1975 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1975 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record7–5 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRay Trail
Defensive coordinatorLarry Jones
CaptainRon McCartney
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
1975 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Mississippi State later forfeited all 1975 wins and one tie due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bill Battle, in his sixth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and five losses (7–5 overall, 3–3 in the SEC). The Volunteers offense scored 253 points while the defense allowed 193 points.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13No. 14 Maryland*No. 20
W 26–874,161
September 20at No. 12 UCLA*No. 10
ABCL 28–3433,356
September 27AuburnNo. 16
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
W 21–1774,611
October 11LSUNo. 19
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
W 24–1075,276
October 18at No. 6 AlabamaNo. 16
L 7–3072,000
October 25North Texas State*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
L 14–2172,670
November 1Colorado State*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
W 28–7
November 8Utah*dagger
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
W 40–767,437
November 15at Ole Miss
L 6–2351,389
November 22at Kentucky
W 17–1356,000
November 29Vanderbilt
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
L 14–1771,943
December 6at Hawaii*
W 28–640,585
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1975 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 59 Dave Brady Jr
OT 79 Mike Caldwell Sr
WR 81 Tim Fitchpatrick Sr
G 78 Joe Gallagher Jr
C 52 Paul Johnson Sr
G 67 Mickey Marvin Jr
RB 21 Stanley Morgan Jr
RB 44 Craig Puki Fr
QB 5 Gary Roach So
WR 89 Larry Seivers Jr
C 56 Robert Shaw Fr
QB 6 Randy Wallace Jr
OT 62 Brent Watson So
TE 23 Tommy West Sr
WR 17 John Yarbrough Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 14 Bill Cole Sr
DE 39 Kevin Davis Jr
DB 10 Mike Mauck Jr
DE 57 Ron McCartney Sr
DT 72 David Page Sr
DB 30 David Parsons Jr
LB 45 Steve Poole Sr
DB 29 Russ Rabenstein Sr
LB 50 Andy Spiva Jr
DB 40 Ernie Ward Sr
DT 71 Jim Woofter Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 18 Craig Colquitt So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Ron McCartney Linebacker 2 53 Los Angeles Rams
Tommy West Linebacker 16 433 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

References

  1. ^ "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1970–79". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  2. ^ "1976 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
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