1972 USC Trojans baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 1972 USC Trojans baseball USC Trojans logo.svg 150 Pacific-8 Conference Pac-8 47–13–1 14–4 1 Rod Dedeaux (31st year) Bovard Field National championsPacific-8 Conference champions The 1972 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1972 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 31st season. The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game, winning their third of five consecutive national championships, and fourth in five years. Roster 1972 USC Trojans roster Pitchers Tim Coffin Russ McQueen Dan Olson Jeff Reinke Wayne Schrader Randy Scarbery Mark Sogge Greg Widman Infielders Rob Adoplh Daryl Arenstein Ed Bowman Terry Dedeaux Milt Guggia Jeff Port Roy Smalley Catchers Sam Ceci Vince Moll Ed Putnam Mike Swiderski Outfielders Craig Barnes Anthony Davis Ken Huizenga Fred Lynn Dan Olson Jeff Pederson James Steele Creighton Tevlin Coaches Rod Dedeaux  Schedule background:#990000;color:#FFCC00; 1972 USC Trojans baseball game log ! style="background:#FFCC00;color:#990000;"| Regular season |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; February Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 18 || 1972 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos University of California, Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara || 4–5 || 0–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 22 || 1972 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Cal Poly Pomona || 7–4 || 1–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 26 || UC Santa Barbara || 4–5 || 1–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 26 || UC Santa Barbara || 9–6 || 2–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 29 || 1972 UC Irvine Anteaters University of California, Irvine UC Irvine || 2–0 || 3–2 || – |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; March Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 1 || 1972 Chapman Panthers Chapman University Chapman || 12–7 || 4–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 3 || 1972 Loyola Marymount Lions Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount || 5–10 || 4–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 7 || 1972 Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine University Pepperdine || 17–3 || 5–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 8 || at Loyola Marymount || 6–10 || 6–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 10 || at 1972 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State University Fresno State || 8–5 || 7–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 11 || at Fresno State || 4–5 || 7–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 11 || at Fresno State || 12–4 || 8–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 14 || 1972 Cal Poly State Northridge Matadors California State University, Northridge San Fernando Valley State || 9–8 || 9–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 15 || at 1972 Long Beach State 49ers California State University, Long Beach Long Beach State || 6–0 || 10–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 17 || 1972 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State University San Diego State || 4–2 || 11–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 18 || San Diego State || 8–4 || 12–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 18 || San Diego State || 6–2 || 13–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 22 || at San Fernando Valley State || 12–2 || 14–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 23 || 1972 Gonzaga Bulldogs Gonzaga University Gonzaga || 10–2 || 15–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 24 || at 1972 Arizona Wildcats University of Arizona Arizona || 2–6 || 15–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 25 || at Arizona || 5–3 || 16–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 25 || at Arizona || 2–1 || 17–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 30 || vs. 1972 Washington State Cougars Washington State University Washington State || 12–10 || 18–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 31 || at 1972 Hawaii Warriors University of Hawaii Hawaii || 4–0 || 19–5 || – |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; April Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 1 || vs. 1972 BYU Cougars Brigham Young University BYU || 6–0 || 20–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 4 || 1972 New Mexico Lobos University of New Mexico New Mexico || 4–2 || 21–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 7 || 1972 Stanford Cardinal Stanford University Stanford || 0–2 || 21–6 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 8 || Stanford || 1–2 || 21–7 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 8 || Stanford || 3–2 || 22–7 || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 10 || Cal Poly Pomona || 5–6 || 22–8 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 11 || 1972 Westmont Warriors Westmont College Westmont || 1–2 || 22–9 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 14 || at 1972 Cal Golden Bears University of California California || 11–5 || 23–9 || 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 15 || at California || 2–1 || 24–9 || 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 15 || at California || 7–6 || 25–9 || 4–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 21 || 1972 UCLA Bruins University of California, Los Angeles UCLA || 2–1 || 26–9 || 5–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 22 || at UCLA || 5–2 || 27–9 || 6–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 22 || at UCLA || 10–0 || 28–9 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 25 || at 1972 Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles California State University, Los Angeles Cal State Los Angeles || 14–4 || 29–9 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddddff" | April 28 || California || 10–0 || 29–9–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 29 || California || 3–2 || 30–9–1 || 8–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 29 || California || 8–0 || 31–9–1 || 9–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 30 || California || 10–3 || 32–9–1 || 10–2 |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; May Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 2 || Cal State Los Angeles || 4–0 || 33–9–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 3 || at Chapman || 8–14 || 33–10–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 5 || at Stanford || 4–3 || 34–10–1 || 11–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 6 || at Stanford || 4–3 || 34–10–1 || 11–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 6 || at Stanford || 10–7 || 35–11–1 || 12–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 9 || Long Beach State || 6–1 || 36–11–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 12 || at UCLA || 8–6 || 37–11–1 || 13–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 13 || UCLA || 9–2 || 38–11–1 || 14–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 13 || UCLA || 6–7 || 38–12–1 || 14–4 |- |- ! style="background:#FFCC00;color:#990000;"| Postseason |- y background:#FFF NCAA tournament: Pacific-8 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 19 || vs. Washington State || Bovard Field || 6–1 || 39–12–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 20 || vs. Washington State || Bovard Field || 8–7 || 40–12–1 |- y background:#FFF NCAA tournament: District 8 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 27 || vs. UC Santa Barbara || Campus Diamond || 9–5 || 41–12–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 28 || vs. UC Santa Barbara || Campus Diamond || 13–6 || 42–12–1 |- y background:#FFF NCAA tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 9 || vs. Mississippi || Rosenblatt Stadium || 8–6 || 43–12–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 11 || vs. 1972 UConn Huskies University of Connecticut Connecticut || Rosenblatt Stadium || 5–4 || 44–12–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | June 12 || vs. Arizona State || Rosenblatt Stadium || 0–3 || 44–13–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 14 || vs. Texas || Rosenblatt Stadium || 4–3 || 45–13–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 15 || vs. Arizona State || Rosenblatt Stadium || 3–1 || 46–13–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 16 || vs. Arizona State || Rosenblatt Stadium || 1–0 || 47–13–1 |- Awards and honors Daryl Arenstein College World Series All-Tournament Team Same Ceci College World Series All-Tournament Team All-Pacific-8 First Team Fred Lynn All-America First Team2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012_USC_Baseball_Media_Guide.pdf USCTrojans.com 2 July 2012 12 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112170010/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012_USC_Baseball_Media_Guide.pdf dead All-Pacific-8 First Team Russ McQueen 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 22 June 2012 Roy Smalley All-Pacific-8 First Team Tim Steele College World Series All-Tournament Team All-Pacific-8 First Team Greg Widman All-Pacific-8 First Team Trojans in the 1972 MLB draft The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1972 Major League Baseball draft.MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)" https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?key_school=e413ab82&exact=1&query_type=key_school Baseball-Reference 4 July 2012 January regular draft Player Position Round Overall MLB TeamEric RaichRHP1st1stCleveland Indians References USC Category:USC Trojans baseball seasons Category:College World Series seasons Category:NCAA Division I baseball championship seasons Category:Pac-12 Conference baseball champion seasons USC Trojans