1971 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1971 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 11 to June 17. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The twenty-fifth tournament's champion was the University of Southern California coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Jerry Tabb of the University of Tulsa.

Participating Teams

Berth	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 7	Brigham Young University	Western Athletic Conference	31 - 14 (12 - 4, 0 GB)	Glen Tuckett	1 (last: 1968)	8th (1968)	0 - 2
District 1	Harvard University	Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League	26 - 6 (9 - 5, 0 GB)	Loyal Park	1 (last: 1968)	7th (1968)	0 - 2
District 3	Mississippi State University	Southeastern Conference	32 - 10 (13 - 5, 0 GB)	Paul Gregory	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 6	Pan American College	Independent	42 - 7 (n/a)	Al Ogletree	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 2	Seton Hall University	Metropolitan Conference	16 - 12 (8 - 5)	Owen Carroll	1 (last: 1964)	5th (1964)	1 - 2
District 4	Southern Illinois University	Midwestern Conference	40 - 7 (11 - 1, 0 GB)	Richard "Itch" Jones	2 (last: 1969)	2nd (1968)	3 - 4
District 5	University of Tulsa	Missouri Valley Conference	32 - 10 (n/a)	Gene Shell	1 (last: 1969)	2nd (1969)	3 - 2
District 8	University of Southern California	Pacific Eight Conference	41 - 10 (17 - 0, 0 GB)	Rod Dedeaux	12 (last: 1970)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970)	38 - 16

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Harvard	4
		Brigham Young	1
							Harvard	8
							Tulsa	9
		Tulsa	5
		Mississippi State	2
												Tulsa	9
												Southern Illinois	4
		USC	5
		Seton Hall	1
							USC	3
							Southern Illinois	8
		Southern Illinois	5
		Pan American	4
						Loser's bracket
							Brigham Young	3
							Mississippi State	1				USC	8
												Brigham Young	6
							Seton Hall	2
							Pan American	8				Harvard	0
												Pan American	1

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Tulsa	4									Southern Illinois	2
		USC	8									USC	7
							Tulsa	2
							USC	3
		Southern Illinois	8
		Pan American	6

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 11	Game 1	Harvard	4 - 1	Brigham Young
	Game 2	Tulsa	5 - 2	Mississippi State
June 12	Game 3	Southern California	5 - 1	Seton Hall
	Game 4	Southern Illinois	5 - 4	Pan American
	Game 5	Brigham Young	3 - 1	Mississippi State	Mississippi State eliminated
June 13	Game 6	Pan American	8 - 2	Seton Hall	Seton Hall eliminated
	Game 7	Tulsa	9 - 8	Harvard
	Game 8	Southern Illinois	8 - 3	Southern California
June 14	Game 9	Pan American	1 - 0	Harvard	Harvard eliminated
	Game 10	Southern California	8 - 6	Brigham Young	Brigham Young eliminated
	Game 11	Tulsa	9 - 4	Southern Illinois
June 15	Game 12	Southern Illinois	8 - 6	Pan American	Texas-Pan Am eliminated
	Game 13	Southern California	8 - 4	Tulsa
June 16	Game 14	Southern California	3 - 2	Tulsa	Tulsa eliminated
June 17	Final	Southern California	7 - 2	Southern Illinois	Southern California wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Steve Rogers	Senior	Tulsa
	Mark Sogge	Junior	Southern California
Catcher	Larry Calufetti	Sophomore	Southern Illinois
First baseman	Jerry Tabb	Freshman	Tulsa
Second baseman	Frank Alfano	Senior	Southern California
Third baseman	Mike Eden	Junior	Southern Illinois
Shortstop	Dan Radison	Junior	Southern Illinois
Outfielder	Steve Bowling	Freshman	Tulsa
	Jim Dwyer	Junior	Southern Illinois
	Fred Lynn	Freshman	Southern California

Notable Players

• Brigham Young University: Steve Easton, Dane Iorg
• Harvard University: Pete Varney
• Mississippi State University: Bob Myrick
• Pan American College: Wayne Tyrone, Jim Tyrone
• Seton Hall University:
• University of Southern California: Steve Busby, Fred Lynn, Jeff Port, Eric Raich, Randy Scarbery
• Southern Illinois University: Jim Dwyer, Mike Eden, Duane Kuiper, Dan Thomas
• University of Tulsa: Steve Bowling, Mardie Cornejo, Steve Rogers, Mike Sember, Jerry Tabb

Related Sites

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