1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football

Conference

Southeastern Conference

1975 record

7–4 (2–4 SEC)

Head coach

Fred Pancoast

Home stadium

Vanderbilt Stadium

Seasons

« 1974

1976 »

The 1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1975 college 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.

1 Season
2 Schedule
3 Team players drafted into in the NFL
4 References
5 External links

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

Date	Opponent	TV
September 13, 1975	Chattanooga*	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 17–7
September 20, 1975	at Rice*	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	W 9–6
September 27, 1975	#11 Alabama	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 7–40
October 4, 1975	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	W 6–3
October 11, 1975	at #18 Florida	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL	L 0–35
October 18, 1975	Georgia	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 3–47
October 25, 1975	at Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	L 7–17
November 1, 1975	Virginia*	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 17–14
November 8, 1975	Kentucky	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 13–3
November 15, 1975	Army*	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 23–14
November 29, 1975	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	W 17–14
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central.

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Team players drafted into in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Gene Moshier	Defensive end	14	346	Kansas City Chiefs

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References

^ "1975 Vanderbilt game by game results". Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Vanderbilt.htm#1975. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
^ "1975 Vanderbilt game by game results". Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Vanderbilt.htm#1975. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
^ 1975 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results
^ "1975 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1975.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-24.

External links

Vanderbilt Commodores football

Venues	Old Dudley Field (1892–1921) Vanderbilt Stadium (1922–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Ole Miss

Culture & lore	Mr. C "Dynamite" Spirit of Gold Marching Band

People	Head coaches

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