1976 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

The 1976 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1976 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at Packard Stadium, and played as part of the Western Athletic Conference. The team was coached by Jim Brock in his fifth season as head coach at Arizona State.

1976 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
WAC champions NCAA Rocky Mountain Regional champions
College World Series, 3–2
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	65–10 (17–1 WAC)
Head coach	Jim Brock (5th year)
Home stadium	Packard Stadium
Seasons ← 1975 1977 →

1976 Western Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern
BYU  x‍‍‍	15	–	3		.833			26	–	21		.553
Wyoming  ‍‍‍	10	–	7		.588			22	–	29		.431
Utah  ‍‍‍	8	–	9		.471			15	–	26		.366
Colorado State  ‍‍‍	2	–	16		.111			18	–	26		.409
Southern
No. 3 Arizona State  x‍‍‍y	17	–	1		.944			65	–	10		.867
No. 1 Arizona  ‍‍‍y	12	–	6		.667			56	–	17		.767
New Mexico  ‍‍‍	4	–	14		.222			28	–	24		.538
UTEP  ‍‍‍	3	–	15		.167			9	–	25		.265
x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1976[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Sun Devils reached the College World Series, their eighth appearance in Omaha, where they finished in third place after winning games against Washington State, Maine, and eventual champion Arizona, and losing a semifinal game against Arizona and another to fourth-place Eastern Michigan.

Personnel

Roster

1976 Arizona State Sun Devils roster[2]
	Pitchers - Floyd Bannister - Mitch Dean - Pat Gillie - Don Hanna - Darrell Jackson - Terry Jacob - Jim Peterson - Tom Van Der Meersche		Catchers - Gary Allenson - Chris Bando - Frank Lucy Infielders - Mike Henderson - Bob Horner - Dave Hudgens - Brandt Humphry - Chris Nyman - Ken Phelps - Ricky Peters - Clay Westlake		Outfielders - Mike Colbern - Ken Landreaux - Bob Pate - Gary Rajsich Unknown - Dale Eiler - Larry Eiler - Mike Hildebrandt - Steve Michael

Coaches

1976 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball coaching staff
Jim Brock - Head Coach - 5th year

Schedule and results

Legend
	Arizona State win
	Arizona State loss

1976 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball game log[3]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record WAC record Feb 13 Cal State Northridge* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 5–7 0–1 Feb 14 Cal State Northridge* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 10–4 1–1 Feb 14 Cal State Northridge* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–6 2–1 Feb 18 Cal State Dominguez Hills* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–1 3–1 Feb 19 Cal State Dominguez Hills* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 26–0 4–1 Feb 21 at UNLV* Rebel Field • Paradise, NV W 7–4 5–1 Feb 22 at UNLV* Rebel Field • Paradise, NV W 14–7 6–1 Feb 27 Cal State Fullerton* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 6–4 7–1 Feb 28 Cal State Fullerton* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 5–4 8–1
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record WAC record Mar 1 Chapman* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 11–6 9–1 Mar 2 Chapman* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 0–7 10–1 Mar 2 Chapman* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 9–1 11–1 Mar 5 UC Riverside* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 6–2 12–1 Mar 6 UC Riverside* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 5–12 12–2 Mar 6 UC Riverside* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 4–0 13–2 Mar 8 La Verne* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 12–6 14–2 Mar 9 La Verne* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 7–10 14–3 Mar 9 La Verne* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 10–7 15–3 Mar 11 Oklahoma* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 4–0 16–3 Mar 11 Wyoming* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 7–3 17–3 Mar 12 Oklahoma* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–3 18–3 Mar 13 Oklahoma* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 5–2 19–3 Mar 15 at Texas* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 3–4 19–4 Mar 15 at Texas* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 2–4 19–5 Mar 16 at Texas* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–0 20–5 Mar 16 at Texas* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–1 21–5 Mar 18 at Tulsa* Tulsa, OK W 14–9 22–5 Mar 18 at Tulsa* Tulsa, OK W 12–5 23–5 Mar 20 at Oklahoma* Norman, OK W 19–5 24–5 Mar 20 at Oklahoma* Norman, OK W 7–5 25–5 Mar 23 vs Oregon State* Riverside, CA (Riverside Invitational) W 11–9 26–5 Mar 23 vs BYU* Riverside, CA (Riverside Invitational) W 4–0 27–5 Mar 24 vs Tulsa* Riverside, CA (Riverside Invitational) W 7–3 28–5 Mar 25 vs Delaware* Riverside, CA (Riverside Invitational) W 13–5 29–5 Mar 26 at UC Riverside* Riverside, CA (Riverside Invitational) W 13–2 30–5 Mar 27 vs Stanford* Riverside, CA (Riverside Invitational) W 8–2 31–5 Mar 28 vs Eastern Michigan* Riverside, CA (Riverside Invitational) L 6–7 31–6 Mar 31 Stanford* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Best in the West Tournament) W 13–0 32–6
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record WAC record Apr 1 BYU* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Best in the West Tournament) W 8–3 33–6 Apr 2 Oregon State* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Best in the West Tournament) W 9–8 34–6 Apr 2 Grand Canyon* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Best in the West Tournament) W 12–4 35–6 Apr 3 UNLV* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Best in the West Tournament) W 9–8 36–6 Apr 4 Grand Canyon* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Best in the West Tournament) W 7–3 37–6 Apr 8 Arizona Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 7–2 38–6 1–0 Apr 9 Arizona Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 11–9 39–6 2–0 Apr 10 Arizona Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 6–5 40–6 3–0 Apr 13 Northern Arizona* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–0 41–6 Apr 16 at New Mexico Albuquerque, NM W 9–2 42–6 4–0 Apr 17 at New Mexico Albuquerque, NM L 4–6 42–7 4–1 Apr 18 at New Mexico Albuquerque, NM W 6–2 43–7 5–1 Apr 23 UTEP Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 21–0 44–7 6–1 Apr 24 UTEP Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 11–2 45–7 7–1 Apr 24 UTEP Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 20–0 46–7 8–1 Apr 27 at Grand Canyon* Brazell Field • Phoenix, AZ W 10–1 47–7 Apr 29 New Mexico Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 12–3 48–7 9–1 Apr 30 New Mexico Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 11–3 49–7 10–1
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record WAC record May 1 New Mexico Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 13–8 50–7 11–1 May 7 at UTEP El Paso, TX W 10–5 51–7 12–1 May 8 at UTEP El Paso, TX W 9–0 52–7 13–1 May 8 at UTEP El Paso, TX W 17–1 53–7 14–1 May 13 at Arizona Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 2–1 54–7 15–1 May 14 at Arizona Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 9–4 55–7 16–1 May 15 at Arizona Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 14–9 56–7 17–1
Postseason
WAC Championship Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Series record May 20 BYU Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 13–4 57–7 1–0 May 21 BYU Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 19–5 58–7 2–0
NCAA Rocky Mountain Regional Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Reg Record May 28 Gonzaga Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 13–2 60–8 1–0 May 29 Memphis State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 11–4 61–8 2–0 May 30 Minnesota Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 12–5 62–8 3–0
College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 12 Arizona Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 7–610 63–8 1–0 June 14 Washington State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 9–3 64–8 2–0 June 15 Eastern Michigan Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 1–2 64–9 2–1 June 12 Maine Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 7–0 65–9 3–1 June 13 Arizona Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 1–5 65–9 3–2

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1976". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
2. 2019 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona State Sun Devils. pp. 63–66. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
3. 2019 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona State Sun Devils. pp. 35–36. Retrieved January 20, 2022.