1975 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Gus Williams, the 20th pick, joined the Seattle SuperSonics after two seasons with the Golden State Warriors. He then won the NBA championship with the Sonics in 1979. He was also selected to two All-NBA Team and two All-Star Games. World B. Free (then known as Lloyd Free), the 23rd pick, played for five teams in his 13-year career and was selected to one All-NBA Team and one All-Star Game. Dan Roundfield, the 28th pick, was also drafted in the 1975 ABA Draft. He opted to join the ABA with the Indiana Pacers before moving to the NBA in 1976.


1975 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
His achievements include one All-NBA Team selection, three NBA All-Star Game selections, three NBA All-Star Game selections and four NBA All-Defensive Team selections. Alvan Adams from the University of Oklahoma, who went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award in his first season, was selected 4th by the Phoenix Suns. Adams and 6th pick Lionel Hollins are the only other players from this draft who was selected to an All-Star Game. After retiring as a player, Hollins went on to have a coaching career. He was twice named as the interim head coach for the Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies in 1999 and 2004 before becoming a permanent head coach in 2009.


1975 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Darryl Dawkins, the 5th pick, and Bill Willoughby, the 19th pick, became the first two high school players to directly enter the NBA after their high school graduation. They also became the second and third players to go directly from high school basketball to professional league, after Moses Malone in the 1974 ABA Draft. They also became the second and third high school players ever drafted in the NBA, after Reggie Harding in the 1962 Draft.


1975 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
However, because the rules prevented Harding from playing in the league until one year after his high school class graduated, he had to wait a year before entering the league in 1963. Dawkins played 14 seasons in the NBA with four different NBA teams, while Willoughby played 8 seasons with six teams.


1975 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
In the tenth round, the New Orleans Jazz selected a Soviet basketball player Alexander Belov with the 161st pick. Belov, who was playing with Spartak Leningrad before the draft, stayed with the club until the end of his career. He had a successful career, winning two European Cup Winners' Cup and one Soviet Union championship, as well as four gold medals with the Soviet Union national team. For his achievements, he has been inducted by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) to the FIBA Hall of Fame.


1975 NBA draft, Other picks
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.


1975 NBA draft, Supplementary draft
On December 9, 1975, the NBA planned to host a supplementary draft to settle negotiating rights to five ABA players who had never been eligible for the NBA draft because their college classes had not graduated and they had not apply for hardship. The teams selected in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. The team that made a selection must withdraw their equivalent selection in the 1976 Draft. The teams were allowed to not exercise their rights on this hardship draft and thus retained their full selection in the 1976 Draft. The draft itself attracted strong opposition from the ABA who accuse the NBA trying to reduce confidence in the stability of their league. Despite the initial postponement of the draft, the draft was finally held on December 30, 1975.


1975 NBA draft, Supplementary draft
The New Orleans Jazz used the first pick to select Moses Malone, a former high school player who went directly to professional basketball after he was drafted in the 1974 ABA Draft. The Los Angeles Lakers used the second pick to select Mark Olberding, a college freshman who was drafted in the 1974 ABA Draft. Because the Jazz and the Lakers had traded their first round picks in the 1976 Draft, they had to forfeit their first-round pick in the 1977 Draft.


1975 NBA draft, Supplementary draft
The other players selected were Mel Bennett, Skip Wise and Charles Jordan in the second, third and fourth-round respectively. All players, except Wise, were under contract with their ABA team at the time of the draft. They remained with their team until the end of the season. After the Virginia Squires folding before the ABA–NBA merger in June 1976, Bennett joined the team that drafted him, the Philadelphia 76ers. Under the merger agreement, the Jazz and the Lakers had to yield their rights to Malone and Olberding and they regained their 1977 first-round picks. Malone was later drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the ABA Dispersal Draft, while Olberding remained with the Spurs who joined the NBA. Two other draftees, Wise and Jordan never played in the NBA.


1975 NBA draft, Notes
^ 1: Lloyd Free changed his first name into World, his nickname, in 1981 and is commonly known as World B. Free.


1975 NBA playoffs
The 1975 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1974–75 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors defeating the Eastern Conference champion Washington Bullets 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals. Rick Barry was named NBA Finals MVP. The Warriors won their third NBA title and first since 1956 as the Philadelphia Warriors.


1975 NBA playoffs
The playoff format was revised again, as the result of which the first two finishers in each division were guaranteed playoff berths, along with the best third-place team from each conference. Once each conference's qualifiers were selected, they were seeded 1–5, with the fourth and fifth seeds playing a best-of-three series, with the victor advancing to play the first seed in a best-of-seven semifinal, while the second and third seeds played the other semifinal.


1975 NBA playoffs
The eight-year-old Seattle SuperSonics made their playoff debut, winning the first playoff series in franchise history against the Detroit Pistons. Seattle would go on to make consecutive NBA Finals appearances in 1978 and 1979, winning the championship the latter year.


1975 NBA playoffs
The Kansas City-Omaha Kings made their first playoff appearance since 1967 as the Cincinnati Royals, and the Houston Rockets made their first playoff appearance since 1969 as the San Diego Rockets.


1975 NBA playoffs
The 1975 playoffs expanded the number of playoff qualifiers to 10; it would be expanded again to 12 in 1977 and again to its current number of 16 in 1984.


1975 NBA playoffs
At the time, this was the closest the Chicago Bulls came to an NBA title, losing to the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals 4–3. This was their second and final Western Conference Finals appearance as they would move to the Eastern Conference in 1980. They would not reach the East Finals until 1989, and would not win a title until 1991.


1975 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) Houston Rockets vs. (5) New York Knicks
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1975 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (5) Detroit Pistons
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1975 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (4) Houston Rockets
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1975 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Washington Bullets vs. (3) Buffalo Braves
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1975 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Golden State Warriors vs. (4) Seattle SuperSonics
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1975 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Chicago Bulls vs. (3) Kansas City-Omaha Kings
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1975 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (2) Washington Bullets
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1975 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (1) Golden State Warriors vs. (2) Chicago Bulls
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1975 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (E2) Washington Bullets vs. (W1) Golden State Warriors
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1975 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1975 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach Lou Holtz, in his fourth and final year with the team, and played their home games at Carter Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in third. NC State was invited to the 1975 Peach Bowl in Atlanta, where they lost to West Virginia. Holtz left at the conclusion of the season to accept the head coaching position with the New York Jets.


1975 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 1975 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1975 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its twenty-ninth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region held a four team, double-elimination tournament, resulting in 32 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The twenty-ninth tournament's champion was Texas, coached by Cliff Gustafson, their first in a quarter century. The Most Outstanding Player was Mickey Reichenbach of Texas. This was the first year the tournament used the regionals.


1975 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 1975 tournament marked the first appearance for LSU, which would become a college baseball superpower in the succeeding decades, claiming six national championships between 1991 and 2009. LSU won the 1961 Southeastern Conference championship to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, but declined the bid to avoid playing integrated teams.


1975 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
This season also marked the first appearance for Cal State Fullerton, which would claim four national championships from 1979 through 2004. Head coach Augie Garrido guided the Titans to three titles before moving to Texas, where he claimed three more titles from 2002 through 2009.


1975 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Regionals
1975 was the first year the NCAA featured the Regional format for the tournament, which is still in use today, although it has been modified.


1975 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, College World Series
Seton Hall, South Carolina, Eastern Michigan, Florida St., Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona St. and Cal St. Fullerton won their regionals and moved on to the 1975 College World Series.


1975 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Tournament Notes
The Arizona State team featured 13 future Major League players – a record matched by the school's team from the following year.


1975 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Tournament Notes
Texas came back to win the CWS after losing in Game 7 to Arizona State.


1975 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1975 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's  NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 15, 1975, and ended with the championship game on March 31 at the San Diego Sports Arena, now known as Pechanga Arena San Diego, in San Diego, California. A total of 36 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game. This was the first 32-team tournament.


1975 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won his 10th national title and last with a 92–85 victory in the final game over Kentucky, coached by Joe B. Hall. Richard Washington of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


1975 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
The Bruins again had an advantage by playing the Final Four in their home state. It was the last time a team won the national championship playing in its home state.


1975 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Memorable games
There were two memorable games in the 1975 tournament. Number 2 ranked Kentucky upset previously unbeaten Indiana 92–90 in their regional final. The Hoosiers, coached by Bob Knight, were undefeated and the number one team in the nation, when leading scorer Scott May suffered a broken arm in a win over arch-rival Purdue. This was the only loss Indiana would suffer between March 1974 and December 1976. In the national semifinals, UCLA defeated Louisville, coached by former Wooden assistant Denny Crum, 75–74 in overtime,  rallying late in regulation to force overtime and coming from behind in overtime to win on a last second shot by Richard Washington.


1975 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Memorable games
Both games made USA Today's list of the greatest NCAA tournament games of all time, with the former at #8 and the latter at #28.


1975 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1975 tournament:


1975 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
National Semifinals, 3rd Place Game, and Championship (Final Four and Championship)


1975 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The city of San Diego became the fourteenth host city, and the San Diego Sports Arena (known now as Pechanga Arena San Diego) the fifteenth host venue, for the Final Four. To date, this is not only the only time the city has hosted the Final Four (the second straight city to do so and fourth overall), but it was also the only time the venue itself ever hosted any tournament games.


1975 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
All games in the city since have been at the Viejas Arena on the campus of San Diego State University, whose Aztecs used the SDSA as their primary home venue from 1966 to 1997. Coincidentally, one of the other venues to only host one Final Four, the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, was the West Regional site this year. The tournament saw three new venues in three new cities.


1975 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The tournament came to the city of Providence and the Providence Civic Center for the first time, the first of twelve appearances through 2021 for the downtown home of the Providence College Friars. The tournament also came to the Phoenix metropolitan area for the first time, with games played at Arizona State University in suburban Tempe at their brand-new Activity Center (known now as Wells Fargo Arena). And for the first time, the tournament came to the Palouse, with games played at Washington State University in Pullman at the then-two-year-old Performing Arts Coliseum.


1975 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The tournament also saw the last games played at the Memorial Coliseums in Lexington and Portland, as well as the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum and the Pan-American Center in Las Cruces. Lexington and Portland have both hosted games since (at Rupp Arena and the Moda Center), but the tournament has not come back to Las Cruces or Lubbock since.


1975 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The 1975 NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country Championships were the 37th annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's collegiate cross country running in the United States. Held on November 24, 1975, the meet was hosted by Penn State University at the Penn State Golf Courses in State College, Pennsylvania. The distance for this race was 6 miles (9.7 kilometers). This was the final national meet at this distance.


1975 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
All Division I members were eligible to qualify for the meet. In total, 32 teams and 268 individual runners contested this championship.


1975 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The team national championship was won by the UTEP Miners, their second title. The individual championship was won by Craig Virgin, from Illinois, with a time of 28:23.30.


1975 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
The 1975 NCAA Division I Golf Championship was the 37th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf at the University Division level in the United States.


1975 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Ohio State University Golf Club in Columbus, Ohio.


1975 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
Defending champions Wake Forest won the team championship, the Demon Deacons' second NCAA title.


1975 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
Wake Forest's thirty-three stroke advantage over second-placed Oklahoma State would remain the largest team margin of victory until the switch to championship match play in 2009.


1975 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
Jay Haas, also from Wake Forest, won the individual title.


1975 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1975 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1974–75 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 28th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 13 and 15, 1975, and concluded with Michigan Tech defeating Minnesota 6-1. All games were played at the St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, Missouri.


1975 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
This is the first time since 1949 that all four teams in the tournament had played in the previous championship. It has not happened since (as of 2017).


1975 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The ECAC tournament champion and the two WCHA tournament co-champions received automatic bids into the tournament. An at-large bid was offered to a second eastern team based upon both their ECAC tournament finish as well as their regular season record.


1975 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA co-champion with the better regular season record was given the top western seed. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. All games were played at the St. Louis Arena. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.


1975 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 1975 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship was the fifth annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Eight NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met in the postseason single-elimination tournament to decide the national championship.


1975 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
The championship game was hosted by Johns Hopkins University and was played in front of 10,875 fans.


1975 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
The title game saw the Terrapins of the University of Maryland defeat the Midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy by the score of 20–13 for their second national title in three years. Frank Urso scored five goals in the finals for Maryland. The Terps took 62 shots in both the semi-finals and the finals. In the championship game, Maryland and Navy combined for 120 shots.


1975 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
The national title game represented the 50th time the Middies and Maryland had met since the sport was put on Maryland's varsity list in 1924. The Terps’ season concluded with a five-game winning streak including victories over Johns Hopkins, Hofstra, Washington & Lee and Navy. Navy had earlier in the season upset Maryland.


1975 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
Bob DeSimone tied for the lead in goals for Navy with eight, scoring 4 goals in the finals. DeSimone would later transfer to Johns Hopkins helping lead the Blue Jays to the 1978 national title and the 1977 finals.


1975 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
This was the first of four straight impressive tournament appearances by the Cornell attack of Mike French, Jon Levine, Bill Marino and Eamon McEneaney which resulted in titles for the Big Red in 1976 and 1977, as well as a tournament finals appearance in 1978. Cornell was 15 and 1 heading into the tournament and earned the top seed in this tournament. Cornell had defeated Navy handily earlier in the season, 16-7, but were upset by the 4th seeded Navy team in the tournament.


1975 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
Jack Emmer's Washington and Lee team avenged a loss in the prior year's tournament with an upset of the top-ranked but second seeded Johns Hopkins in the quarterfinals.


1975 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1975 NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested June 3−7 at the 53rd annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States.


1975 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
This year's meet was hosted by Brigham Young University at Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah. The venue previously hosted the championships eight years earlier in 1967; the approximate elevation of the track was 4,660 feet (1,420 m) above sea level. (The track was removed from the stadium in 1982.)


1975 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The UTEP Miners finished just ahead of UCLA in the team standings and captured their first team national title. The title marked the beginning of UTEP's reign as a track & field dynasty – in the following seven seasons, they finished either as champion or runner-up, including five consecutive titles (1978–82).


1975 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
This was the last edition of the NCAA championships with the races measured in yards; race distances were changed to meters for 1976.


1975 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament
The 1975 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the seventeenth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The San Francisco Dons won their second national title by defeating the SIU Edwardsville Cougars in the championship game, 4–0. The final match was played on December 7, 1975, in Edwardsville, Illinois, at Ralph Korte Stadium for the second time.


1975 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1975 NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1975 at the Cleveland State University Natatorium at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio at the 52nd annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1975 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships
USC again topped the team standings, the Trojans' second consecutive title and seventh overall.


1975 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
The 1975 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships were the 30th annual tournaments to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.


1975 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
UCLA captured the team championship, the Bruins' eleventh such title. UCLA finished seven points ahead of Miami (FL) in the final team standings (27–20).


1975 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships, Host site
This year's tournaments were hosted by University of Texas–Pan American (now known as University of Texas–Rio Grande Valley) and contested at the HEB Tennis Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.


1975 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships, Team scoring
Until 1977, the men's team championship was determined by points awarded based on individual performances in the singles and doubles events.


1975 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
The 1975 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships were the 45th NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships to be held. Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey hosted the tournament at Jadwin Gymnasium.


1975 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Iowa took home the team championship with 102 points and two individual champions.


1975 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Mike Frick of Lehigh was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler and Bill Kalkbrenner of Oklahoma received the Gorriaran Award.


1975 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
The following poll makes up the 1975 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.


1975 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Collegiate Baseball
Currently, only the final poll from the 1975 season is available.


1975 NCAA Division I baseball season
The 1975 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1975. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1975 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty ninth time in 1975, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Texas claimed the championship for the third time.


1975 NCAA Division I baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1975 season. For the first time, the NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Eight regionals of four teams each competed in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 15 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 17 teams earned at-large selections.


1975 NCAA Division I baseball season, College World Series
The 1975 season marked the twenty ninth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Texas claiming their third championship with a 5–1 win over South Carolina in the final.


1975 NCAA Division I football rankings
Two human polls comprised the 1975 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.


1975 NCAA Division I football rankings, Final Coaches' poll
For the second year, the final UPI Coaches Poll was released after the bowl games, on January 2, 1976.Oklahoma received 21 of the 36 first-place votes; Alabama received seven, Arizona State five, and Ohio State three.


1975 NCAA Division I football rankings, Final Coaches' poll
In the preceding poll in early December, Ohio State was first, followed by Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Alabama, and Michigan.


1975 NCAA Division I football season
The 1975 NCAA Division I football season saw University of Oklahoma repeat as national champion in the Associated Press (AP) writers' poll, and were ranked No. 1 in the United Press International (UPI) coaches' poll, just ahead of runner up Arizona State, runner-up in both final polls, despite having an undefeated 12–0 season and a win over Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl.


1975 NCAA Division I football season
During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for major college football, teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA Football Guide, however, did note an "unofficial national champion" based on the top ranked teams in the "wire service" (AP and UPI) polls. The "writers' poll" by Associated Press (AP) was the most popular, followed by the "coaches' poll" by United Press International) (UPI). The AP poll consisted of the votes of as many as 63 writers, though not all voted in each poll, and the UPI poll was taken of a 25-member board of coaches.


1975 NCAA Division I football season, Rule changes
In addition to the following programs the Southland Conference was also classified as University Division.


1975 NCAA Division I football season, September
In the preseason poll released on September 1, the AP ranked Oklahoma first, followed by Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State and USC.


1975 NCAA Division I football season, September
September 6 Most teams had yet to open their seasons, but No. 2 Alabama lost its home opener in Birmingham to unranked Missouri, 20–7. No. 6 Penn State was the only other top 10 team to play the weekend, and struggled to defeat Temple in a game in Philadelphia, winning 26–25. In the next poll, Missouri rose to fifth place, while Alabama dropped to 13th. Penn State fell from 6th to 10th. The poll: 1.Oklahoma 2.Michigan 3.Ohio State 4.USC 5.Missouri


1975 NCAA Division I football season, September
September 13 No. 1 Oklahoma beat Oregon 62–7. No. 2 Michigan won at Wisconsin, 23–6. No. 3 Ohio State won at No. 11 Michigan State, 21–0. No. 4 USC beat Duke 35–7 at home and No. 5 Missouri was idle. The poll was unchanged: 1.Oklahoma 2.Michigan 3.Ohio State 4.USC 5.Missouri


1975 NCAA Division I football season, September
September 20 No. 1 Oklahoma beat No. 15 Pittsburgh 46–10, and Michigan was tied by Stanford at home, 19–19. No. 3 Ohio State beat No. 7 Penn State 17–9. No. 4 USC defeated Oregon State 24–7. No. 5 Missouri won at Illinois, 30–20. Missouri's Big Eight rival, No. 6 Nebraska, beat Indiana 45–0, and rose to fourth. The poll: 1.Oklahoma 2.Ohio State 3.USC 4.Nebraska 5.Missouri


1975 NCAA Division I football season, September
In a Friday night game September 26 at Miami, No. 1 Oklahoma eked out a win over the Hurricanes, 20–17. The next day, September 27 No. 2 Ohio State beat North Carolina 32–7. No. 3 USC beat visiting Purdue, 19–6. Nebraska beat TCU 56–14, and  No. 5 Missouri edged Wisconsin, 27–21. The poll was unchanged: 1.Oklahoma 2.Ohio State 3.USC 4.Nebraska 5.Missouri


1975 NCAA Division I football season, October
October 4 No. 1 Oklahoma had another narrow win, beating visiting No. 19 Colorado, 21–20, while in Los Angeles, No. 2 Ohio State had no problems in defeating No. 13 UCLA, 41–20. The Buckeyes and Bruins would meet again at season's end. No. 3 USC won 27–16 at Iowa, and No. 4 Nebraska defeated the Miami Hurricanes at home, 31–16. No. 5 Missouri played its third straight game against a Big Ten team, losing at No. 12 Michigan, 31–7. After a promising start, the Tigers would go on to a 6–5–0 finish. No. 7 Texas, which beat Utah State 61–7, rose to fifth. Ohio State took over first place from Oklahoma, with 47 of the 62 first place votes. The poll was 1.Ohio State 2.Oklahoma 3.USC 4.Nebraska 5.Texas


1975 NCAA Division I football season, October
October 11 No. 1 Ohio State beat visiting Iowa 49–0. In their annual meeting in Dallas, No. 2 Oklahoma defeated No. 5 Texas 24–17 to regain the top spot. No. 3 USC beat Washington State 28–10. No. 4 Nebraska beat visiting Kansas 16–0. No. 6 Texas A&M, which won 38–9 at Texas Tech, rose to fifth. The poll was 1.Oklahoma 2.Ohio State 3.USC 4.Nebraska 5.Texas A & M


1975 NCAA Division I football season, October
October 18 No. 1 Oklahoma won 25–3 at Kansas State, and No. 2 Ohio State had a second straight shutout at home, 56–0 over Wisconsin. No. 3 USC beat visiting Oregon 17–3. No. 4 Nebraska won 28–20 at Oklahoma State, and No. 5 Texas A&M won at TCU, 14–6. The poll was unchanged: 1.Oklahoma 2.Ohio State 3.USC 4.Nebraska 5.Texas A & M


1975 NCAA Division I football season, October
October 25  No. 1 Oklahoma beat Iowa State, 39–7, No. 2 Ohio State won 35–6 at Purdue, and No. 3 USC won at No. 14 Notre Dame, 24–17. No. 4 Nebraska beat No. 10 Colorado, 63–21, and No. 5 Texas A&M beat Baylor at home, 19–10. The poll was 1.Oklahoma 2.Ohio State 3.Nebraska 4.USC 5.Texas A & M


1975 NCAA Division I football season, November
November 1 No. 1 Oklahoma won 27–7 at No. 19 Oklahoma State, No. 2 Ohio State defeated Indiana at home, 24–14, and No. 3 Nebraska won 30–7 at No. 12 Missouri. Coach John McKay announced he would be leaving USC after the season to coach the NFL's expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and No. 4 USC abruptly lost 28–14 at California, beginning a four-game losing streak after a 7–0 start. No. 5 Texas A&M was idle, and No. 6 Alabama beat Mississippi State in Jackson, 21–10. The poll was 1.Oklahoma 2.Ohio State 3.Nebraska 4.Texas A & M 5.Alabama


1975 NCAA Division I football season, November
November 8 No. 1 Oklahoma were stunned 23–3 in Norman by the visiting Kansas Jayhawks, led by quarterback Nolan Cromwell. No. 2 Ohio State won at Illinois, 40–3, and No. 3 Nebraska won at Kansas State, 12–0. No. 4 Texas A&M beat SMU, 36–3, and No. 5 Alabama won 23–10 at LSU. No. 6 Michigan, which beat Purdue 28–0, rose to fourth. The poll was: 1.Ohio State 2.Nebraska 3.Texas A & M 4.Michigan 5.Alabama


1975 NCAA Division I football season, November
November 15 No. 1 Ohio State beat Minnesota 38–6, and No. 2 Nebraska beat Iowa State 52–0. No. 3 Texas A&M won 33–14 at Rice, 33–14, and No. 4 Michigan won 21–15 at Illinois to extend its record to 8–0–2, while No. 5 Alabama beat Southern Mississippi at home, 27–6. The poll was unchanged: 1.Ohio State 2.Nebraska 3.Texas A & M 4.Michigan 5.Alabama


1975 NCAA Division I football season, November
November 22 The game that determined the Big Ten championship took place in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as unbeaten (10–0) No. 1 Ohio State visited unbeaten, but twice tied (8–0–2) No. 4 Michigan. OSU won 21–14 and got the trip to the Rose Bowl, where it would have a rematch with 11th-ranked UCLA (The Bruins would beat out Cal for the Rose Bowl bid by beating USC, 25–22, the following Friday). In Norman, Oklahoma, a trip to the Orange Bowl was on the line as No. 2 Nebraska (10–0) closed its season against No. 7


1975 NCAA Division I football season, November
Oklahoma (9–1) in a game for the Big Eight title. Oklahoma handed the Cornhuskers their first loss, 35–10, and Nebraska settled for a berth in the Fiesta Bowl. No. 3 Texas A&M and No. 5 Alabama were both idle, No. 6 Texas (9–1) was also idle, but rose to fifth. The poll was: 1.Ohio State 2.Texas A & M 3.Oklahoma 4.Alabama 5.Texas


1975 NCAA Division I football season, November
November 29 No. 2 Texas A&M (9–0) hosted the No. 5 Texas (9–1) at College Station, with the Aggies winning, 20–10. No. 4 Alabama closed its season with its tenth straight win after its opening loss, a 28–0 win over Auburn in Birmingham. In the final AP poll released on December 1, No. 1 Ohio State (11–0), No. 2 Texas A&M (10–0) and No. 7 Arizona State (11–0) were all undefeated. On December 6, however, the Aggies lost in Little Rock to No. 18 Arkansas, 31–6. The Southwest Conference race finished with a three way tie between Arkansas, Texas and Texas A&M, all 6–1 in conference play. Arkansas got the Cotton Bowl berth, while Texas went to the Bluebonnet Bowl and Texas A&M to the Liberty Bowl.


1975 NCAA Division I football season, Bowl games, Major bowls
This was the first season that both the Pac-8 and Big Ten conferences allowed their teams to play in bowl games other than the Rose Bowl. Unranked USC (7–4), fifth in the Pac-8 (3–4), was invited to the Liberty Bowl, head coach John McKay's final game before going to the NFL to coach the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. California, who tied UCLA for the Pac-8 title (UCLA earned the Rose Bowl berth due to their win over Cal) was left out of any bowls, as were Washington and Stanford, all of whom beat and finished ahead of USC. Michigan, the Big Ten runner up, was invited to play Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, which passed over higher-ranked Alabama (10–1), who met Penn State in the Sugar Bowl, rather than the higher-ranked Big 8 runner-up, Nebraska. The Huskers went to the Fiesta Bowl to play host Arizona State (11–0).


1975 NCAA Division I football season, Bowl games, Major bowls
USC sent McKay out a winner and climbed to 17th, as they shut out uninspired Texas A&M, still reeling from being upset by Arkansas on December 6 and losing out on the Cotton Bowl bid. The day after Christmas, Arizona State, the WAC champion, won arguably the biggest game to date in their history over Big 8 runner-up Nebraska, 17–14. Arizona State was one of two Division I teams to finish undefeated and untied as they completed a 12–0 season. Another ASU, Arkansas State, also finished unbeaten and untied, but were unranked.


1975 NCAA Division I football season, Bowl games, Major bowls
New Year's Eve saw Alabama beat Penn State 13–6 in the Sugar Bowl. On New Year's Day, Arkansas beat SEC runner up Georgia in the Cotton Bowl 31–10. The Rose Bowl was a rematch between No. 1 Ohio State and No. 11 UCLA; Ohio State had beaten UCLA in Los Angeles on October 4, 41–20. After that game, Ohio State coach Woody Hayes was so impressed by UCLA in defeat, he predicted that his Buckeyes would be playing the Bruins again in the Rose Bowl.


1975 NCAA Division I football season, Bowl games, Major bowls
This time, the 11th-ranked Bruins (8–2–1) handed the previously undefeated and No. 1 ranked Buckeyes a 23–10 loss. UCLA was the only team to score more than 14 points on Ohio State all season, and they did it twice. No. 3 Oklahoma (10–1) defeated No. 5 Michigan (8–1–2), 14–6, in the Orange Bowl to claim the national title. The final rankings were 1.Oklahoma 2. Arizona State 3.Ohio State 4.Alabama 5.UCLA


1975 NCAA Division I football season, Heisman Trophy voting
The Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player


1975 NCAA Division I football season, Heisman Trophy voting
Through 2020, Griffin is the only multiple winner of the Heisman Trophy.


1975 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament
The 1975 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1974–75 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Old Dominion University and Old Dominion's Wilson Washington was the Most Outstanding Player.


1975 NCAA Division II Lacrosse Championship
The 1975 NCAA Division II Lacrosse Championship was the second annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of NCAA Division II men's college lacrosse in the United States. That year's championship game was played at C.W. Post Stadium at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville, New York.


1975 NCAA Division II Lacrosse Championship
Cortland defeated Hobart in the final, 12−11, to win their first national title. The Red Dragons (10–4) were coached by Chuck Winters.


1975 NCAA Division II Lacrosse Championship, Qualification
All Division II men's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship with a total of eight teams invited.


1975 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
The 1975 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship was the fourth annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States.


1975 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
Baltimore defeated Seattle Pacific in the final match, 3–1, to win their first national title. The final was played in Seattle, Washington on November 29, 1975.


1975 NCAA Division II football rankings
The 1975 NCAA Division II football rankings are from United Press International and from Associated Press. The 1975 NCAA Division II football season was the first year UPI published a Division II poll. 1975 was also the 16th (and last) year AP published a "College Division" poll.


1975 NCAA Division II football rankings
The final UPI poll was released before the Division II playoffs, and the final AP poll was released after the playoffs.


1975 NCAA Division II football season
The 1975 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in September and concluded with the Division II Championship on December 13 at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California.


1975 NCAA Division II football season
Northern Michigan defeated Western Kentucky in the championship game, 16–14, to win their first Division II national title.


1975 NCAA Division II football season, Conference summaries
Big Sky Conference – Boise StateCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Norfolk StateFar Western Football Conference – UC DavisGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wayne State (MI)Gulf South Conference – Nicholls StateLone Star Conference – Texas A&IMissouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Southeast Missouri StateNorth Central Conference – North DakotaNorthern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–MorrisPennsylvania State Athletic Conference – East StroudsburgRocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Western StateSouth Atlantic Conference – Lenoir-RhyneSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division II) – Bethune-CookmanYankee Conference – New Hampshire


1975 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason
The 1975 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the third single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division II college football.


1975 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason
The four quarterfinal games were played on campus and all four host teams lost. The semifinals were the Pioneer Bowl in Wichita Falls, Texas, and the Grantland Rice Bowl in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.


1975 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason
The championship game was the Camellia Bowl, held at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California for the third and final time. The Northern Michigan Wildcats defeated the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 16–14 to win their first national title. Of all current members of Division II, as of 2015, Northern Michigan was the first to win the playoff national championship. They went from winless (0–10) in 1974 to 13–1 and national champions in 1975, led by sophomore quarterback Steve Mariucci, later a head coach in the NFL for nine seasons.


1975 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament
The 1975 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament was the first annual single-elimination tournament to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The tournament field included 30 teams and took place during March 1975, with the national championship rounds taking place in Reading, Pennsylvania.


1975 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament
LeMoyne–Owen defeated Glassboro State, 57–54, to win their first national championship.


1975 NCAA Division III football season
The 1975 NCAA Division III football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level, began in August 1975, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1975 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Wittenberg Tigers won their second Division III championship, defeating the Ithaca Bombers by a final score of 28−0.


1975 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason
The 1975 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the third annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the third consecutive year. Unlike the two previous championships, this year's bracket expanded from four to eight teams.


1975 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
The 1975 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships were contested March 15, 1975 at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan at the 11th annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate indoor track and field events in the United States.


1975 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
UTEP again topped the team standings, the Miners' second consecutive and second overall indoor team title.


1975 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
Unlike other NCAA-sponsored sports, there were not separate NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III championships for indoor track and field until 1985. As such, all athletes and programs from all three divisions were eligible to compete.


1975 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The consensus 1975 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.


1975 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
The 1975 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the sixth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college volleyball. The tournament was played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.


1975 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
UCLA defeated UC Santa Barbara,  3–1 (15–9, 7–15, 15–9, 15–10), to win their fifth national title. This was a rematch of the 1971 and 1974 title matches, both won by UCLA.


1975 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
UCLA's John Bekins was named Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.


1975 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament, Qualification
Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1975 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The 1975 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the seventh annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1975.


1975 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
California defeated UC Irvine in the final, 9–8, to win their third national title. This was a rematch of the previous two years' finals, both won by California.


1975 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The leading scorer for the tournament was Gary Figueroa from UC Irvine (13 goals). Jon Svendsen, from California, was named the Most Outstanding Player. An All-Tournament Team, consisting of eight players, was also named.


1975 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship, Qualification
Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1975 NCAA Skiing Championships
The 1975 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Durango Mountain ski area, north of  Durango, Colorado, at the 22nd annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate alpine, cross country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.


1975 NCAA Skiing Championships
Three-time defending champion Colorado, coached by alumnus Bill Marolt, captured their sixth national championship, finishing 68 points ahead of runner-up Vermont, the largest victory margin to date.


1975 NCAA Skiing Championships
Repeat champions were Wyoming's Steiner Hybertsen (cross country), Colorado's Didrik Ellefsen (jumping), and Stig Hallingbye (nordic) of Wyoming; Hybertsen's win was his third consecutive. Denver's Peik Christensen reclaimed his slalom title of two years earlier; he entered the week as the two-time defending champion in alpine.


1975 NCAA Skiing Championships
This was the last time for the downhill event at the NCAA championships; it was replaced by giant slalom in 1976.


1975 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
This year's championships were held March 5–8 in Colorado at Durango Mountain in the San Juan Mountains of La Plata County, north of Durango. Fort Lewis College in Durango served as host.


1975 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
These were the first NCAA championships at Durango,  and the seventh in Colorado; previous sites were Winter Park (1956, 1959, 1972), Crested Butte (1966), and Steamboat Springs (1968, 1969).


1975 NFL Draft
The 1975 National Football League draft was held January 28–29, 1975, at the New York Hilton at Rockefeller Center in New York City, New York.


1975 NFL season
The 1975 NFL season was the 56th regular season of the National Football League. It was the first NFL season without a tie game. The league made two significant changes to increase the appeal of the game:


1975 NFL season
Instead of a traditional Thanksgiving Day game hosted by the Dallas Cowboys, the league scheduled a Buffalo Bills at St. Louis Cardinals contest. This was the first season since 1966 that the Cowboys did not play on that holiday.


1975 NFL season
The season ended with Super Bowl X when the Pittsburgh Steelers repeated as champions by defeating the Dallas Cowboys 21–17 at the Orange Bowl in Miami.


1975 NFL season, Draft
The 1975 NFL Draft was held from January 28 to 29, 1975 at New York City's Hilton at Rockefeller Center. With the first pick, the Atlanta Falcons selected quarterback Steve Bartkowski from the University of California.


1975 NFL season, New officials
Jerry Seeman, who would go on to serve as referee for Super Bowl XXIII and Super Bowl XXV before a 10-year tenure as the NFL's Director of Officiating from 1991-2001, was hired as a line judge. Fred Swearingen, the referee in the 1972 Raiders-Steelers playoff game which produced the Immaculate Reception, was demoted to his former position, field judge. Gene Barth, the line judge on Jim Tunney's crew the previous four seasons, was promoted.


1975 NFL season, Division races
Starting in 1970, through 2001, there were three divisions (Eastern, Central and Western) in each conference. The winners of each division, and a fourth “wild card” team based on the best non-division winner, qualified for the playoffs. The tiebreaker rules were changed to start with head-to-head competition, followed by division records, records against common records, and records in conference play.


1975 NHL Amateur Draft
The 1975 NHL Amateur Draft was the 13th NHL Entry Draft. It was held at the NHL office in Montreal, Quebec. The two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Philadelphia Flyers made the most noise at the draft, trading Bill Clement, Don McLean, and the 18th overall pick to the Washington Capitals for the number one overall selection, which they used to select Mel Bridgman. Later in round nine the Flyers became the first NHL team to select a Soviet-born and trained player in the amateur draft, selecting Latvian Viktor Khatulev 160th overall.


1975 NHL Amateur Draft, Selections by round
Below are listed the selections in the 1975 NHL amateur draft.


1975 NSWRFL season
The 1975 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 68th season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve teams, including six of 1908's foundation clubs and another six from across Sydney competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a grand final match for the WD & HO Wills Cup between the Eastern Suburbs and St. George clubs. NSWRFL teams also competed for the 1975 Amco Cup.


1975 NSWRFL season, Season summary
The season saw the introduction of differential penalties for scrum offences. Each side faced each other twice in twenty-two regular season rounds from March to August, resulting in a top five of Eastern Suburbs, Manly-Warringah, St. George, Canterbury-Bankstown and Parramatta who battled it out for the premiership over six finals matches. With three sides finishing in equal fifth place, two elimination finals playoffs also had to be played.


1975 NSWRFL season, Season summary
Western Suburbs had 1 point deducted for fielding an ineligible player in round 8. After losing two consecutive matches in rounds 2 and 3, defending premiers Eastern Suburbs posted nineteen consecutive wins to close out the regular season; a streak than ran from round 4 to round 22 and remains the record for the most consecutive wins in premiership history.


1975 NSWRFL season, Season summary
The 1975 season's Rothmans Medallist was Cronulla-Sutherland centre Steve Rogers. Rugby League Week gave their player of the year award to Manly-Warringah back Bob Fulton.


1975 NSWRFL season, Season summary, Teams
68th seasonGround: Leichhardt OvalCoach: Paul BroughtonCaptain: Brian Lockwood, Keith Outten


1975 NSWRFL season, Season summary, Teams
45th seasonGround: Belmore Sports GroundCoach: Malcolm CliftCaptain(s): John Peek, Barry Phillis


1975 NSWRFL season, Season summary, Teams
29th seasonGround: Brookvale OvalCoach: Frank StantonCaptain(s): Bob Fulton / Mal Reilly


1975 NSWRFL season, Season summary, Teams
29th seasonGround: Cumberland OvalCoach: Norm ProvanCaptain(s): John Baker,→ Denis Fitzgerald


1975 NSWRFL season, Season summary, Teams
9th seasonGround: Penrith Football StadiumCoach: Barry Harris & Mike StephensonCaptain: Zac Olejarnik


1975 NSWRFL season, Season summary, Teams
68th seasonGround: Redfern OvalCoach(s): Clive Churchill / Bob McCarthyCaptain: Bob McCarthy


1975 NSWRFL season, Finals
Balmain, Parramatta and Western Suburbs tied for fifth place, necessitating a play-off drawn from a hat.


1975 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
This was the first grand final to be telecast in colour. The star-studded Eastern Suburbs line up had lost only 2 matches in the 22-game regular season and were clear starting favourites. However, St. George looked a chance early on when utility back "Lord Ted" Goodwin put on a chip and chase. Goodwin collided with Eastern Suburbs' fullback Ian Schubert, came off second best and was out of touch for the remainder of the match. Things were also wrong with captain-coach Graeme Langlands who was struggling with his coordination following an ill-directed pain killing injection that numbed his right leg and severely affected his form.


1975 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
At half-time, Eastern Suburbs were up 5–0. Just after the break the Roosters' prop Ian McKay crashed over from close range and the floodgates opened. Eastern Suburbs unleashed a torrent of tries with Johnny Mayes, Arthur Beetson, John Brass, Bruce Pickett and boom recruit Schubert all scoring.


1975 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Despite his numbed leg, Langlands returned in the second half hoping it would come good. It didn't and he was replaced. By the end of the game, St. George had been completely demoralised by Easts in a 38–0 record Grand Final defeat. Fellow Immortal and peer Australian Captain Arthur Beetson attempted in vain to console the forlorn Langlands at match end.


1975 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Easts' eight tries in the Grand Final matched South Sydney's record achievement in the 1951 final (subsequently equalled again by Manly in 2008).


1975 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Eastern Suburbs 38Tries: Brass (2), Mayes (2), McKay, Beetson, Pickett, SchubertGoals: Peard (7)


1975 Nairobi bus bombing
On 1 March 1975, a bomb exploded on a crowded bus in central Nairobi in Kenya. It killed at least 27 people and injured another 90 when it detonated, ripping the bus open. The bus was about to leave for Mombasa.


1975 National 500
The 1975 National 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on October 5, 1975, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.


1975 National 500
The event was complemented by a Late Model Sportsman event that counted for points in the NASCAR-sanctioned World Service Life 300 (prior to 1982, drivers could drive as many Late Model Sportsman races combined on the short tracks and superspeedways) that, after NASCAR changed the format of the series in 1982, is now the NASCAR Xfinity Series after it became a touring format. Both of those races took place on the same race track.


1975 National 500
ABC Sports provided delayed coverage of the race, one week later.


1975 National 500, Race report
It took three hours and forty-seven seconds for the race from its 12:30 P.M. scheduled green flag time. The race ended at approximately 4:07 P.M.


1975 National 500, Race report
After failing to finish the race at Martinsville, Richard Petty defeated David Pearson by 0.26 seconds for the 176th win of his career. Richard Petty's championship lead over Benny Parsons would give him an 878-point advantage for the title; which was the largest points lead that anyone has ever accumulated in the Latford system used by NASCAR during the mid-1970s. Bruce Hill was the most dominant rookie during the 1975 season; charging to a 27th-place finish.


1975 National 500, Race report
Pearson would win the pole position with a speed of 161.701 miles per hour (260.233 km/h) during qualifying; his next pole position start would be at the 1976 World 600. More than 61,000 spectators would attend with seven cautions for 53 laps. The average speed was 132.209 miles per hour (212.770 km/h); over 334 laps on the oval track spanning 1.500 miles (2.414 km). There were 42 drivers on the grid; all of them were born in the United States of America.


1975 National 500, Race report
Coo Coo Marlin was the last-place finisher due to an engine problem on lap 8 in his 1975 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna automobile. Charlie Glotzbach led one lap early in this race before a transmission failure sidelined his one-off entry in the #3 Kmart Chevrolet. It was the last lap he ever led in Cup competition.


1975 National 500, Race report
Darel Dieringer would make his final NASCAR appearance in this race; finishing in seventh place in the process.


1975 National 500, Race report
Notable crew chiefs who in the race included Tim Brewer, Jake Elder, Travis Carter, Harry Hyde, Dale Inman, Tom Vandiver, and Bud Moore.


1975 National 500, Finishing order
Note: * denotes that the driver failed to finish the race.


1975 National Challenge Cup
The 1975 National Challenge Cup was the 62nd edition of the United States Soccer Football Association's annual open soccer championship. Teams from the North American Soccer League declined to participate. The Maccabi Los Angeles defeated the New York Inter-Giuliana in the final game.


1975 National Challenge Cup, Sources
Boston GlobeLos Angeles TimesNew York TimesThe Plain DealerSt.Louis Post-DispatchSan Francisco Chronicle


1975 National Commissioners Invitational Tournament
The 1975 National Commissioners Invitational Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 8 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or 1975 National Invitation Tournament. Drake defeated Southern California, Bowling Green and Arizona in that order to win the championship. Bob Elliot of Arizona was named tournament MVP.


1975 National Invitation Tournament
The 1975 National Invitation Tournament was the 38th edition of the oldest annual NCAA college basketball postseason tournament.


1975 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams
Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament.


1975 National League Championship Series
The 1975 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five match-up between the East Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates and the West Division champion Cincinnati Reds. It was the seventh NLCS in all. The Reds swept the Pirates in three games and went on to win the World Series against the Boston Red Sox.


1975 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The Pirates struck first in the second off of Don Gullett when he hit Dave Parker with a pitch with two outs before Richie Hebner's double and Frank Taveras's single scored a run each, but in the bottom half, Gullett's RBI single off of Jerry Reuss with two on cut the Pirates' lead to 2–1. Next inning, after two walks, Tony Perez's RBI single tied the game and two outs later, Ken Griffey's two-run single put the Reds up 4–2.


1975 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
In the fifth, the Reds loaded the bases with no outs off of Larry Demery on a walk and two singles before Griffey's sacrifice fly and Cesar Geronimo's groundout scored a run each. Gullett's home run then made it 8–2. Bob Robertson's two-out RBI single with two on cut the lead to 8–3, but Gullett pitched a complete game to give the Reds a 1–0 series lead.


1975 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Tony Pérez's two-run home run in the first off of Jim Rooker gave the Reds a lead they never relinquished. The Pirates cut it to 2–1 in the fourth off of Fred Norman when Willie Stargell hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a wild pitch and after a walk, scored on Richie Hebner's groundout, but in the bottom half, three straight leadoff singles gave the Reds that run back. After a double steal, Norman's sacrifice fly extended their lead to 4–1.


1975 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
In the sixth, Ken Griffey hit a leadoff single off of Kent Tekulve, stole second and third, and scored on Ken Brett's balk. Next inning, Bruce Kison hit Joe Morgan with a pitch to lead off. After stealing second, Morgan scored on Perez's RBI single. Rawly Eastwick pitched three innings of relief as the Reds' 6–1 win gave them a 2–0 series lead.


1975 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The only drama of the Series came in Game 3 played at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium.


1975 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The home team sent left-hander John Candelaria to the hill to try to stem the Red tide and the 21-year-old rookie responded magnificently. He yielded a home run to Dave Concepción in the second inning, but going into the eighth had a 2–1 lead, the result of Al Oliver's two-run homer in the Pirate sixth inning off of Gary Nolan. Candelaria struck out the first two batters in the eighth. That gave him a total of 14 for the game, a new playoff record. Concepción's circuit clout had been the only Reds hit to that point.


1975 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
But, inexplicably, he lost his control and walked the weak-hitting Merv Rettenmund, a pinch-hitter. Pete Rose then blasted a home run to put the Reds ahead, 3–2. When Joe Morgan followed Rose's homer with a double, Candelaria left the game. The Pirates tied the game in the ninth when relief pitcher Rawly Eastwick walked in the tying run with two out.


1975 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
But it all served to merely delay the inevitable. The Reds got three hits and two runs off veteran Ramón Hernández, the third Pittsburgh hurler, in the top of the tenth. Ken Griffey hit leadoff single, moved to second on a balk, then to third on a groundout before scoring on Ed Armbrister's sacrifice fly. Pete Rose singled before Morgan's RBI double padded the Reds' lead to 5–3. Pedro Borbon retired the Pirates in order in the bottom of the inning as the Reds clinched their third pennant of the decade.


1975 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
This game, and Game 3 of the 1975 American League Championship Series, were the first league championship series games ever played at night. Both were regionally televised by NBC.


1975 National Society of Film Critics Awards
The 10th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 29 December 1975, honored the best filmmaking of 1975.


1975 Nations Cup (tennis)
The 1975 ATP Nations Cup,  sponsored by  Reynolds Metals, was a men's team tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the inaugural edition of the World Team Cup and took place in Kingston, Jamaica from 29 September through 5 October 1975. The tournament was played by the eight nations whose players were the highest ranked on the ATP ranking. Each team consisted of two or three players and the prize money for the event was $100,000.


1975 Nations Cup (tennis)
The United States defeated Great Britain in the final to win the title an $35,000 first prize money.


1975 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1975 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 May 1975 at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari.


1975 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1975 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. The team was led by third-year head coach George Welsh.


1975 Near Islands earthquake
The 1975 Near Islands earthquake occurred at 08:43 UTC on February 2 off the coast of Attu Island, Alaska. The earthquake had a surface wave magnitude of 7.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). It caused heavy damage on Shemya Island, injuring 15 residents. The runways of Shemya Air Force Base sustained cracks up to 16 inches (41 cm) wide, and crevices with as much as 54 feet (16.6 m) of displacement were observed on the island.


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Andrews, George #96 (So.) DEAnthony, Monte #49 (So.) IBAvery, Scott #57 (Jr.) DTBelka, Jim #47 (Jr.) LB


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Block, King #55 (So.) LBBonness, Bob (So.) DEBonness, Rik #54 (Sr.) CBorg, Tim #19 (So.) DBBrock, Dan #94 (Jr.) DTBrown, Kenny (So.) WBBurns, Ed #17 (Jr.) QBBurrow, Jim #2 (Sr.) DBButterfield, Dave #34 (Jr.) DBCabell, Jake #24 (Jr.) DBCarpenter, Jeff #37 (So.) LBClark, Kelvin #73 (So.) OTClark, Mike (So.) OTCoccia, Tom #90 (Sr.) DECooley, Lawrence (So.) OGCostanzo, Rich #77 (Sr.) OTCoyle, Mike #42 (Sr.) PKCraig, Curtis #33 (So.) WBDavis, Tom #52 (So.) CDavis, Tony #25 (Sr.) FBDervin, Joe (So.)


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
LBDonnell, Dodie #45 (So.) FBEichelberger, Percy #44 (Jr.) LBEveland, Al #43 (Jr.) PKEverett, Earl #9 (Jr.) WBFerragamo, Vince #15 (Jr.) QBFischer, Tim #10 (So.) DBFolsom, Bob (Jr.) FBFultz, Mike #72 (Jr.) DTGade, Steve #56 (So.) CGalano, Bobby #59 (So.) OGGarcia, Randy #18 (So.) QBGast, Reg #82 (So.) DEGillespie, Dave #28 (Jr.) IB


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Gissler, Dean #97 (Sr.) DTGlenn, Steve #71 (So.) OTHansen, Jeff #48 (So.) LBHarvey, Ted #31 (So.) DBHayes, Bob #76 (So.) OTHeiser, Tom #27 (Sr.) WBHiggs, Gary (Jr.) FBHunter, Ken #78 (Jr.) OTJenkins, Brad #92 (Sr.) TEJones, Chuck #35 (Sr.) DBJorgensen, Greg #63 (So.) OGJustice, Jason #38 (So.) FBKane, John (Unk) LBKraft, Bill #83 (So.) SEKroneberger, Jon #64 (So.) OTLee, John #69 (Sr.) MGLehigh, Pat #6 (So.) DBLessman, Randy #39 (Jr.) PLindquist, Steve #68 (So.) OGLingenfelter, Bob #70 (Jr.) OTLoken, Rocke #16 (So.) SELuck, Terry #11 (Sr.) QBMalito, Chuck #89 (Jr.) SEMarkley, Paul (So.)


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
DBMarkus, Steve (So.) LBMartin, Bob #87 (Sr.) DEMiller, Dan #58 (So.) OGMills, George #75 (Sr.) DTMonds, Wonder #26 (Sr.) DBMushinskie, Larry #88 (Sr.) TENitzel, Ron #85 (Jr.) SEOhrt, Tom #74 (So.) OTO'Leary, John #14 (Sr.) IBPanneton, Rick #95 (Sr.) TEPayne, Dennis #13 (So.) DBPhillips, Ray #80 (Jr.) DEPillen, Clete #61 (Jr.) LBPittman, Randy #1 (So.) WB


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Plucknett, John #50 (Jr.) MGPoeschl, Randy (So.) DTPorter, G.M. (Budge) (So.) DBPruitt, Ron #91 (Sr.) DTPullen, Jeff #36 (Jr.) MGRedding, Dave #84 (Sr.) DERick, Randy #22 (Jr.) DERidder, Tom (So.) DESamuel, Tony #98 (So.) DESchmidt, Dan #51 (Jr.) OGSchroeder, John (So.) OGShamblin, Dave #81 (Jr.) SESmith, Kent #23 (So.) DBSorley, Tom #12 (So.) QBSpaeth, Ken #86 (So.) TEStacey, Kurt #3 (So.) DBStewart, Byron #30 (So.) IBStovall, Rod #5 (So.) DBTalley, Chester #32 (Jr.) DEThomas, Bobby #8 (Jr.) SEThomas, Tom #53 (Sr.) CThompson, Mike (So.) SEThornton, Willie #65 (Sr.) MGValasek, Larry #4 (So.) DBVanous, Russ (So.) PVarner, Rich #67 (Jr.) OGVernon, Kirby (So.) DBWaldemore, Stan #62 (So.) OGWalton, Darrell #7 (So.) WBWebb, Mitchell #99 (So.) MGWied, Jerry #93 (Sr.) DTWightman, Jim #46 (So.) LBWilkins, Roger (So.) OTWilliquette, Jim #41 (So.) DBYoung, Larry #40 (So.) LBZabrocki, Dale #21 (So.) IBZanetich, Nick #66 (Jr.) OG


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, LSU
For the first time ever, the Cornhuskers were not able to suit up all players due to a new NCAA rule limiting the number of suited players to 60. Also, four players were ruled ineligible by the NCAA, further limiting the resources available to Nebraska. Still, the Tigers were unable to score until after the half, and their only touchdown was not sufficient to overcome the 10 Cornhusker points already on the board, and Nebraska started the season with a win.


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Indiana
Nebraska intercepted an Indiana pass on the first play to set the tone as the Cornhuskers rolled with ease over the Hoosiers in Lincoln. A total of twelve Nebraska runners added ground yards to their career totals in this game as the team collected 300 yards rushing, while the Blackshirts obtained a shutout.


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, TCU
After Nebraska punched in two 1st-quarter touchdowns, TCU never got closer to the lead again, scoring only 14 of their own the entire game while the Cornhuskers put 14 more in each quarter. Another dominating performance was turned in by the Blackshirts, who allowed only one touchdown and held the Horned Frogs to just 16 yards on the ground.


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Miami
Someone forget to tell Miami to give up before the game started, and the Hurricanes came out intending to make it a game as they jump started the scoring with two field goals to lead 6-0 and another to lead 9–7 at the half, and Nebraska first 7 points were set up by a turnover instead of any serious offensive production. Halftime adjustments and superior conditioning took over for the rest of the game, however, as Nebraska ran off 24 unanswered points, making Miami's final touchdown with just over two minutes remaining too little, too late.


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Nebraska prevented a 1st half Kansas field goal on their way to posting a second shutout, closing their long five-game opening home stand with a 5–0 record. Although the Cornhuskers did not score big nor often, it made no difference as the scoreless Jayhawks watched the game slip farther from their reach as time ticked away. Kansas completed only 2 of 10 passes, and obtained only 7 first downs, while the Cornhuskers had double the Jayhawks yards by both ground and air.


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State
Nebraska's first road game of 1975 was not an easy win, despite the strong 14–0 start. Oklahoma State pulled within 14 by the end of the half and within 7 in the 3rd quarter. After another set of touchdowns, the Cowboys were still down by just 8 in the 4th when they capitalized on a bad Cornhusker punt snap and took over inside the Nebraska 25. The Blackshirts made a stand when Oklahoma State got inside the Nebraska 5, and forced the Cowboys to go 3-and-out on three scoring attempts to preserve the win.


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Colorado
Statistically, the game was close save for Nebraska's 350-268 rushing edge and 2-0 interception margin, but the scoreboard told another story. Even though Colorado scored first at the start of the game, the Cornhuskers unleashed a scoring onslaught that put the Buffaloes behind 42–7 at the half, putting the game far out of reach long before Nebraska backups entered the game in the 4th quarter.


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Nebraska Head Coach Tom Osborne notched his first career win against 12th-ranked Missouri, in Columbia, with style and a little help from well-executed trickery. The 'Bummeroosky" play worked flawlessly, even fooling the TV cameras, as Nebraska lined up in punt formation and snapped to FB Tony Davis, who immediately passed the ball back through the legs of IB John O'Leary and then faked a pass to a bait receiver. As the entire Cornhusker unit moved to simulate the punt fake play, the Tigers chomped on the bait and took off to the right in pursuit while O'Leary remained motionless with the ball hidden until no one remained before jaunting 40 yards untouched for the touchdown.


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
It was a battle of the defenses as the Blackshirts rang up their 3rd shutout on the season, while Kansas State managed to hold Nebraska to just 12 points.


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
Iowa State probably knew they were going to have a bad day when they fumbled the opening kickoff, allowing Nebraska to convert that turnover into 7 points. Iowa State never saw the scoreboard as Nebraska put up yet another shutout for the season, their 4th, on the way to dismantling Iowa State 52–0.


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Nebraska scored first on a field goal, but scoring production fizzled as Oklahoma led 7–3 at the half. The Cornhuskers took advantage of a Sooner fumble in the 3rd quarter to go up 10–7, but Nebraska soon committed its own turnover to help Oklahoma get back up front, and it didn't stop there. Two more subsequent, painful Cornhusker turnovers sealed the game as Oklahoma converted each for points and handed Nebraska their first loss of the year and forced them to share the Big 8 title.


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
Nebraska led the Sun Devils through the entire game until the 4th quarter, when a fierce Arizona State Rally brought the score to a 14–14 tie and then 17–14 on a Sun Devil field goal with 4:50 remaining in the game. The Cornhuskers were driving again and progressed to the Arizona State 21 with 2 minutes to go when the Cornhuskers lost an ill-timed fumble to end their hopes for the win. As it turned out, Nebraska's only two losses for the season ended up being to the teams ranked #1 and #2 in the season's final polls.


1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Rankings, NFL and Pro Players
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1975 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.


1975 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)
The 1975 Nemzeti Bajnokság I is the 25th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Handball league.


1975 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1975 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles in 1975. They were the seventh elections for the Island Council.


1975 Netherlands Antilles island council elections, Saba
General elections were held in Saba in 1975. The result was a victory for the Windward Islands People's Movement, which won four of the five seats in the Island Council.


1975 Netherlands Antilles island council elections, Sint Maarten
General elections were held in Sint Maarten on 9 May 1975 to elect the 5 members of the Island Council. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won all five Island Council seats.


1975 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
The 1975 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. Nevada competed as an independent. The Wolf Pack were led by seventh-year head coach Jerry Scattini, who was fired after the end of the season. They played their home games at Mackay Stadium.


1975 New Democratic Party leadership election
The 1975 New Democratic Party leadership election, was held in Winnipeg, from July 4 to 7  to elect a leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada. David Lewis retired as federal leader, and Ed Broadbent was elected as his successor. Rosemary Brown made the first attempt by woman-of-colour to run for leader of a major recognized Canadian political party and came in second. Broadbent led the NDP to its greatest electoral successes to then, including the historic 43 seats in the House of Commons in 1988. This convention marked the beginning of fourteen years of party unity and stability that allowed it to reach its best electoral performances of the 20th century.


1975 New England Patriots season
The 1975 New England Patriots season was the franchise's 6th season in the National Football League and 16th overall. The Patriots ended the season with a record of three wins and eleven losses, and finished tied for fourth in the AFC East Division. The Patriots had put up their best season in nearly a decade in 1974, finishing the year with a 7-7 record and earning their first season with at least a .500 winning percentage since 1966.


1975 New England Patriots season
However, New England continued its forgetful period of the '70s, as they finished 3–11 and missed the playoffs for the 12th straight season. New England started terribly, losing its first 4 games, each by 7 or more points. After winning 3 of their next 4 games, the Patriots would lose their final 6 games to conclude the season. Although they tied the New York Jets for last place in the AFC East, they lost the tiebreaker by virtue of New York winning both matchups during the season.


1975 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 1975 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. In its fourth year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 9–3 record (5–0 against conference opponents) and won the Yankee Conference championship.


1975 New Hebridean general election
General elections were held for the first time in the New Hebrides on 10 November 1975. The result was a victory for the New Hebrides National Party, which won 17 seats in the new Representative Assembly.


1975 New Hebridean general election, Background
The elections were held following a 1974 agreement between France and the United Kingdom on the territory's future. The agreement provided for the replacement of the Advisory Council with an assembly with increased powers and elected by universal suffrage. The election date in November was agreed on 11 July 1975.


1975 New Hebridean general election, Background
The 41-member Representative Assembly had 29 directly-elected members, six members representing the Chamber of Commerce (three British and three French), four representatives of customary chiefs and three representing co-operatives. The directly-elected members were elected from 14 constituencies with between one and five seats. In 12 constituencies the members were elected by single non-transferable vote, while in two seats (Port Vila and Santo Town), multiple non-transferable vote was used, with voters allowed to case as many votes as there were seats.


1975 New Hebridean general election, Campaign
Fearing a victory for the New Hebrides National Party and reluctant to sanction independence due to fears that it may encourage similar sentiments in French Polynesia and New Caledonia, the French element of the joint administration gave support to the European-backed Union of the Communities of the New Hebrides (UCNH). Aircraft hired from New Caledonia were used to campaign around the islands, with the French High Commissioner of New Caledonia involved. Seven planeloads of New Hebrideans were also flown from New Caledonia to vote, with electoral regulations changed on election day to allow the practice.


1975 New Hebridean general election, Aftermath
Following the victory of the New Hebrides National Party, the authorities sought to try to avoid pro-independence factions holding a majority in the Assembly. No date was set for the opening meeting of the Assembly due to disputes over the election of the chiefs. Following several months of delay, the French High Commissioner proposed increasing the number of chiefs from four to eight. The UCNH later called for the number to be increased to ten.


1975 New Hebridean general election, Aftermath
Protests were held by supporters of the National Party on 27 March 1976. In Pacific Islands Monthly, a member of the National Party claimed that the French authorities had encouraged people to disrupt the demonstrations, with 54 people attached in Espiritu Santo.


1975 New Hebridean general election, Aftermath
In May 1976, six months after voting had taken place, the election of four members in Espiritu Santo – Mary Gilu, Titus Path and Thomas Reuben of the National Party and Michel Thevenin of MANH – was annulled. An appeal to Joint Court in July was unsuccessful, with the court also annulling the election of Philibert de Montgremier, another National Party candidate. By-elections for the seats were held between 25 and 27 October; Gilu, Path and Reuben were re-elected, while de Montgremier was defeated by George Cronsteadt of MANH–Nagramiel. Thevenin was replaced as the MANH–Nagramiel candidate by Jimmy Stevens, who was also elected.


1975 New Hebridean general election, Aftermath
An incomplete Assembly finally met on 29 June. At the first meeting it was agreed that the number of chiefs should remain at four. The National Party also attempted to pass a motion of no confidence in the British and French administrators, which was left unresolved. The final unfilled seat – the chief representing Northern District, was elected on 26 November following a delay caused by Nagramiel chiefs complaining that others were not wearing traditional dress. National Party supporter Moli Liu Tamata was elected, giving the party 21 of the 42 seats (16 directly elected, three chiefs and two co-operative members); the UCNH had twelve seats, MANH–Nagramiel three and the remaining six were independents.


1975 New Hebridean general election, Aftermath
The first official meeting of the complete Assembly took place on 29 November, over a year after the initial elections. A motion calling for all seats to be elected by universal suffrage at the next election was passed unanimously. However, the Assembly was suspended in March 1977 following a boycott by the National Party. Early elections were held in late 1977.


1975 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 1975 New Mexico Lobos football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Mexico in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their second season under head coach Bill Mondt, the Lobos compiled a 6–5 record (4–3 against WAC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 291 to 232.


1975 New Mexico Lobos football team
Steve Myer and Randy Rich were the team captains. The team's statistical leaders included Steve Myer with 2,501 passing yards, Mike Williams with 511 rushing yards, Preston Dennard with 962 receiving yards, and Gil Stewart and Preston Dennard, each with 36 points scored.


1975 New Mexico State Aggies football team
The 1975 New Mexico State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico State University in the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their third year under head coach Jim Bradley, the Aggies compiled a 5–6 record. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico.


1975 New National League season
The 1975 National League was contested as the second division/tier of Speedway in the United Kingdom when British League Division Two was renamed. It was subsequently named the National League.


1975 New National League season, Summary
The league increased by one team for the fourth season in a row despite the loss of three teams; the Barrow Bombers, Long Eaton Archers and Sunderland Gladiators. The latter closed for good. Four new teams entered; the Newcastle Diamonds and Crayford Kestrels both returned for their first seasons since 1970, while Mildenhall Fen Tigers and Paisley Lions both competed in their inaugural seasons.


1975 New National League season, Summary
Birmingham Brummies, winners of the last British League Division Two, retained their title and were promoted to the British League for 1976. Birmingham won the league by 5 points despite losing their leading rider Phil Herne to Newport in division 1. Birmingham relied heavily on Arthur Browning, Alan Grahame and Keith White, improved performances by Ricky Day and Carl Askew and solid seasons once again from John Hart and George Major.


1975 New National League season, Summary
Newcastle finished runner-up on their return to league action, with the Owen brothers Joe Owen and Tom Owen topping the league averages.


1975 New National League season, National League Knockout Cup
The 1975 National League Knockout Cup was the eighth edition (first under its new name) of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Eastbourne Eagles were the winners of the competition.


1975 New National League season, National League Knockout Cup, Final
Eastbourne were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 83–72.


1975 New Orleans Saints season
The 1975 New Orleans Saints season was the Saints ninth season and their first in the newly opened Louisiana Superdome. Despite the new stadium, they failed to match their 1974 output of 5–9, winning only two games and tying the San Diego Chargers for the league’s worst record.


1975 New Orleans Saints season
Coach John North, who was hired four games into the 1973 exhibition season, was fired following a 38–14 road loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the sixth game. Director of Player Personnel Ernie Hefferle took over for the final eight games. His only win was his first game in charge, a 23–7 victory at home over the hated Atlanta Falcons.


1975 New Orleans Saints season
The Saints were winless on the road for the fourth time in six seasons, leaving them 3–36–3 away from New Orleans since 1970.


1975 New Orleans Saints season
The Saints wore white pants for the first time after wearing old gold pants for their first eight seasons. After 1975, New Orleans did not wear white jerseys and white pants again until introducing their Color Rush set in 2016.


1975 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1975 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 1 January 1975 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1975. Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Mauritius, Fiji, and Grenada.


1975 New Year Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honours.


1975 New Year Honours
At this time honours for Australians were still being awarded in the UK honours on the advice of the premiers of Australian states. The Australian honours system began with the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours.


1975 New Year Honours
At this time the two lowest classes of the Royal Victorian Order were "Member (fourth class)" and "Member (fifth class)", both with post-nominals MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.


1975 New Year Honours, Papua New Guinea
Honours in respect of Papua New Guinea were awarded on the advice of Her Majesty's Australian Ministers.


1975 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 1975 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1974 and the beginning of 1975, and were announced on 1 January 1975.


1975 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1975 New York City Marathon
The 1975 New York City Marathon was the 6th edition of the New York City Marathon and took place in New York City on 6 September.


1975 New York Cosmos season
The 1975 New York Cosmos season was the fifth season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Cosmos' fifth year of existence the club finished 3rd in the five-team Northern Division and 12th out of 20 in the overall league table. Despite Pelé joining the club midseason in what English writer Gavin Newsham said was "the transfer coup of the century," bringing unprecedented attention to soccer in the United States, the Cosmos missed the playoffs for the second straight year.


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


1975 New York Cosmos season, Results, Regular season
Pld = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points6 points for a win, 1 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored (up to three per game).


1975 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
The 41st New York Film Critics Circle Awards, January 25, 1976, honored the best filmmaking of 1975.


1975 New York Giants season
The 1975 New York Giants season was the franchise's 51st season in the National Football League. The Giants finished with a 5–9 record that was nonetheless a three-win improvement upon their performance at the Yale Bowl in 1974. They played their home games at Shea Stadium in Flushing Meadows, Queens, and had a new logo on their helmet, replacing the old lower case “ny” to a stylized white and blue uppercase “NY”. Like Shea Stadium, this uppercase "NY" logo lasted for just this season only.


1975 New York Jets season
The 1975 New York Jets season was the 16th season for the team and the sixth in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 7–7 record from 1974 under head coach Charley Winner. The Jets failed to do so, and finished with a record of 3–11, the worst in franchise history at the time. This would be the first of three consecutive 3–11 seasons, as they would repeat this win–loss record in 1976 and 1977. They tied the New England Patriots for last place in their division, the AFC East, but were awarded fourth place by virtue of their head-to-head sweep over the Patriots during the season.


1975 New York Jets season
The Jets’ pass defense surrendered 8.12 yards-per-attempt (including quarterback sacks), the second-most in NFL history.


1975 New York Mets season
The 1975 New York Mets season was the 14th regular season for the Mets, who played their home games at Shea Stadium. Initially led by manager Yogi Berra followed by Roy McMillan, the team had an 82–80 record and finished in third place in the National League's Eastern Division.


1975 New York Mets season, Regular season, Season summary
After the Mets' lackluster 1974 season, changes were made to improve the team. On February 28, the Mets scored a coup. For cash estimated at around $100,000, they acquired the San Francisco Giants' explosive home run hitter, Dave Kingman. A moody but undeniable talent, Kingman had batted just .223 for San Francisco in 1974, striking out every third at-bat, but many of his 18 home runs had traveled breathtaking distances. Kingman, the Mets hoped, would provide the home run power the club lacked, as well as generate some excitement.


1975 New York Mets season, Regular season, Season summary
The Mets were indeed stronger in 1975. Their .256 batting average was the highest in club history, and Kingman did supply some wallop with a then team-record 36 home runs, while Rusty Staub's 105 RBIs made him the first Met to drive in 100. As before, the club's greatest strength lay in its pitching, topped by Tom Seaver's 22–9 record, good enough for a third Cy Young Award. Jerry Koosman was 14–13 and Jon Matlack 16–12, but beyond that no pitcher won more than seven. At season's end, they concluded with an 82–80 record and a tie for third.


1975 New York Mets season, Regular season, Firings and tragedies
The Mets' marginal 82–80 record also resulted in the dismissal of manager Yogi Berra on August 6. His replacement for the rest of the season was coach Roy McMillan. Also gone, a week earlier, was Cleon Jones, released outright.


1975 New York Mets season, Regular season, Firings and tragedies
As the season rolled to an end, there was a quick succession of news stories impinging on the Mets. On September 29, Casey Stengel died of cancer in California at the age of 85. A few days later, on October 4, the club's principal owner, Mrs. Joan Payson, died at the age of 72.


1975 New York Mets season, Regular season, Firings and tragedies
In between these two passings, on October 3 the club announced the hiring of their fifth full-time manager. The new man was Joe Frazier, former major league infielder and manager of the Tidewater Tides in 1975. Frazier was the first Mets skipper without some connection with New York's baseball past, and the first to be promoted from within. Frazier had led the Tides, the Mets' top farm club, to a first-place finish in the International League, earning him the Sporting News award for Minor League Manager of the Year.


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


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


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


1975 New York Telephone exchange fire
The New York Telephone exchange fire occurred on February 27, 1975, at the New York Telephone Company switching center at 204 Second Avenue and Thirteenth Street in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City. At this time, the building contained central offices for connecting local customer telephone lines, as well as toll switching systems. The fire disrupted service for 175,000 customers, connected within the building through 105,000 service loops. It was the worst single service disaster suffered by any single Bell operating company in the 20th century.


1975 New York Telephone exchange fire
The events relating to the fire make it notable for several reasons, including the extent of the disruption, the large scale and speed of the recovery efforts, which were completed in 23 days, and the succeeding influence on adoption of fire safety rules for installation of low-voltage wiring inside buildings, especially in areas that can spread fire or toxic fumes. Decades later the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) combustion products produced by the fire were identified as a reason for elevated rates of cancer in the firefighters at the scene.


1975 New York Telephone exchange fire, History
The 204 Second Avenue building was erected in two stages: The first three floors were completed in 1923 and an additional eight stories were added in 1929-1930. At that time telephone companies were using electromechanical panel switches and later crossbar switches. As demand for telephone service increased in later decades, older equipment remained in service and worked alongside new equipment installed for expanded service. The building housed the main distribution frame and contained twelve exchanges and five toll switching machines.


1975 New York Telephone exchange fire, History
All of this equipment took up enormous space and by the time of the 1975 fire it was interconnected with tons of cable, much of it sheathed in PVC. The burning cables emitted hydrochloric acid, benzene, and vinyl chloride. During the blaze, accumulated gases caused an explosion powerful enough to knock down firefighters outside the building.


1975 New York Telephone exchange fire, History
By the mid-1970s, the Bell System was converting to newer electronic switching systems that required only a fraction of the former space and had a greater capacity than the electromechanical switches. Newer exchanges usually were equipped with the latest technology. In replacing the destroyed equipment at Second Avenue, AT&T was able to divert equipment and supplies intended for other locations to the rebuilding of the Second Avenue central offices.


1975 New York Telephone exchange fire, Fire progression
Just after midnight on February 27, 1975, a short circuit in the basement cable vault, where underground cables enter the building, started a fire. Fifteen employees were working in the building at the time. An internal alarm was sounded at 12:15 a.m. when smoke was discovered in the third-floor subscriber distribution frame. All employees safely evacuated the building but one reported that smoke was already filling the stairways. The maintenance man on duty was alerted to the fire and attempted to call the fire department, but the internal telephone lines were already disrupted. He had to use a street call box to alert the fire department, where the first alarm was sounded at 12:25 a.m.