American college football season
The 1975 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season . The season was Doug Dickey 's sixth and most successful season as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Dickey's 1975 Florida Gators finished with a 9–3 overall record and a 5–1 Southeastern Conference (SEC) record, tying for second among ten SEC teams.[1] The team featured consensus All-American linebacker Sammy Green .[2]
Schedule
Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 13 SMU * No. 19 W 40–1455,472 [3]
September 20 at NC State * No. 13 L 7–843,330 [4]
September 27 at Mississippi State No. 19 W 27–1043,500 [5]
October 4 at LSU No. 20 W 34–667,494 [6]
October 11 Vanderbilt No. 18 Florida Field Gainesville, FL W 35–058,631 [7]
October 18 Florida State * No. 14 Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry ) W 34–864,401 [8]
October 25 Duke * No. 12 Florida Field Gainesville, FL W 24–1662,222 [9]
November 1 at Auburn No. 11 W 31–1465,000 [10]
November 8 vs. Georgia No. 11 ABC L 7–1074,416 [11]
November 15 Kentucky No. 14 Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry ) W 48–759,671 [12]
November 29 at Miami (FL) * No. 13 W 15–1125,462 [13]
December 29 vs. No. 17 Maryland * No. 13 CBS L 0–1364,012 [14]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
[1] [15]
Roster
1975 Florida Gators football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
3
David Posey
Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Team players in the NFL
References
^ a b 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 110–111 (2015). Retrieved August 14, 2015.
^ "Consensus All-America Teams (1970-1979)" . College Football at Sports-Reference.com .
^ "Florida romps over dazed Ponies 40–14" . Waco Tribune-Herald . September 14, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Wolfpack stuns Gators with late TD, PAT" . The News and Observer . September 21, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Georgia's Clark gets his revenge as Mississippi State falls 28–6" . The Courier-Journal . September 21, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Gators butcher LSU's Tigers" . The Tampa Tribune . October 5, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Florida's Gators rack up 35–0 win" . Panama City News-Herald . October 12, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Gators win, 34–8, without Gaffney" . Panama City News-Herald . October 19, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Gators edge Duke" . Asheville Citizen-Times . October 26, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Gators grind past Auburn" . St. Petersburg Times . November 2, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Georgia bumps Florida, 10–7" . The Lincoln Star . November 9, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Gators trounce Wildcats" . St. Lucie News Tribune . November 16, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Gators escape Miami 'storm' on punt return" . Fort Myers News-Press . November 30, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Terps beat Florida, 13–0, in Gator Bowl" . The Baltimore Sun . December 30, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Sports Publicity Department. "1976 University of Florida Press Guide" (PDF) . floridagators.com . University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved March 15, 2018 .
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