1971 Morgan State Bears football team

The 1971 Morgan State Bears football team represented Morgan State College (now known as Morgan State University) as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Earl Banks, the Bears compiled an overall record of 6–4–1 and a mark of 5–0–1 in conference play, and finished as MEAC champion.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	vs. Grambling*	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (Whitney Young Memorial Classic)	L 13–31	65,005	[1]
September 18	Norfolk State*	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 33–9	5,000	[2]
October 2	at North Carolina Central	O'Kelly Field Durham, NC	W 23–8	7,000	[3]
October 9	Maryland–Eastern Shore	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD	T 13–13	7,500	[4]
October 16	at South Carolina State	State College Stadium Orangeburg, SC	W 21–0	8,000	[5]
October 23	at Delaware State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	W 33–7	3,000	[6]
October 30	North Carolina A&T	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 21–20	12,156	[7]
November 5	at Howard	RFK Stadium Washington, D.C.	W 7–0	9,358	[8]
November 13	at Jackson State*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	L 29–34	6,573	[9]
November 20	Virginia State*	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 12–14	4,000	[10]
November 27	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ (Urban Classic)	L 8–27	9,000–10,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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