This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

1971 seasonW1971 NFL season↗

26 teams in NFL · 182 regular-season games, 1971-09-19 to 1971-12-19 · attendance 10,169,276

◀ 1970 1972 ▶

<a href="/superbowl/1971">Super Bowl VI</a>

Dallas Cowboys
24–3 over Miami Dolphins
MVP Roger Staubach

MVP

Alan Page Minnesota Vikings

Defensive Player

Alan Page

Offensive Rookie

John Brockington Green Bay Packers

Defensive Rookie

Isiah Robertson Los Angeles Rams

Coach of the Year

George Allen Washington Redskins

Hall of Fame class of 1971

Andy Robustelli, Bill Hewitt, Frank "Bruiser" Kinard, Jim Brown, Norm Van Brocklin, Vince Lombardi, Y. A. Tittle

Playoffs

Round	Date	Result	Stadium
Divisional	1971-12-25	Miami Dolphins 27–24 Kansas City Chiefs	Municipal Stadium
Divisional	1971-12-25	Dallas Cowboys 20–12 Minnesota Vikings	Metropolitan Stadium
Divisional	1971-12-26	Baltimore Colts 20–3 Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Divisional	1971-12-26	San Francisco 49ers 24–20 Washington Redskins	Candlestick Park
AFC Championship	1972-01-02	Miami Dolphins 21–0 Baltimore Colts	Orange Bowl
NFC Championship	1972-01-02	Dallas Cowboys 14–3 San Francisco 49ers	Texas Stadium
Super Bowl VI	1972-01-16	Dallas Cowboys 24–3 Miami Dolphins	Tulane Stadium

Standings

NFL AFC Central

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Cleveland Browns	9	5	0	.643	285	273	Nick Skorich	Lost Divisional Playoffs (vs. Colts) 3–20
2	Pittsburgh Steelers	6	8	0	.429	246	292	Chuck Noll	Did not qualify
3	Houston Oilers	4	9	1	.321	251	330	Ed Hughes	Did not qualify
4	Cincinnati Bengals	4	10	0	.286	284	265	Paul Brown	Did not qualify

NFL AFC East

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Miami Dolphins	10	3	1	.750	315	174	Don Shula	Won Divisional Playoffs (at Chiefs) 27–24 (2OT) Won AFC Championship (
2	Baltimore Colts	10	4	0	.714	313	140	Don McCafferty	Won Divisional Playoffs (at Browns) 20–3 Lost AFC Championship (at Dol
3	New England Patriots	6	8	0	.429	238	325	John Mazur	Did not qualify
4	New York Jets	6	8	0	.429	212	299	Weeb Ewbank	Did not qualify
5	Buffalo Bills	1	13	0	.071	184	394	Harvey Johnson	Did not qualify

NFL AFC West

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Kansas City Chiefs	10	3	1	.750	302	208	Hank Stram	Lost Divisional Playoffs (vs. Dolphins) 24–27 (2OT)
2	Oakland Raiders	8	4	2	.643	344	278	John Madden	Did not qualify
3	San Diego Chargers	6	8	0	.429	311	341	Sid Gillman	Did not qualify
4	Denver Broncos	4	9	1	.321	203	275	Lou Saban	Did not qualify

NFL NFC Central

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Minnesota Vikings	11	3	0	.786	245	139	Bud Grant	Lost Divisional Playoffs (vs. Cowboys) 12–20
2	Detroit Lions	7	6	1	.536	341	286	Joe Schmidt	Did not qualify
3	Chicago Bears	6	8	0	.429	185	276	Jim Dooley	Did not qualify
4	Green Bay Packers	4	8	2	.357	274	298	Dan Devine	Did not qualify

NFL NFC East

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Dallas Cowboys	11	3	0	.786	406	222	Tom Landry	Won Divisional Playoffs (at Vikings) 20–12 Won NFC Championship (vs. 4 Champion
2	Washington Redskins	9	4	1	.679	276	190	George Allen	Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 20–24
3	Philadelphia Eagles	6	7	1	.464	221	302	Jerry Williams Ed Khayat	Did not qualify
4	St. Louis Cardinals	4	9	1	.321	231	279	Bob Hollway	Did not qualify
5	New York Giants	4	10	0	.286	228	362	Alex Webster	Did not qualify

NFL NFC West

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	San Francisco 49ers	9	5	0	.643	300	216	Dick Nolan	Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Redskins) 24–20 Lost NFC Championship (at
2	Los Angeles Rams	8	5	1	.607	313	260	Tommy Prothro	Did not qualify
3	Atlanta Falcons	7	6	1	.536	274	277	Norm Van Brocklin	Did not qualify
4	New Orleans Saints	4	8	2	.357	266	347	J. D. Roberts	Did not qualify

League leaders

passing yards

3,075John Hadl San Diego Chargers

passing tds

21John Hadl San Diego Chargers

rushing yards

1,133Floyd Little Denver Broncos

rushing tds

11Duane Thomas Dallas Cowboys

receiving yards

1,110Otis Taylor Kansas City Chiefs

receiving tds

11Paul Warfield Miami Dolphins

receptions

61Fred Biletnikoff Oakland Raiders

interceptions

11Bill Bradley Philadelphia Eagles

sacks

18Cedrick Hardman San Francisco 49ers

points

117Garo Yepremian Miami Dolphins

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