1974 College World Series

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The 1974 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 7 to June 15. The twenty-eighth tournament's champion was the University of Southern California coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was George Milke of the University of Southern California.

1 Participating Teams
2 Results
- 2.1 Bracket
- 2.2 Game Results
3 All-Tournament Team
4 Notable Players
5 Tournament Notes
6 Related Sites

[edit] Participating Teams

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
Harvard University	Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League	28 - 9 (10 - 4, 0 GB)	Loyal Park	3 (last: 1973)	5th (1971)	1 - 6
University of Miami	District III Independents	48 - 9 (n/a)	Ron Fraser	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
University of Northern Colorado	District VII Independents	31 - 11 (n/a)	Tom Petroff	9 (last: 1962)	5th (1955)	2 - 18
University of Oklahoma	Big Eight Conference	42 - 6 (18 - 3, 0 GB)	Enos Semore	3 (last: 1973)	1st (1951)	6 - 4
Seton Hall University		33 - 8 - 1 (n/a)	Mike Sheppard	2 (last: 1971)	5th (1964)	1 - 4
Southern Illinois University		47 - 10 (n/a)	Richard Jones	3 (last: 1971)	2nd (1968, 1971)	6 - 6
University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	52 - 6 (20 - 4, 0 GB)	Cliff Gustafson	15 (last: 1973)	1st (1949, 1950)	30 - 27
University of Southern California	Pacific Eight Conference	45 - 19 (11 - 7, 0 GB)	Rod Dedeaux	15 (last: 1973)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973)	53 - 18

[edit] Results

[edit] Bracket

Bracket to be Included

[edit] Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 7	Game 1	Miami	4 - 1	Harvard
June 7	Game 2	Oklahoma	10 - 1	Northern Colorado
June 8	Game 3	Southern California	9 - 2	Texas
June 8	Game 4	Southern Illinois	5 - 1	Seton Hall
June 10	Game 5	Northern Colorado	4 - 2	Harvard	Harvard eliminated
	Game 6	Texas	12 - 2	Seton Hall	Seton Hall eliminated
	Game 7	Miami	5 - 1	Oklahoma
	Game 8	Southern California	5 - 3	Southern Illinois
June 11	Game 9	Southern Illinois	5 - 2	Northern Colorado	Northern Colorado eliminated
June 11	Game 10	Texas	10 - 4	Oklahoma	Oklahoma eliminated
June 12	Game 11	Miami	7 - 3	Southern California
June 13	Game 12	Southern Illinois	4 - 3	Miami
June 13	Game 13	Southern California	5 - 3	Texas	Texas eliminated
June 14	Game 14	Southern California	7 - 2	Southern Illinois	Southern Illinois eliminated
June 15	Final	Southern California	7 - 3	Miami	Southern California wins CWS

[edit] All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Mark Barr	Senior	Southern California
	Stan Jakubowski	Sophomore	Miami
	George Milke	Sophomore	Southern California
Catcher	Ron Scott	Junior	Miami
First baseman	Orlando Gonzalez	Senior	Miami
Second baseman	Rob Adolph	Senior	Southern California
Third baseman	Rich Dauer	Senior	Southern California
Shortstop	Marvin Cobb	Junior	Southern California
Outfielder	Tom Ball	Senior	Texas
	Bobby Mitchell	Freshman	Southern California
	Manny Trujillo	Senior	Miami

[edit] Notable Players

Harvard University:
University of Miami: Orlando Gonzalez, Wayne Krenchicki
University of Northern Colorado: Tom Runnells, Joe Strain
University of Oklahoma: Keith Drumright, Bob Shirley
Seton Hall University: Rick Cerone, Charlie Puleo
University of Southern California: Rich Dauer, Steve Kemp, Dennis Littlejohn, Bobby Mitchell, Ed Putman, Pete Redfern
Southern Illinois University:
University of Texas at Austin: Bobby Cuellar, Jim Gideon, Keith Moreland, Rich Wortham

[edit] Tournament Notes

Southern California becomes the first team to win five consecutive College World Series. Tom Petroff becomes the first head coach to led two different schools to the College World Series; he led Rider University to Omaha in 1967.