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American college football season
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
Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 13
SMU * No. 19 W 40–1455,472
[3]
September 20 at
NC State * No. 13 L 7–843,330
[4]
September 27 at
Mississippi State No. 19 W 27–1043,500
[5]
October 4 at
LSU No. 20 W 34–667,494
[6]
October 11
Vanderbilt No. 18 Florida Field Gainesville, FL W 35–058,631
[7]
October 18
Florida State * No. 14 Florida Field Gainesville, FL (
rivalry ) W 34–864,401
[8]
October 25
Duke * No. 12 Florida Field Gainesville, FL W 24–1662,222
[9]
November 1 at
Auburn No. 11 W 31–1465,000
[10]
November 8 vs.
Georgia No. 11
ABC L 7–1074,416
[11]
November 15
Kentucky No. 14 Florida Field Gainesville, FL (
rivalry ) W 48–759,671
[12]
November 29 at
Miami (FL) * No. 13 W 15–1125,462
[13]
December 29 vs. No. 17
Maryland * No. 13
CBS L 0–1364,012
[14]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
[1]
[15]
Roster
1975 Florida Gators football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
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
References
^
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.
^
"Consensus All-America Teams (1970-1979)" . College Football at Sports-Reference.com .
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"Florida romps over dazed Ponies 40–14" . Waco Tribune-Herald . September 14, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Wolfpack stuns Gators with late TD, PAT" . The News and Observer . September 21, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"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 .
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"Gators butcher LSU's Tigers" . The Tampa Tribune . October 5, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Florida's Gators rack up 35–0 win" . Panama City News-Herald . October 12, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Gators win, 34–8, without Gaffney" . Panama City News-Herald . October 19, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Gators edge Duke" . Asheville Citizen-Times . October 26, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Gators grind past Auburn" . St. Petersburg Times . November 2, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Georgia bumps Florida, 10–7" . The Lincoln Star . November 9, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Gators trounce Wildcats" . St. Lucie News Tribune . November 16, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Gators escape Miami 'storm' on punt return" . Fort Myers News-Press . November 30, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Terps beat Florida, 13–0, in Gator Bowl" . The Baltimore Sun . December 30, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Sports Publicity Department.
"1976 University of Florida Press Guide" (PDF) . floridagators.com . University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved March 15, 2018 .
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