1975 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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.

1975 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record2–8–1 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJon Mirilovich (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorCharlie Bailey (1st season)
Home stadiumCommonwealth Stadium
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

Wally Pesuit 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 champions, with an undefeated record in conference play.

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