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1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team

American college baseball season

Field	Value
mode	baseball
year	1956
team	Minnesota Golden Gophers
logo_size	150
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
record	33–9
conf_record	11–2
head_coach	Dick Siebert (9th year)
stadium	Delta Field
champion	National champions
Big Ten Conference champions

Big Ten Conference champions

The 1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1956 NCAA baseball season. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Delta Field. The team was coached by Dick Siebert in his 9th season at Minnesota.

The Golden Gophers won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona Wildcats in the championship game.

Roster

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	Big Ten record
March 19	at	12–5	1–0	–
March 20	at Texas	4–2	2–0	–
March 21	at	3–4	2–1	–
March 22	at Rice	12–19	2–2	–
March 23	at	5–2	3–2	–
March 24	at Houston	4–6	3–3	–
March 26	at	3–10	3–4	–
March 27	at Oklahoma	5–8	3–5	–
April 7	at	3–1	4–5	–
April 7	at Luther	14–5	5–5	–
April 13	at	8–5	6–5	–
April 14	at Iowa State	9–2	7–5	–
April 14	at Iowa State	12–1	8–5	–
April 20		7–1	9–5	–
April 21	Northern Iowa	6–0	10–5	–
April 21	Northern Iowa	11–1	11–5	–
April 27		4–6	11–6	0–1
April 28		7–0	12–6	1–1
April 28	Northwestern	3–1	13–6	2–1
May 4	at	3–2	14–6	3–1
May 5	at	3–2	15–6	4–1
May 5	at Purdue	3–2	16–6	5–1
May 11		7–0	17–6	6–1
May 12	Iowa	17–7	18–6	7–1
May 12	Iowa	18–8	19–6	8–1
May 15		30–1	20–6	–
May 18		7–3	21–6	9–1
May 19		7–6	22–6	10–1
May 19	Michigan	6–5	23–6	11–1
May 22	at	9–4	24–6	–
May 25	at	2–4	24–7	11–2

Date	Opponent	Location	Score	Overall record
May 29	vs.		3–4	24–8
May 30	vs. Notre Dame		15–5	25–8
May 30	vs. Notre Dame		10–1	26–8
June 1	vs.		5–0	27–8
June 2	vs. Ohio		7–6	28–8
June 9	vs. Wyoming	Rosenblatt Stadium	4–0	29–8
June 10	vs. Arizona	Rosenblatt Stadium	3–1	30–8
June 11	vs. Mississippi	Rosenblatt Stadium	13–5	31–8
June 12	vs. Bradley	Rosenblatt Stadium	8–3	32–8
June 13	vs. Arizona	Rosenblatt Stadium	4–10	32–9
June 14	vs. Arizona	Rosenblatt Stadium	12–1	33–9

Awards and honors

;Jerry Kindall :All-America First Team :All-Big Ten First Team ;Jack McCartan :All-Big Ten First Team ;Jerry Thomas :All-American First Team :All-Big Ten First Team :College World Series Most Outstanding Player

References

"All-Americans". GopherSports.com.
"All Big Ten". GopherSports.com.
"College World Series Record Book". NCAA.org.

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