The 1971–72 Dallas Chaparrals season was the fifth season of the Chaparrals franchise in the American Basketball Association. This season saw them return to their original name of the Dallas Chaparrals that they had for their first three seasons of existence to just represent the city of Dallas after they had originally played their previous season under the short-lived Texas Chaparrals name in what turned out to be a failed experiment for the Chaparrals franchise to exist as a regional franchise for the entire state of Texas. For their third straight season in a row, the Chaps lost to the Utah Stars in the Western Division Semifinals, being swept by the Stars once again after previously being swept by Utah while representing the entire state of Texas instead of just the city of Dallas. This later turned out to be the final playoff appearance for the team for their time out in Dallas, as one season after that happened, the Chaparrals would move to San Antonio to become the San Antonio Spurs in the 1973–74 ABA season and continue to exist under that name to this day.