The 1971 West Texas State Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented West Texas State University (now known as West Texas A&M University) as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In their first year under head coach Gene Mayfield, the team compiled a 2–9 record (1–3 in the MVC).^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	at Memphis State	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	L 0–30	21,412	[2]
September 18	Lamar*	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	W 14–6	10,200	[3]
October 2	Tulsa	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	L 13–17	15,000	[4]
October 9	Texas–Arlington*	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	L 0–13	10,000	[5]
October 16	Northern Illinois*	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	L 19–22	11,500	[6]
October 23	Idaho*	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	L 0–26	14,000	[7]
October 30	at Wichita State	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	W 31–14	11,537	[8]
November 6	at New Mexico State	Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	L 24–50	12,335	[9]
November 13	at Colorado State*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 14–36	13,348	[10]
November 20	Drake	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	L 28–32	6,000	[11]
November 27	at Southern Miss*	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	L 9–10	5,300	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming