Schaefer Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.





Miami Dolphins - 3
Dallas Cowboys - 24

(Played on January 16, 1972 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, LA)




1971 NFC Championship Game
San Francisco 49ers - 3
Dallas Cowboys - 14
(Played on January 2, 1972 at Texas Stadium)
1971 AFC Championship Game
Baltimore Colts - 0
Miami Dolphins - 24
(Played on January 2, 1972 at the Orange Bowl)



1971 NFC Divisional Playoff Games
Dallas Cowboys - 20
Minnesota Vikings - 12
(Played on December 25 at Metropolitan Stadium)
Washington Redskins - 20
San Francisco 49ers - 24
(Played on December 26 at Candlestick Park)


1971 AFC Divisional Playoff Games
Miami Dolphins - 27 2OT
Kansas City Chiefs - 24
(Played on December 25 at KC Municiple Stadium)
Baltimore Colts - 20
Cleveland Browns - 3
(Played on December 26 at Municiple Stadium)




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