1951 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1951 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 13 to June 17. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The fifth tournament's champion was the University of Oklahoma coached by Jack Baer. The Most Outstanding Player was Sidney Hatfield of the University of Tennessee.

Participating Teams

Berth	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 4	Ohio State University	Big Ten Conference	23 - 13 (10 - 2, 0 GB)	Marty Karow	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 5	University of Oklahoma	Big Seven Conference	15 - 9 (10 - 1, 0 GB)	Jack Baer	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 2	Princeton University	Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League	20 - 4 (7 - 2, 0 GB)	Emerson Dickman	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 1	Springfield College		15 - 5 (n/a)	Archie Allen	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 3	University of Tennessee	Southeastern Conference	16 - 1 (16 - 1, 0 GB)	S.W. Anderson	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 6	Texas A&M University	Southwest Conference	20 - 9 (11 - 4, 0 GB)	Beau Bell	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 8	University of Southern California	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association	30 - 17 (11 - 5, 0 GB)	Rod Dedeaux	2 (last: 1949)	1st (1948)	3 - 3
District 7	University of Utah	Mountain States Conference	15 - 1 (n/a)	Pete Carlston	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0

Results

Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
		Oklahoma	9
		Ohio St.	8
							Oklahoma	7
							Springfield	1
		Springfield	5
		Texas A&M	1
												Oklahoma	4
												USC	1
		USC	4
		Princeton	1
							USC	8
							Utah	2
		Utah	7
		Tennessee	1																			Oklahoma	3	x
																						Tennessee	2	x
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
							Utah	15
		Ohio St.	2				Texas A&M	8									USC	8
		Texas A&M	3									Utah	4				Tennessee	9
												Tennessee	5
							Springfield	0
		Princeton	2				Tennessee	2
		Tennessee	3

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 13	Game 1	Southern California	4 - 1	Princeton
	Game 2	Utah	7 - 1	Tennessee
	Game 3	Oklahoma	9 - 8 (10 innings)	Ohio State
	Game 4	Springfield	5 - 1	Texas A&M
June 14	Game 5	Tennessee	3 - 2	Princeton	Princeton eliminated
	Game 6	Texas A&M	3 - 2	Ohio State	Ohio State eliminated
	Game 7	Southern California	8 - 2	Utah
	Game 8	Oklahoma	7 - 1	Springfield
June 15	Game 9	Tennessee	2 - 0	Springfield	Springfield eliminated
	Game 10	Utah	15 - 8	Texas A&M	Texas A&M eliminated
	Game 11	Oklahoma	4 - 1	Southern California
June 16	Game 12	Tennessee	5 - 4	Utah	Utah eliminated
June 17	Game 13	Tennessee	9 - 8	Southern California	Southern California eliminated
	Final	Oklahoma	3 - 2	Tennessee	Oklahoma wins CWS

Notable Players

• Ohio State University: Moe Savransky, Duke Simpson
• University of Oklahoma:
• Princeton University: Dave Sisler
• University of Southern California: Bob Lillis
• Springfield College:
• University of Tennessee: Billy Bowman
• Texas A&M University:
• University of Utah:

Related Sites

• OmahaSeries.com: for more info on the College World Series
• BoydsWorld.com: for more info on College Baseball