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1975 Florida

9–⁠3 (5–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Doug Dickey.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1975, game by game: won vs. SMU 40–14; lost at NC State 7–8; won at Mississippi State 27–10; won at LSU 34–6; won vs. Vanderbilt 35–0; won vs. Florida State 34–8; won vs. Duke 24–16; won at Auburn 31–14; lost vs. Georgia 7–10; won vs. Kentucky 48–7; won at Miami 15–11; lost vs. No. 17 Maryland 0–13+41−13Won 40–14 vs. SMU+26SMULost 7–8 at NC State-1NC StateWon 27–10 at Mississippi State+17Mississippi Sta…Won 34–6 at LSU+28LSUWon 35–0 vs. Vanderbilt+35VanderbiltWon 34–8 vs. Florida State+26Florida StateWon 24–16 vs. Duke+8DukeWon 31–14 at Auburn+17AuburnLost 7–10 vs. Georgia-3GeorgiaWon 48–7 vs. Kentucky+41KentuckyWon 15–11 at Miami+4MiamiLost 0–13 vs. No. 17 Maryland-13No. 17 Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsSMUW 40–⁠1464%
Sep 20atNC StateL 7–⁠842%
Sep 27atMississippi StateW 27–⁠1046%
Oct 4atLSUW 34–⁠655%
Oct 11vsVanderbiltW 35–⁠071%
Oct 18vsFlorida StateW 34–⁠889%
Oct 25vsDukeW 24–⁠1680%
Nov 1atAuburnW 31–⁠1455%
Nov 8vsGeorgiaL 7–⁠1064%
Nov 15vsKentuckyW 48–⁠781%
Nov 29atMiamiW 15–⁠1178%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvs17MarylandGator BowlL 0–⁠1356%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Maryland 13–⁠0 in the Gator Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15
  2. Wk 2: 19
  3. Wk 3: 13
  4. Wk 4: 19
  5. Wk 5: 20
  6. Wk 6: 18
  7. Wk 7: 14
  8. Wk 8: 12
  9. Wk 9: 11
  10. Wk 10: 11
  11. Wk 11: 14
  12. Wk 12: 12
  13. Wk 13: 13
  14. Wk 14: 13

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1975.

Consensus All-AmericanSammy Green, LB

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠1 tied for 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 11
Points
302–⁠117
Coach
Doug Dickey
Elo
1673 +108 this season
SP+ rating
20.4 No. 11 of 132; offense No. 32, defense No. 6
SRS
19.9 No. 9 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jimmy Dunn
Defensive coordinator
Doug Knotts
Captains
Jimmy DuBose and Sammy Green
Offense
Wishbone

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 2Sammy Green LBSeattle Seahawks
Rd 2Jimmy DuBose RBTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 4Mike Smith DEPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 6Alvis Darby TESeattle Seahawks
Rd 7James Richards RBNew York Jets

All-SEC

4 first team, 5 second team

First team

Second team

  • Gerald LoperOGAP-2
  • Robbie MooreCAP-2
  • Don GaffneyQBAP-2
  • Darrell CarpenterDTAP-2
  • Henry DavisDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠011–⁠13
Georgia5–⁠19–⁠319
Florida5–⁠19–⁠3
Ole Miss5–⁠16–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠37–⁠5
Vanderbilt2–⁠47–⁠4
Mississippi State1–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Auburn1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2
LSU1–⁠54–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.