1966 USC Trojans baseball team

The 1966 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1966 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Trojans played their home games at Bovard Field. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 25th year at USC.

1966 USC Trojans baseball
CIBA Champions District VIII Champions
College World Series, T-3rd
Conference	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Record	42–9 (16–4 CIBA)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (25th season)
Home stadium	Bovard Field

1966 Athletic Association of Western Universities baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
North Division
No. 11 Washington State ‍†‍‍y	15	–	1	–	0		.938			35	–	8	–	1		.807
Oregon ‍‍‍	8	–	9	–	0		.471			21	–	18	–	0		.538
Washington ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0		.375			20	–	16	–	0		.556
Oregon State ‍‍‍	4	–	13	–	0		.235			18	–	17	–	0		.514
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
No. 3 USC ‍†‍‍y	16	–	4	–	0		.800			42	–	9	–	0		.824
California ‍‍‍	12	–	8	–	0		.600			32	–	14	–	0		.696
Stanford ‍‍‍	12	–	8	–	0		.600			26	–	12	–	2		.675
Santa Clara ‍‍‍	11	–	9	–	0		.550			27	–	17	–	0		.614
UCLA ‍‍‍	10	–	10	–	0		.500			35	–	24	–	0		.593
UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍	6	–	14	–	0		.300			15	–	27	–	0		.357
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1966 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Trojans won the California Intercollegiate Baseball Association championship and the District VIII Playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Roster

1966 USC Trojans baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town OF Sheldon Andrens L/L 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Jr Los Angeles, California OF Oscar Brown R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Long Beach, California William Brown / — — So P Ronald Cook / — — Sr Joe Cox / — — Armando DeCastro / — — Sr Justin Dedeaux / — — Sr John Fodor / — — Jr Doug Gabrielson / — — Sr INF Buddy Gordon L/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) James Harrison / — — LHP John Herbst L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Jeff Jameson / — — Greg Kritzer / — — INF Pat Kuehner L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RHP Ray Lamb R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Glendale, California LHP Bill Lee L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Burbank, California Martin Lillard / — — OF Fred Shuey R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr C Steve Sogge / — — RHP John Stewart R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) North Hollywood, California INF Steven Tanner L/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So	Head coach Rod Dedeaux Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1966 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February (4–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 1 February 11 Cal Poly Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 9–1 1–0 0–0 2 February 19 San Fernando Valley State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 15–14 2–0 0–0 3 February 19 San Fernando Valley State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 10–5 3–0 0–0 4 February 25 San Diego State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 14–10 4–0 0–0 5 February 28 Long Beach State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 14–10 4–1 0–0
March (15–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 6 March 1 at San Fernando Valley State Matador Field • Northridge, California 6–2 5–1 0–0 7 March 4 at Santa Barbara Campus Diamond • Santa Barbara, California 7–3 6–1 1–0 8 March 5 Santa Barbara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 10–0 7–1 2–0 9 March 7 at Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, California 2–0 8–1 2–0 10 March 11 Santa Clara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 4–3 9–1 3–0 11 March 12 California Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 6–0 10–1 4–0 12 March 12 California Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 6–0 11–1 5–0 13 March 15 Cal State Los Angeles Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 5–3 12–1 5–0 14 March 18 at California Edwards Field • Berkeley, California 4–2 13–1 6–0 15 March 19 at Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, California 9–6 14–1 7–0 16 March 19 at Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, California 3–2 15–1 8–0 17 March 22 Pepperdine Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 13–0 16–1 8–0 18 March 26 Stanford Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 3–1 17–1 9–0 19 March 26 Stanford Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 0–4 17–2 9–1 20 March 27 Santa Clara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 7–3 18–2 10–1 21 March 29 at Cal State Los Angeles Unknown • Los Angeles, California 4–0 19–2 10–1
April (11–5) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 22 April 1 BYU Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 14–3 20–2 10–1 23 April 2 Pepperdine Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 6–0 21–2 10–1 24 April 2 Pepperdine Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 11–0 22–2 10–1 25 April 4 vs Cal Western Unknown • Unknown 5–1 23–2 10–1 26 April 5 vs San Diego State Unknown • Unknown 1–3 23–3 10–1 27 April 5 vs Pacific Unknown • Unknown 12–0 24–3 10–1 28 April 6 vs San Jose State Unknown • Unknown 12–7 25–3 11–1 29 April 6 vs San Diego State Unknown • Unknown 10–5 26–3 11–1 30 April 12 Cal Poly Pomona Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 3–4 26–4 11–1 31 April 15 at California Edwards Field • Berkeley, California 2–7 26–5 11–2 32 April 16 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 3–5 26–6 11–3 33 April 16 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 3–2 27–6 12–3 34 April 19 Westmont Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 3–0 28–6 12–3 35 April 22 Loyola Marymount Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 4–2 29–6 12–3 36 April 26 at Santa Barbara Campus Diamond • Santa Barbara, California 1–2 29–7 12–4 37 April 29 Chapman Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 2–1 30–7 12–4
May (6–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 38 May 3 Santa Barbara Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 6–0 31–7 12–4 39 May 6 at UCLA Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 13–10 32–7 13–4 40 May 7 UCLA Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 3–2 33–7 14–4 41 May 10 at Cal Poly Pomona Unknown • Pomona, California 7–1 34–7 14–4 42 May 13 UCLA Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 13–11 35–7 15–4 43 May 14 at UCLA Sawtelle Field • Los Angeles, California 4–1 36–7 16–4
Postseason
District VIII Playoff (3–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 44 May 23 Cal Poly Pomona Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 11–7 37–7 16–4 45 May 24 Washington State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 4–3 38–7 16–4 46 May 25 Washington State Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California 7–4 39–7 16–4
College World Series (3–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CIBA record 47 June 13 vs North Carolina Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 6–2 40–7 16–4 48 June 14 vs Ohio State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–6 40–8 16–4 49 June 15 vs Arizona Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 8–4 41–8 16–4 50 June 16 vs Ohio State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–1 42–8 16–4 51 June 17 vs Ohio State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 0–1 42–9 16–4

Awards and honors

Shelly Andrens

• Honorable Mention All-CIBA

Oscar Brown

• Second Team All-American The Sports Network
• First Team All-CIBA

Armando DeCastro

• Honorable Mention All-CIBA

Justin Dedeaux

• Second Team All-CIBA

Pat Harrison

• Second Team All-CIBA

John Herbst

• Honorable Mention All-CIBA

Fred Shuey

• Second Team All-CIBA

Steve Sogge

• Second Team All-American The Sports Network
• First Team All-CIBA

John Stewart

• Second Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
• College World Series All-Tournament Team
• First Team All-CIBA