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1975 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1975 University of Kentucky football season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The 1975 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The Wildcats scored 132 points while allowing 183 points, finishing 2–8–1 overall, 0–6 in the SEC.[1][2]

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Wally Pesuit and Tom Ranieri were chosen as team captains.[3]

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.[4][5]

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.[6][7]

The 1975 Kentucky team lost only two games by more than 9 points, and had three losses by 4 or fewer points.[8][9] The Maryland team that tied Kentucky 10-10 finished the season as the Atlantic Coast Conference champions, with an undefeated record in conference play.[10]

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Schedule

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Roster

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Team players in the 1975 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Sonny CollinsRunning back236Atlanta Falcons
Wally PesuitTackle5151Dallas Cowboys
Steve CampassiRunning back16439Philadelphia Eagles

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