Record: 6 - 7 - 1 (pythagorean: 4 - 10, .291)
Coaching: Ed Khayat 6 - 4 - 1 Jerry Williams 0 - 3
1971 Pro Bowl Players: S - Bill Bradley
| Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-5 (5) - Richard Harris, Grambling, DE 2-24 (50) - Henry Allison, San Diego State, G 4-5 (83) - Happy Feller, Texas, K 5-4 (108) - Tom Shellabarger, San Diego State, T 6-3 (133) - Jack Smith, Troy State, DB 6-24 (154) - Wyck Neely, Mississippi, DB 7-5 (161) - Harold Carmichael, Southern, WR 8-4 (186) - Leonard Gotschalk, Humboldt State, C 9-3 (211) - Len Pettigrew, Ashland, LB 10-22 (256) - Tom Bailey, Florida State, RB 11-4 (264) - Albert Davis, Tennessee State, RB 12-3 (289) - Rich Saathoff, Northern Arizona, DE 13-5 (317) - Danny Lester, Texas, DB 14-4 (342) - Robert Creech, Texas Christian, LB 15-3 (367) - Ed Fisher, Prairie View A&M, G 16-5 (395) - Bruce James, Arkansas, LB 17-4 (420) - John Sage, Louisiana State, LB
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