1966 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1966 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 13 to June 18. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The twentieth tournament's champion was Ohio State University coached by Marty Karow. The Most Outstanding Player was Steve Arlin of Ohio State University.

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	39 - 13 (8 - 4, 0 GB)	Frank Sancet	7 (last: 1963)	2nd (1956, 1958, 1960)	16 - 14
District 3	University of North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	21 - 11 (12 - 2, 0 GB)	Walt Rabb	1 (last: 1960)	7th (1960)	0 - 2
District 1	Northeastern University		18 - 6 (n/a)	John Connelly	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 2
District 4	Ohio State University	Big Ten Conference	22 - 5 - 1 (6 - 0, 0 GB)	Marty Karow	2 (last: 1965)	2nd (1965)	4 - 4
District 5	Oklahoma State University	Big Eight Conference	18 - 9 (13 - 7, 0 GB)	Chet Bryan	5 (last: 1961)	1st (1959)	15 - 9
District 2	St. John's University	Metropolitan Conference	23 - 7 (7 - 3, 1 GB)	Jack Kaiser	2 (last: 1960)	4th (1949)	1 - 4
District 6	University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	20 - 7 - 1 (9 - 6, 0 GB)	Bibb Falk	9 (last: 1965)	1st (1949, 1950)	19 - 15
District 8	University of Southern California	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association	42 - 7 (16 - 4, 0 GB)	Rod Dedeaux	9 (last: 1964)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963)	26 - 13

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Texas	5
		Arizona	1
							Texas	0
							St. John's	2
		St. John's	5
		Northeastern	3
												St. John's	7
												Ohio State	8
		USC	6
		North Carolina	2
							USC	2
							Ohio State	6
		Ohio State	4
		Oklahoma State	2
						Loser's bracket
							Arizona	8
							Northeastern	1				USC	8
												Arizona	4
							North Carolina	1
							Oklahoma State	5				Texas	1
												Oklahoma State	6

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Ohio State	1									Oklahoma State	2
		USC	5									Ohio State	8
							Ohio State	1
							USC	0
		St. John's	1
		Oklahoma State	6

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 13	Game 1	Texas	5 - 1	Arizona
	Game 2	St. John's	5 - 3	Northeastern
	Game 3	Southern California	6 - 2	North Carolina
	Game 4	Ohio State	4 - 2	Oklahoma State
June 14	Game 5	Arizona	8 - 1	Northeastern	Northeastern eliminated
	Game 6	Oklahoma State	5 - 1	North Carolina	North Carolina eliminated
	Game 7	St. John's	2 - 0	Texas
	Game 8	Ohio State	6 - 2	Southern California
June 15	Game 9	Southern California	8 - 4	Arizona	Arizona eliminated
	Game 10	Oklahoma State	6 - 1	Texas	Texas eliminated
	Game 11	Ohio State	8 - 7	St. John's
June 16	Game 12	Southern California	5 - 1	Ohio State
June 17	Game 13	Oklahoma State	6 - 1	St. John's	St. John's eliminated
	Game 14	Ohio State	1 - 0	Southern California	Southern California eliminated
June 18	Final	Ohio State	8 - 2	Oklahoma State	Ohio State wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Steve Arlin	Junior	Ohio State
	John Stewart	Senior	Southern California
Catcher	Chuck Brinkman	Senior	Ohio State
First baseman	Russ Nagelson	Senior	Ohio State
Second baseman	Matt Galante	Junior	St. John's
Third baseman	Bob Toney		Oklahoma State
Shortstop	Joe Russo	Senior	St. John's
Outfielder	Bo Rein	Junior	Ohio State
	Ray Shoup	Junior	Ohio State
	Wayne Weatherly	Sophomore	Oklahoma State

Notable Players

• University of Arizona: Eddie Leon, Mike Paul
• University of North Carolina:
• Northeastern University:
• Ohio State University: Steve Arlin, Chuck Brinkman, Russ Nagelson
• Oklahoma State University: Larry Burchart
• University of Southern California: Oscar Brown, Ray Lamb, Bill Lee
• St. John's University: Joe Russo
• University of Texas at Austin: Gary Moore

Related Sites

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