The 1971 junior college football season was the season of intercollegiate junior college football running from September to December 1971. Mississippi Gulf Coast won the NJCAA National Football Championship, defeating in the Shrine Bowl in Savannah, Georgia.
won the California state junior college large division playoffs, defeating in the championship game at Bakersfield College Stadium in Bakersfield, California, while won the California state junior college small division playoffs, beating in the title game at Ratcliffe Stadium in Fresno, California.