1973 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1973 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 8 to June 13. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The twenty-seventh tournament's champion was the University of Southern California coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Dave Winfield of the University of Minnesota.

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	56 - 6 (16 - 1, 0 GB)	Jim Brock	5 (last: 1972)	1st (1965, 1967, 1969)	20 - 7
District 3	Georgia Southern College	Independent	42 - 10 (n/a)	Ron Polk	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 1	Harvard University	Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League	35 - 3 (11 - 2, 0 GB)	Loyal Park	2 (last: 1971)	5th (1971)	1 - 4
District 4	University of Minnesota	Big Ten Conference	29 - 14 - 2 (14 - 4, 0 GB)	Dick Siebert	3 (last: 1964)	1st (1956, 1960, 1964)	14 - 3
District 5	University of Oklahoma	Big Eight Conference	47 - 10 (17 - 4, 0 GB)	Enos Semore	2 (last: 1972)	1st (1951)	5 - 2
District 2	Pennsylvania State University	Independent	19 - 5 (n/a)	Chuck Medlar	4 (last: 1963)	2nd (1957)	8 - 8
District 6	University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	48 - 5 (15 - 3, 0 GB)	Cliff Gustafson	14 (last: 1972)	1st (1949, 1950)	28 - 25
District 8	University of Southern California	Pacific Eight Conference	46 - 11 (14 - 4, 0 GB)	Rod Dedeaux	14 (last: 1972)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972)	48 - 18

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Minnesota	1
		Oklahoma	0
							Minnesota	0
							Arizona State	3
		Arizona State	3
		Penn State	1
												Arizona State	1
												USC	3
		Texas	6
		Georgia Southern	3
							Texas	1
							USC	4
		USC	4
		Harvard	1
						Loser's bracket
							Oklahoma	6
							Penn State	0				Texas	10
												Oklahoma	2
							Georgia Southern	8
							Harvard	0				Minnesota	6
												Georgia Southern	2

	Semifinals					Finals
		USC	8
		Minnesota	7
							USC	4
							Arizona State	3
		Arizona State	6
		Texas	5

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 8	Game 1	Minnesota	1 - 0	Oklahoma
	Game 2	Arizona State	3 - 1	Penn State
June 9	Game 3	Texas	6 - 3	Georgia Southern
	Game 4	Southern California	4 - 1	Harvard
	Game 5	Oklahoma	6 - 0	Penn State	Penn State eliminated
June 10	Game 6	Georgia Southern	8 - 0	Harvard	Harvard eliminated
	Game 7	Arizona State	3 - 0	Minnesota
	Game 8	Southern California	4 - 1	Texas
June 11	Game 9	Minnesota	6 - 2	Georgia Southern	Georgia Southern eliminated
	Game 10	Texas	10 - 2	Oklahoma	Oklahoma eliminated
	Game 11	Southern California	3 - 1	Arizona State
June 12	Game 12	Arizona State	6 - 5	Texas	Texas eliminated
	Game 13	Southern California	8 - 7	Minnesota	Minnesota eliminated
June 13	Final	Southern California	4 - 3	Arizona State	Southern California wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Eddie Bane	Junior	Arizona State
	Randy Scarbery	Junior	Southern California
	Bob Shirley	Freshman	Oklahoma
	Dave Winfield		Minnesota
Catcher	Clint Myers	Junior	Arizona State
First baseman	Clay Westlake	Freshman	Arizona State
Second baseman	Bill Berger	Senior	Arizona State
Third baseman	Keith Moreland	Freshman	Texas
Shortstop	Roy Smalley	Junior	Southern California
Outfielder	Ken Huizenga	Sophomore	Southern California
	Carl Person	Junior	Georgia Southern
	Terry Pyka	Junior	Texas

Notable Players

• Arizona State University: Gary Allenson, Eddie Bane, Jim Lentine, Paul Moskau, Jim Otten, John Poloni, Jim Umbarger, Bump Wills
• Georgia Southern University: Jim Morrison, John Tamargo
• Harvard University:
• University of Minnesota: Steve Comer, Dave Winfield
• University of Oklahoma: Keith Drumright, Bob Shirley, Joe Simpson, Jackson Todd
• Pennsylvania State University:
• University of Southern California: Rich Dauer, Steve Kemp, Dennis Littlejohn, Fred Lynn, Ed Putman, Pete Redfern, Randy Scarbery, Roy Smalley
• University of Texas at Austin: Bobby Cuellar, Jim Gideon, Keith Moreland, Ken Pape, Rich Wortham

Tournament Notes

Southern California becomes the first team to win four consecutive College World Series.