American college baseball season
The 1978 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball season . The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 37th season.
The Trojans won the College World Series , defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game for the Trojans eleventh and final national championship under Rod Dedeaux.
Schedule [ edit ] 1978 USC Trojans baseball game log Regular season Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record March 4 at Arizona State 9–13 5–2 – March 4 at Arizona State 7–13 5–3 – March 7 Pepperdine 7–0 6–3 – March 10 Chapman 10–0 7–3 – March 11 UC Irvine 2–8 7–4 – March 11 UC Irvine 8–0 8–4 – March 14 Cal State Dominguez 8–1 9–4 – March 16 Cal State Los Angeles 14–4 10–4 – March 17 at Cal State Los Angeles 10–1 11–4 – March 18 Cal State Los Angeles 3–2 12–4 – March 19 at Houston 13–1 13–4 – March 20 at Houston 10–4 14–4 – March 21 at Texas A&M 5–2 15–4 – March 22 at Texas A&M 8–5 16–4 – March 24 vs. Eastern Michigan 5–2 17–4 – March 24 at Texas 8–2 18–4 – March 25 at Texas 3–2 19–4 – March 25 at Texas 2–3 19–5 – March 28 Cal Lutheran 2–1 20–5 – March 31 Arizona State 11–0 21–5 –
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record April 1 Arizona State 11–6 22–5 – April 2 Arizona State 10–1 23–5 – April 5 Cal State Northridge 12–1 24–5 – April 8 at California 13–14 24–6 0–1 April 8 at California 6–2 25–6 1–1 April 9 at Santa Clara 7–2 26–6 – April 13 Stanford 7–0 27–6 2–1 April 14 Stanford 2–3 27–7 2–2 April 15 Stanford 8–3 28–7 3–2 April 18 Pepperdine 10–2 29–7 – April 20 UCLA 6–5 30–7 4–2 April 21 at UCLA 5–4 31–7 5–2 April 22 UCLA 7–3 32–7 6–2 April 24 Long Beach State 12–1 33–7 – April 27 California 11–2 34–7 7–2 April 28 California 14–3 35–7 8–2 April 29 California 11–2 36–7 9–2 April 30 California 7–2 37–7 10–2
Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record May 1 Cal Poly Pomona 11–5 38–7 – May 2 Loyola Marymount 15–2 39–7 – May 5 at Stanford 17–7 40–7 11–2 May 6 at Stanford 4–3 41–7 12–2 May 7 at Stanford 12–6 42–7 13–2 May 9 UC Santa Barbara 4–6 42–8 – May 11 at UCLA 1–0 43–8 14–2 May 12 UCLA 7–6 44–8 15–2 May 13 at UCLA 8–9 44–9 15–3
Postseason Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 26 vs. Arizona Dedeaux Field 3–2 47–9 May 27 vs. Cal State Fullerton Dedeaux Field 3–2 48–9 May 28 vs. Arizona Dedeaux Field 2–1 49–9
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record June 2 vs. Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 9–3 50–9 June 4 vs. Michigan Rosenblatt Stadium 11–3 51–9 June 6 vs. Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium 5–2 52–9 June 7 vs. North Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium 3–2 53–9 June 8 vs. Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium 10–3 54–9
Awards and honors [ edit ] Bill Bordley All-America First Team[2] Pacific-8 Player of the Year[2] Rod Boxberger Dave Engle All-Pacific-8 First Team[2] Brian Hayes All-Pacific-8 First Team[2] Dave Hostetler All-America Second Team[2] College World Series All-Tournament Team[3] Chris Smith All-Pacific-8 First Team[2] Doug Stokke College World Series All-Tournament Team[3] All-Pacific-8 First Team[2] Tim Tolman All-America Second Team[2] College World Series All-Tournament Team[3] All-Pacific-8 First Team[2] Dave Van Gorder All-America First Team[2] John Wells College World Series All-Tournament Team[3] Trojans in the 1978 MLB Draft [ edit ] The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft .[4]
References [ edit ]
Venues Rivalries People Seasons National Championships in bold ; College World Series appearances in italics