1971 Big Ten Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1971 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1971 season PPG = Average of points scored per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold PAG = Average of points allowed per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

1971 Big Ten Conference football season

Section Title: Results and team statistics
Table Section Text: Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1971 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1971 season PPG = Average of points scored per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold PAG = Average of points allowed per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG	MVP

1	Michigan	Bo Schembechler	#6	#2	11–1	8–0	35.1	6.9	Billy Taylor

2	Northwestern	Alex Agase	NR	#19	7–4	6–3	19.2	16.6	John Voorhees

3 (tie)	Ohio State	Woody Hayes	NR	#5	6–4	5–3	22.4	12.0	Tom DeLeone

3 (tie)	Michigan State	Duffy Daugherty	NR	#18	6–5	5–3	20.5	15.4	Eric Allen

3 (tie)	Illinois	Bob Blackman	NR	NR	5–6	5–3	14.8	21.6	Terry Masar

6 (tie)	Wisconsin	John Jardine	NR	NR	4–6–1	3–5	21.8	23.5	Neil Graff

6 (tie)	Minnesota	Murray Warmath	NR	NR	4–7	3–5	19.3	25.3	Tom Chandler

6 (tie)	Purdue	Bob DeMoss	NR	#17	3–7	3–5	21.0	22.8	Tom Luken

9	Indiana	John Pont	NR	NR	3–8	2–6	13.8	23.6	Chuck Thomson

10	Iowa	Frank Lauterbur	NR	NR	1–10	1–8	11.0	34.5	Craig Clemons

Sentence(s)

The 1971 Northwestern football team, under head coach Alex Agase, compiled a 7–4 record and finished in second place in the Big Ten.

final_sentence: The 1971 Northwestern football team, under head coach Alex Agase, compiled a 7–4 record and finished in second place in the Big Ten.