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1971 USC Trojans baseball team

American college baseball season

Field	Value
year	1971
team	USC Trojans
sport	baseball
logo	USC Trojans logo.svg
logo_size	150
conference	Pacific-8 Conference
short_conf	Pac-8
record	46–11
conf_record	17–0
CBRank	1
head_coach	Rod Dedeaux (30th year)
stadium	Bovard Field
champion	National champions
Pacific-8 Conference champions

Pacific-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

Schedule

! style="background:#FFCC00;color:#990000;"| Regular season |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 24 || at || 16–5 || 1–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 26 || at || 5–6 || 1–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 2 || at || 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 || || 3–2 || 4–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 12 || at UC Irvine || 9–10 || 4–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 13 || || 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 || 6–7 || 7–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 20 || || 8–4 || 8–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 20 || BYU || 8–1 || 9–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 23 || || 2–1 || 10–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 24 || || 8–3 || 11–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 26 || || 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 || || 2–5 || 13–7 || – |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 2 || at || 6–1 || 14–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 7 || at Hawaii || 8–0 || 15–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 13 || at || 7–1 || 16–7 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 16 || || 10–1 || 17–7 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 17 || || 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 || || 7–4 || 24–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 30 || || 5–0 || 25–7 || 8–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 30 || Oregon || 2–0 || 26–7 || 9–0 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 1 || || 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 || 6–1 || 29–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 4 || Long Beach State || 1–5 || 29–8 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 7 || at || 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 || 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

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Awards and honors

;Frank Alfano

College World Series All-Tournament Team

;George Ambrow

All-Pacific-8 First Team

;Mike Ball

All-Pacific-8 First Team

;Steve Busby

All-America First Team
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.

June regular draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Jim George	RHP	13th	312th	Oakland Athletics
Craig Perkins	C	14th	324th	Kansas City Royals
Sam Ceci	C	40th	778th	Los Angeles Dodgers

June secondary draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Gordon Carter	OF	2nd	34th	San Francisco Giants
Steve Busby	RHP	2nd	39th	Kansas City Royals
Mike Ball	3B	6th	80th	Minnesota Twins

References

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

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