1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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.

1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1975 record7–4 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRichard Trail (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorFrank Emanuel (1st season)
Captain
Home stadiumDudley Field
1975 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

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

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Team players drafted into the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Gene MoshierDefensive end14346Kansas 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.


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