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1961 Colorado State College Bears baseball team

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1961 Colorado State College Bears baseball
Rocky Mountain Conference champions
District VII champions
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
CBNo. 7
Record28–8 (14–0 RMC)
Head coach
Home stadiumJackson Field
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →

The 1961 Colorado State College Bears baseball team represented Colorado State College in the 1961 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Bears played their home games at Jackson Field. The team was coached by Pete Butler in his 19th year at Colorado State.

The Bears won the District VII playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Duke Blue Devils.

Roster

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1961 Colorado State College Bears baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
LHP Ernie Andrade /L
20 INF Jerry Arthur L/L
OF Bob Brasda /R
INF Ron Faulkner /L
OF Doug Fitch /R
RHP Chuck Chamberlain /R
19 INF Ron English /R
21 C John Groninger S/R
INF Gary Harder /R
OF Norm Idleberg R/L
5 INF John Koehler R/R
C Jim Lochner /R
LHP Jerry Maglia /L
INF Jack Miyamoto /R
RHP Pat Pine /
INF Bob Preisendorf L/
C Al Suydum /R
RHP Les Wood /R
25 RHP Jay Woodward /R
OF Julie Yearling L/
Head coach

Pete Butler

Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Schedule

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1961 Colorado State College Bears baseball game log
Regular season
March (3–4)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record
1 March   at New Mexico State Unknown • Las Cruces, New Mexico 17–3 1–0
2 March   at New Mexico State Unknown • Las Cruces, New Mexico 2–4 1–1
3 March   at New Mexico State Unknown • Las Cruces, New Mexicoa 11–3 2–1
4 March 14  at New Mexico Lobo FieldAlbuquerque, New Mexico 8–6 3–1
5 March 17  at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 2–7 3–2
6 March 18  at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 0–2 3–3
7 March 18  at Arizona UA Field • Tucson, Arizona 3–11 3–4
April (11–1)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record
8 April   vs Colorado Mines Unknown • Unknown 11–0 4–4 1–0
9 April   vs Colorado Mines Unknown • Unknown 39–1 5–4 2–0
10 April   vs Denver Unknown • Unknown 11–6 6–4 2–0
11 April   vs Colorado College Unknown • Unknown 18–1 7–4 3–0
12 April   vs Colorado College Unknown • Unknown 34–1 8–4 4–0
13 April 19  Air Force Jackson FieldGreeley, Colorado 5–11 8–5 4–0
14 April   vs Wyoming Unknown • Unknown 5–4 9–5 4–0
15 April  vs Wyoming Unknown • Unknown 20–12 10–5 4–0
16 April   vs Colorado State Unknown • Unknown 10–5 11–6 4–0
17 April   vs Colorado Mines Unknown • Unknown 9–2 12–5 5–0
18 April   vs Western State Unknown • Unknown 24–3 13–5 6–0
19 April   vs Western State Unknown • Unknown 18–11 14–5 7–0
May (11–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record
20 May   vs Colorado Mines Unknown • Unknown 25–3 15–5 8–0
21 May   vs Adams State Unknown • Unknown 11–2 16–5 9–0
22 May   vs Adams State Unknown • Unknown 4–2 17–5 10–0
23 May   vs Denver Unknown • Unknown 9–6 18–5 10–0
24 May   vs Colorado State Unknown • Unknown 15–3 19–5 10–0
25 May   vs Colorado College Unknown • Unknown 26–1 20–5 11–0
26 May   vs Denver Unknown • Unknown 3–0 21–5 11–0
27 May 17  vs Air Force Unknown • Unknown 4–3 22–5 11–0
28 May   vs Adams State Unknown • Unknown 12–9 23–5 12–0
29 May   vs Adams State Unknown • Unknown 6–2 24–5 13–0
30 May   vs Colorado College Unknown • Unknown 26–1 25–5 14–0
Postseason
District VII Playoff (3–1)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record
31 May 24 at Wyoming Unknown • Laramie, Wyoming 2–3 25–6 14–0
32 May 25 vs Air Force Unknown • Laramie, Wyoming 10–6 26–6 14–0
33 May 26  at Wyoming Unknown • Laramie, Wyoming 16–12 27–6 14–0
34 May 26  at Wyoming Unknown • Laramie, Wyoming 12–1 28–6 14–0
College World Series (0–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record RMC record
35 June 10 vs Syracuse Omaha Municipal StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 5–12 28–7 14–0
36 June 11 vs Duke Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–15 28–8 14–0

Awards and honors

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Ernie Andrade
Jerry Arthur
  • All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team
Norman Idleberg
  • All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team
John Koehler
  • All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team
Jerry Maglia
  • All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team
Robert Preisemdorf
  • All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team
Julie Yearling
  • All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Baseball Single-Season Hitting records (6/15/17)" (PDF). www.uncbears.com. University of Northern Colorado Athletics. Retrieved November 7, 2020.