1965 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1965 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 7 to June 12. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The nineteenth tournament's champion was Arizona State University coached by Bobby Winkles. The Most Outstanding Player was Sal Bando of Arizona State University.

Participating Teams

Berth	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 7	Arizona State University	Western Athletic Conference	49 - 7 (9 - 3, 0 GB)	Bobby Winkles	1 (last: 1964)	6th (1964)	1 - 2
District 1	University of Connecticut	Yankee Conference	16 - 6 (7 - 3)	Larry Panciera	2 (last: 1959)	5th (1957)	1 - 4
District 3	Florida State University	Independent	31 - 9 - 1 (n/a)	Fred Hatfield	3 (last: 1963)	4th (1962)	3 - 6
District 2	Lafayette College		16 - 5 (n/a)	Charlie Gelbert	3 (last: 1958)	3rd (1953)	3 - 6
District 4	Ohio State University	Big Ten Conference	26 - 11 (11 - 2, 0 GB)	Marty Karow	1 (last: 1951)	8th (1951)	0 - 2
District 5	Saint Louis University	Missouri Valley Conference	23 - 7 - 1 (6 - 1, 0 GB)	Roy Lee	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 6	University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	18 - 5 (11 - 4, 0 GB)	Bibb Falk	8 (last: 1963)	1st (1949, 1950)	19 - 13
District 8	Washington State University	Pacific Eight Conference	31 - 6 (14 - 4, 0 GB)	Chuck Brayton	2 (last: 1956)	2nd (1950)	3 - 4

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Ohio State	2
		Florida State	1
							Ohio State	14
							Washington State	1
		Washington State	12
		Texas	5
												Ohio State	4
												Arizona State	9
		Arizona State	14
		Lafayette	1
							Arizona State	13
							St. Louis	3
		St. Louis	2
		Connecticut	1
						Loser's bracket
							Florida State	3
							Texas	2				St. Louis	5
												Florida State	3
							Lafayette	4
							Connecticut	6				Washington State	3
												Connecticut	2

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Arizona State	6									Ohio State	1
		St. Louis	2									Arizona State	2
							Arizona State	3
							Ohio State	7
		Ohio State	1
		Washington State	0

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 7	Game 1	Ohio State	2 - 1	Florida State
	Game 2	Washington State	12 - 5	Texas
	Game 3	Arizona State	14 - 1	Lafayette
	Game 4	St. Louis	2 - 1	Connecticut
June 8	Game 5	Florida State	3 - 2	Texas	Texas eliminated
	Game 6	Connecticut	6 - 4	Lafayette	Lafayette eliminated
	Game 7	Ohio State	14 - 1	Washington State
	Game 8	Arizona State	13 - 3	St. Louis
June 9	Game 9	St. Louis	5 - 3	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
	Game 10	Washington State	3 - 2	Connecticut	Connecticut eliminated
	Game 11	Arizona State	9 - 4	Ohio State
June 10	Game 12	Arizona State	6 - 2	St. Louis	St. Louis eliminated
	Game 13	Ohio State	1 - 0 (15 innings)	Washington State	Washington State eliminated
June 11	Game 14	Ohio State	7 - 3	Arizona State
June 12	Final	Arizona State	2 - 1	Ohio State	Arizona State wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Steve Arlin	Sophomore	Ohio State
	Doug Nurnberg	Sophomore	Arizona State
Catcher	Chuck Brinkman	Junior	Ohio State
First baseman	Arnold Chonko	Senior	Ohio State
Second baseman	Luis Lagunas	Senior	Arizona State
Third baseman	Sal Bando	Junior	Arizona State
Shortstop	Bo Rein	Sophomore	Ohio State
Outfielder	Jim Dix	Senior	St. Louis
	Bob Fry	Senior	Washington State
	Rick Monday	Sophomore	Arizona State

Notable Players

• Arizona State University: Sal Bando, Duffy Dyer, Rick Monday, Al Schmelz
• University of Connecticut:
• Florida State University: Randy Brown, Jim Lyttle
• Lafayette College:
• Ohio State University: Steve Arlin, Chuck Brinkman, Russ Nagelson
• Saint Louis University:
• University of Texas at Austin: Joe Hague, Gary Moore
• Washington State University: Danny Frisella

Related Sites

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