The San José State Spartans were 5-5-1 in 1971. They fell to the Memphis Tigers, 28 to 9, in the Pasadena Bowl.
| TEAM | CONF | OVERALL | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Long Beach State | 5-1 | 8-4 |
2-3 | 6-5 | ||
4-1 | 5-6-1 | ||
Pacific | 1-4 | 3-8 |
| GP | PTS | YDS | PLY | AVG | RUSH YDS | RUSH ATT | RUSH AVG | PASS YDS | PASS ATT | PASS AVG | SCK | SCKY | 1DWN | RUSH 1DWN | PASS 1DWN | PEN 1DWN | PEN | PEN YDS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 11 | 249 | 2,813 | 718 | 3.9 | 1,453 | 509 | 2.9 | 1,360 | 209 | 6.5 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 33rd | 100th | 94th | 93rd | 91st | 73rd | 102nd | 63rd | 80th | 40th | |||||||||
Opponent | 11 | 261 | 3,652 | 4.4 | 1,862 | 533 | 3.5 | 1,790 | 303 | 5.9 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 144th | 79th | 60th | 56th | 65th | 50th | 113th | 119th | 54th | ||||||||||
Net | -12 | -839 | +718 | -0.5 | -409 | -24 | -0.6 | -430 | -94 | +0.6 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 93rd | 98th | 94th | 79th | 77th | 73rd | 79th | 97th | 110th | 43rd |
| Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 3 | .750 | |
| 2 | 9 | 3 | .750 |
| American Athletic | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 1 | .917 | |
| 2 | 9 | 2 | .818 |
| Independent | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 2 | .818 | |
| 2 | 9 | 3 | .750 |
| Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 9 | .182 | |
| 2 | 5 | 6 | .455 |
| Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 1 | .917 | |
| 2 | 11 | 1 | .917 |
| Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 4 | .667 | |
| 2 | 8 | 4 | .667 |
| Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 4 | .636 | |
| 2 | 8 | 3 | .727 |
| Sun Belt | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 1 | .909 | |
| 2 | 8 | 3 | .727 |