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1972 USC Trojans baseball team

American college baseball season

Field	Value
year	1972
team	USC Trojans
sport	baseball
logo	USC Trojans logo.svg
logo_size	150
conference	Pacific-8 Conference
short_conf	Pac-8
record	47–13–1
conf_record	14–4
CBRank	1
head_coach	Rod Dedeaux (31st year)
stadium	Bovard Field
champion	National champions
Pacific-8 Conference champions

Pacific-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

Schedule

! style="background:#FFCC00;color:#990000;"| Regular season |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 18 || || 4–5 || 0–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 22 || || 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 || || 2–0 || 3–2 || – |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 1 || || 12–7 || 4–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 3 || || 5–10 || 4–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 7 || || 17–3 || 5–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 8 || at Loyola Marymount || 6–10 || 6–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 10 || at || 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 || || 9–8 || 9–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 15 || at || 6–0 || 10–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 17 || || 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 || || 10–2 || 15–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 24 || at || 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. || 12–10 || 18–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 31 || at || 4–0 || 19–5 || – |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 1 || vs. || 6–0 || 20–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 4 || || 4–2 || 21–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 7 || || 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 || || 1–2 || 22–9 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 14 || at || 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 || || 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 || 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 |- |- 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

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May 20
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May 27
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May 28
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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 Team
All-Pacific-8 First Team

;Russ McQueen

College World Series Most Outstanding Player

;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.

January regular draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Eric Raich	RHP	1st	1st	Cleveland Indians

References

"2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide". USCTrojans.com.
"College World Series record Book". NCAA.org.
"MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)"". Baseball-Reference.

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