American college football season
The 1971 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC). The Aggies were led by head coach Gene Stallings in his seventh season and finished with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 4–3 in the SWC).
Stallings was fired as head coach and athletic director at the conclusion of the season and replaced by Emory Bellard , offensive coordinator of archrival Texas and the architect of the Wishbone formation . Bellard was hired after LSU coach Charles McClendon rejected a lucrative offer to become the Aggies' coach and AD (McClendon was not AD at LSU, unusual for the time in the Southeastern Conference ).
Stallings was hired by Tom Landry to be an assistant coach with the National Football League 's Dallas Cowboys , a position he held until he was named head coach of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1986. Stallings returned to college coaching in 1990 as head coach at Alabama .
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 11 Wichita State * W 41–729,580 September 18 at LSU * L 0–3768,576 [ 1] September 25 at No. 1 Nebraska * L 7–3467,993 October 2 Cincinnati * Kyle Field College Station, TX L 0–1726,627 October 9 at Texas Tech L 7–2844,380 October 16 at TCU L 3–1431,910 October 23 Baylor W 10–928,662 October 30 at No. 8 Arkansas W 17–954,446 November 6 SMU Kyle Field College Station, TX W 27–1027,358–28,570 November 13 at Rice W 18–1347,000 November 25 No. 12 Texas Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry ) L 14–3452,090 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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