1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football team explained

Year:1975
Team:Vanderbilt Commodores
Sport:football
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:SEC
Record:7–4
Conf Record:2–4
Head Coach:Fred Pancoast
Hc Year:1st
Off Coach:Richard Trail
Oc Year:1st
Def Coach:Frank Emanuel
Dc Year:1st
Captain:Lonnie Sadler, Tom Galbierz
Stadium:Dudley Field

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.

Vanderbilt defeated Rice, Tulane, Army,, 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

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Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Gene Moshier Defensive end14 346 Kansas City Chiefs

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1975 Vanderbilt game by game results . https://web.archive.org/web/20090917044617/http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Vanderbilt.htm . 2009-09-17 . live . 2009-09-24 .
  2. Web site: 1975 Vanderbilt game by game results . https://web.archive.org/web/20090917044617/http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Vanderbilt.htm . 2009-09-17 . live . 2009-09-24 .
  3. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/vanderbilt/1975-schedule.html 1975 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results
  4. Web site: 1975 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20090531154014/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1975.htm . 2009-05-31 . live . 2009-09-24 .