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1975 Tennessee

7–⁠5 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bill Battle.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1975, game by game: won vs. No. 14 Maryland 26–8; lost at No. 12 UCLA 28–34; won vs. Auburn 21–17; won vs. LSU 24–10; lost at No. 6 Alabama 7–30; lost vs. North Texas 14–21; won vs. Colorado State 28–7; won vs. Utah 40–7; lost at Ole Miss 6–23; won at Kentucky 17–13; lost vs. Vanderbilt 14–17; won at Hawai’i 28–6+33−23Won 26–8 vs. No. 14 Maryland+18No. 14 MarylandLost 28–34 at No. 12 UCLA-6No. 12 UCLAWon 21–17 vs. Auburn+4AuburnWon 24–10 vs. LSU+14LSULost 7–30 at No. 6 Alabama-23No. 6 AlabamaLost 14–21 vs. North Texas-7North TexasWon 28–7 vs. Colorado State+21Colorado StateWon 40–7 vs. Utah+33UtahLost 6–23 at Ole Miss-17Ole MissWon 17–13 at Kentucky+4KentuckyLost 14–17 vs. Vanderbilt-3VanderbiltWon 28–6 at Hawai’i+22Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vs14MarylandW 26–⁠857%
Sep 20at12UCLAL 28–⁠3447%
Sep 27vsAuburnW 21–⁠1761%
Oct 11vsLSUW 24–⁠1073%
Oct 18at6AlabamaL 7–⁠3029%
Oct 25vsNorth TexasL 14–⁠2181%
Nov 1vsColorado StateW 28–⁠768%
Nov 8vsUtahW 40–⁠789%
Nov 15atOle MissL 6–⁠2356%
Nov 22atKentuckyW 17–⁠1355%
Nov 29vsVanderbiltL 14–⁠1769%
Dec 6atHawai’iW 28–⁠669%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hawai’i 28–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 2: 20
  3. Wk 3: 10
  4. Wk 4: 16
  5. Wk 5: 16
  6. Wk 6: 19
  7. Wk 7: 16

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-AmericanLarry Seivers, WR

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠3 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
253–⁠193
Coach
Bill Battle
Elo
1578 −18 this season
SP+ rating
10.5 No. 41 of 132; offense No. 54, defense No. 38
SRS
9.3 No. 31 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ray Trail
Defensive coordinator
Larry Jones
Captain
Ron McCartney

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 2Ron McCartney LBLos Angeles Rams

All-SEC

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

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.