1975 Florida Gators football team

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]

1975 Florida Gators football
Gator Bowl, L 0–13 vs. Maryland
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	9–3 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Doug Dickey (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jimmy Dunn (6th season)
Offensive scheme	Wishbone
Defensive coordinator	Doug Knotts (6th season)
Captain	Jimmy DuBose Sammy Green
Home stadium	Florida Field
Seasons ← 1974 1976 →

1975 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	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 4 1975 wins and one tie due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	SMU*	No. 19	Florida Field Gainesville, FL		W 40–14	55,472	[3]
September 20	at NC State*	No. 13	Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC		L 7–8	43,330	[4]
September 27	at Mississippi State	No. 19	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		W 27–10	43,500	[5]
October 4	at LSU	No. 20	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)		W 34–6	67,494	[6]
October 11	Vanderbilt	No. 18	Florida Field Gainesville, FL		W 35–0	58,631	[7]
October 18	Florida State*	No. 14	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		W 34–8	64,401	[8]
October 25	Duke*	No. 12	Florida Field Gainesville, FL		W 24–16	62,222	[9]
November 1	at Auburn	No. 11	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)		W 31–14	65,000	[10]
November 8	vs. Georgia	No. 11	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 7–10	74,416	[11]
November 15	Kentucky	No. 14	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		W 48–7	59,671	[12]
November 29	at Miami (FL)*	No. 13	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)		W 15–11	25,462	[13]
December 29	vs. No. 17 Maryland*	No. 13	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	CBS	L 0–13	64,012	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

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

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Sammy Green	Linebacker	2	29	Seattle Seahawks
Jimmy DuBose	Running Back	2	30	Tampa Bay Buccaneers

References

1. 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.