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.1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.208
Wally Pesuit and Tom Ranieri were chosen as team captains.1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.208
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.1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.208
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.1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.208
The 1975 Kentucky team lost only two games by more than 9 points, and had three losses by 4 or fewer points.1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.208 The Maryland team that tied Kentucky 10-10 finished the season as the Atlantic Coast Conference champions, with an undefeated record in conference play.1975 Maryland Terrapins game by game results
Schedule
1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.168
Roster
Team players in the 1976 NFL draft
Sonny CollinsRunning back 2 36 Atlanta Falcons Wally PesuitTackle 5 151 Dallas Cowboys Steve Campassi Running back 16 439 Philadelphia Eagles
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