1975 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1975 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1975 NCAA Division I 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.

1975 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record7–5 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRay Trail
Defensive coordinatorLarry Jones
CaptainRon McCartney
Home stadiumNeyland 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

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 13No. 14 Maryland*No. 20
W 26–874,161[1]
September 20at No. 12 UCLA*No. 10
ABCL 28–3433,356[2]
September 27AuburnNo. 16
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 21–1774,611[3]
October 11LSUNo. 19
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 24–1075,276[4]
October 18at No. 6 AlabamaNo. 16
L 7–3072,000[5]
October 25North Texas State*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
L 14–2172,670[6]
November 1Colorado State*
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 28–771,579[7]
November 8Utah*dagger
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 40–767,437[8]
November 15vs. Ole Miss
L 6–2351,389[9]
November 22at Kentucky
W 17–1356,000[10]
November 29Vanderbilt
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
L 14–1771,943[11]
December 6at Hawaii*
W 28–640,585[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster
1975 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 59 Dave Brady Jr
OT 79 Mike Caldwell Sr
WR 81 Tim Fitchpatrick Sr
G 78 Joe Gallagher Jr
C 52 Paul Johnson Sr
G 67 Mickey Marvin Jr
RB 21 Stanley Morgan Jr
RB 44 Craig Puki Fr
QB 5 Gary Roach So
WR 89 Larry Seivers Jr
C 56 Robert Shaw Fr
G 68 Gary Carr So
QB 6 Randy Wallace Jr
OT 62 Brent Watson So
TE 23 Tommy West Sr
WR 17 John Yarbrough Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 14 Bill Cole Sr
DE 39 Kevin Davis Jr
DB 10 Mike Mauck Jr
DE 57 Ron McCartney Sr
DT 72 David Page Sr
DB 30 David Parsons Jr
LB 45 Steve Poole Sr
DB 29 Russ Rabenstein Sr
LB 50 Andy Spiva Jr
DB 40 Ernie Ward Sr
DT 71 Jim Woofter Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 18 Craig Colquitt So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Team players drafted into the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Ron McCartneyLinebacker253Los Angeles Rams
Tommy WestLinebacker16433Tampa Bay Buccaneers

References
  1. "Vols unmask Maryland, 26–8". The Baltimore Sun. September 14, 1975. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Sciarra propels Bruins past Tennessee". Santa Cruz Sentinel. September 21, 1975. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Seivers paces Vols past Auburn, 21–17". Kingsport Times-News. September 28, 1975. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Seivers, Vols take LSU's best shot". The Courier-Journal. October 12, 1975. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Tide raps Vols, 30–7". The Leaf-Chronicle. October 19, 1975. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "North Texas (Who?) humbles Vols, 21–14". Kingsport Times-News. October 26, 1975. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Rebounding Vols ram Colorado St., 28–7". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 2, 1975. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Vols celebrate homecoming under a warm Utah breeze". The Commercial Appeal. November 9, 1975. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Rebels crush Big Orange 23–6". The Greenwood Commonwealth. November 16, 1975. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Tennessee foils UK 17–13, saves Battle from the axe". The Courier-Journal. November 23, 1975. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Vandy ends UT streak, 17–14". Kingsport Times-News. November 30, 1975. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "UH victim of big plays". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. December 8, 1975. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "1976 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
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