| 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final | |
| Event: | 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship |
| Team1score: | 1–14 (17) |
| Team2score: | 2–8 (14) |
| Date: | 26 September 1971 |
| Stadium: | Croke Park |
| City: | Dublin |
| Referee: | P. Kelly (Dublin) |
| Attendance: | 70,789 |
| Weather: | Rain |
| Previous: | 1970 |
| Next: | 1972 |
The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 84th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Galway were appearing in their first final since the three-in-a-row side of the 1960s.[1] Offaly, who had never won an All-Ireland title, had last contested a final in 1969.
Galway were favourites. However, a shock Murt Connor goal gave Offaly their first title.[2] However, with the duration of certain championship matches increasing from 60 to 80 minutes during the 1970s before being settled at 70 minutes after five seasons of this in 1975,[3] this is the only All-Ireland final whose score at 60 minutes was different (a draw) to the actual outcome.[4]
This was the first All-Ireland final attended by Martin Breheny. The weather on the day was later described by Breheny as consisting of a "steady drizzle" in the first half, followed by a "deluge of monsoon proportions" during the second half.[5]
It would be a further 21 years before another team (Donegal) won their first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.[5]