1971 USC Trojans baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 1971 USC Trojans baseball USC Trojans logo.svg 150 Pacific-8 Conference Pac-8 46–11 17–0 1 Rod Dedeaux (30th year) Bovard Field National championsPacific-8 Conference champions The 1971 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1971 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 30th season. The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Southern Illinois Salukis in the championship game, winning their second of five consecutive national championships, and third in four years. Roster 1971 USC Trojans roster Pitchers Steve Busby Tim Coffin Jim George Eric Raich Randy Scarbery Mark Sogge Chris Vella Greg Widman Infielders Frank Alfano George Ambrow Daryl Arenstein Mike Ball Milt Guggia Jeff Port Tim Steele Outfielders Gordon Carter Dick Cross Fred Lynn Jeff Pederson Catchers Sam Ceci Craig Perkins Mike Swiderski Coaches Rod Dedeaux  Schedule background:#990000;color:#FFCC00; 1971 USC Trojans baseball game log ! style="background:#FFCC00;color:#990000;"| Regular season |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; February/March Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 24 || at 1971 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Cal Poly Pomona || 16–5 || 1–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 26 || at 1971 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos University of California, Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara || 5–6 || 1–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 2 || at 1971 Cal Poly State Northridge Matadors California State University, Northridge San Fernando Valley State || 13–10 || 2–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 5 || UC Santa Barbara || 5–6 || 2–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 6 || Cal Poly Pomona || 3–5 || 2–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 6 || Cal Poly Pomona || 9–3 || 3–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 9 || 1971 UC Irvine Anteaters University of California, Irvine UC Irvine || 3–2 || 4–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 12 || at UC Irvine || 9–10 || 4–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 13 || 1971 Loyola Marymount Lions Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount || 3–0 || 5–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 13 || Loyola Marymount || 8–2 || 6–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 16 || San Fernando Valley State || 1–0 || 7–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 17 || at 1971 Chapman Panthers Chapman University Chapman || 6–7 || 7–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 20 || 1971 BYU Cougars Brigham Young University BYU || 8–4 || 8–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 20 || BYU || 8–1 || 9–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 23 || 1971 Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine University Pepperdine || 2–1 || 10–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 24 || 1971 Utah Utes University of Utah Utah || 8–3 || 11–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 26 || 1971 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State University San Diego State || 4–2 || 12–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 27 || San Diego State || 1–3 || 12–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 27 || San Diego State || 9–2 || 13–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 31 || 1971 Westmont Warriors Westmont College Westmont || 2–5 || 13–7 || – |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; April Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 2 || at 1971 Hawaii Warriors University of Hawaii Hawaii || 6–1 || 14–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 7 || at Hawaii || 8–0 || 15–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 13 || at 1971 UCLA Bruins University of California, Los Angeles UCLA || 7–1 || 16–7 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 16 || 1971 Cal Golden Bears University of California California || 10–1 || 17–7 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 17 || 1971 Stanford Indians Stanford University Stanford || 3–1 || 18–7 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 17 || Stanford || 8–4 || 19–7 || 4–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 20 || Chapman || 6–2 || 20–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 23 || at Stanford || 2–1 || 21–7 || 5–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 24 || at California || 2–1 || 22–7 || 6–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 24 || at California || 10–0 || 23–7 || 7–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 27 || 1971 Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles California State University, Los Angeles Cal State Los Angeles || 7–4 || 24–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 30 || 1971 Oregon Ducks University of Oregon Oregon || 5–0 || 25–7 || 8–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 30 || Oregon || 2–0 || 26–7 || 9–0 |- y background:#FFF;color:#990000; May Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 1 || 1971 Oregon State Beavers Oregon State University Oregon State || 10–4 || 27–7 || 10–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 1 || Oregon State || 9–6 || 28–7 || 11–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 3 || at 1971 Long Beach State 49ers California State University, Long Beach Long Beach State || 6–1 || 29–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 4 || Long Beach State || 1–5 || 29–8 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 7 || at 1971 Washington State Cougars Washington State University Washington State || 4–0 || 30–8 || 12–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 7 || at Washington State || 7–6 || 31–8 || 13–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 8 || at 1971 Washington Huskies University of Washington Washington || 6–0 || 32–8 || 14–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 8 || at Washington || 2–0 || 33–8 || 15–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 11 || Cal State Los Angeles || 4–2 || 34–8 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 14 || UCLA || 1–0 || 35–8 || 16–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 15 || at UCLA || 6–3 || 36–8 || 17–0 |- |- ! 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 20 || vs. Oregon State || Buck Bailey Field || 6–2 || 37–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 21 || vs. Stanford || Buck Bailey Field || 9–3 || 38–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 22 || vs. Washington State || Buck Bailey Field || 5–10 || 38–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 22 || vs. Washington State || Buck Bailey Field || 6–3 || 39–9 |- y background:#FFF NCAA tournament: District 8 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 29 || vs. Santa Clara || Buck Shaw Stadium || 5–6 || 39–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 30 || vs. Santa Clara || Bovard Field || 5–1 || 40–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 30 || vs. Santa Clara || Bovard Field || 9–1 || 41–10 |- y background:#FFF NCAA tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 12 || vs. Seton Hall || Rosenblatt Stadium || 5–1 || 42–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | June 13 || vs. Southern Illinois || Rosenblatt Stadium || 3–8 || 42–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 14 || vs. BYU || Rosenblatt Stadium || 8–6 || 43–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 15 || vs. 1971 Tulsa Golden Hurricane University of Tulsa Tulsa || Rosenblatt Stadium || 8–4 || 44–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 16 || vs. Tulsa || Rosenblatt Stadium || 3–2 || 45–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | June 17 || vs. Southern Illinois || Rosenblatt Stadium || 7–2 || 46–11 |- Awards and honors Frank Alfano College World Series All-Tournament TeamCollege World Series record Book http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2012/1-CWSGeneral.pdf NCAA.org 22 June 2012 George Ambrow All-Pacific-8 First Team Mike Ball All-Pacific-8 First Team Steve Busby 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 Fredd Lynn College World Series All-Tournament Team Craig Perkins All-Pacific-8 First Team Jeff Port All-Pacific-8 First Team Mark Sogge College World Series All-Tournament Team All-Pacific-8 First Team Tim Steele All-Pacific-8 First Team Trojans in the 1971 MLB draft The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1971 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 June regular draft Player Position Round Overall MLB TeamJim GeorgeRHP13th312thOakland AthleticsCraig PerkinsC14th324thKansas City RoyalsSam CeciC40th778thLos Angeles Dodgers June secondary draft Player Position Round Overall MLB TeamGordon CarterOF2nd34thSan Francisco GiantsSteve BusbyRHP2nd39thKansas City RoyalsMike Ball3B6th80thMinnesota Twins 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