The 1975 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky

Kentucky Wildcats football

The Kentucky Wildcats football team is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the East Division of the Southeastern Conference.-History:Paul "Bear" Bryant Era...

 in the Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...

 during the 1975 college football season

1975 college football season

The 1975 college football season saw University of Oklahoma repeat as national champion in the Associated Press writers' poll. With the Sooners having completed two seasons of NCAA probation, they were ranked #1 in the United Press International coaches' poll as well...

. The Wildcats scored 132 points while allowing 183 points, finishing 2-8-1 overall, 0-6 in the SEC.

Season

Wally Pesuit

Wally Pesuit

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 and Tom Ranieri were chosen as team captains.

Kentucky opened with a 27-8 home victory against Virginia Tech, then lost 14-10 at home to Kansas, followed by a 10-10 tie at home against Maryland. A road game against Penn State ended in a 10-3 loss, putting Kentucky at 1-2-1 entering SEC play.

Kentucky lost its home conference opener to Auburn, 15-9, and then lost 17-14 at LSU. A 21-13 loss at Georgia was followed by a 23-10 home win against Tulane. A 13-3 road loss at Vanderbilt and 48-7 road loss at Florida led to a 17-13 home loss in the season finale against Tennessee.

The 1975 Kentucky team lost only two games by more than 9 points, and had three losses by 4 or fewer points. The Maryland team that tied Kentucky 10-10 finished the season as the Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...

 champions, with an undefeated record in conference play.

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Wildcats points	Opponents	Record
1	Sept. 13	Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Hokies football The Virginia Tech Hokies football team is a college football program that competes in NCAA Division I-FBS, in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They have more wins in team history than any other program in the ACC. Their home games are played at Lane Stadium which seats over...	Win	27	8	1-0-1
2	Sept. 20	Kansas Kansas Jayhawks football The Kansas Jayhawks football program is the intercollegiate football program of the University of Kansas Jayhawks. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference....	Loss	10	14	1-1-0
3	Sept. 27	#20 Maryland Maryland Terrapins football The Maryland Terrapins football team represents the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision competition. The Terrapins compete within the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...	Tie	10	10	1-1-1
4	Oct. 4	at #10 Penn State	Loss	3	10	1-2-1
5	Oct. 11	Auburn 1975 Auburn Tigers football team The 1975 Auburn Tigers football team achieved an overall record of 3–6–2 and 1–4–1 in the SEC in Ralph “Shug” Jordan’s last year as head coach at Auburn after 25 years; however, the official record would improved to 4–6–1 when Mississippi State was forced to forfeit its tie that year due to NCAA...	Loss	9	15	1-3-1
6	Oct. 18	at LSU	Loss	14	17	1-4-1
7	Oct. 25	at Georgia Georgia Bulldogs football The Georgia Bulldogs football team represents the University of Georgia in football. The Bulldogs are a member of the Southeastern Conference and are frequently a top-25 team. The University of Georgia has had a football team since 1892 and has an all-time record of 738–398–54...	Loss	13	21	1-5-1
8	Nov. 1	Tulane Tulane Green Wave football The Tulane Green Wave football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents Tulane University in New Orleans. The team is a member of Conference USA and is led by interim head coach Mark Hutson, who took over on October 18, 2011, when fifth-year head coach Bob Toledo resigned...	Win	23	10	2-5-1
9	Nov. 8	at Vanderbilt 1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football team The 1975 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1975 college 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...	Loss	3	13	2-6-1
10	Nov. 15	at #14 Florida	Loss	7	48	2-7-1
11	Nov. 23	Tennessee 1975 Tennessee Volunteers football team The 1975 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1975 college football season. The Volunteers offense scored 253 points while the defense allowed 193 points. Led by head coach Bill Battle, the Volunteers finished the season with seven wins...	Loss	13	17	6-5

Team players in the 1975 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Sonny Collins	Running back	2	36	Atlanta Falcons 1976 Atlanta Falcons season The 1976 Atlanta Falcons season was the Falcons 11th season.-NFL Draft:-Schedule:-Standings:-References:**...
Wally Pesuit Wally Pesuit Walter George "Wally" Pesuit is a former American football offensive and defensive lineman in the National Football League....	Tackle	5	151	Dallas Cowboys 1976 Dallas Cowboys season The 1976 Dallas Cowboys season was their 17th in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 10–4, winning eleven games. They qualified for the playoffs, but lost in the Divisional round.-Schedule:-Playoffs:-Standings:-Roster:...
Steve Campassi	Running back	16	439	Philadelphia Eagles 1976 Philadelphia Eagles season -Off Season:After coaching #12 UCLA in a win over #1 Ohio State in the 1976 Rose Bowl by the score of 23–10 Dick Vermeil was offered the Head coaching job of the Philadelphia Eagles...