1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1975 record	7–4 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach	Fred Pancoast (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Richard Trail (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Frank Emanuel (1st season)
Captain	2 Lonnie Sadler Tom Galbierz
Home stadium	Dudley Field

1975 SEC 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
Mississippi State	1	–	4	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Auburn	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	2
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 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

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 13	Chattanooga*	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 17–7	24,108
September 20	at Rice*	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	W 9–6	18,000
September 27	No. 11 Alabama	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 7–40	34,000
October 4	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	W 6–3	30,100
October 11	at No. 18 Florida	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL	L 0–35	58,631
October 18	Georgia	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	L 3–47	20,538
October 25	at Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry)	L 7–17	20,310
November 1	Virginia*	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 17–14	21,680
November 8	Kentucky	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	W 13–3	33,815
November 15	Army*	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 23–14	20,315
November 29	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)	W 17–14	71,943
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central.

^[2]^[3]

Team players drafted into the NFL

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

^[4]

References

↑ "1975 Vanderbilt game by game results". Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
↑ "1975 Vanderbilt game by game results". Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. 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. Retrieved 2009-09-24.

Vanderbilt Commodores football
Venues	Old Dudley Field (1892–1921) Curry Field (1922) Dudley Field (1922–1980) Vanderbilt Stadium (1980–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Georgia Kentucky Ole Miss Sewanee Tennessee
Culture & lore	History Mr. C Origin of "Commodores" "Dynamite" Marching band Porter Cup 1906 Carlisle game 1910 Yale game 1922 Michigan game IMG Sports Newtork
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans All-Southerns NFL draftees Statistical leaders William Lofland Dudley
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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