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1951 NCAA I
Baseball Tournament
Season 1951
Teams 8
Finals site
Champions Oklahoma (1st title)
Runner-up Tennessee (1st CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Jack Baer (1st title)
MOP Sidney Hatfield (Tennessee)
Attendance 27,789
  • 1950
  • NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
  • 1952

The 1951 College World Series was the fifth NCAA-sanctioned baseball tournament that determined a national champion. The tournament was held as the conclusion of the 1951 NCAA baseball season and was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska from June 13 to June 17. The tournament's champion was the Oklahoma Sooners, coached by Jack Baer. The Most Outstanding Player was Sidney Hatfield of Tennessee. Oklahoma won national championships in football, wrestling, and baseball in the 1950–51 academic year.

The tournament consisted of no preliminary round of play as teams were selected directly into the College World Series. From 1954 to the present, teams compete in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament preliminary round(s), to determine the eight teams that will play in the College World Series.

Participants

School Conference Record (Conference) Head Coach CWS Appearances CWS Best Finish CWS Record Berth
Ohio State Big 10 23–13 (10–2) Marty Karow 0
(last: none)
none 0–0 District IV
Oklahoma Big Seven 15–9 (10–1) Jack Baer 0
(last: none)
none 0–0 Won District V Playoff
Princeton EIBL 20–4 (7–2) Emerson Dickman 0
(last: none)
none 0–0 District II
Springfield Independent 15–5 Archie Allen 0
(last: none)
none 0–0 Won District I Playoff
Tennessee SEC 16–1 (16–1) S. W. Anderson 0
(last: none)
none 0–0 Won District III playoff
Texas A&M SWC 20–9 (11–4) Beau Bell 0
(last: none)
none 0–0 District VI
USC CIBA 20–8 (11–5) Rod Dedeaux 2
(last: 1949)
1st
(1948)
3–3 District VIII
Utah Skyline 15–1 (?–?) Pete Carlston 0
(last: none)
none 0–0 District VII

Results

Bracket

  Upper round 1   Upper round 2   Upper final       Final
                                                 
  Southern California 4                  
  Princeton 1                  
        Southern California 8              
        Utah 2              
  Utah 7                    
  Tennessee 1                    
            Southern California 1          
            Oklahoma 4          
  Oklahoma 910                      
  Ohio State 8                      
        Oklahoma 7                
        Springfield 1                
  Springfield 5                   Oklahoma 3
  Texas A&M 1                   Tennessee 2
                     
  Lower round 1   Lower round 2   Lower round 3   Lower final      
                     
        Tennessee 2                
  Princeton 2     Springfield 0           Tennessee 9      
  Tennessee 3                 Southern California 8      
            Tennessee 5          
        Texas A&M 8     Utah 4        
  Ohio State 2     Utah 15              
  Texas A&M 3                  

Game results

Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes
June 13 Game 1 Southern California 4–1 Princeton
Game 2 Utah 7–1 Tennessee
Game 3 Oklahoma 9–8 (10) Ohio State
Game 4 Springfield 5–1 Texas A&M
June 14 Game 5 Tennessee 3–2 Princeton Princeton eliminated
Game 6 Texas A&M 3–2 Ohio State Ohio State eliminated
Game 7 Southern California 8–2 Utah
Game 8 Oklahoma 7–1 Springfield
June 15 Game 9 Tennessee 2–0 Springfield Springfield eliminated
Game 10 Utah 15–8 Texas A&M Texas A&M eliminated
Game 11 Oklahoma 4–1 Southern California
June 16 Game 12 Tennessee 5–4 Utah Utah eliminated
Game 13 Tennessee 9–8 Southern California Southern California eliminated
June 17 Final Oklahoma 3–2 Tennessee Oklahoma wins CWS

Notable players

  • Ohio State: Moe Savransky, Duke Simpson, Fred Taylor
  • Princeton: Dave Sisler
  • Southern California: Bob Lillis
  • Tennessee: Sidney Hatfield
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