1971 Mississippi Gulf Coast Bulldogs football | |
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Junior college national champion MJCC champion MJCC South Divisionchampion Shrine Bowl champion | |
MJCC championship game, W 26–14 vs. Mississippi Delta | |
Shrine Bowl, W 22–13 vs. Fort Scott | |
Conference | Mississippi Junior College Conference |
South Division | |
Record | 11–0 (9–0 MJCC) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | A. L. May Memorial Stadium |
The 1971 Mississippi Gulf Coast Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College as a member of the Mississippi Junior College Conference (MJCC) during the 1971 junior college football season. The Bulldogs compiled a perfect 11–0 record (10–0 in conference games), won the MJCC championship, outscored opponents by a total of 365 to 146, and were selected as the junior college national champion in the final JC Gridwire poll of 1971.[1]
Key players included quarterback James "Dinky" McKay and halfback Rikki Autumn.[2]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 4 | Itawamba | Perkinston, MS | W 28–21 | ||||
September 11 | at Copiah–Lincoln | Wesson, MS | W 30–7 | [3] | |||
September 18 | Jones County | Perkinston, MS | W 27–8 | [4] | |||
September 25 | vs. Pearl River |
| W 37–21 | [5] | |||
October 2 | vs. East Central (MS) |
| W 28–27 | ||||
October 7 | at Holmes | Goodman, MS | W 36–7 | [6] | |||
October 16 | at East Mississippi | Scooba, MS | W 33–13 | [7] | |||
October 28 | at Southwest Mississippi | Summit, MS | W 36–8 | [8] | |||
November 6 | Hinds |
| W 62–7 | [9] | |||
November 20 | vs. Mississippi Delta* |
| W 26–14 | [10] | |||
December 3 | vs. Fort Scott* | Savannah, GA (Shrine Bowl) | W 22–13 | 4,000 | [11][12] | ||
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