High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1971 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 39th in the league. They improved on their previous output of 3–10–1, winning six games. Despite the improvement, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the eleventh consecutive season. This was the team`s inaugural season in Veterans Stadium.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1971 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley Arena, London, England from 24–28 March 1971.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1971 Stockholm Open was a tennis tournament played on hard courts and part of the 1971 Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix and took place in Stockholm, Sweden. The tournament was held from November 1 through November 7, 1971. Arthur Ashe defeated Jan Kodes, 6–1, 3–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6–4, in the final.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In 1971, the Baltimore Orioles finished first in the American League East, with a record of 101 wins and 57 losses. As of 2011, the 1971 Orioles are the last Major League Baseball club to have four 20-game winners in a season: Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar, and Pat Dobson.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1971 Kansas City Chiefs season saw the club bounce back from a 7–5–2 campaign in 1970 to record a 10–3–1 mark and win the AFC West division championship, the Chiefs` first division title since 1966. The Chiefs tied with the Miami Dolphins for the best record in the AFC and were tied for the third-best record overall in the NFL, trailing only the 11–3 marks of the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1971 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1971 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 30th season.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1971 Detroit Tigers finished in second place in the American League East with a 91-71 record, 12 games behind the Orioles. They outscored their opponents 701 to 645. They drew 1,591,073 fans to Tiger Stadium, the second highest attendance in the American League.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1971 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was the 13th running of the Bathurst 500 production car race. It was held on 3 October 1971 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. The race was open to production vehicles competing in showroom condition with the field divided in to five classes based on the purchase price of the vehicle in Australian dollars. Although an outright winner was officially recognised, all other official awards were for class results only.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ken Rosewall defeated Arthur Ashe 6–1, 7–5, 6–3 in the final to win the Men`s Singles tennis title at the 1971 Australian Open.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1971 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1971 college football season. The team`s head coach was Bo Schembechler. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 39th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 12 and 13 June 1971. It was the ninth round of the World Sportscar Championship.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Reigning champion Margaret Court did not defend her title. Billie Jean King defeated Rosemary Casals 6–4, 7–6 in the final to win the Women`s Singles tennis title at the 1971 US Open.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Pirates finishing first in the National League East with a record of 97 wins and 65 losses. They defeated the San Francisco Giants three games to one in the National League Championship Series and beat the Baltimore Orioles four games to three in the World Series. The Pirates were managed by Danny Murtaugh, and played their first full season at Three Rivers Stadium, which had opened in July the year before.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1971 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the college football 1971 NCAA University Division season. Oklahoma Sooners football participated in the former Big Eight Conference at that time and played its home games in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium where it has played its home games since 1923. The team posted an 11–1 and 6–1 conference record to under head coach Chuck Fairbanks. The Sooners finished the season ranked #2, losing only once, 35–31 to eventual national champion Nebraska in the 1971 Nebraska vs. Oklahoma football game, which has become known as Game of the Century.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1971 Dallas Cowboys season was the team`s 12th in the National Football League. The club led the NFL with 406 points scored. Their defense allowed 222 points.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1971 Virginia Slims Circuit was the first annual Virginia Slims Circuit, a tour of tennis tournaments for female tennis players, sponsored by Virginia Slims cigarettes. Prior to the establishment of this circuit there was a huge inequality between the prize money purses for male and female tennis players which gave rise to complaints from a number of the leading female tennis players of the time. These players included Billy Jean King and became known as the "Original 9" after being banned from the events run by the hugely influential United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) due to their boycotting of the Pacific Southwest Championships. This resulted in the first Virginia...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1971 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 23rd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of twelve Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on May 9, with Austrian Grand Prix and ended with Spanish Grand Prix on September 26.