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1975 Tennessee Volunteers football | |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
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1975 record | 7–5 (3–3 SEC) |
Head coach | Bill Battle |
Home stadium | Neyland Stadium |
Seasons |
1975 SEC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#3/3 Alabama † | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#19/19 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
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The 1975 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1975 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bill Battle, in his sixth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and five losses (7–5 overall, 3–3 in the SEC). The Volunteers offense scored 253 points while the defense allowed 193 points.
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 13* | #14 Maryland | #20 | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | W 26–8 | 74,161 | |||
September 20* | at #12 UCLA | #10 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | ABC | L 28–34 | 33,356 | ||
September 27 | Auburn | #16 | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | W 21–17 | 74,611 | |||
October 11 | LSU | #19 | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | W 24–10 | 75,276 | |||
October 18 | at #6 Alabama | #16 | Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October) | L 7–30 | 72,000 | |||
October 25* | North Texas State | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | L 14–21 | 72,670 | ||||
November 1* | Colorado State | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | W 28–7 | |||||
November 8*† | Utah | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | W 40–7 | 67,437 | ||||
November 15 | at Ole Miss | Memphis Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN | L 6–23 | 51,389 | ||||
November 22 | at Kentucky | Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel) | W 17–13 | 56,000 | ||||
November 29 | Vanderbilt | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | L 14–17 | 71,943 | ||||
December 6* | at Hawaii | Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI | W 28–6 | 40,585 | ||||
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. |
- Reference:[1]
Team players drafted into in the NFL
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
Ron McCartney | Linebacker | 2 | 53 | Los Angeles Rams |
Tommy West | Linebacker | 16 | 433 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
- Reference:[2]
References
- ↑ "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1970–79". University of Tennessee Athletics. http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/fball-history/1970-79.html. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
- ↑ "1976 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1976/draft.htm?redir. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
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