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
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1975 record	7–5 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach	Bill Battle (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ray Trail
Defensive coordinator	Larry Jones
Captain	Ron McCartney
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium

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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13	No. 14 Maryland*	No. 20	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee		W 26–8	74,161
September 20	at No. 12 UCLA*	No. 10	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	ABC	L 28–34	33,356
September 27	Auburn	No. 16	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee		W 21–17	74,611
October 11	LSU	No. 19	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee		W 24–10	75,276
October 18	at No. 6 Alabama	No. 16	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama (Third Saturday in October)		L 7–30	72,000
October 25	North Texas State*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee		L 14–21	72,670
November 1	Colorado State*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee		W 28–7
November 8	Utah*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee		W 40–7	67,437
November 15	at Ole Miss		Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee		L 6–23	51,389
November 22	at Kentucky		Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel)		W 17–13	56,000
November 29	Vanderbilt		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee		L 14–17	71,943
December 6	at Hawaii*		Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI		W 28–6	40,585
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1975 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class T 59 Dave Brady Jr T 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 QB 6 Randy Wallace Jr T 62 Brent Watson So TE 23 Tommy West Sr WR 17 John Yarbrough Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class 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. # Name Class P 18 Craig Colquitt So	Head coach Bill Battle Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Ron McCartney	Linebacker	2	53	Los Angeles Rams
Tommy West	Linebacker	16	433	Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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References

1. "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1970–79". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
2. "1976 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.