page_title: 1971 NAIA Division II football season
section_title: Aftermath
hierarchical_section_title: 1971 NAIA Division II football season / Aftermath
caption_attribution_description: English: The Hollywood Palladium on Sunset Strip, showing the 2008-era renovations. The image was taken before The Cult show on June 23, 2012.
context_page_description: The 1971 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1971 college football season in the United States and the 16th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the second season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football. The season was played from August to November 1971 and culminated in the 1971 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played on December 11, 1971 in Thousand Oaks, California, on the campus of California Lutheran University.
  California Lutheran defeated Westminster, the defending national champion, in the championship game, 30–14, to win their first NAIA national title. The game was covered by Los Angeles Times sportswriter Jim Murray. The game was also televised nationally on NBC and nearly 10,000 spectators saw the game at Mt. Clef field. Cal Lutheran’s head coach Robert Shoup was named National Assn. of Intercollegiate Athletics Coach of the Year and Lutheran Coach of the Year following the championship win. The university held a celebration in conjunction with the Dallas Cowboys, who won Super Bowl VI, at the Hollywood Palladium.
context_section_description: Kelley has been recognized for having helped the team win the NAIA Championship and was named the most valuable player of the game. In 1972, Kelley was selected to the NAIA All-America First Team, NAIA District 3 Defensive First Team and the All-Lutheran College Defensive First Team. He was also a wrestler and an NAIA District III Heavyweight Champion. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in May 2010. He has also been inducted into Cal Lutheran Hall of Fame. In the game, Mike Sheppard was named the defensive player of the game. Middle linebacker Sam Cvijanovich was named 1971 NAIA District III Player of the Year.
  A banquet of the champions was held in February 1972 at the Hollywood Palladium in order to honor the Kingsmen football team and the Dallas Cowboys, an NFL team based at Cal Lutheran who won their first Super Bowl in January 1972. The NFL team had been located at CLC for nine summers prior to its Super Bowl win. There was a strong bond between the NFL team and the university, which was known as “the summer home of the Dallas Cowboys.” The Cal Lutheran coach, Bob Shoup, attended a sort of “informal summer school” for 26 years with Tom Landry as his teacher. Shoup spent much time around the NFL players, observed them play and picked up tricks. He has been described as the “de facto host” for the Dallas Cowboys at Cal Lutheran.
  A Bob Shoup statue was erected on University Plaza at California Lutheran University on October 18, 2014, in homage to Shoup’s 1971 Kingsmen team.
caption: Hollywood Palladium
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