1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
| 1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football | |
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| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (2–4 SEC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Richard Trail (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Frank Emanuel (1st season) |
| Captain | 2
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| Home stadium | Dudley Field |
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| No. 3 Alabama $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Georgia | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The team was led by head coach Fred Pancoast, who replaced Steve Sloan. In 1974, Sloan had led Vanderbilt to a bowl game for the first time since 1955, before leaving to become head coach at Texas Tech, the team Vanderbilt had faced in the Peach Bowl to close the season. The Vanderbilt squad finished the season with a record of 7–4, but was not invited to a bowl game. Three of the Commodores's four defeats came by margins of more than 30 points while all seven of their victors were by ten or fewer points.
Season
Vanderbilt defeated Rice, Tulane, Army, Chattanooga, Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. The Commodores lost to Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and Ole Miss. Vanderbilt started off with three wins and four losses before winning their last four games of the season including the regular season finale against rival Tennessee. Vanderbilt's final record was 7–4 with a mark of 2–4 in the SEC.[1]
Schedule
September 13Chattanooga*
W 17–7 24,108 September 20at Rice*
W 9–6 18,000 September 27No. 11 Alabama
- Dudley Field
- Nashville, TN
L 7–40 34,000 October 4at Tulane*
W 6–3 30,100 October 11at No. 18 Florida
L 0–35 58,631 October 18Georgia
- Dudley Field
- Nashville, TN (Rivalry)
L 3–47 20,538 October 25at Ole Miss
L 7–17 20,310 November 1Virginia*
- Dudley Field
- Nashville, TN
W 17–14 21,680 November 8Kentucky
- Dudley Field
- Nashville, TN (Rivalry)
W 13–3 33,815 November 15Army*
- Dudley Field
- Nashville, TN
W 23–14 20,315 November 29at Tennessee
W 17–14 71,943
Template:CFB Schedule End [2][3]
Team players drafted into the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Gene Moshier | Defensive end | 14 | 346 | Kansas City Chiefs |
References
- ^ "1975 Vanderbilt game by game results". Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
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- ^ "1975 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
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