1971 North Dakota State Bison football team

1971 North Central Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1971 North Dakota State Bison football
1971 North Dakota State Bison football
Conference	North Central Conference
1971 record	7–2 (4–2 NCC)
Head coach	Ron Erhardt (6th season);
Home stadium	Dacotah Field
	Seasons ← 1970 1972 →

The 1971 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their sixth year under head coach Ron Erhardt, the team compiled a 7–2 record.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Source
September 11	Northern Arizona*		Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 42–9	^[2]
September 18	Montana State*		Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 28–12	^[3]
September 25	South Dakota	No. 1	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 16–15	^[4]
October 2	at Morningside	No. 2	Roberts Field Sioux City, IA	W 62–0	^[5]
October 9	at Augustana (SD)	No. 1	Howard Wood Field Sioux Falls, SD	W 23–7	^[6]
October 16	North Dakota	No. 1	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND (Nickel Trophy)	L 7–23	^[7]
October 23	Northern Iowa	No. 5	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 23–11	^[8]
October 30	at South Dakota State	No. 6	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD (Dakota Marker)	L 13–20	^[9]
November 6	at Mankato State*	No. 9	Blakeslee Stadium Mankato, MN	W 33–7	^[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1971 NDSU football schedule". North Dakota State Athletics. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
^ "Bison stampede past Lumberjacks, 42–9". Arizona Republic. September 12, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "NDSU beats Bobcats". The Independent-Record. September 19, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "North Dakota State slips past Coyotes". Argus-Leader. September 26, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Angry herd tramples Morningsiders, 62–0". Sioux City Journal. October 3, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bison nudge Vikings, 23–7". Argus-Leader. October 10, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "North Dakota stuns North Dakota State". Corpus Christi Times. October 17, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "North Dakota State rebounds against UNI". The Gazette. October 24, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Jacks stun ND State". Sioux City Journal. October 31, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "N. Dakota St. rips Mankato". Star Tribune. November 7, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Dacotah Field (1910–1992) Fargodome (1993–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Dakota Marker (South Dakota State) Nickel Trophy (North Dakota)
Culture & lore	Thundar "On Bison" Gold Star Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

1971 North Central Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
North Dakota $	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
North Dakota State	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Northern Iowa	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Morningside	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
South Dakota	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
South Dakota State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Augustana (SD)	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion