1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball Buckeyes logo.svg 150 Big Ten Conference Big Ten 27-6-1 6-0 1 Marty Karow (16th year) National championsBig Ten Conference champions The 1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team represented Ohio State University in the 1966 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Marty Karow in his 16th season at Ohio State. The Buckeyes won the College World Series, defeating the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the championship game. Roster 1966 Ohio State Buckeyes roster Pitchers Steve Arlin Richard Boggs Curtis Heinfeld Kenneth Monroe Keith Stilwell Ralph Swain Ross Winning Catchers Chuck Brinkman Richard Marcucci Infielders Ralph Copp James Graham Bruce Heine Russ Nagelson Roger Sexton Frank Cozze Outfielders Robert Baker Bo Rein Raymound William Shoup Position Unknown John Anderson Glenn Bergman Albert Budding Ronald Dawson David Dillon James Elshire Dennis Jacobs James LeBay Wayne Mogan Gene Zayac  Schedule background:#990000;color:#999999; 1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball game log ! style="background:#999999;color:#990000;"| Regular season |- valign="top" y background:#FFF;color:#990000; March Date Opponent Score Overall record Big Ten record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 19 || at 1966 Miami Hurricanes University of Miami Miami (FL) || 10-3 || 1-0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 19 || at Miami (FL) || 6-7 || 1-1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 21 || vs. 1966 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State University Michigan State || 0-3 || 1-2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 22 || vs. Michigan State || 7-3 || 2-2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 23 || vs. 1966 NYU Violets New York University NYU || 15-2 || 3-2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 23 || vs. NYU || 11-2 || 4-2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 25 || vs. 1966 Army Black Knights United States Military Academy Army || 7-3 || 5-2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 26 || at Miami (FL) || 5-0 || 6-2 || – |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; April Date Opponent Score Overall record Big Ten record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 1 || 1966 Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan University Western Michigan || 1-6 || 6-3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 2 || Western Michigan || 3-4 || 6-4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 2 || Western Michigan || 0-9 || 6-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 8 || 1966 Saint Mary's Cardinals Saint Mary's Saint Mary's || 4-1 || 7-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 9 || Saint Mary's || 3-1 || 8-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 9 || Saint Mary's || 5-1 || 9-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 15 || 1966 Xavier Minutemen Xavier University Xavier || 14-2 || 10-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 16 || 1966 Cincinnati Bearcats University of Cincinnati Cincinnati || 2-1 || 11-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 16 || Cincinnati || 3-0 || 12-5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 22 || at Michigan State || 2-0 || 13-5 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddddff" | April 26 || at 1966 Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green State University Bowling Green || 0-0 || 13-5-1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 29 || 1966 Indiana Hoosiers University of Indiana Indiana || 7-0 || 14-5-1 || 2-0 |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; May Date Opponent Score Overall record Big Ten record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 3 || at 1966 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State University Kent State || 13-1 || 15-5-1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 6 || 1966 Wisconsin Badgers University of Wisconsin Wisconsin || 8-2 || 16-5-1 || 3-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 6 || 1966 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern University Northwestern || 15-1 || 17-5-1 || 4-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 6 || Northwestern || 9-3 || 18-5-1 || 5-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 21 || 1966 Minnesota Golden Gophers University of Minnesota Minnesota || 6-4 || 19-5-1 || 6-0 |- |- ! style="background:#999999;color:#990000;"| Post-season |- |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; NCAA tournament: District 4 playoffs Date Opponent Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | June 2 || vs. 1966 Valparaiso Crusaders Valparaiso University Valparaiso || 13-3 || 20-5-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | June 3 || vs. Western Michigan || 10-3 || 21-5-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | June 4 || vs. Western Michigan || 14-7 || 22-5-1 |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; NCAA tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 13 || vs. Oklahoma State || Rosenblatt Stadium || 4-2 || 23-5-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 14 || vs. Southern California || Rosenblatt Stadium || 6-2 || 24-5-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 15 || vs. 1966 St. John's Red Storm St. John's University St. John's || Rosenblatt Stadium || 8-7 || 25-5-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | June 16 || vs. Southern California || Rosenblatt Stadium || 1-5 || 25-6-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 17 || vs. Southern California || Rosenblatt Stadium || 1-0 || 26-6-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 18 || vs. Oklahoma State || Rosenblatt Stadium || 8-2 || 27-6-1 |- Awards and honors Steve Arlin All-America First TeamRecord Book http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/osu/graphics/pdf/m-basebl/1112_guide.pdf OhioStateBuckeyes.com 26 January 2013 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093414/http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/osu/graphics/pdf/m-basebl/1112_guide.pdf dead All-Big Ten Second Team College World Series Most Outstanding PlayerCollege World Series record Book http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2012/1-CWSGeneral.pdf NCAA.org 18 January 2013 Chuck Brinkman All-America Second Team All-College World Series Team Ross Nagelson All-College World Series Team Bo Rein All-College World Series Team Ray Shoup All-College World Series Team Buckeyes in the 1966 MLB draft The following members of the Ohio State Buckeyes baseball program were drafted in the 1966 Major League Baseball draft.MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)" https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?key_school=dae50bcc&exact=1&query_type=key_school Baseball Reference 26 January 2013 Player Position Round Overall MLB teamRuss Nagelson1B14th272ndCleveland IndiansChuck BrinkmanC16th318thChicago White Sox References Category:1966 Big Ten Conference baseball season Category:Ohio State Buckeyes baseball seasons Category:College World Series seasons Category:NCAA Division I baseball championship seasons Category:Big Ten Conference baseball champion seasons Ohio State Buckeyes baseball