| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 April – 26 September 1971 |
| Teams | 31 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Offaly (1st win) |
| Captain | Willie Bryan |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Galway |
| Captain | Liam Sammon |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Offaly |
| Ulster | Down |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 32 |
| Top Scorer |  Tony McTague (1-35) |
| Player of the Year | Eugene Mulligan |
← 1970 1972 → | |
The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 85th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 25 April 1971 and ended on 26 September 1971.
Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the Munster final.[1]
On 26 September 1971, Offaly won the championship following a 1-14 to 2-8 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final.[2] This was their first All-Ireland title.
Offaly's Tony McTague was the championship's top scorer with 1-35. Offaly's Eugene Mulligan was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
- ^ "Glory days". Meath GAA website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Offaly heroes of 1971 and 1972 to be honoured". Offaly GAA website. 7 October 2011. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2015.