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
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

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

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*daggerNo. 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
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1975 Florida Gators football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 30 Earl Carr So
WR 89 Wes Chandler So
FB 35 Jimmy DuBose Sr
QB 8 Don Gaffney Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 99 Sammy Green Sr
DT 66 Scott Hutchinson So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 3 David Posey Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Team players in the NFL

    PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
    Sammy GreenLinebacker229Seattle Seahawks
    Jimmy DuBoseRunning Back230Tampa Bay Buccaneers

    References

    1. 1 2 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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