| 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]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Sonny Collins | Running back | 2 | 36 | Atlanta Falcons |
| Wally Pesuit | Tackle | 5 | 151 | Dallas Cowboys |
| Steve Campassi | Running back | 16 | 439 | Philadelphia Eagles |