1975 Mauritian student protests, Peaceful beginnings and objectives
Following detailed planning by high-school student activists groups of students from various private and state schools abandoned classrooms and went on strike by heading to the streets of the main towns where most secondary schools were located. They marched peacefully from the inland towns of Curepipe, Vacoas, Quatre-Bornes, Rose Hill, Beau Bassin and other parts of the island in order to head towards the capital city Port Louis. The main objectives of the student activists during the rally consisted of the following:


1975 Mauritian student protests, Peaceful beginnings and objectives
1. Remove inequality between poorly funded "private colleges" when compared to state-funded schools and Catholic schools


1975 Mauritian student protests, Peaceful beginnings and objectives
2. Replace outdated content of textbooks which perpetuated a colonial bias


1975 Mauritian student protests, Riot police intervention
By the time that the student marchers had gone past the town of Beau Bassin the crowd had reached significant size. At the historic bridge of Grand River North West (GRNW) near La Tour Koenig local police prevented the crowd from progressing towards the capital city of Port Louis. Besides elements of Police Riot Unit (PRU) had arrived on site and soon there was a crack-down using tear gas and batons against unarmed student protesters. Several students were also arrested.


1975 Mauritian student protests, Riot police intervention
Several shops (such as the ones on Desforges and Leoville L’Homme Streets in the capital Port Louis) and buses near the rally were damaged. An angry crowd ransacked the home of a prominent PMSD member of Parliament and member of the ruling alliance M.H. Ythier. Later that day at New Eton College in Rose Hill around fifty students were arrested after an intervention by the Police Riot Unit which attempted to disperse a gathering there. By 21 May 1975 the press reported that police had made 118 arrests. In addition to the looted shops there were reports of 40 damaged buses and 4 buses had been destroyed by arsonists.


1975 Mauritian student protests, Riot police intervention
The government was preparing to prosecute the arrested protesters under provisions of Sections 17 and 48 of the Public Order Act (POA). In response a hunger strike was organised by a group of students and after ten days the charges were dropped.


1975 Mauritian student protests, Events prior to the 1975 Riots
There had been mounting discontent amongst the young adults and students due to increasing unemployment and high cost of living. Besides tropical cyclone Gervaise had damaged many schools which had already been suffering from poorly equipped laboratories and libraries and a lack of sporting infrastructure. In February 1975 students at London College (Mauritius) had protested against the dismissal of two teachers. The Labour-IFB-CAM coalition had been in power since the 1967 elections and after the March 1968 Independence celebrations the IFB dropped out of the coalition in 1969 and ended up in Opposition.


1975 Mauritian student protests, Events prior to the 1975 Riots
To maintain power and a majority of seats in Parliament the leader of Labour Party (Mauritius) struck a new deal with its rival PMSD which resulted in Labour-CAM-PMSD coalition ruling the country. Within PMSD several figures were against this deal and that splinter group formed a new party UDM. Although elections were scheduled to occur in 1972 Labour and what was left of the original PMSD amended the Constitution via a Bill which postponed the 1972 elections to 1976. Meanwhile the new party Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) had gained popularity, even electing its first ever candidate Dev Virahsawmy to Parliament at the September 1970 by-elections at Constituency No.5 as he won the seat previously held by a ruling IFB's deceased candidate Lall Jugnauth.


1975 Mauritian student protests, Events prior to the 1975 Riots
On 25 November 1971 the MMM political activist Azor Adelaide was shot dead by a gang of rival activists in the centre of the town of Curepipe near the intersection of Royal Road and Rue Chasteauneuf. Azor was travelling with in Dev Virahsawmy's car as they prepared to meet Paul Berenger to install some posters regarding an upcoming public gathering. This followed a previous attempt to assassinate MMM leader Paul Berenger during which his assistant Fareed Muttur died in suspicious circumstances after a car accident on 1 October 1971. Another example of political violence was the attack on student activist and MMM sympathiser Raja Bhadain who was stabbed by a PMSD thug wielding scissors at a public gathering.


1975 Mauritian student protests, Events prior to the 1975 Riots
MMM had collaborated with various trade unions such as GWF to organise strikes throughout the island. As a result 12 Trade Union leaders and most leaders of MMM were jailed for 9 months until December 1972. State of Emergency was declared in 1971 and the Public Order Act (POA 1973) was enforced. Later  in 1975 the State of Emergency was lifted in preparation for the 1976 elections.


1975 Mauritian student protests, Events prior to the 1975 Riots
For several years prior to 1975 students from various secondary schools such as John Kennedy College, Queen Elizabeth College (QEC), New Eton College, Royal College Curepipe (RCC), and Royal College Port Louis (RCPL) had gathered at various student events where debates were held about the need to overhaul the educational system amongst other social and political issues. These events included the "cClubs". Other movements like the “Front National pour la Libération des Etudiants ”(FNLE) and the Student Club assisted in the effort.


1975 Mauritian student protests, Free education and Educational Reform
The May 1975 Students protest and riots resulted in significant changes in the educational system of the island. Following the 1976 General Elections the Labour-CAM-PMSD coalition government granted "Free Education" by eliminating the compulsory monthly school fees. It also undertook a reform of the secondary school sector in line with the objectives of the 20 May 1975 student protest and also included the following improvements:


1975 Mauritian student protests, Free education and Educational Reform
1. The Private Secondary Schools Authority (PSSA) was created in 1978 to reduce the gap between private and public schools including wages of teaching staff


1975 Mauritian student protests, Free education and Educational Reform
2. The Mauritius Institute of Education (MIE) overhauled curricula to include more local Mauritian content


1975 Mauritian student protests, Free education and Educational Reform
3. "Junior Scholarship" was replaced by Certificate of Primary Education (CPE)


1975 Mauritian student protests, Free education and Educational Reform
4. Several new state secondary schools were built to reduce reliance on private colleges


1975 McNeese State Cowboys football team
The 1975 McNeese State Cowboys football team represented McNeese State University as a member of the Southland Conference (SLC) in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Jack Doland, the Cowboys played their home games at Cowboy Stadium in Lake Charles, Louisiana. McNeese State finished the season with an overall record of 7–4 and a mark of 3–2 in conference play, placing third in the SLC.


1975 McNeese State Cowboys football team
The team's statistical leaders included Johnnie Thibodeaux with 1,071 passing yards, Gary Broussard with 314 receiving yards, and Mike McArthur with 787 rushing yards.


1975 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
The 1975 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 49th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 18 teams. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


1975 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Navan O'Mahonys 'B's' and St. Colmcille's were promoted after claiming the 1974 Meath Junior Football Championship title and runners-up spot respectively.


1975 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
In early 1975, Gibbstown joined forces with last year's I.F.C. champions to form the Wolfe Tones and were hence promoted from the I.F.C. Martry also amalgamated with S.F.C. finalists from 1974 Bohermeen, and were also promoted.


1975 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
On 5 October 1975, Moylagh claimed their 1st Intermediate championship title when they defeated Dunshaughlin 2-5 to 0-9 in the final in Pairc Tailteann, and thus entered the top flight of Meath club football for the first time.


1975 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Ballinabrackey were relegated to the 1976 J.F.C. after just 3 years in the middle grade as well as St. Brigid's Ballinacree.


1975 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1974 championship season.


1975 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage
There are 2 groups called Group A and B. The top two finishers in Group A and B will qualify for the semi finals.


1975 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Knock-out Stages
The teams in the semi-finals are the first and second placed teams from each group.


1975 Meath Senior Football Championship
The 1975 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 83rd edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 15 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


1975 Meath Senior Football Championship
This season saw the formation of two new clubs in the senior grade. Last years finalists Bohermeen and Intermediate side Martry joined forces under the name Martry Harps. In February 1975, the 1974 I.F.C. champions St. John's Kilberry (who were only in existence for 2 years since forming in early 1973 from the Garryowen and Kilberry clubs) amalgamated with fellow Intermediate side Gibbstown to be known as the Wolfe Tones.


1975 Meath Senior Football Championship
Summerhill were the defending champions after they defeated Bohermeen in the previous years final and they completed a 2 in a row of titles when beating Navan O'Mahonys 0-10 to 0-9 in the final in Pairc Tailteann on 5 October 1975. Donie Mooney raised the Keegan Cup for the 'Hill.


1975 Meath Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1974 championship season.


1975 Meath Senior Football Championship, Knock-out Stages
The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the semi finals.


1975 Medi-Quik Open
The 1975 Medi-Quik Open, also known as the Medi-Quik Women's Tennis Classic, was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Westchester Country Club in Harrison, New York in the United States. It was part of the 1975 Virginia Slims WTA Tour and was held from August 18 through August 24, 1975. First-seeded Chris Evert won the singles title and earned $14,000 first-prize money.


1975 Medi-Quik Open, Finals, Doubles
Chris Evert /  Martina Navratilova defeated  Margaret Court /  Virginia Wade 7–5, 6–7, 6–4


1975 Mediterranean Games
The VII Mediterranean Games – Algiers 1975 (Arabic: ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 1975), commonly known as the 1975 Mediterranean Games, were the 7th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Algiers, Algeria, from 23 August to 6 September 1975, where 2,444 athletes (2,095 men and 349 women) from 15 countries participated. There were a total of 160 medal events from 19 different sports.


1975 Mediterranean Games, Participating nations
The following is a list of nations that participated in the 1975 Mediterranean Games:


1975 Meistaradeildin, Overview
There were 6 teams competing for the championship, and Havnar Bóltfelag won.


1975 Memorial Cup
The 1975 Memorial Cup took place May 3–11 at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex in Kitchener, Ontario. It was the 57th annual Memorial Cup competition, organized by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) to determine the champion of major junior A ice hockey. Participating teams were the winners of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League which were the Toronto Marlboros, Sherbrooke Castors and New Westminster Bruins. Toronto won their 7th Memorial Cup, defeating New Westminster in the final game.


1975 Memorial Cup, Teams, New Westminster Bruins
The New Westminster Bruins coached by Punch McLean, represented the Western Canada Hockey League at the 1975 Memorial Cup. The Bruins finished the 1974-75 season in third place in the West Division with a 37-22-11 record, earning 85 points. New Westminster scored 319 goals during the season, which ranked them sixth in the twelve team league. The Bruins were a strong defensive club, allowing 260 goals, which was the third fewest in the WCHL. In the West Division semi-finals, the Bruins defeated the second place Medicine Hat Tigers four games to one.


1975 Memorial Cup, Teams, New Westminster Bruins
In the West Division finals, New Westminster upset the Victoria Cougars, the top team in the WCHL, four games to two to advance to the WCHL finals. In the final round, the Bruins defeated the first place team from the East Division, the Saskatoon Blades, to win the President's Cup and earn a berth into the 1975 Memorial Cup.


1975 Memorial Cup, Teams, New Westminster Bruins
Fred Berry led the Bruins in scoring, as he had 32 goals and 75 points in 69 games. Berry led New Westminster in post-season scoring as he scored 12 goals and 24 points in 18 games. Brian Shmyr scored 21 goals and 68 points in 68 games to rank second in team scoring. Seventeen year old rookie Mark Lofthouse scored a team high 36 goals, and added 28 assists for 64 points in 61 games.


1975 Memorial Cup, Teams, New Westminster Bruins
Rick Shinske was acquired by the Bruins during the season in a trade with the Calgary Centennials, as in 48 games with New Westminster, Shinske scored 20 goals and 64 points. Seventeen year old rookie Brad Maxwell emerged as the highest scoring defenseman on the team, scoring 13 goals and 60 points in 69 games. In 18 post-season games, Maxwell scored seven goals and 20 points, and became a top prospect for the 1976 NHL Entry Draft, which was still more than a year away. Gordie Laxton, a top prospect for the 1975 NHL Entry Draft, was the Bruins goaltender. In 70 games, Laxton earned a record of 35-21-11 with a 3.58 GAA and a .887 save percentage. Laxton would eventually be selected with the thirteenth overall selection by the Pittsburgh Penguins.


1975 Memorial Cup, Teams, New Westminster Bruins
The 1975 Memorial Cup was the first appearance by the Bruins in team history.


1975 Memorial Cup, Teams, Sherbrooke Castors
The Sherbrooke Castors represented the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League at the 1975 Memorial Cup. The Castors had a very strong season in 1974-75, as the club finished the year with a record of 51-14-7, earning 109 points and winning the Jean Rougeau Trophy, awarded to the club with the best regular season record. The Castors were a high scoring team, as they were second in the QMJHl with 443 goals. Sherbrooke allowed the fewest goals in the league at 269. In the QMJHL quarter-finals, the Castors swept the Hull Festivals in four games.


1975 Memorial Cup, Teams, Sherbrooke Castors
In the QMJHL semi-finals, Sherbrooke pulled off their second consecutive sweep, as they defeated the Chicoutimi Saguenéens in four games. In the President's Cup finals, the Castors faced the Laval National and defeated the club with relative ease in five games to win the championship and earn a berth at the 1975 Memorial Cup.


1975 Memorial Cup, Teams, Sherbrooke Castors
The high-powered offense of the Castors was led by Michel Brisebois, who led the club with 51 goals and 126 points in 71 games, finishing in ninth in league scoring. Jere Gillis scored 34 goals and 95 points in 54 games and became a top prospect for the 1977 NHL Entry Draft. Sid Veysey appeared in only 48 games during the season, however, he scored 37 goals and 90 points to finish third in team scoring. Claude Larose was acquired by the Castors from the Shawinigan Dynamos in a mid-season trade, scored 40 goals and 84 points in 39 games.


1975 Memorial Cup, Teams, Sherbrooke Castors
Larose led the team in post-season scoring, scoring 12 goals and 28 points in 13 games. At the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft, Larose was selected first overall by the Cincinnati Stingers. Richard Mulhern anchored the Castors defense, as he scored 26 goals and 90 points in 70 games. Mulhern was a top ranked prospect and was selected eighth overall by the Atlanta Flames in the 1975 NHL Entry Draft. Goaltender Nick Sanza won the Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy, awarded to the Goaltender with the Lowest GAA in the league. Sanza appeared in 66 games, posting a record of 45-13-7 with a 3.51 GAA and a .883 save percentage. In the post-season, he had a perfect 12-0 record with a 3.04 GAA and a .887 save percentage in 13 games.


1975 Memorial Cup, Teams, Sherbrooke Castors
The 1975 Memorial Cup was the first appearance by the Castors at the tournament in franchise history.


1975 Memorial Cup, Teams, Toronto Marlboros
The Toronto Marlboros represented the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League at the 1975 Memorial Cup. The Marlboros were the best regular season team in the OMJHL during the 1974-75 season, as they had a record of 48-13-9, earning 105 points, and winning the Hamilton Spectator Trophy as the top regular season in the league. The Marlboros were a very high-scoring team, scoring a league high 469 goals. Defensively, Toronto ranked fifth in the league as they allowed 303 goals. In the OMJHL quarter-finals, the Marlboros narrowly defeated the Kingston Canadians, winning the series four games to three with one tie.


1975 Memorial Cup, Teams, Toronto Marlboros
The Marlboros were pushed to the limit once again in the OMJHL semi-finals, as they defeated the Sudbury Wolves four games to three with one tie to advance to the finals. In the final round, Toronto was forced to the brink, narrowly defeating the Hamilton Fincups four games to three to capture the J. Ross Robertson Cup, and a berth in the 1975 Memorial Cup.


1975 Memorial Cup, Teams, Toronto Marlboros
The Marlboros offense was led by Bruce Boudreau, who won the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy as the highest scoring player in the league. Boudreau scored 68 goals and 165 points in 69 games to pace the Toronto offense. John Tonelli scored 49 goals and 135 points, which ranked him fourth in league scoring, in 70 games. Mark Napier emerged as a top prospect for the 1977 NHL Entry Draft as he scored 66 goals and 130 points in 61 games.


1975 Memorial Cup, Teams, Toronto Marlboros
Napier won the Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy as the highest scoring right winger in the OMJHL.John Anderson was another top prospect for the 1977 draft, as he scored 57 goals and 119 points in 64 games, giving Toronto four 100+ point players. John Smrke narrowly missed the 100 point plateau, as he scored 43 goals and 97 points in 61 games. Defenseman Mike McEwen led the Marlboros blue line, as he scored 18 goals and 81 points in 68 games. The Marlboros goaltending duties were split between Gary Carr and Steve Bosco.


1975 Memorial Cup, Teams, Toronto Marlboros
The 1975 Memorial Cup was the Marlboros seventh time the club played for the trophy. In their previous six attempts, Toronto won the championship. Their most recent berth was at the 1973 Memorial Cup, when the Marlboros defeated the Quebec Remparts 9-1 in the final game to capture the championship. Other years that Toronto won the Memorial Cup was in 1929, 1955, 1956, 1964 and 1967.


1975 Memorial Cup, Winning roster
John Anderson, Steve Bosco, Bruce Boudreau, Al Cameron, Gary Carr, Craig Crawford, Brian Crichton, Steve Harrison, Trevor Johansen, Bernie Johnston, Lynn Jorgenson, Mike Kaszycki, Jim Kirkpatrick, Mike Kitchen, Mike McEwen, Mark Murphy, Mark Napier, Ed Saffrey, John Smrke, Bill Wells, Ron Wilson. Coach: George Armstrong


1975 Memphis State Tigers football team
The 1975 Memphis State Tigers football team represented Memphis State University (now known as the University of Memphis) as an independent during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In its first season under head coach Richard Williamson, the team compiled an 7–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 180 to 168. The team played its home games at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee.


1975 Memphis State Tigers football team
The team's statistical leaders included Lloyd Patterson with 371 passing yards, Terdell Middleton with 586 rushing yards and 42 points scored, and Ricky Rivas with 224 receiving yards.


1975 Men's British Open Squash Championship
The 1975 Benson & Hedges British Open Championships was held at Wembley Squash Centre in London from 30 January - 7 February 1975. Qamar Zaman won the title defeating Gogi Alauddin in the final.


1975 Men's European Volleyball Championship
The 1975 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the ninth edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Skopje Kraljevo Subotica cities in Yugoslavia from October 18 to October 25, 1975, with the final round held in Belgrade.


1975 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 1975 Hockey World Cup was the third edition of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In the final, India defeated Pakistan from a goal difference of 2–1. Surjit Singh scored the first crucial goal followed with the winner from Ashok Kumar. It was the second World Cup Final appearance for both the nations; Pakistan was the winner of the inaugural World Cup in 1971, and India, the runner-up of 1973 edition. Germany defeated hosts, Malaysia, with a goal difference of 4–0 for third place.


1975 Men's Hockey World Cup, Classification round, Final
In the final match, Indian team faced its traditional archrival Pakistani team. Match was scheduled on 15 March 1975. Ashok Kumar scored the all-important winning goal to achieve India's lone triumph in the World cup.


1975 Men's Hockey World Cup, Classification round, Final
India SquadLeslie Fernandez, Ashok Diwan (shirt no. 2), Surjit Singh (4), Michael Kindo, Aslam Sher Khan (5), Varinder Singh (6), Onkar Singh, Mohinder Singh (8), Ajit Pal Singh (7 Captain), Ashok Kumar (17), B. P. Govinda (11), Harcharan Singh (15), Harjinder Singh, Victor Philips (10), Shivaji Pawar (16), BP Kaliah


1975 Men's Hockey World Cup, Classification round, Final
Pakistan SquadSaleem Sherwani (shirt no. 1), Manzoor ul Hasan Sr (2), Munawar uz Zaman (3), Salim Nazim (14), Akhtar Rasool (5), Iftikhar Ahmed (6), Islahuddin (7 Captain), Mohammad Azam (15), Manzoor ul Hasan Jr (9), Mohammad Zahid (10), Samiullah Khan (11), Safdar Abbas (16)


1975 Men's South American Volleyball Championship
The 1975 Men's South American Volleyball Championship, the 11th tournament, took place in 1975 in Asunción ( Paraguay).


1975 Mestaruussarja, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and TPS Turku won the championship.


1975 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 1st Metro Manila Film Festival, also known then as the 1975 Metropolitan Film Festival, was held on September 21, 1975, in Manila to commemorate the third anniversary of the continuation of Martial Law.


1975 Metro Manila Film Festival
The film Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na Lupa received most of the 1975 awards, winning six major awards including the Best Film and Best Actor for Joseph Estrada. Batu-Bato sa Langit and Kapitan Kulas came in second and third respectively. The feature film Araw-Araw, Gabi-Gabi won one award, Best Actress for Charito Solis.


1975 Metro Manila Film Festival
Nora Aunor's entry, NV Productions' Batu-Bato sa Langit (directed by Luciano B. Carlos), won as 3rd Best Picture. Vilma Santos, on the other hand, gave a notable performance in Roma Films' Karugtong ang Kahapon.


1975 Metro Manila Film Festival
That time, Aunor and Santos were at their peak of their careers: their lives and the movies they made were being followed closely, compared, watched, praised, and scrutinized by both fans and critics. Their storied and fierce rivalry dominated the Philippine movie industry for years. In fact, one could argue that even to this day, a Filipino movie fan is either a Noranian (Nora Aunor's fans) or a Vilmanian (Vilma Santos' fans).


1975 Miami Dolphins season
The 1975 Miami Dolphins season was the team's tenth, and sixth in the National Football League (NFL). Although they tied for the division title at 10–4 with the Baltimore Colts, the Colts won the tiebreaker in 1975 with a sweep of both games. The sole wild card in the conference was Cincinnati at 11–3, so the Dolphins missed the playoffs for the first time since 1969.


1975 Miami Dolphins season
The 1975 Dolphins were without running backs Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick and wide receiver Paul Warfield. They signed three-year contracts with the Memphis Southmen in March 1974 to play in the World Football League, beginning in 1975. The second-year league folded in the season's twelfth week, and the trio returned to the NFL in 1976 with other teams.


1975 Miami Hurricanes football team
The 1975 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. Led by first-year head coach Carl Selmer, the Hurricanes played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. Miami finished the season with a record of 2–8.


1975 Miami Redskins football team
The 1975 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their second season under head coach Dick Crum, the Redskins won the Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship, compiled an 11–1 record (6–0 against MAC opponents), outscored all opponents by a combined total of 306 to 141, defeated South Carolina, 20–7, in the Tangerine Bowl, and were ranked #12 in the final AP Poll. The team's sole loss was to Michigan State by a 14–13 score in the second game of the season.


1975 Miami Redskins football team
The team's statistical leaders included Sherman Smith with 729 passing yards and 1,002 rushing yards, Rob Carpenter with 1,142 rushing yards, and Steve Joecken with 293 receiving yards.


1975 Miami Toros indoor season
The 1975 Miami Toros indoor season was the first season of the new team in the new North American Soccer League indoor tournament. It was part of the club's ninth season in professional soccer. This year, the team finished in second place in Region 3, losing on goal-differential. They did not make the playoffs as only the top team in each of the four regions were selected.


1975 Miami Toros indoor season, Competitions, NASL indoor regular season, Region 3
*Tampa Bay wins region on goal differential, advances to semifinals


1975 Miami Toros season
The 1975 Miami Toros season was the third season of the team, and the club's ninth season in professional soccer. This year, the team finished in second place of the Eastern Division. They were a semifinalist in the North American Soccer League playoffs.


1975 Miami Toros season, Competitions, NASL regular season
W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= point system


1975 Miami Toros season, Competitions, NASL regular season
6 points for a win,1 point for a shootout win,0 points for a loss,1 point for each regulation goal scored up to three per game.


1975 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 1975 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University during the 1975 Big Ten Conference football season.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1975 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the 1975 Big Ten Conference football season. In it seventh season under head coach Bo Schembechler, Michigan compiled an 8–2–2 record (7–1 against conference opponents), outscored all opponents by a total of 324 to 130, and was ranked No. 8 in the final AP and UPI polls.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team
Michigan was ranked No. 2 in the preseason AP poll and won its opening game against Wisconsin. After playing consecutive tie games with unranked Stanford and Baylor teams, Michigan dropped to No. 12 in the AP poll. Michigan then won seven straight games, including a convincing victory over No. 5 Missouri and rivalry games against No. 15 Michigan State and a talented Minnesota squad led by quarterback Tony Dungy. In the final game of the regular season, Michigan was ranked No. 4 and lost a close game against No. 1 Ohio State. The Wolverines were invited to play in the 1976 Orange Bowl where they lost a close game against 1975 national champion Oklahoma.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team
Tailback Gordon Bell led the team in rushing (1,390 yards) and scoring (84 points) and received the team's most valuable player award. The team's other statistical leaders included quarterback Rick Leach with 680 passing yards and split end Jim Smith with 553 receiving yards. Defensive back Don Dufek was selected as a first-team All-American, and ten Michigan players received first- or second-team honors on the 1975 All-Big Ten Conference football team.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Preseason
The 1974 Michigan Wolverines football team compiled a 10–1 record and was ranked No. 3 in the final AP poll. Several key starters returned for the 1975 season, including running backs Gordon Brown (1,048 yards in 1974) and Rob Lytle (802 yards in 1974), defensive back Don Dufek, defensive end Dan Jilek, and middle guard Tim Davis.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Preseason
Key departures from the 1974 team included defensive back Dave Brown (a consensus All-American), Dennis Franklin (a three-year starter at quarterback), linebacker Steve Strinko (selected as the most valuable player on the 1974 team), center Dennis Franks, fullback Gil Chapman, and wingback Chuck Heater.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Preseason
Mark Elzinga had been groomed as Franklin's replacement at quarterback, but his performance left doubts. After preseason practice, Rick Leach, a true freshman from Flint was selected as the starting quarterback.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Preseason
Michigan's 1975 recruiting class included quarterback Leach, running backs Russell Davis and Harlan Huckleby, linebacker Jerry Meter, defensive end Tom Seabron, and linemen John Arbeznik, Jon Giesler, and Curtis Greer.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Preseason
Offensive guard Kirk Lewis and defensive back Don Dufek were selected as the team's co-captains. In the final major scrimmage of the prior to the start of the season, Lewis broke his arm and was lost for the season.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Wisconsin
On September 13, 1975, Michigan opened its season with a 23–6 victory over Wisconsin before a record-setting crowd of 79,022 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. In his first college game, quarterback Rich Leach rushed for 30 yards on eight carries and completed only two of 10 passes for 34 yards and three interceptions. Senior tailback Gordon Bell rushed for 210 yards and a touchdown on 28 carries. It was the first 200-yard game by a Michigan back since Billy Taylor in 1969. The Wolverines rushed for a total of 394 yards with Rob Lytle adding 91 yards and a touchdown. Bob Wood, appearing his first varsity game, contributed 11 points on three field goals and two extra point kicks.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Wisconsin
Michigan's defense, led by linebacker Calvin O'Neal and middle guard Tim Davis, held Wisconsin to 98 rushing yards and 38 passing yards. Wisconsin's two field goals followed Michigan turnovers – a fumble by Bell at Michigan's 32-yard line in the first quarter and an interception in the second quarter that gave Wisconsin the ball at Michigan's 27-yard line. Wisconsin's star back Billy Marek was held to 58 yards on 21 carries. After the game, Wisconsin assistant coach Chuck McBride called it the most disappointing loss in his six years at Wisconsin and concluded that "Michigan's defense intimidated our offense." Head coach John Jardine credited Michigan's defensive front: "They whipped us up front pretty good. We were just blown off."


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Stanford
On September 20, 1975, Michigan and Stanford played to a 19–19 tie before a crowd of 92,304 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Stanford
Stanford took a 6–0 lead in the first quarter on a 25-yard touchdown pass from Mike Cordova to Tony Hill, but missed the extra point. At the end of the second quarter, Rick Leach threw a 48-yard bomb to Jim Smith to give Michigan a 7–6 lead at halftime. Michigan's Bob Wood kicked two field goals in the third quarter to extend the lead to 13–6.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Stanford
In the fourth quarter, Stanford tied the game at 13–13 on a four-yard touchdown pass from Cordova to Todd Anderson. From that point, the teams traded four field goals. Wood kicked a 32-yarder to put Michigan ahead, 16-13 with 5:51 remaining, and Stanford's Mike Langford tied the game again with 3:41 remaining. Wood kicked what appeared to be a game-winning 42-yarder with 1:36 remaining in the game, but Stanford drove 55 yards in the final minute-and-a-half, and Langford kicked a 33-yard field goal to tie the game with nine seconds remaining.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Stanford
Michigan gained 467 yards of total offense. In his second game, Rick Leach rushed for 58 yards and completed six of 17 passes for 145 yards and an interception. Rob Lytle rushed for 113 yards, and Gordon Bell added 64 yards.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Baylor
On September 27, 1975, Michigan and defending Southwestern Conference champion Baylor played to a 14-14 tie before a crowd of 104,248 at Michigan Stadium. Michigan drove down the field for a touchdown on its first possession of the game, but was unable to score again until the fourth quarter. Gordon Bell scored both of Michigan's touchdowns. Baylor's Bubba Hicks missed a 39-yard field goal with six seconds remaining in the game. Baylor out-gained Michigan by 338 yards to 219.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Missouri
On October 4, 1975, Michigan defeated Missouri, 31–7, at Michigan Stadium. Michigan was ranked No. 12 by the AP prior to the game, and Missouri No. 5. The game attracted 104,578, the third largest crowd in Michigan Stadium history. The victory was the 100th in Bo Schembechler's head coaching career.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Missouri
Michigan rushed for 372 yards, including 119 yards from Gordon Bell, 97 yards and a touchdown from Rick Leach, 68 yards and two touchdowns from Rob Lytle, and 45 yards and a touchdown from Harlan Huckleby. The defense held Missouri to 253 total yards and recovered three Missouri fumbles. Middle guard Tim Davis was selected by both the Associated Press and United Press International as the Big Ten player of the week for his performance against Missouri, which included nine solo tackles.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
On October 11, 1975, Michigan, ranked No. 8 by the AP, defeated No. 15 Michigan State, 16–6, in a nationally-televised game played before a crowd of 79,776 at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
In the first three quarters, the scoring was limited to field goals, two by Michigan's Bob Wood and two by the Spartans' Danish kicker, Hans Nielsen. Both of the Spartans' field goals were set up by Michigan turnovers – a fumble by Gordon Bell at Michigan's 27-yard line in the first quarter and a fumbled punt by Dwight Hicks in the third quarter.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
At the end of the third quarter, Jim Smith fielded a punt at midfield and returned it to the Michigan State 39-yard line. On fourth-and-one, Rick Leach freed himself from a tackler behind the line of scrimmage and converted the first down. Two plays later, Gordon Bell put the Wolverines ahead with a 19-yard touchdown run. Wood later added his third field goal.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
Rob Lytle led the Wolverines for 111 yards on 20 carries, and Bell totaled 105 yards on 19 carries. Rick Leach completed two of six passes for 38 yards and was intercepted once. Michigan State fumbled five times, Michigan recovering three.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
On October 18, 1967, Michigan defeated Northwestern, 69-0, before a crowd of 86,201 at Michigan Stadium. It was Northwestern's worst loss since 1899, and Michigan had not achieved a greater margin of victory since its 85-0 victory over Chicago in 1939. Northwestern, coached by Bo Schembechler's college roommate John Pont, came into the game with a 3-2 record, having defeated Indiana the prior week by a 30-0 score.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
Michigan tied a Big Ten record with 573 rushing yards as three separate backs had 100-yard games. First-string tailback Gordon Bell, who did not play after the first quarter, gained 100 yards on 14 carries and scored two touchdowns. Second-string tailback Rob Lytle, who did not play after halftime, gained 105 yards on eight carries and scored two touchdowns. Third-string tailback Harlan Huckleby added 157 yards on 18 carries and also scored two touchdowns.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
The defense held Northwestern to 115 total yards, had five turnovers (four fumble recoveries and an interception), and scored twice – first on a 23-yard interception return by linebacker Dave Devich and later, with less than a minute remaining in the game, freshman defensive end Tom Seabron ripped the ball from the hands of Northwestern's backup quarterback and returned it 40 yards. Northwestern's starting quarterback Randy Dean came into the game as the conference leader in total offense, but ended up with minus two rushing yards and completed only two of 11 passes for 24 yards.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Indiana
On October 25, 1975, Michigan defeated Lee Corso's Indiana Hoosiers, 55–7, before a homecoming crowd of 93,857 at Michigan Stadium. Michigan outgained Indiana, 576 yards to 145 yards. Rob Lytle rushed for 147 yards and four touchdowns on 22 carries, and Gordon Bell added 117 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries. Jim Smith also had 77-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Rick Leach rushed for 52 yards and completed three of six passes for 42 yards. Russell Davis also scored two touchdowns. The Wolverines gave up no turnovers.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
On November 1, 1975, Michigan defeated Minnesota, 28–21, before a crowd of 33,191 at Memorial Stadium in Minneapolis. With the victory, the Little Brown Jug remained with the Wolverines for the eighth consecutive year.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
Minnesota quarterback Tony Dungy, raised in Jackson, Michigan, completed 17 of 31 passes for 198 yards, including a 16-yard touchdown pass to Bobby Holmes that tied the score at 21-21 in the third quarter. With two touchdown passes in the game, Dungy broke Minnesota's school record with 10 touchdown passes during the 1975 season. Minnesota's 21 points were the most scored against a Michigan team since 1969.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
Michigan rushed for 345 yards, as tailback Gordon Bell led the way with 172 rushing yards, pushing over 1,000 yards for the second consecutive year. Bell also scored two touchdowns, including the game-winner on a 23-yard run with 6:56 remaining in the game. The drive that led to Bell's second touchdown began when Dwight Hicks returned a punt 21 yards to Minnesota's 38-yard line. Rob Lytle added 80 yards and one touchdown.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
Michigan was penalized in the game for roughing the punter, fair catch interference, and multiple instances of pass interference, including a penalty called against Dwight Hicks that negated his goal-line interception and led to Minnesota's first touchdown. In addition, split end Jim Smith was ejected from the game for fighting with free safety Doug Beaudoin. After the game, Bo Schembechler criticized the officiating: "There was incompetence all around us today, and I don't mean either my ball club or the Minnesota team. I don't care if you are from Minnesota or not, what went on today was unbelievable officiating."


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Purdue
On November 9, 1975, Michigan defeated Purdue, 28–0, before a crowd of 102,415 at Michigan Stadium. The Wolverines out-gained the Boilermakers by a total of 501 yards to 288 yards. Rick Leach rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown and completed six of nine passes for 218 yards and a touchdown. Gordon Bell added 94 rushing yards and Rob Lytle another 80 yards. Linebacker Calvin O'Neal was selected by the Associated Press as the Big Ten defensive player of the week for his performance against Purdue which included eight solo tackles and six assists.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Purdue
The victory over Purdue began Michigan's streak, which has now run for more than 44 years, in which 100,000 or more fans have attended every Michigan football game at Michigan Stadium.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
On November 15, 1975, Michigan defeated Illinois, 21–15, before a crowd of 45,077 at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
In the first quarter, Illinois fullback Steve Greene fumbled at the Illinois 30-yard line, and Michigan's Don Dufek recovered the loose ball. Two runs by Gordon Bell advanced the ball to the two-yard line, and Bell then scored on a two-yard run. Bob Wood's kick for extra point failed, and Michigan led, 6-0. On their next possession, the Wolverines drove 52 yards in 12 plays and scored on another short run by bell. Rob Lytle ran for a two-point conversion, and Michigan led, 14-0.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
In the second quarter, Michigan twice turned the ball over in Illinois territory, once at the 33-yard line and then by Bell at the 13-yard line.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
In the third quarter, Dwight Hicks intercepted a halfback pass at Michigan's 32-yard line and returned it 22 yards to the Illinois 46-yard line. From there, the Wolverines drove 46 yards for their third touchdown, with Rick Leach scoring on a one-yard run.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
In the fourth quarter, Lytle fumbled at the Illinois 43-yard line, and Illini quarterback Kurt Steger threw passes of 23 yards to Fuzzie Johnson, nine yards to Jeff Chrystal, and then a five-yard touchdown pass to Johnson. Illinois scored again on a short run by Jim "Chubby" Phillips and passed for a two-point conversion with 1:19 remaining. Illinois then attempted an onside kick, but Michigan tight end Mark Schmerge grabbed the ball to secure the victory.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
Michigan fumbled six times, losing it four times. Coach Schembechler described the fumbles as "the story of the game", adding: "There's never an excuse for a fumble. Never. Unless of course, someone has a heart attack running down the field. Otherwise, there's never an excuse. Those were my best men who dropped those balls." Gordon Bell rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries. Dwight Hicks had two interceptions, and Dan Jilek had another.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
On November 22, 1975, Michigan, ranked No. 4 by the AP, lost to No. 1 Ohio State, 21–14, at Michigan Stadium. The crowd of 105,543 established a new NCAA attendance record. The loss ended Michigan's 41-game unbeaten streak at home.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
In the first quarter, Ohio State took a 7–0 lead on a 63-yard, 15-play drive ending with a seven-yard touchdown pass from Cornelius Greene to Pete Johnson. At the end of the second quarter, Michigan drove 80 yards in 11 plays, including a 30-yard pass from Rick Leach to Keith Johnson. Then, with 24 seconds remaining in the half, tailback Gordon Bell threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Jim Smith. The game was tied, 7–7, at halftime.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
Michigan did not allow Ohio State to convert a first down in the third and fourth quarters. In the fourth quarter, Michigan drove 43 yards in 10 plays, and  Leach ran one yard for a touchdown. Michigan led, 14–7, with 7:11 remaining. After Leach's touchdown, Ohio State rallied, driving 80 yards in 11 plays with Pete Johnson scoring on fourth-and-one to tie the score with 3:18 remaining. On Michigan's ensuing possession, Ohio State safety Ray Griffin intercepted a Leach pass at the Michigan 32-yard line and returned it to the three-yard line with 2:23 remaining. Pete Johnson scored on the next play, and Ohio had a 21-14 lead. On Michigan's final possession, Leach was again intercepted with a minute-and-a-half remaining in the game.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
On defense, Michigan held Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin to 46 yards on 19 carries – ending Griffin's NCAA record 31-game streak of 100-yard games. Ohio State coach Woody Hayes said afterward: "This is the best Arch has ever been defended. They played up front tight as hell, but it opened some things up for the pass." Ohio State quarterback Cornelius Greene completed seven of 16 passes for 84 yards, a touchdown, and two interceptions. Pete Johnson rushed for 52 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
Michigan out-gained the Buckeyes by 361 yards to 212 yards. Rick Leach completed seven of 20 passes for 102 yards and three interceptions (two of them in the final two-and-a-half minutes). Tailback Gordon Bell rushed for 124 yards on 21 carries, and fullback Rob Lytle contributed 104 yards on 18 carries.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Orange Bowl
On January 1, 1976, Michigan lost to Oklahoma, 14–6, before a crowd of 80,307 in the 1976 Orange Bowl game at the Miami Orange Bowl. It was Michigan's first appearance in a bowl game since the 1972 Rose Bowl.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Orange Bowl
Oklahoma went ahead 7–0 in the second quarter on a 39-yard end around by Billy Brooks. The Sooners extended their lead to 14–0 in the fourth quarter on a 10-yard touchdown run by Steve Davis. Later in the fourth quarter, Oklahoma fumbled, and Michigan linebacker Dave Devich recovered the loose ball at Oklahoma's two-yard line. From there, Gordon Bell then ran for a touchdown, but Michigan's attempt at a two-point conversion failed.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Orange Bowl
Oklahoma out-gained Michigan by 345 yards to 202 yards. Michigan had difficulty moving the ball against an Oklahoma defense led by Lee Roy Selmon, Dewey Selmon, and Jimbo Elrod. In the second quarter, Rick Leach took a shot to the head from Oklahoma defensive back Jerry Anderson. Leach was "knocked dizzy" and did not return to the game until the fourth quarter. Coach Schembechler argued for a penalty, but none was called, and Anderson defended the hit: "I just clotheslined him real good. . . . I didn't think it was no cheap shot. It was what you call a kayo."


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Orange Bowl
Leach ended up with 62 rushing yards on 13 carries, but completed only two of 16 passes for 33 yards and threw two interceptions. Michigan did not complete a pass until the final minute of the game. Gordon Bell was held to 53 yards on 18 carries, and Rob Lytle gained only 32 yards on 10 carries.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Orange Bowl
For Oklahoma, quarterback Steve Davis completed three of five passes for 63 yards, Joe Washington rushed for 73 yards on 17 carries, and Tinker Owens caught three passes for 63 yards.


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Award season
When the 1975 All-America team selections were announced, four Michigan players were recognized:


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Award season
In addition, ten Michigan players received first- or second-team honors from the AP or UPI on the 1975 All-Big Ten Conference football team: defensive back Don Dufek (AP-1, UPI-1); nose guard Tim Davis (AP-1, UPI-1); running back Gordon Bell (AP-1, UPI-1); wide receiver Jim Davis (AP-1, UPI-1); defensive end Dan Jilek (AP-1, UPI-1);  linebacker Calvin O'Neal (AP-2, UPI-1); defensive tackle Greg Morton (AP-2, UPI-1);  center Jim Czirr (UPI-1); offensive guard Mark Donahue (UPI-2); and defensive back Jim Pickens (UPI-2).


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Award season
On November 25, 1975, Michigan's players selected Gordon Bell as the team's most valuable player. Bell led the team in rushing with 1,390 yards and in scoring with 84 points on 14 touchdowns. Other team awards were presented as follows:


1975 Michigan Wolverines football team, Personnel, Professional football
The following players were drafted in the 1976 NFL Draft.


1975 Milan–San Remo
The 1975 Milan–San Remo was the 66th edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 19 March 1975. The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team.


1975 Milwaukee Brewers season
The 1975 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.


1975 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1975 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1975 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1975 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1975 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1975 Milwaukee Brewers season, Farm system
The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1975. The Newark Co-Pilots won the New York–Penn League championship.


1975 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 1975 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1975 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth year under head coach Cal Stoll, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–5 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 236 to 192.


1975 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Quarterback Tony Dungy received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Dungy and safety Doug Beaudoin were named All-Big Ten second team. Dungy was also named Academic All-Big Ten.


1975 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Total attendance for the season was 220,081, which averaged to 31,440. The season high for attendance was against Michigan State.


1975 Minnesota Twins season
The 1975 Minnesota Twins finished 76–83, fourth in the American League West.


1975 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
Having released Harmon Killebrew during the off-season, owner Calvin Griffith devised "Harmon Killebrew Day" as a promotion for the slugger's return with his new club, the Kansas City Royals. On Sunday, May 4, DH Killebrew greeted the crowd of just 14,805 with a first-inning home run. In the fifth inning, Minnesota pitcher Jim Hughes hit Harmon with a pitch.


1975 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
Only one Twins player made the All-Star Game, second baseman Rod Carew. Only 737,156 fans attended Twins games, the lowest total in the American League.


1975 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
On August 22, Dave McKay debuted in the majors as the starting third baseman for the Twins. In his first at bat leading off the third inning, he homered off Detroit's Vern Ruhle. Only one other Twin had homered in his first at bat – Rick Renick in 1968. The duo will be joined in history by Gary Gaetti (1981), Andre David (1984) and Eddie Rosario (2015), who homers on the first major-league pitch thrown to him.


1975 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
Carew won his fifth AL batting title with a .359 average. Three pitchers had double digit wins: Jim Hughes (16–14), Bert Blyleven (15–10), and Dave Goltz (14–14).


1975 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1975 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1975 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1975 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1975 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1975 Minnesota Vikings season
The 1975 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 15th in the National Football League.


1975 Minnesota Vikings season
The Vikings began with a 10-game win streak before losing by one point to the Washington Redskins, though there was generally very little expectation they would equal the 1972 Dolphins' perfect season. The 1975 Vikings had an even easier schedule than the often-criticized one of the unbeaten Dolphin team, with their 14 opponents having a weighted average winning percentage of .332, only two (like the Dolphins) finishing with winning records and nine being 4–10 or worse. Football journalists noted during their streak how the Vikings had been playing very weak schedules for several years and flattered thereby. Their 10–0 start was not subsequently equaled until the 1984 Miami Dolphins began 11–0. According to Pro-Football-Reference.com, only the Super Bowl-winning 1999 Rams have since had a weaker schedule than the 1975 Vikings, playing only one opponent with a winning record during the regular season.


1975 Minnesota Vikings season
They sealed their third straight NFC Central title on Thanksgiving Day in this same week when the Detroit Lions lost to the Los Angeles Rams.


1975 Minnesota Vikings season
The Vikings finished with a record of 12 wins and two losses, before losing to the Dallas Cowboys, 17–14 in the NFC Divisional Playoff Game at home due to a play known as the "Hail Mary". Earlier in the season, the New York Jets made their first appearance in Minnesota in a much-anticipated match between Super Bowl quarterbacks Fran Tarkenton and Joe Namath, in what was the first regular season game sold out during the summer.


1975 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
The 1975 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The Bulldogs finished 6–4–1 on the field. However, the NCAA later forced them to forfeit 4 of the wins and the tie due to having played an ineligible player.


1975 Mississippi gubernatorial election
The 1975 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1975, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat Bill Waller was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a second term. As of 2021, this is the last time Washington County voted for the Republican candidate.


1975 Mississippi gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
No candidate received a majority in the Democratic primary, which featured 6 contenders, so a runoff was held between the top two candidates. The runoff election was won by former state representative Cliff Finch, who defeated Lieutenant Governor William Winter.


1975 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
During the campaign, Finch forged a coalition of African American and working class white voters in a populist-style gubernatorial campaign, adopted the campaign slogan "The working man's friend". This campaign tactic proved popular as Finch was elected over Republican nominee Gil Carmichael and the African American independent candidate Henry Kirksey. Carmichael did, however, draw 45 percent of the vote, an exceptionally high figure for a statewide Republican candidate at that time.


1975 Missouri Tigers football team
The 1975 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The team compiled a 6–5 record (3–4 against Big 8 opponents), finished in a tie for fifth place in the Big 8, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 282 to 241. Al Onofrio was the head coach for the fifth of seven seasons. The team played its home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri.


1975 Missouri Tigers football team
The team's statistical leaders included running back Tony Galbreath with 777 rushing yards, quarterback Steve Pisarkiewicz with 1,792 passing yards and 1,732 yards of total offense, wide receiver Henry Marshall with 945 receiving yards, and placekicker Tim Gibbons with 72 points scored.


1975 Molde FK season
The 1975 season was Molde's 2nd consecutive year in the top flight, and their 4th season in total in the top flight of Norwegian football.


1975 Molde FK season
This season, Molde debuted in European competitions. The team qualified for the 1975–76 UEFA Cup through their second-place finish in the 1974 1. divisjon and made their debut in UEFA competitions this season. The first European game was played against Swedish team Öster at home at Molde Stadion on 17 September 1975. Molde won the game 1–0.


1975 Molde FK season, Squad
Source:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1975 Molise regional election
The Molise regional election of 1975 took place on 15 June 1975.


1975 Molise regional election, Events
Christian Democracy was by far the largest party, gaining almost than three times the share of vote of the Italian Communist Party, which came distantly second.


1975 Molise regional election, Events
After the election he was elected President of the Region: the Christian Democrat Florindo D'Aimmo.


1975 Monaco Grand Prix
The 1975 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held in Monaco on 11 May 1975. It was race 5 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 33rd Monaco Grand Prix since the race was first held in 1929. It was held over 75 of the scheduled 78 laps of the three kilometre street circuit, for a race distance of 245 kilometres.


1975 Monaco Grand Prix
The race was won by Austrian driver Niki Lauda giving the new Ferrari 312T its first win. The win broke a 20-year drought at Monaco for Ferrari. Lauda dominated the race, only losing the lead during a pitstop. He won by two seconds over the McLaren M23 of Emerson Fittipaldi. Carlos Pace finished third in his Brabham BT44B. This was also both the 179th and final Grand Prix for 1962 and 1968 World Champion Graham Hill, although he failed to qualify after 176 race starts.


1975 Monaco Grand Prix, Race summary
The future of Grand Prix racing was under scrutiny following the disastrous Spanish Grand Prix held two weeks prior. Actions had to be taken quickly: extra guard rails and catch fences were erected, kerbing resited and the chicane was modified. New measures were introduced: the grid was staggered and in addition would be restricted to just 18 cars. This last change affected Graham Hill's chance to qualify: the five-time Monaco winner had all sorts of practice problems and failed to qualify by 0.377 seconds. John Watson and Clay Regazzoni collided in practice, whilst the Surtees team was ordered to remove pro-Europe political stickers from its cars.


1975 Monaco Grand Prix, Race summary
Niki Lauda, in a Ferrari, claimed pole position, but sensationally sharing the front row was Tom Pryce, driving a Shadow, who just 12 months earlier had been deemed 'too inexperienced' to compete. Jean-Pierre Jarier and Ronnie Peterson filled the second row.


1975 Monaco Grand Prix, Race summary
The race began under rain conditions, so everyone went for wet tyres. Lauda was fastest at the start, while Pryce had a slow start and was passed by Jarier and Peterson; the Frenchman soon attempted to pass Lauda in an ill-advised overtaking manoeuvre, and hit the barriers at the Mirabeau; his car was damaged in the collision and handled badly, which caused him to hit the wall again at the Tabac corner and then retire. Peterson went into the second place with Vittorio Brambilla third, until Pryce hit the Italian's wheel. Regazzoni stopped to change a tyre and the nosecone of his car, and James Hunt stopped to change onto slick tyres, anticipating a drying of the track surface. However, his team's slow pit work cost him a substantial amount of time.


1975 Monaco Grand Prix, Race summary
Ronnie Peterson's victory chances were damaged at his pit stop when a wheel nut was lost under the car. Tom Pryce came in to replace a broken nosecone, and by that time Niki Lauda led by 15 seconds from Emerson Fittipaldi and Carlos Pace.


1975 Monaco Grand Prix, Race summary
Many accidents happened during the race: Jochen Mass and James Hunt tangled at Mirabeau, and Patrick Depailler got embroiled in their accident; Clay Regazzoni hit the chicane and suffered damage; John Watson spun and stalled the engine of his car; Pryce hit the barrier and had to retire; Mario Andretti entered the pits with his car on fire; Mark Donohue hit the barrier, whilst Alan Jones broke a wheel.


1975 Monaco Grand Prix, Race summary
In the last laps Lauda's oil pressure was fading and Fittipaldi was closing. With three laps left the gap was 2.75 seconds; however, the two-hour time limit was reached and the race was stopped, with Lauda winning. Ferrari had won their first Monaco Grand Prix in 20 years; the tragedy of the Spanish Grand Prix receded and the championship race was back on. Fittipaldi's second position strengthened his narrow points lead over early season points leader Pace.


1975 Monegasque municipal elections
The 1975 Monegasque municipal elections were held on 16 February to elect the 15 members of the Communal Council of Monaco.


1975 Monegasque municipal elections, Electoral system
The 15 councillors were elected for a four-year period in a single multi-member constituency using plurality-at-large voting with a two-round system. A majority of the votes was required to be elected. The second round would have been held one week after the first round. The Mayor of Monaco was elected by the councillors after the election. Candidates were required to be at least 21 years old and to have the Monegasque nationality for at least 5 years.


1975 Mongolian National Championship
The 1975 Mongolian National Championship was the twelfth recorded edition of the Mongolian National Championship for football, with the first tournament taking place in 1955 and no tournament held in 1965. It would appear however that championships were contested between 1956 and 1963, as sources note that a team called Aldar, the Mongolian Army Sports Club, won the title on numerous occasions during that time. Nonetheless, the 1975 national championship was won by Tengeriin Bugnuud, a team from Bat-Ölzii, a sum (district) of Övörkhangai Province in southern Mongolia, their fifth title following their first victory in the 1967 championship.


1975 Montana Grizzlies football team
The 1975 Montana Grizzlies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Montana in the Big Sky Conference during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. In their ninth year under head coach Jack Swarthout, the team compiled a 6–4 record.


1975 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 1975 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. In their fifth season under head coach Sonny Holland, the Bobcats compiled a 5–5 record (4–2 against Big Sky opponents) and tied for second place in the Big Sky.


1975 Montana State Bobcats football team
Tailback Steve Kracher became the second player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons.


1975 Monte Carlo Rally
The 1975 Monte Carlo Rally was the 43rd Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo. It was won by Sandro Munari.


1975 Monte Carlo WCT
The 1975 Monte Carlo WCT, also known by its sponsored name Marlboro Classic, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France. The tournament was part of the Green Group of the 1975 World Championship Tennis circuit. It was the 70th edition of the event and was held from 23 March through 30 March 1975. Manuel Orantes won the singles title.


1975 Monte Carlo WCT, Finals, Doubles
Bob Hewitt /  Frew McMillan defeated  Arthur Ashe /  Tom Okker 6–3, 6–2


1975 Monte Chingolo attack
On 23 December 1975, in what would be its last significant military action, the People's Revolutionary Army (ERP), an Argentine Marxist–Leninist guerrilla, launched an assault on the 601st Arsenal Battalion, the largest in the country, in the city of Monte Chingolo, 14 km from Buenos Aires. The attack was aimed at capturing 13 tons of weaponry: 900 FN FAL rifles with 60,000 magazines, 100 M16 rifles with 100,000 magazines, six 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons, fifteen recoilless guns, 150 submachine guns and Ithaca M37 shotguns. The assault had been planned since August 1975, and the attackers gained access to the compound with the help of an infiltrated guerrilla posing as a soldier.


1975 Monte Chingolo attack, Background
Unbeknownst to the ERP, Rafael Jesús de Ranier, a former member of the Peronist Armed Forces left-wing group who had defected during the early stages of Operativo Independencia and turned spy for the military, had been providing valuable intelligence data to the Army throughout 1975. The commander of the ERP's logistic section, Juan Eliseo Ledesma, was kidnapped on 7 December and was followed by his deputy Elías Abdón on 11 December.


1975 Monte Chingolo attack, Background
Based on information extracted under torture from Abdón, the military learned that a major attack was to take place somewhere in the Greater Buenos Aires, correctly calculating that, in dire need of weaponry, the ERP would target an arsenal depot, with Monte Chingolo being the most obvious option. Santucho, however, refused to cancel the operation and his forces, having lost the surprise factor, were promptly defeated by a well-prepared Argentine Army.


1975 Monte Chingolo attack, Assault
At 19:00, the José de San Martín Urban Battalion, reinforced by 30 to 40 Communist fighters newly arrived from Tucumán province, began the operation by blocking the nine bridges that connect the city of Buenos Aires proper with the its conurbation area. The Quilmes, Avellaneda and Lomas de Zamora police brigades came under ERP hostility, as did the 7th Infantry Regiment in La Plata and the 601st Communications Battalion at City Bell.


1975 Monte Chingolo attack, Assault
Fierce fighting took place in a number of these spots, such as Pasco Avenue and La Noria bridge, where it was reported that around 30 ERP snipers fired upon the local police station. A poorly armed ERP squad crowded several cars on a bridge over the Matanza River and spilled diesel fuel from a tanker truck, setting it on fire. Elsewhere, 15 city buses were set on fire in order to stave off the arrival of Army reinforcements. At 19:15, a column of trucks and APCs from the 3rd Infantry Regiment managed to break through and drove towards Lanús without finding any resistance.


1975 Monte Chingolo attack, Assault
At 19:45, a force of 70 fighters under the command of Abigail Attademo (captain Miguel) entered the military base. Thirty-five of them formed an initial spearhead after crashing a truck against the main gate. Other guerrillas entered through other points of access. They were immediately mowed down by heavy fire coming from a FN MAG machine gun placed in the guard post, becoming the first casualties of the night. At 21:00, a second wave of fighters successfully broke into the compound.


1975 Monte Chingolo attack, Assault
The military laid a counter-siege around the battalion, rendering the ERP's containment groups on the surrounding bridges useless and nullifying the surprise factor. The base and neighboring shantytown became a whirlwind of gunfire and explosions, with helicopter gunships using reflectors to illuminate the area. A reporter compared the fighting with that of the Vietnam War. The Army raided entire neighborhoods hunting for surviving ERP fighters. At 01:00 on 24 December, Urteaga lost contact with most of the Communist platoons still inside the Arsenal Battalion and fighting died out shortly afterwards.


1975 Monte Chingolo attack, Assault
At 03:30, seven hours after the start of the assault and once it had already been repelled, a military scribe recorded that "Captain Lazzarano left with five vehicles to transport detainees under the custody of Lieutenant Silvani's fraction" and that they returned half an hour later.


1975 Monte Chingolo attack, Assault, Casualties and extrajudicial killings
The ERP lost over 90 of its fighters. Of the 62 that were killed in action, nine could not be identified due to them being only known by their nom de guerre. A number of them (30 according to Daniel De Santis) were taken prisoner and later summarily executed. At least 25 wounded were successfully evacuated by their comrades. On the other hand, between seven and ten soldiers and policemen were killed and 34 wounded.


1975 Monte Chingolo attack, Assault, Casualties and extrajudicial killings
General Oscar Gallino acknowledged in 1991 that an undisclosed number of fighters were detained and handed over to Army intelligence units.


1975 Montreal Expos season
The 1975 Montreal Expos season was the seventh season in the history of the franchise. The Expos finished in last place in the National League East with a record of 75–87, 17½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.


1975 Montreal Expos season, Spring training
The Expos held spring training at City Island Ball Park in Daytona Beach, Florida. It was their third season there.


1975 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases


1975 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases


1975 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1975 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1975 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1975 Montserrat Championship
The 1975 season of the Montserrat Championship was the second season of top flight association football competition in Montserrat. Having won the cup final, known as the Barclays Knockout Trophy for sponsorship reasons, the previous season, Bata Falcons won the championship.


1975 Morris earthquake
The 1975 Morris earthquake occurred in western Minnesota on July 9 at 14:54:15 UTC, or 9:54 a.m. The strongest instrumentally recorded rupture in the history of the state, it registered at magnitude 4.6 Mn and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). It was the first earthquake to be recorded on any seismic instrument in the state since 1917. Tremors were felt over much of Minnesota, northern Iowa, and the eastern Dakotas.


1975 Morris earthquake, Setting
Minnesota is not a very tectonically active state; however, there is at least one fault zone in it, the Great Lakes Tectonic Zone, stretching from Big Stone County and Traverse County to Duluth. Seventeen earthquakes have occurred along the fault, the two largest being the Morris quake and the Staples event of 1917. However, plotting of the earthquakes suggests that there may be another hidden fault in the state somewhat adjacent to it.


1975 Morris earthquake, Damage
The earthquake caused moderate damage, and was defined as intensity VI on the Mercalli intensity scale. Minor damage to walls and basement foundations was reported around the epicenter in Stevens County. Damage consisted of cracked plaster, falling items and pictures being knocked off walls. The quake also cracked the foundations of two homes on East Fifth Street in Morris. Many reports included extremely loud "bangs" and "explosions". These sounds lead to one man thinking that a nearby gas plant had exploded. If the earthquake had occurred elsewhere, however, it may have caused a larger amount of damage.


1975 Mr. Olympia
The 1975 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition held November 4–11, 1975 in Pretoria, South Africa. It was the 11th Mr. Olympia competition and the feature event of the 1975 IFBB International Congress.


1975 Mr. Olympia
The event was filmed for the 1977 docudrama Pumping Iron which featured the rivalry between competitors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno as they trained for the contest. Although not released until two years after the event, the success of the film made Arnold Schwarzenegger an international celebrity, contributed to his success as Hollywood actor, and helped establish bodybuilding as a professional sport.


1975 Munich WCT
The 1975 Munich WCT was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Munich, West Germany. The tournament was part of Green Group of the 1975 World Championship Tennis circuit. It was the third edition of the event and was held from 10 March through 16 March 1975. First-seeded Arthur Ashe won the singles title.


1975 Munich WCT, Finals, Doubles
Bob Hewitt /  Frew McMillan defeated  Corrado Barazzutti /  Antonio Zugarelli 6–3, 6–4


1975 Music City USA 420
The 1975 Music City USA 420 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 10, 1975, at Nashville Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee.


1975 Music City USA 420, Background
Nashville Speedway was converted to a half-mile paved oval in 1957, when it began to be a NASCAR series track. The speedway was lengthened between the 1969 and 1970 seasons. The corners were cut down from 35 degrees to their present 18 degrees in 1972.


1975 Music City USA 420, Race report
There were 28 American-born drivers in the entire racing grid; Buddy Arrington received credit for the last-place finish after his car overheated on the second lap. There were 420 laps in this race. They were completed in more than two and a half hours with Darrell Waltrip defeating Benny Parsons by at least two laps in front of an audience of 20000 people.


1975 Music City USA 420, Race report
Waltrip earned the pole position in qualifying for his fast qualifying run of 103.793 miles per hour (167.039 km/h); driving a 1975 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna in that event. Only one caution flag was given out for a period of eight laps; two changes in the first-place position were made between Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip.


1975 Music City USA 420, Race report
Notable crew chiefs who attended the race were Tim Brewer, Travis Carter, Harry Hyde, Dale Inman, and Jake Elder.


1975 Music City USA 420, Race report
Richard Petty would retain his championship points lead over Dave Marcis by 225 points. He had won five races and earned two pole positions prior to qualifying this event.


1975 Music City USA 420, Race report
Frank Warren was the lowest finishing driver to actually finish the race; being 47 laps behind Waltrip. Attrition took its toll again as only twelve cars were running at the end. Other notable drivers who raced included J.D. McDuffie, Richard Childress, Elmo Langley and Coo Coo Marlin. Monetary awards given out to this race ranged from $6,500 for Waltrip ($30,884.04 when adjusted for inflation) to $305 for last-place finisher Arrington ($1,449.17 when adjusted for inflation). Engine problems and overheating issues would cause many of the qualifying drivers not to finish the race.


1975 Music City USA 420, Finishing order
† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased * Driver failed to finish race


1975 NAIA Division I football season
The 1975 NAIA Division I football season was the 20th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the sixth season of play of the top division of the NAIA's two-division structure for football.


1975 NAIA Division I football season
The season was played from August to November 1975 and culminated in the 1975 NAIA Division I Champion Bowl, played on December 13, 1975 on the campus of Texas A&I University in Kingsville, Texas. Texas A&I defeated Salem in the Champion Bowl, 37–0, to win their fourth, and second consecutive, NAIA national title.


1975 NAIA Division II football season
The 1975 NAIA Division II football season was the 20th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA and the sixth season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.


1975 NAIA Division II football season
The season was played from August to November 1975 and culminated in the 1975 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played on the campus of California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California.


1975 NAIA Division II football season
Texas Lutheran defeated Cal Lutheran in the championship game, 34–8, to win their second consecutive NAIA national title.


1975 NAIA Ice Hockey Championship
The 1975 NAIA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination bracket to determine the national champion of men's NAIA college ice hockey. The 1975 tournament was the eighth men's ice hockey tournament to be sponsored by the NAIA. The tournament began on March 1, 1975, and ended with the championship game on March 3.


1975 NAIA Ice Hockey Championship
With the growing number of NAIA hockey teams, the tournament field was again expanded from six to eight teams. Gustavus Adolphus attended the tournament for the eighth straight year. Augsburg, Lakehead, St Thomas, and Wisconsin-Superior made the tournament for the third time and initial appearances by St. Scholastica, Wisconsin–River Falls, and Wisconsin–Stout. Just three two seasons after St. Scholastica added men's hockey as the college's first varsity sport, the Saints reached the NAIA Hockey Championship with their first 20-win regular season. The Saints blew open the tournament with a 9–0 win over Wisconsin-Stout before defeating Augsburg 5–4 in the semifinal round. The Saints defeated Gustavus Adolphus with a 7–1 victory to earn the school's first NAIA national championship.


1975 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1975 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 38th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. This would be the first tournament played in Kemper Arena.


1975 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament, 1975 NAIA bracket, 3rd place game
The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988. This particular Consolation Game between Alcorn State and St. Mary's was  rematch of a 1974 Semifinal game (Alcorn State won both games).


1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1975 NASCAR Grand National Winston Cup Series was the 27th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 4th season in the modern era of the NASCAR Cup series. The season began on Sunday, January 19 and ended on Sunday, November 12. Richard Petty, driving the #43 Petty Enterprises STP Dodge scored his sixth NASCAR Grand National Series Winston Cup Championship. Bruce Hill was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year. NASCAR introduced a new points system for 1975, a system designed by statistician Bob Latford. For the first time, each race on the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National schedule carried an equal point value, a system that would be used for 36 seasons, from 1975 to 2010. The original points system ran for the first 29 seasons, from 1975 to 2003.


1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Richard Petty's championship would also be the last for a Dodge driver until Brad Keselowski in 2012.


1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 1975 Season races, Round 7: Gwyn Staley 400
The 1975 Gwyn Staley 400 took place on April 6 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. The race was dominated by Richard Petty, who led a total of 311 laps and won by a margin of over three laps.


1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 1975 Season races, Round 17: Nashville 420
The 1975 Nashville 420 took place on July 20 at Nashville Speedway. Cale Yarborough dominated the race after passing Walter Ballard on lap 50, leading the rest of the laps afterwards and winning.


1975 NASL Indoor tournament
In early 1975, the North American Soccer League hosted its first league-wide indoor soccer tournament over the course of seven weeks. All but four NASL teams participated.


1975 NASL Indoor tournament, Overview
Though the Dallas Tornado had won the NASL's 1971 Hoc-Soc Tournament and the Atlanta Apollos staged two league sanctioned pilot matches at the Omni in 1973, the birth of the modern game in North America can be traced to 1974, when three indoor exhibitions against the touring Soviet Red Army of Moscow club took place. The games were played on a field the size of a hockey rink, with goals 4 feet high by 16 feet wide.


1975 NASL Indoor tournament, Overview
Much like hockey, matches were played in three 20 minute periods, allowed free substitution, and featured six man sides (five field players and a goalkeeper). The Soviets beat an outmatched NASL All-Star team 8–4 on February 7 at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens. The second game against the reigning champion Philadelphia Atoms on February 11, is considered by many as the watershed event of North American indoor soccer. The game stayed close into the third period, though the Red Army squad eventually pulled away 6–3. On February 13 the Russians closed out their tour with an 11–4 throttling of the St. Louis Stars in Missouri before an impressive crowd of 12,241.


1975 NASL Indoor tournament, Overview
In spite of the losses, and because another 11,790 curious fans packed Philadelphia's Spectrum to watch this "new" game, the NASL began considering indoor soccer's potential to increase fan interest in the sport as a whole. A month and seven days later a Spectrum crowd of 6,314 turned out to watch the Atoms defeat the New York Cosmos 5–3. With this, franchises also recognized that they could generate more revenue from players already under contract. The league hinted at having a 10-game indoor season in early 1975, but by autumn eventually scaled that plan back.


1975 NASL Indoor tournament, Overview
The following year the NASL staged an indoor tournament: sixteen of the twenty teams participated. It was divided into four regional tournaments, with the regional winners meeting in San Francisco for the overall title in a similar format to the NCAA college basketball tournament. In the regionals, two teams would play each other, and then winners would play losers in a two-game series. The team with the best record advanced to the semifinals; in the event of teams having identical records, the side with the best total goal differential advanced out of the region. That first year the goals stayed 4 x 16 and the games remained divided into three 20 minute frames like those played against the Red Army club the previous year.


1975 NASL Indoor tournament, Overview
Four NASL clubs, Chicago, Denver, Portland and San Antonio did not participate in the tournament. However three of them were recently announced, expansion teams that had yet to play an outdoor season either.


1975 NASL Indoor tournament, Overview
The San Jose Earthquakes defeated the newly formed Tampa Bay Rowdies 8–5 in the Championship Final. Paul Child of San Jose scored seven goals in the regionals, and added another seven during the final four to lead all goal scorers. Child and teammate Gabbo Garvic shared the MVP honors.


1975 NASL Indoor tournament, 1975 Indoor Regional tournaments, Region 2
*New York wins region on goal differential, advances to semifinals


1975 NASL Indoor tournament, 1975 Indoor Regional tournaments, Region 3
*Tampa Bay wins region on goal differential, advances to semifinals


1975 NASL Indoor tournament, 1975 Indoor Regional tournaments, Region 4
#Vancouver and San Jose won by such large margins, that the NASL and the two teams agreed to a head-to-head pairing on Feb. 28.


1975 NASL Indoor tournament, 1975 Indoor Final Four, Championship Final
1975 NASL Indoor Champions: San Jose EarthquakesTelevision: CBS (tape delayed)


1975 NASL Indoor tournament, Final team rankings
G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential


1975 NASL Indoor tournament, Non-tournament matches
In addition to the Region 4 and Final Four tournament games (eight contests in all), the San Jose Earthquakes also hosted two other indoor matches at the Cow Palace as tune-ups for the impending tournament. The first one was dubbed the "Calamity Cup" because it pitted the Earthquakes against the Tornado. The second was against their in-state rival, Los Angeles Aztecs. The two matches drew a combined 20,908 spectators and San Jose won both. In another match, the Rochester Lancers hosted the Toronto Metros-Croatia on March 29 in front of 2,562 fans at the Rochester War Memorial. Toronto won the game, 10–7.


1975 NBA All-Star Game
The 1975 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on January 14, 1975, in Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum. It was the 25th edition of the event. The East won the game 108–102. The MVP of the game was Walt Frazier, who scored 30 points.


1975 NBA Finals
The 1975 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1974–75 NBA season of the National Basketball Association. The Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors (48–34) played against the Eastern Conference champion Washington Bullets (60–22) for the championship. The series was played under a best-of-seven format. The underdog Warriors won in four games, sweeping the heavily-favored Bullets to take the title. Warriors small forward Rick Barry was named as the series MVP.


1975 NBA Finals
The Warriors' home games were played at the Cow Palace in Daly City (near San Francisco) due to scheduling conflicts at their normal home court of Oakland Arena during the week of May 19–26. In addition, an odd scheduling format had to be used because Golden State could not secure the Cow Palace for Memorial Day Weekend (May 24–26).


1975 NBA Finals
A Sports Illustrated article about the series reported that Washington, which held home court advantage, was given the option of a 1-2-2-1-1 scheduling format due to Golden State's problems or, if they wished, opening on the road and then having Games 2, 3, and 4 at home. Washington opted for the 1-2-2-1-1 format not out of a sense of fairness, but because they wanted to open the series at home.


1975 NBA Finals
The series is notable as it was the first championship game or series in any of the four North American major professional sports leagues to feature two African American head coaches or managers, as Al Attles coached the Warriors and K. C. Jones coached the Bullets.


1975 NBA Finals, Background, Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors last made the NBA Finals in 1967, when they were still in San Francisco. In the years since, they moved to Oakland, briefly lost Rick Barry to the American Basketball Association, and named Warriors great Al Attles as head coach. Before the start of the 1974–75 season they traded future Hall of Famer Nate Thurmond to the Chicago Bulls for young center Clifford Ray. They also drafted Jamaal Wilkes, then known as Keith Wilkes, out of UCLA.


1975 NBA Finals, Background, Golden State Warriors
With Barry as the offensive leader, and with Attles using a team approach to coaching, the Warriors managed to finish the season atop the Western Conference with 48 wins. In the playoffs, they defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in six games, then eliminated Thurmond and the Bulls in seven games to advance to the Finals.


1975 NBA Finals, Background, Washington Bullets
The Washington Bullets were in their second season in the Washington Metropolitan Area, having moved from Baltimore prior to the 1973–74 season. The Bullets, led by Wes Unseld and Elvin Hayes, and coached by K. C. Jones, won 60 games that season, then overcame the Buffalo Braves and the defending champion Boston Celtics in seven and six games, respectively. The Bullets franchise headed to their second NBA Finals appearance, the last of which was a sweep by the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971.


1975 NBA Finals, Series Summary
This was the first time in NBA Finals history in which the team who did not have home court advantage swept the series. This has happened only one time since, in 1995, when the Houston Rockets swept the Orlando Magic.


1975 NBA Finals, Game 1
Opting to open the series at home, the Bullets built a 14-point lead at the half over the Warriors at the Capital Centre. The Warriors began to storm back, with Phil Smith coming off the bench to score 20 points in 31 minutes of playing time, as Golden State took the first game, 101–95.


1975 NBA Finals, Game 2
Instead of their familiar Oakland Coliseum Arena, the Warriors were forced to play their first two scheduled home games of the series at the nearby Cow Palace (the Oakland facility being unavailable). The Bullets jumped to an early 13-point lead, but Golden State battled back, led by 36 points from Rick Barry, to take a 92–91 lead in the closing seconds. Washington got the ball back with six seconds left but missed two shots and now were down 2–0.


1975 NBA Finals, Game 3
Rick Barry poured in 38 points and backup center George Johnson had 10 points and nine rebounds off the bench to help the Warriors to a key Game 3 109–101 win.


1975 NBA Finals, Game 3
Two major factors enabling the Warriors to take an insurmountable lead were the defensive play of the seemingly undersized Jamaal Wilkes on Bullets' power forward Elvin Hayes and the play of the Warrior bench. In three games, Hayes had only 29 points and the Warriors' bench players had outscored the Bullets' reserves 115-53.


1975 NBA Finals, Game 4
Back at home, the Bullets seemed to be on their way to staving off an unexpected sweep by the underdog Warriors, leading by 14 points early on. Bullets forward Mike Riordan was assigned to guard Barry, who had killed the Bullets in the series up to that point by averaging 35 points a game. Riordan played Barry very physically, arousing the ire of Warriors' coach Al Attles. Midway through the first quarter, Barry went on a drive to the basket and was fouled hard from behind by Riordan. Barry reacted with a shove, but Attles bolted onto the court and initiated a fight of his own with Riordan, thereby protecting his star player from an ejection and getting ejected himself. The remainder of the game was directed by assistant coach Joe Roberts.


1975 NBA Finals, Game 4
The Bullets controlled the game and led most of the way, leading by as many as eight in the fourth quarter at 90-82 after a Riordan drive and layup where he injured his ankle. Bullets coach K.C. Jones pulled Riordan and sent in little-used Dick Gibbs, with Nick Weatherspoon mired in a shooting slump. Barry and Hayes exchanged baskets, keeping the Bullets up by eight at 92-84. After a Jamaal Wilkes basket, Kevin Porter missed a pair of free throws and Butch Beard hit a jumper to cut the Bullet lead to four at 92-88.


1975 NBA Finals, Game 4
Porter then threw away an easy pass on the Bullets' next trip, and Wilkes canned a jumper to cut it to two at 92-90. Porter missed a layup, and then Wilkes hit a rebound basket to tie the score. Hayes, who had only 15 points, then hit one of two to give the lead back to the Bullets. Beard answered with a drive and basket to give the Warriors a 94-93 lead. Unseld then threw away an easy bounce pass to give the ball back to the Warriors with 1:26 left.


1975 NBA Finals, Game 4
With 1:08 left, Barry put up a jumper and missed, and Hayes hit a wide-open Gibbs with an outlet pass, but Gibbs blew the layup. The Warriors turned the ball over on a 24-second violation with 33 seconds left, but the Bullets gave it back to them after a timeout when Unseld fumbled an inbounds pass into the backcourt. Beard then hit one of two, then one of three to give the Warriors their final margin.


1975 NBA Finals, Television coverage
CBS broadcast the 1975 NBA Finals in the United States, with Brent Musburger on play-by-play and Oscar Robertson on color commentary. With Rick Barry playing for the Warriors in this series, the recently-retired Robertson filled his spot; Barry went on to cover the next six NBA Finals, five of which while still an active player.


1975 NBA Finals, Aftermath
The Washington Bullets would re-appear in the NBA Finals in 1978 and 1979 against the Seattle SuperSonics, with a series win in seven games and a series loss in five games respectively.


1975 NBA Finals, Aftermath
The Golden State Warriors would only win their next championship 40 years later in 2015 against the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games, ending the longest drought between championships in NBA history. They would make four more Finals appearances after that and won the championship in 2017 and 2018.


1975 NBA draft
The 1975 NBA draft was the 29th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 29, 1975, before the 1975–76 season. In this draft, 18 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. The first two picks in the draft belonged to the teams that finished last in each conference, with the order determined by a coin flip.


1975 NBA draft
The Atlanta Hawks, who obtained the New Orleans Jazz first-round pick in a trade, won the coin flip and were awarded the first overall pick, while the Los Angeles Lakers were awarded the second pick. Prior to the draft, the Kansas City-Omaha Kings were renamed the Kansas City Kings. Before the draft, 18 college underclassmen and 2 high school players were declared eligible for selection under the "hardship" rule. These players had applied and gave evidence of financial hardship to the league, which granted them the right to start earning their living by starting their professional careers earlier.


1975 NBA draft
This was the most recent NBA draft to be held in a month other than June until 2020, but the off-season was earlier at the time. The league also hosted a supplementary draft for American Basketball Association (ABA) players who never were never drafted by the NBA teams on December 30, 1975. A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was eligible for selection. If a player left college early, he would not be eligible for selection until his college class graduated.


1975 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
David Thompson from North Carolina State University was selected first overall by the Atlanta Hawks. He was also drafted first overall in the 1975 ABA Draft by the Virginia Squires, before the Squires traded his draft rights to the Denver Nuggets. He opted to join the ABA with the Nuggets before moving to the NBA in 1976 after both leagues merged. During his first and only season in the ABA, he won the ABA All-Star Game MVP and ABA Rookie of the Year, as well as selected to the ABA All-Star Game and All-ABA Team.


1975 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
His NBA achievements include two All-NBA Team selections and four NBA All-Star Game selections. For his achievements, he has been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Marvin Webster, the 3rd pick, also opted to join the ABA with the Nuggets before moving to the NBA in 1976. Thompson and Webster were the only first-round picks from the draft who declined to play in the NBA and opted to play in the ABA. Coincidentally, Webster was also drafted by the Hawks, which means that both the Hawks' first-round picks did not play with them. Instead, both signed to play for the Nuggets in the ABA.