1974 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1974 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 7 to June 15. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The twenty-eighth tournament's champion was the University of Southern California coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was George Milke of the University of Southern California.

Participating Teams

Berth	School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 1		Harvard University	Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League	28 - 9 (10 - 4, 0 GB)	Loyal Park	3 (last: 1973)	5th (1971)	1 - 6
District 3		University of Miami	Independent	48 - 9 (n/a)	Ron Fraser	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 7		University of Northern Colorado	Great Plains Athletic Conference	31 - 11 (n/a)	Tom Petroff	9 (last: 1962)	5th (1955)	2 - 18
District 5		University of Oklahoma	Big Eight Conference	42 - 6 (18 - 3, 0 GB)	Enos Semore	3 (last: 1973)	1st (1951)	6 - 4
District 2		Seton Hall University	Metropolitan Conference	33 - 8 - 1 (14 - 2)	Mike Sheppard	2 (last: 1971)	5th (1964)	1 - 4
District 4		Southern Illinois University	Independent	47 - 10 (n/a)	Richard "Itch" Jones	3 (last: 1971)	2nd (1968, 1971)	6 - 6
District 6		University of Texas at Austin	Southwest Conference	52 - 6 (20 - 4, 0 GB)	Cliff Gustafson	15 (last: 1973)	1st (1949, 1950)	30 - 27
District 8		University of Southern California	Pacific Eight Conference	45 - 19 (11 - 7, 0 GB)	Rod Dedeaux	15 (last: 1973)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973)	53 - 18

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Miami	4
		Harvard	1
							Miami	5
							Oklahoma	1
		Oklahoma	10
		Northern Colorado	1
												Miami	7
												USC	3
		USC	9
		Texas	2
							USC	5
							Southern Illinois	3
		Southern Illinois	5
		Seton Hall	1
						Loser's bracket
							Harvard	2
							Northern Colorado	4				Southern Illinois	5
												Northern Colorado	2
							Texas	12
							Seton Hall	2				Oklahoma	4
												Texas	10

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Miami	3									Miami	3
		Southern Illinois	4									USC	7
							Southern Illinois	2
							USC	7
		USC	5
		Texas	3

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 7	Game 1	Miami	4 - 1	Harvard
	Game 2	Oklahoma	10 - 1	Northern Colorado
June 8	Game 3	Southern California	9 - 2	Texas
	Game 4	Southern Illinois	5 - 1	Seton Hall
June 10	Game 5	Northern Colorado	4 - 2	Harvard	Harvard eliminated
	Game 6	Texas	12 - 2	Seton Hall	Seton Hall eliminated
	Game 7	Miami	5 - 1	Oklahoma
	Game 8	Southern California	5 - 3	Southern Illinois
June 11	Game 9	Southern Illinois	5 - 2	Northern Colorado	Northern Colorado eliminated
	Game 10	Texas	10 - 4	Oklahoma	Oklahoma eliminated
June 12	Game 11	Miami	7 - 3	Southern California
June 13	Game 12	Southern Illinois	4 - 3	Miami
	Game 13	Southern California	5 - 3	Texas	Texas eliminated
June 14	Game 14	Southern California	7 - 2	Southern Illinois	Southern Illinois eliminated
June 15	Final	Southern California	7 - 3	Miami	Southern California wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Mark Barr	Senior	Southern California
	Stan Jakubowski	Sophomore	Miami
	George Milke	Sophomore	Southern California
Catcher	Ron Scott	Junior	Miami
First baseman	Orlando Gonzalez	Senior	Miami
Second baseman	Rob Adolph	Senior	Southern California
Third baseman	Rich Dauer	Senior	Southern California
Shortstop	Marvin Cobb	Junior	Southern California
Outfielder	Tom Ball	Senior	Texas
	Bobby Mitchell	Freshman	Southern California
	Manny Trujillo	Senior	Miami

Notable Players

• Harvard University:
• University of Miami: Orlando Gonzalez, Wayne Krenchicki
• University of Northern Colorado: Tom Runnells, Joe Strain
• University of Oklahoma: Keith Drumright, Bob Shirley
• Seton Hall University: Rick Cerone, Charlie Puleo
• University of Southern California: Rich Dauer, Steve Kemp, Dennis Littlejohn, Bobby Mitchell, Charlie Phillips, Ed Putman, Pete Redfern
• Southern Illinois University:
• University of Texas at Austin: Bobby Cuellar, Jim Gideon, Keith Moreland, Rich Wortham

Tournament Notes

Southern California becomes the first team to win five consecutive College World Series. Tom Petroff becomes the first head coach to led two different schools to the College World Series; he led Rider College to Omaha in 1967.

Related Sites

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