1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1975 record 7–4 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach Fred Pancoast (1st year)
Offensive coordinator Richard Trail (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Frank Emanuel (1st year)
Captain Lonnie Sadler
Captain Tom Galbierz
Home stadium Vanderbilt Stadium
1975 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Alabama † 6 – 0 – 0     11 – 1 – 0
Florida 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
#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
Mississippi State 1 – 4 – 1     6 – 4 – 1
Auburn 1 – 4 – 1     3 – 6 – 2
LSU 1 – 5 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
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 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.

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# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 13, 1975 Chattanooga* Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 17–7   24,108
September 20, 1975 at Rice* Rice Stadium • Houston, TX W 9–6   18,000
September 27, 1975 #11 Alabama Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 7–40   34,000
October 4, 1975 at Tulane* Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA W 6–3   30,100
October 11, 1975 at #18 Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL L 0–35   58,631
October 18, 1975 Georgia Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 3–47   20,538
October 25, 1975 at Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry) L 7–17   20,310
November 1, 1975 Virginia* Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 17–14   21,680
November 8, 1975 Kentucky Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 13–3   33,815
November 15, 1975 Army* Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 23–14   20,315
November 29, 1975 at Tennessee Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry) W 17–14   71,943
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central.

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Team players drafted into the NFL

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

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References

  1. ↑ "1975 Vanderbilt game by game results". Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  2. ↑ "1975 Vanderbilt game by game results". Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  3. ↑ 1975 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results
  4. ↑ "1975 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-09-24.