2005 College World Series

The 2005 College World Series was held June 17 through 27, 2005 in Omaha, Nebraska. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a 64-team bracket to play at historic Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium. It was won by Texas, which defeated Florida in the championship round.

It was the 59th College World Series and the 56th series held in Omaha. The official host for the event was nearby Creighton University.

See also: College World Series for series history and past champions.

Participants

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS Record
Tulane	C-USA	55 - 10 (24 - 6)	Rick Jones	1 (last: 2001)	5th (2001)	1 - 2
Tennessee	SEC	43 - 19 (18 - 11)	Rod Delmonico	2 (last: 2001)	2nd (1951)	8 - 6
Nebraska	Big 12	56 - 13 (19 - 8)	Mike Anderson	2 (last: 2002)	7th (2001, 2002)	0 - 4
Baylor	Big 12	44 - 22 (19 - 8)	Steve Smith	2 (last: 1978)	7th (1977, 1978)	0 - 4
Texas	Big 12	51 - 16 (16 - 10)	Augie Garrido	31 (last: 2004)	1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002)	73 - 53
Arizona State	Pac-10	39 - 23 (15 - 9)	Pat Murphy	18 (last: 1998)	1st (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981)	55 - 30
Florida	SEC	45 - 20 (20 - 10)	Pat McMahon	4 (last: 1998)	3rd (1991, 1996)	5 - 8
Oregon State	Pac-10	46 - 10 (19 - 5)	Pat Casey	1 (last: 1952)	7th (1952)	0 - 2

Tournament Notes

• Texas is the only team that was included in 2004's CWS field.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
		Tennessee	4
	7	Florida	6
						7	Florida	7
						3	Nebraska	4
		Arizona State	3
	3	Nebraska	5
											7	Florida	1	6
											Arizona State	6	3
		Tennessee	2
		Arizona State	4
							Arizona State	8
						3	Nebraska	7
																7	Florida	2	2
																	Texas	4	6
	8	Oregon State	1
	1	Tulane	3
						1	Tulane	0
							Texas	5
		Texas	5
	4	Baylor	1
												Texas	4
										4	Baylor	3
	8	Oregon State	3
	4	Baylor	4
						4	Baylor	8
						1	Tulane	7

Schedule / Results

(CDT is -5 hours difference from UTC)

Friday 6/17

Game #1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tennessee	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	8	2
Florida	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	X	6	8	3
W: Alan Horne L: Luke Hochevar S: Darren O’Day Notes: First win for UF in the CWS since 1996, this is the first loss in the NCAA Tournament for UT Att: 21,546

Game #2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Arizona State	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	6	1
Nebraska	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	X	5	7	0
W: Joba Chamberlain L: Zechry Zinicola S: Brett Jensen Notes: first win in the CWS for UN in third appearance, Session 2 attendance record, 9th largest crowd in CWS history Att: 24,904

Saturday 6/18

Game #3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oregon State	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
Tulane	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	X	3	8	0
W: Micah Owings L: Jonah Nickerson S: Daniel Latham Notes: Att: 20,345

Game #4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	11	0
Baylor	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	2
W: Adrian Alaniz L: Mark McCormick Notes: Attendance record for session four Att: 26,641

Sunday 6/19

Game #5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Arizona State	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	9	1
Tennessee	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	10	1
W: Pat Bresnehan L: James Adkins Notes: Tennessee elim. Est. att: 17,000

Game #6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Florida	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	7	9	0
Nebraska	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	12	2
W: Darren O'Day L: Johnny Dorn Notes: Jeff Corsaletti tied CWS record with three doubles in a game, attendance record for session five, second largest crowd in CWS history Att: 26,813

Monday 6/20

Game #7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Baylor	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	10	1
Oregon State	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	2
W: Jeff Mandel L: Kevin Gunderson Notes: OSU eliminated Est. att: 13,000

Game #8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tulane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
Texas	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	X	5	12	0
W: Kyle McCulloch L: Brian Bogusevic Notes: Session 6 attendance record, second biggest crowd in CWS history, Texas moves into sole possession of record for most CWS wins with its 75th victory Att: 26,941

Tuesday 6/21

Game #9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Nebraska	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	12	3
Arizona State	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	8	12	3
W: Zechry Zinicola L: Brett Jensen : Notes: Nebraska eliminated

Game #10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tulane	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	8	3
Baylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	8	12	3
W: Abe Woody L: Sean Morgan Notes: second-largest comeback in CWS history, session seven attendance record, #1 seed Tulane eliminated Att: 26,220

Wednesday 6/22

Game #11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Florida	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Arizona State	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	X	6	9	0
W: Erik Averill L: Bryan Ball Estimated att: 14,000

Game #12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baylor	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	2
Texas	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	4	1
W: J. B. Cox L: Ryan LaMotta Notes: second largest crowd in CWS history, J. Brent Cox mades a record 11th career CWS pitching appearance Att: 27,452

Thursday 6/23

Game #13

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Arizona State	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0
Florida	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	X	6	8	0
W: Tommy Boss L: Brett Bordes Notes: Session nine attendance record, Arizona State eliminated Att: 16,819

Championship Series

Saturday 6/25 Game #1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	2
Florida	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	3
W: Adrian Alaniz L: Stephen Locke S: J. Brent Cox Att: 25,958

Sunday 6/26 Game #2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Florida	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	1
Texas	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	X	6	10	0
W: Kyle McCulloch L: Bryan Ball Notes: Texas wins sixth CWS title Att: 19,836

CWS records tied or broken

• Total attendance: 263,475 (previous record was 260,091 in 2003)
• Average single session attendance: 23,952
• No game was decided by more than five runs, making the 2005 CWS the closest-contended in history
• For the first time in CWS history, not a single player hit a triple
• Texas closer J. B. Cox tied the CWS record with five pitching appearances

CWS Leaders

Team

• Highest batting average: Texas, 0.278 (Lowest: Florida, 0.211)
• Lowest ERA: Texas, 1.40, 45.0 IP (Highest: Nebraska, 4.45, 28.2 IP)

Individual

• Highest batting average (at least 5 at-bats): Ryan Gipson, Oregon State (0.667)
• Lowest ERA (at least 3 innings pitched): four players tied at 0.00
  • J. Brent Cox, Texas (10.1 IP)
  • Darren O'Day, Florida (8.1 IP)
  • Jeff Mandel, Baylor (4.2 IP)
  • Sean Watson, Tennessee (3.2 IP)

All Tournament Team

Position	Name	Team
Catcher	Taylor Teagarden	Texas
First base	Jeff Larish	Arizona State
Second base	Joey Hooft	Arizona State
Third base	David Maroul	Texas
Shortstop	Seth Johnston	Texas
Outfield	Colin Curtis	Arizona State
	Travis Buck	Arizona State
	Andy Gerch	Nebraska
DH	Will Crouch	Texas
Pitcher	Kyle McCulloch	Texas
	J. B. Cox	Texas
Most Outstanding Player	David Maroul	Texas

See also

• 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

External links

College World Series

• Official Site of the College World Series
• Official NCAA Baseball Site
• The Omaha World-Herald

Schools

• Tulane University
• University of Tennessee
• University of Nebraska
• Baylor University
• University of Texas
• Arizona State University
• University of Florida
• Oregon State University

Other links

• Baseball America
• Boyd's World