1970 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1970 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 12 to June 18. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The twenty-fourth tournament's champion was the University of Southern California coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Gene Ammann of Florida 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	44 - 16 (11 - 7, 0 GB)	Frank Sancet	8 (last: 1966)	2nd (1956, 1958, 1960)	17 - 16
District 1	Dartmouth College	Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League	23 - 8 (11 - 2, 0 GB)	Tony Lupien	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 2	University of Delaware	Middle Atlantic Conference	22 - 4 (9 - 1, 0 GB)	Bob Hannah	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 3	Florida State University	Independent	45 - 7 - 1 (n/a)	Jack Stallings	4 (last: 1965)	4th (1962)	4 - 8
District 5	Iowa State University	Big Eight Conference	18 - 9 (13 - 5, 0 GB)	Cap Timm	1 (last: 1957)	3rd (1957)	2 - 2
District 4	Ohio University	Mid-American Conference	31 - 4 (14 - 1, 0 GB)	Bob Wren	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 6	University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	36 - 6 (14 - 1, 0 GB)	Cliff Gustafson	12 (last: 1969)	1st (1949, 1950)	23 - 21
District 8	University of Southern California	Pacific Eight Conference	41 - 12 (11 - 3, 0 GB)	Rod Dedeaux	11 (last: 1968)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968)	34 - 15

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Texas	12
		Delaware	4
							Texas	7
							Ohio	2
		Ohio	4
		USC	1
												Texas	5
												Florida State	1
		Florida State	4
		Arizona	0
							Florida State	6
							Dartmouth	0
		Dartmouth	7
		Iowa State	6
						Loser's bracket
							Delaware	1
							USC	7				Dartmouth	1
												USC	6
							Arizona	1
							Iowa State	7				Ohio	9
												Iowa State	6

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Texas	7									USC	2
		USC	8									Florida State	1
							Texas	2
							Florida State	11
		Florida State	2
		Ohio	0

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 12	Game 1	Texas	12 - 4	Delaware
	Game 2	Ohio	4 - 1	Southern California
June 13	Game 3	Florida State	4 - 0	Arizona
	Game 4	Dartmouth	7 - 6	Iowa State
	Game 5	Southern California	7 - 1	Delaware	Delaware eliminated
June 14	Game 6	Iowa State	7 - 1	Arizona	Arizona eliminated
	Game 7	Texas	7 - 2	Ohio
	Game 8	Florida State	6 - 0	Dartmouth
June 15	Game 9	Ohio	9 - 6	Iowa State	Iowa State eliminated
	Game 10	Southern California	6 - 1	Dartmouth	Dartmouth eliminated
	Game 11	Texas	5 - 1	Florida State
June 16	Game 12	Florida State	2 - 0	Ohio	Ohio eliminated
	Game 13	Southern California	8 - 7 (14 innings)	Texas
June 17	Game 14	Florida State	11 - 2	Texas	Texas eliminated
June 18	Final	Southern California	2 - 1 (15 innings)	Florida State	Southern California wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Gene Ammann	Junior	Florida State
	Jim Barr	Senior	Southern California
Catcher	Tom Harmon	Junior	Texas
First baseman	John Langerhans	Sophomore	Texas
Second baseman	Frank Alfano	Junior	Southern California
Third baseman	Dan Stoligrosz	Senior	Southern California
Shortstop	Jerry Lundin	Junior	Iowa State
Outfielder	John Grubb	Junior	Florida State
	Mike Markl	Sophomore	Texas
	Gary Shade	Junior	Ohio

Notable Players

• University of Arizona: Leon Hooten
• Dartmouth College: Pete Broberg, Chuck Seelbach
• University of Delaware:
• Florida State University: Ron Cash, Johnny Grubb, Pat Osburn, Mac Scarce, Stan Thomas
• Iowa State University:
• Ohio University: Mike Schmidt, Steve Swisher
• University of Southern California: Jim Barr, Steve Busby, Dave Kingman, Jeff Port, Eric Raich, Brent Strom
• University of Texas at Austin: Mike Beard, Dave Chalk, Larry Hardy, Burt Hooton

Related Sites

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