1963 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1963 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 10 to June 14. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The seventeenth tournament's champion was the University of Southern California coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Bud Hollowell of the University of Southern California.

Participating Teams

Berth	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 7	University of Arizona	Western Athletic Conference	35 - 15 (8 - 4, 0 GB)	Frank Sancet	6 (last: 1960)	2nd (1956, 1958)	12 - 12
District 3	Florida State University	Independent	25 - 11 (n/a)	Danny Litwhiler	2 (last: 1962)	4th (1962)	2 - 4
District 1	College of the Holy Cross		13 - 8 (n/a)	Albert Riopel	3 (last: 1962)	1st (1952)	9 - 5
District 4	University of Missouri	Big Eight Conference	21 - 4 (15 - 3, 0 GB)	Hi Simmons	4 (last: 1962)	1st (1954)	12 - 7
District 2	Pennsylvania State University		13 - 4 (n/a)	Chuck Medlar	3 (last: 1959)	2nd (1957)	7 - 6
District 6	University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	19 - 15 - 1 (12 - 3, 0 GB)	Bibb Falk	7 (last: 1962)	1st (1949, 1950)	17 - 11
District 8	University of Southern California	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association	30 - 9 (10 - 6, 0 GB)	Rod Dedeaux	7 (last: 1961)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961)	19 - 10
District 4	Western Michigan University	Mid-American Conference	24 - 4 (12 - 0, 0 GB)	Charlie Maher	5 (last: 1961)	2nd (1955)	9 - 10

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Arizona	8
		Penn State	1
							Arizona	4
							Florida State	3
		Florida State	5
		Western Michigan	2
												Arizona	6
												Missouri	4
		Texas	8
		USC	3
							Texas	2
							Missouri	3
		Missouri	3
		Holy Cross	0
						Loser's bracket
							Penn State	3
							Western Michigan	0				Texas	6
												Penn State	4
							USC	6
							Holy Cross	5				Florida State	3
												USC	4

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Arizona	10									USC	5
		Texas	8									Arizona	2
							Arizona	4
							USC	6
		Missouri	3
		USC	12

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 10	Game 1	Arizona	8 - 1	Penn State
	Game 2	Florida State	5 - 2	Western Michigan
	Game 3	Texas	8 - 3	Southern California
	Game 4	Missouri	3 - 0	Holy Cross
June 11	Game 5	Penn State	3 - 0	Western Michigan	Western Michigan eliminated
	Game 6	Southern California	6 - 5	Holy Cross	Holy Cross eliminated
	Game 7	Arizona	4 - 3 (11 innings)	Florida State
	Game 8	Missouri	3 - 2	Texas
June 12	Game 9	Texas	6 - 4 (10 innings)	Penn State	Penn State eliminated
	Game 10	Southern California	4 - 3	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
	Game 11	Arizona	6 - 4	Missouri
June 13	Game 12	Southern California	12 - 3	Missouri	Missouri eliminated
	Game 13	Arizona	10 - 8	Texas	Texas eliminated
June 14	Game 14	Southern California	6 - 4	Arizona
June 16	Final	Southern California	5 - 2	Arizona	Southern California wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Doug Holliker	Sophomore	Arizona
	Walt Peterson	Sophomore	Southern California
Catcher	Bud Hollowell	Junior	Southern California
First baseman	Gary Holman	Sophomore	Southern California
Second baseman	Ron Theobald	Sophomore	Arizona
Third baseman	Dale Harvey	Sophomore or Junior	Missouri
Shortstop	William Woodward	Junior	Florida State
Outfielder	Hector Barnetche	Sophomore	Arizona
	Craig Morrison	Senior	Arizona
	Kenny Washington Jr.	Senior	Southern California

Notable Players

• University of Arizona: Ron Theobald, Bart Zeller
• Florida State University: Ken Suarez
• College of the Holy Cross: Dick Joyce
• University of Missouri: John Sevcik
• Pennsylvania State University:
• University of Southern California: Gary Holman, Rene Lachemann
• University of Texas at Austin: Bill Bethea, Chuck Hartenstein
• Western Michigan University: Greg Bollo

Related Sites

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