1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record7–4 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRichard Trail (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Frank Emanuel (1st season)
CaptainLonnie Sadler, Tom Galbierz
Home stadium Dudley Field
Seasons
←  1974
1976  →
1975 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Alabama $ 6 –0 –011 –1 –0
Florida 5 –1 –09 –3 –0
No. 19 Georgia 5 –1 –09 –3 –0
Ole Miss 5 –1 –06 –5 –0
Tennessee 3 –3 –07 –5 –0
Vanderbilt 2 –4 –07 –4 –0
LSU 2 –4 –05 –6 –0
Auburn 2 –4 –03 –6 –2
Mississippi State 1 –4 –16 –4 –1
Kentucky 0 –6 –02 –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.

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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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13 Chattanooga *
W 17–724,108 [2]
September 20at Rice *
W 9–618,000 [3]
September 27No. 11 Alabama
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 7–4034,000 [4]
October 4at Tulane *
W 6–330,100 [5]
October 11at No. 18 Florida
L 0–3558,631 [6]
October 18 Georgia
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 3–4720,538 [7]
October 25at Ole Miss
L 7–1720,310 [8]
November 1 Virginia *
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 17–1421,680 [9]
November 8 Kentucky
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 13–333,815 [10]
November 15 Army *
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 23–1420,315 [11]
November 29at Tennessee
W 17–1471,943 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[13] [14]

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Gene MoshierDefensive end14346Kansas City Chiefs

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References

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  2. ↑ "Vanderbilt holds, no soap for UTC". The Tennessean. September 14, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Vanderbilt field goals tip Owls, 9–6". Austin American-Statesman. September 21, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tide picks Vandy's strings". The Selma Times-Journal. September 28, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Vandy wins again on Adams' FGs". The Tennessean. October 5, 1975. Retrieved October 18, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Florida's Gators rack up 35–0 win". Panama City News-Herald. October 12, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Georgia rolls past Vanderbilt 47–3". Sunday Herald-Leader. October 19, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Ole Miss defeats Vandy behind Ellis". The Macon Telegraph & News. October 26, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Late Cav bid foiled, 17–14". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 2, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Inspired Vandy tops Kentucky". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 9, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Big interception keys Vanderbilt over Army". Hattiesburg American. November 16, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Vandy ends UT streak, 17–14". Kingsport Times-News. November 30, 1975. Retrieved May 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "1975 Vanderbilt game by game results". Archived from the original on September 17, 2009. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
  14. ↑ 1975 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results
  15. ↑ "1975 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved September 24, 2009.


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