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1975 Florida Gators football team

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]

1975 Florida Gators football
Gator Bowl, L 0–13 vs. Maryland
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record9–3 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJimmy Dunn (6th season)
Offensive schemeWishbone
Defensive coordinatorDoug Knotts (6th season)
CaptainJimmy DuBose
Sammy Green
Home stadiumFlorida Field
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
1975 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Alabama $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
Florida 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 19 Georgia 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Tennessee 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 2 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
LSU 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Auburn 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 2
Mississippi State 1 – 4 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Kentucky 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Mississippi State later forfeited all 1975 wins and one tie due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 13SMU*No. 19
W 40–1455,472[3]
September 20at NC State*No. 13
L 7–843,330[4]
September 27at Mississippi StateNo. 19
W 27–1043,500[5]
October 4at LSUNo. 20
W 34–667,494[6]
October 11VanderbiltNo. 18
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 35–058,631[7]
October 18Florida State*No. 14
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
W 34–864,401[8]
October 25Duke* No. 12
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 24–1662,222[9]
November 1at AuburnNo. 11
W 31–1465,000[10]
November 8vs. GeorgiaNo. 11
ABCL 7–1074,416[11]
November 15KentuckyNo. 14
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
W 48–759,671[12]
November 29at Miami (FL)*No. 13
W 15–1125,462[13]
December 29vs. No. 17 Maryland*No. 13
CBSL 0–1364,012[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1][15]

Roster edit

1975 Florida Gators football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 30 Earl Carr So
WR 89 Wes Chandler So
FB 35 Jimmy DuBose Sr
QB 8 Don Gaffney Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 99 Sammy Green Sr
DT 66 Scott Hutchinson So
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 edit

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Sammy Green Linebacker 2 29 Seattle Seahawks
Jimmy DuBose Running Back 2 30 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Consensus All-America Teams (1970-1979)". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. ^ "Florida romps over dazed Ponies 40–14". Waco Tribune-Herald. September 14, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Wolfpack stuns Gators with late TD, PAT". The News and Observer. September 21, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Gators butcher LSU's Tigers". The Tampa Tribune. October 5, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Florida's Gators rack up 35–0 win". Panama City News-Herald. October 12, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Gators win, 34–8, without Gaffney". Panama City News-Herald. October 19, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Gators edge Duke". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 26, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Gators grind past Auburn". St. Petersburg Times. November 2, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Georgia bumps Florida, 10–7". The Lincoln Star. November 9, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Gators trounce Wildcats". St. Lucie News Tribune. November 16, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Gators escape Miami 'storm' on punt return". Fort Myers News-Press. November 30, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Terps beat Florida, 13–0, in Gator Bowl". The Baltimore Sun. December 30, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Sports Publicity Department. "1976 University of Florida Press Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
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