1975 Kentucky Wildcats football team explained

Year:1975
Team:Kentucky Wildcats
Sport:football
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:SEC
Record:2–8–1
Conf Record:0–6
Head Coach:Fran Curci
Hc Year:3rd
Off Coach:Jon Mirilovich
Oc Year:3rd
Def Coach:Charlie Bailey
Dc Year:1st
Stadium:Commonwealth Stadium

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]

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

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Team players in the 1975 NFL Draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Sonny CollinsRunning back2 36 Atlanta Falcons
Wally PesuitTackle5 151 Dallas Cowboys
Steve CampassiRunning back16 439 Philadelphia Eagles
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1975 Kentucky Wildcats game by game results . https://web.archive.org/web/20091006084341/http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Kentucky.htm . 2009-10-06 . dead . 2009-09-25 .
  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. Web site: 1975 Kentucky Wildcats game by game results . https://web.archive.org/web/20091006084341/http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Kentucky.htm . 2009-10-06 . dead . 2009-09-25 .
  6. 1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.208
  7. Web site: 1975 Kentucky Wildcats game by game results . https://web.archive.org/web/20091006084341/http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Kentucky.htm . 2009-10-06 . dead . 2009-09-25 .
  8. 1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.208
  9. Web site: 1975 Kentucky Wildcats game by game results . https://web.archive.org/web/20091006084341/http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Kentucky.htm . 2009-10-06 . dead . 2009-09-25 .
  10. http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Maryland.htm#1975 1975 Maryland Terrapins game by game results
  11. Web site: College Football Reference . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182231/http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=184&season=1975 . 2016-03-03 . dead . 2009-09-25 .
  12. [1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.168]
  13. Web site: 1976 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20090531153218/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1976.htm . 2009-05-31 . live . 2009-09-25 .