1971–72 Kilmarnock F.C. season
# 1971–72 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 1971–72 season was Kilmarnock's 70th in Scottish League Competitions.

## Scottish First Division

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 September | Falkirk | A | 1-3 | Gilmour(85) | 5,897 |
| 2 | 11 September | Ayr United | H | 1-2 | Cook(28) | 7,774 |
| 3 | 18 September | Motherwell | A | 0-3 | | 3,774 |
| 4 | 25 September | Dundee United | H | 2-0 | Cook(28), McSherry(89) | 3,012 |
| 5 | 2 October | Partick Thistle | A | 2-2 | Cook(2), Maxwell(86pen) | 7,491 |
| 6 | 9 October | Aberdeen | H | 0-3 | | 5,963 |
| 7 | 16 October | East Fife | A | 0-2 | | 3,495 |
| 8 | 23 October | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2-2 | Mathie(15), Morrison(50) | 25,442 |
| 9 | 30 October | Rangers | A | 1-3 | Mathie(3) | 3,743 |
| 10 | 6 November | Clyde | H | 2-1 | Maxwell(53), Mathie(60) | 3,714 |
| 11 | 13 November | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1-0 | Morrison(79) | 4,344 |
| 12 | 20 November | Airdrieonians | H | 5-2 | Mathie(40,68), Morrison(53), Maxwell(58), Cook(65) | 3,095 |
| 13 | 27 November | Hibernian | A | 2-3 | Mathie(24), Maxwell(34pen) | 7,950 |
| 14 | 4 December | Celtic | A | 1-5 | Mathie(57) | 26,824 |
| 15 | 11 December | St Johnstone | H | 2-0 | Cook(14), Maxwell(?) | 3,634 |
| 16 | 18 December | Dundee | A | 0-2 | | 4,646 |
| 17 | 25 December | Morton | H | 4-2 | Gilmour(14), Mathie(23), Cook(52,87) | 4,093 |
| 18 | 1 January | Falkirk | H | 2-0 | Cook(?), Mathie(?) | 5,860 |
| 19 | 3 January | Ayr United | A | 0-0 | | 15,265 |
| 20 | 8 January | Motherwell | H | 1-0 | Mathie(64) | 5,017 |
| 21 | 15 January | Dundee United | A | 2-1 | Mathie(7), Morrison(56) | 3,255 |
| 22 | 22 January | Partick Thistle | H | 1-4 | Mathie(14) | 7,056 |
| 23 | 29 January | Aberdeen | A | 2-4 | Fleming(35), Cook(64) | 13,823 |
| 24 | 12 February | East Fife | H | 2-3 | Maxwell(6,15pen) | 3,414 |
| 25 | 19 February | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1-2 | Morrison(37) | 8,503 |
| 26 | 4 March | Rangers | H | 1-2 | Mathie(55) | 14,707 |
| 27 | 11 March | Clyde | A | 3-0 | Morrison(7,83), Mathie(26) | 1,987 |
| 28 | 21 March | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0-0 | | 3,944 |
| 29 | 25 March | Airdrieonians | A | 4-0 | Morrison(24), Cook(45), Mathie(75), Gilmour(85) | 4,065 |
| 30 | 3 April | Hibernian | H | 1-1 | Gordon o.g(73) | 6,118 |
| 31 | 8 April | Celtic | H | 1-3 | Morrison(50) | 12,620 |
| 32 | 15 April | St Johnstone | A | 1-5 | Maxwell(55pen) | 2,290 |
| 33 | 22 April | Dundee | H | 0-3 | | 2,625 |
| 34 | 29 April | Morton | A | 1-1 | Morrison(50) | 2,692 |

### Scottish League Cup

**Group stage**

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G1 | 14 August | Dundee United | A | 0-1 | | 6,223 |
| G1 | 18 August | Motherwell | H | 2-1 | Morrison(6), McCulloch(82) | 5,138 |
| G1 | 21 August | Hibernian | A | 1-3 | Beattie(81) | 12,515 |
| G1 | 25 August | Motherwell | A | 0-2 | | 3,284 |
| G1 | 28 August | Dundee United | H | 4-2 | Gilmour(11), McCulloch(17), McSherry(60,63) | 3,053 |
| G1 | 1 September | Hibernian | H | 0-0 | | 4,168 |

**Group 1 final table**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hibernian | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 11 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 5 |
| 3 | Dundee United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | –4 | 5 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | –5 | 3 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R3 | 5 February | Alloa Athletic | H | 5-1 | Mathie(7,24), Maxwell(41), Morrison(70), Cook(83) | 4,415 |
| R2 | 26 February | Elgin City | A | 4-1 | Gerrard(43 o.g), Maxwell(44), Mathie(65), Cook(78) | 6,840 |
| QF | 18 March | Raith Rovers | A | 3-1 | Dickson(60), Gilmour(80) | 10,815 |
| SF | 12 April | Celtic | N | 1-3 | Cook(47) | 48,398 |
