1966 USC Trojans baseball team

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1966 USC Trojans baseball
USC Trojans logo.svg
CIBA Champions
District VIII Champions
College World Series, T-3rd
Conference California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Record42–9 (16–4 CIBA)
Head coach
Home stadium Bovard Field
Seasons
← 1965
1967 →
1966 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
North Division
No. 11 Washington State  ‍†‍‍y15–1–0 .93835–8–1 .807
Oregon  ‍‍‍8–9–0 .47121–18–0 .538
Washington  ‍‍‍6–10–0 .37520–16–0 .556
Oregon State  ‍‍‍4–13–0 .23518–17–0 .514
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
No. 3 USC  ‍†‍‍y16–4–0 .80042–9–0 .824
California  ‍‍‍12–8–0 .60032–14–0 .696
Stanford  ‍‍‍12–8–0 .60026–12–2 .675
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍11–9–0 .55027–17–0 .614
UCLA  ‍‍‍10–10–0 .50035–24–0 .593
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍6–14–0 .30015–27–0 .357
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1966 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1966 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1966 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Trojans played their home games at Bovard Field. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 25th year at USC.

Contents

The Trojans won the California Intercollegiate Baseball Association championship and the District VIII Playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Roster

1966 USC Trojans baseball team
PlayersCoaches
#Pos.NameB/THeightWeightYearHome town
OF Sheldon AndrensL/L5 ft 7 in(1.7 m)150 lb (68 kg)Jr Los Angeles, California
OF Oscar Brown R/R6 ft 0 in(1.83 m)175 lb (79 kg) Long Beach, California
William Brown/
—
—
So
P Ronald Cook/
—
—
Sr
Joe Cox/
—
—
Armando DeCastro/
—
—
Sr
Justin Dedeaux/
—
—
Sr
John Fodor/
—
—
Jr
Doug Gabrielson/
—
—
Sr
INF Buddy GordonL/R6 ft 3 in(1.91 m)190 lb (86 kg)
James Harrison/
—
—
LHP John HerbstL/L6 ft 3 in(1.91 m)205 lb (93 kg)Jr
Jeff Jameson/
—
—
Greg Kritzer/
—
—
INF Pat KuehnerL/R6 ft 2 in(1.88 m)200 lb (91 kg)
RHP Ray Lamb R/R6 ft 1 in(1.85 m)170 lb (77 kg)Sr Glendale, California
LHP Bill Lee L/L6 ft 3 in(1.91 m)205 lb (93 kg)So Burbank, California
Martin Lillard/
—
—
OF Fred ShueyR/R6 ft 0 in(1.83 m)170 lb (77 kg)Sr
C Steve Sogge/
—
—
RHP John StewartR/R6 ft 1 in(1.85 m)170 lb (77 kg) North Hollywood, California
INF Steven TannerL/R6 ft 3 in(1.91 m)190 lb (86 kg)So
Head coach

Rod Dedeaux

Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Current redshirt

Schedule

1966 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February (4–1)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordCIBA record
1February 11 Cal Poly Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 9–11–00–0
2February 19 San Fernando Valley State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California15–142–00–0
3February 19San Fernando Valley StateBovard Field • Los Angeles, California10–53–00–0
4February 25 San Diego State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California14–104–00–0
5February 28 Long Beach State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California14–104–10–0
March (15–1)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordCIBA record
6March 1at San Fernando Valley State Matador Field • Northridge, California 6–25–10–0
7March 4at Santa Barbara Campus Diamond • Santa Barbara, California 7–36–11–0
8March 5Santa BarbaraBovard Field • Los Angeles, California10–07–12–0
9March 7at Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, California 2–08–12–0
10March 11 Santa Clara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California4–39–13–0
11March 12 California Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California6–010–14–0
12March 12CaliforniaBovard Field • Los Angeles, California6–011–15–0
13March 15 Cal State Los Angeles Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California5–312–15–0
14March 18at California Edwards Field • Berkeley, California 4–213–16–0
15March 19at Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, California 9–614–17–0
16March 19at Santa ClaraBuck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, California3–215–18–0
17March 22 Pepperdine Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California13–016–18–0
18March 26 Stanford Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California3–117–19–0
19March 26StanfordBovard Field • Los Angeles, California0–417–29–1
20March 27Santa ClaraBovard Field • Los Angeles, California7–318–210–1
21March 29at Cal State Los AngelesUnknown • Los Angeles, California4–019–210–1
April (11–5)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordCIBA record
22April 1 BYU Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California14–320–210–1
23April 2PepperdineBovard Field • Los Angeles, California6–021–210–1
24April 2PepperdineBovard Field • Los Angeles, California11–022–210–1
25April 4vs Cal Western Unknown • Unknown5–123–210–1
26April 5vs San Diego StateUnknown • Unknown1–323–310–1
27April 5vs Pacific Unknown • Unknown12–024–310–1
28April 6vs San Jose State Unknown • Unknown12–725–311–1
29April 6vs San Diego StateUnknown • Unknown10–526–311–1
30April 12 Cal Poly Pomona Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California3–426–411–1
31April 15at CaliforniaEdwards Field • Berkeley, California2–726–511–2
32April 16at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 3–526–611–3
33April 16at StanfordSunken Diamond • Stanford, California3–227–612–3
34April 19 Westmont Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California3–028–612–3
35April 22 Loyola Marymount Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California4–229–612–3
36April 26at Santa BarbaraCampus Diamond • Santa Barbara, California1–229–712–4
37April 29 Chapman Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California2–130–712–4
May (6–0)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordCIBA record
38May 3Santa BarbaraBovard Field • Los Angeles, California6–031–712–4
39May 6at UCLA Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California13–1032–713–4
40May 7UCLABovard Field • Los Angeles, California3–233–714–4
41May 10at Cal Poly PomonaUnknown • Pomona, California 7–134–714–4
42May 13UCLABovard Field • Los Angeles, California13–1135–715–4
43May 14at UCLASawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California4–136–716–4
Postseason
District VIII Playoff (3–0)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordCIBA record
44May 23Cal Poly PomonaBovard Field • Los Angeles, California11–737–716–4
45May 24 Washington State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California4–338–716–4
46May 25Washington StateBovard Field • Los Angeles, California7–439–716–4
College World Series (3–2)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordCIBA record
47June 13vs North Carolina Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 6–240–716–4
48June 14vs Ohio State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska2–640–816–4
49June 15vs Arizona Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska8–441–816–4
50June 16vs Ohio StateOmaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska5–142–816–4
51June 17vs Ohio StateOmaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska0–142–916–4
[2]

Awards and honors

Shelly Andrens
Oscar Brown
Armando DeCastro
Justin Dedeaux
Pat Harrison
John Herbst
Fred Shuey
Steve Sogge
John Stewart

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1966". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ "2020 USC Trojans Baseball record Book" (PDF). www.usctrojans.com. University of Southern California Athletics. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  3. ↑ "CWS record Book" (PDF). www.ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
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