1975 Kentucky Wildcats football team

The 1975 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The Wildcats scored 132 points while allowing 183 points, finishing 2–8–1 overall, 0–6 in the SEC.[1][2]

1975 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record2–8–1 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCommonwealth Stadium
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

Wally Pesuit and Tom Ranieri were chosen as team captains.[3]

Kentucky opened with a 27-8 home victory against Virginia Tech, then lost 14-10 at home to Kansas, followed by a 10-10 tie at home against Maryland. A road game against Penn State ended in a 10-3 loss, putting Kentucky at 1-2-1 entering SEC play.[4][5]

Kentucky lost its home conference opener to Auburn, 15-9, and then lost 17-14 at LSU. A 21-13 loss at Georgia was followed by a 23-10 home win against Tulane. A 13-3 road loss at Vanderbilt and 48-7 road loss at Florida led to a 17-13 home loss in the season finale against Tennessee.[6][7]

The 1975 Kentucky team lost only two games by more than 9 points, and had three losses by 4 or fewer points.[8][9] The Maryland team that tied Kentucky 10-10 finished the season as the Atlantic Coast Conference champions, with an undefeated record in conference play.[10]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13Virginia Tech*
W 27–856,616[11]
September 20Kansas*
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 10–1456,467
September 27No. 20 Maryland*
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
T 10–1055,000
October 4at No. 10 Penn State*
L 3–1060,225
October 11Auburn
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 9–1557,722
October 18at LSU
L 14–17
October 25at Georgia
L 13–2150,000
November 1Tulane*
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 23–1056,500[12]
November 8at Vanderbilt
L 3–1333,815
November 15at No. 14 Florida
L 7–4859,671
November 22Tennessee
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
L 13–1756,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[14][15]

Roster
1975 Kentucky Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 69 Warren Bryant Jr
WR 80 Randy Burke Jr
RB 41 Steve Campassi Sr
RB 40 Sonny Collins Sr
C 53 Thon Dornbrook Fr
WR 87 Bill Finn So
G 59 Dan Flower So
QB 5 John McGrath Jr
OT 65 Wally Pesuit Sr
QB 12 Derrick Ramey So
 Defense roster/Player
Pos.#NameClass
LB 87 Lester Boyd Fr
DE 97 Art Still So
DT 83 Bob Winkel So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
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Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Team players in the 1975 NFL Draft
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Sonny CollinsRunning back236Atlanta Falcons
Wally PesuitTackle5151Dallas Cowboys
Steve CampassiRunning back16439Philadelphia Eagles

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References
  1. "1975 Kentucky Wildcats game by game results". Archived from the original on October 6, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  2. 1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.208
  3. 1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.208
  4. 1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.208
  5. "1975 Kentucky Wildcats game by game results". Archived from the original on October 6, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  6. 1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.208
  7. "1975 Kentucky Wildcats game by game results". Archived from the original on October 6, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  8. 1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.208
  9. "1975 Kentucky Wildcats game by game results". Archived from the original on October 6, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  10. 1975 Maryland Terrapins game by game results
  11. "Kentucky quiets Gobblers with stout defense, 27–8". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 14, 1975. Retrieved January 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Kentucky outscores Tulane". Panama City News-Herald. November 2, 1975. Retrieved January 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Tennessee foils UK 17–13, saves Battle from the axe". The Courier-Journal. November 23, 1975. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "College Football Reference". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  15. 1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.168
  16. "1976 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
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