1967 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

The 1967 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1967 NCAA University Division baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its twenty-first year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 25 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The twenty-first tournament's champion was Arizona State, coached by Bobby Winkles. The Most Outstanding Player was Ron Davini of Arizona State.

1967 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament

Season	1967
Teams	25
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	Arizona State (2nd title)
Runner-up	Houston (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Bobby Winkles (2nd title)
MOP	Ron Davini (Arizona State)

Tournament

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and four teams. The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

District 1 at Amherst, MA

	Semifinals						Finals
	Massachusetts	4	6	—
	Holy Cross	0	0	—
							Boston College	4	5*	7*
							Massachusetts	1	6*	6*
	Boston College	4	8	15
	Dartmouth	3	9	13

District 2 at Princeton, NJ

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	St. John's		1
	Penn State		0
						St. John's		1
						Rider		9
	Rider		4
	Ithaca		1
											Rider		4	—
											St. John's		3	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						St. John's		10
	Penn State		16			Penn State		5
	Ithaca		5

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Florida State

5

Clemson

3

Florida State

3

Auburn

13

Auburn

8*

West Virginia

3*

Auburn

2

6*

Clemson

3

5*

Lower round 1

Lower final

Clemson

6

Clemson

5

Florida State

4

West Virginia

0

District 4 at Carbondale, IL

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Ohio State

3

Valparaiso

2

Ohio State

5

Southern Illinois

4

Southern Illinois

2

Western Michigan

1

Ohio State

4

5

Western Michigan

5

4

Lower round 1

Lower final

Western Michigan

1*

Valparaiso

1

Southern Illinois

0*

Western Michigan

6

District 5 at Stillwater, OK

	Finals
	Oklahoma State	4	2	1
	Cincinnati	0	3	0

District 6 at Houston, TX & Austin, TX

	Finals
	Texas	8	5	3
	Houston	11	1	4

District 7 at Phoenix, AZ

	Colorado Springs, CO						Phoenix, AZ
							Arizona State	11	2	6
	Air Force	5	10	–			Air Force	0	5	0
	Idaho	0	7	–

District 8 at Stanford, CA & Fresno, CA

	Finals
	Stanford	3	6	6
	Fresno State	7	3	4

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Arizona State	WAC	48–11 (7–5)	Bobby Winkles	2 (last: 1965)	1st (1965)	6–3
Auburn	SEC	30–8 (15–2)	Paul Nix	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Boston College		13–5–3 (n/a)	Eddie Pellagrini	3 (last: 1961)	3rd (1961)	5–6
Houston	n/a	18–9 (n/a)	Lovette Hill	1 (last: 1953)	8th (1953)	0–2
Ohio State	Big 10	25–18–3 (13–5)	Marty Karow	3 (last: 1966)	1st (1966)	9–5
Oklahoma State	Big 8	15–8 (12–3)	Chet Bryan	6 (last: 1966)	1st (1959)	18–11
Rider		30–6 (n/a)	Tom Petroff	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Stanford	Pac-8	33–4–1 (10–1)	Dutch Fehring	1 (last: 1953)	6th (1953)	1–2

Results

Bracket

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Preliminary final					Final
	Stanford		12
	Houston		1
						Stanford		6
						Auburn		3
	Auburn		1
	Ohio State		0
											Stanford		3
											Arizona State		5
	Boston College		3
																Arizona State		0
	Rider		1
						Boston College		1								Houston		3
						Arizona State		8
	Arizona State		7
	Oklahoma State		2																							Arizona State		11
																					Arizona State		414			Houston		2
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Stanford		3
											Boston College		2
						Houston		7			Houston		313
																Stanford		57
						Ohio State		6
																Auburn		3
											Auburn		4
						Rider		3			Rider		3
						Oklahoma State		1

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 12	Game 1	Stanford	12–1	Houston
	Game 2	Auburn	1–0	Ohio State
	Game 3	Boston College	3–1	Rider
	Game 4	Arizona State	7–2	Oklahoma State
June 13	Game 5	Houston	7–6	Ohio State	Ohio State eliminated
	Game 6	Rider	3–1	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State eliminated
June 14	Game 7	Stanford	6–3	Auburn
	Game 8	Arizona State	8–1	Boston College
June 15	Game 9	Houston	3–2 (13)	Boston College	Boston College eliminated
	Game 10	Auburn	4–3	Rider	Rider eliminated
	Game 11	Arizona State	5–3	Stanford
June 16	Game 12	Stanford	5–3 (7)	Auburn	Auburn eliminated
	Game 13	Houston	3–0	Arizona State
June 17	Game 14	Arizona State	4–3 (14)	Stanford	Stanford eliminated
June 18	Final	Arizona State	11–2	Houston	Arizona State wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	School
P	Gary Gentry	Arizona State
	Q.V. Lowe	Auburn
C	Ron Davini (MOP)	Arizona State
1B	Mark Marquess	Stanford
2B	Dick Swan	Stanford
3B	Dave Grangaard	Arizona State
SS	Jack Lind	Arizona State
OF	Ike Lucas	Houston
	Tom Paciorek	Houston
	Scott Reid	Arizona State

Notable players

• Arizona State: Randy Bobb, Gary Gentry, Larry Gura, Jack Lind, Scott Reid
• Auburn: Q.V. Lowe
• Boston College:
• Houston: Tom Paciorek
• Ohio State: Bo Rein
• Oklahoma State: Larry Burchart, Danny Thompson
• Rider:
• Stanford: Bob Boone, Frank Duffy, Bob Gallagher, Pete Hamm, Mark Marquess, Don Rose, Harvey Shank, Sandy Vance

Tournament Notes

GAME 12–Auburn vs. Stanford–The rain out.

At the bottom of the 7th inning Auburn was losing 5-3 to Stanford. Auburn had 2 men on and no outs, with hot hitting Billy Hutchins (8 for 11, and 2 home runs) at bat, when the bottom fell out of the sky and began to rain heavily. Instead of finishing the game the next day, Stanford was deemed the winner by rain out. First rain out victory in College World Series history.

See also

• 1967 NAIA World Series