1977 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team

The 1977 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1977 NCAA Division I baseball season. The head coach was Dick Siebert, serving his 30th year.

1977 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball
Big Ten Conference
1977 College World Series, T-6th
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
CB	No. 6
1977 record	39–12 (15–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dick Siebert (30th season)
Captain	Paul Molitor (Junior year)
Home stadium	Bierman Field

1977 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Minnesota  ‍†‍‍^y	15	–	3		.833			39	–	12		.765
No. 19 Michigan  ‍‍‍^y	14	–	4		.778			33	–	15		.688
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	11	–	5		.688			25	–	24		.510
Iowa  ‍‍‍	10	–	8		.556			40	–	14		.741
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	10	–	8		.556			28	–	26		.519
Illinois  ‍‍‍	8	–	10		.444			23	–	25		.479
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	7	–	9		.438			27	–	16		.628
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			22	–	27		.449
Indiana  ‍‍‍	4	–	14		.222			21	–	26		.447
Purdue  ‍‍‍	2	–	16		.111			14	–	27		.341
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1977[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Golden Gophers lost the College World Series, defeated by the Arizona State Sun Devils.

Roster

1977 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/Throws Height Weight Year Home town LHP Mike Bailey / — — LHP Brad Barclay / — — LHP Perry Bauer / — — Jr LHP Bob Blake / — — Jr INF Tarry Boelter / — — INF Mike Bruss / — — INF Jerry Chapman / — — U Brian Denman R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Richfield, Minnesota C George Dierberger / — — RHP Doug Gronseth / — — C Tom Jagiela / — — Jr OF Jeff Kendall / — — C Joe Lentsch / — — OF Tim Loberg R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Robbinsdale, Minnesota INF Ken Mauer / — — Sr St. Paul, Minnesota INF Dan McEachran / — — OF Tom Mee L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Prior Lake, Minnesota INF Paul Molitor (C) R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr St. Paul, Minnesota RHP Dan Morgan R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Superior, Wisconsin OF Jeff Neutzling / — — Sr Albany, Minnesota RHP Scott Rosenthal / — — OF Jerry Shimek / — — OF Dan Sieling / — — RHP Jerry Ujdur R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Hermantown, Minnesota RHP Chuck Viskocil / — — Sr	Head coach Dick Siebert Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1977 Minnesota Golden Gophers Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
March (2–6) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big Ten Record 1 March 20 at Texas Lutheran Unknown • Seguin, Texas 3–1 1–0 0–0 2 March 20  at Texas Lutheran Unknown • Seguin, Texas, Texas 4–5 1–1 0–0 3 March 21  vs Tulsa Disch-Falk Field • Austin, Texas 5–4 2–1 0–0 4 March 21 at Texas Disch-Falk Field • Austin, Texas 2–3 2–2 0–0 5 March 22 at Texas Disch-Falk Field • Austin, Texas 2–3 2–3 0–0 6 March 22 at Texas Disch-Falk Field • Austin, Texas 2–5 2–4 0–0 7 March 24 at Texas A&M Travis Field • College Station, Texas 1–8 2–5 0–0 8 March 24 at Texas A&M Travis Field • College Station, Texas 5–9 2–6 0–0
April (18–3) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big Ten Record 9 April 9 at Iowa State Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 6–7 2–7 0–0 10 April 9 at Iowa State Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 4–0 3–7 0–0 11 April 10 at Iowa State Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 2–0 4–7 0–0 12 April 10 at Iowa State Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 4–2 5–7 0–0 13 April 12 St. Cloud State Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 4–1 6–7 0–0 14 April 12 St. Cloud State Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 19–4 7–7 0–0 15 April 13 Augsburg Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 2–1 8–7 0–0 16 April 13 St. Thomas (MN) Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 2–1 9–7 0–0 17 April 16 at Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan 8–0 10–7 1–0 18 April 16 at Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan 2–3 10–8 1–1 19 April 17 at Michigan State John H. Kobs Field • East Lansing, Michigan 5–4 11–8 2–1 20 April 17 at Michigan State John H. Kobs Field • East Lansing, Michigan 6–2 12–8 3–1 21 April 19 Minnesota Morris Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 8–1 13–8 3–1 22 April 23  Purdue Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 7–3 14–8 4–1 23 April 23  Purdue Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 13–1 15–8 5–1 24 April 24  Illinois Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 15–7 16–8 6–1 25 April 24  Illinois Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 8–2 17–8 7–1 26 April 26  Wisconsin–Oshkosh Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 5–3 18–8 7–1 27 April 26  Wisconsin–Oshkosh Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 12–2 19–8 7–1 28 April 30  at Northwestern Wells Field • Evanston, Illinois 3–6 19–9 7–2 29 April 30  at Northwestern Wells Field • Evanston, Illinois 6–1 20–9 8–2
May (15–1) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big Ten Record 30 May 1  at Wisconsin Guy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin 6–3 21–9 9–2 31 May 1 at Wisconsin Guy Lowman Field • Madison, Wisconsin 12–0 22–9 10–2 32 May 3  vs Winona State Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 4–3 23–9 10–2 33 May 3  vs Winona State Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 13–0 24–9 10–2 34 May 7 Wisconsin–Stevens Point Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 2–1 25–9 10–2 35 May 7  Wisconsin–Stevens Point Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 8–7 26–9 10–2 36 May 8  Wisconsin–La Crosse Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 13–0 27–9 10–2 37 May 8 Wisconsin–La Crosse Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 7–2 28–9 10–2 38 May 11 St. Olaf Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 9–1 29–9 10–2 39 May 11 St. Olaf Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 8–3 30–9 10–2 40 May 14  Indiana Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 4–2 31–9 11–2 41 May 14  Indiana Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 6–0 32–9 12–2 42 May 15  Ohio State Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 3–0 33–9 13–2 43 May 15  Ohio State Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 3–2 34–9 14–2 44 May 21  at Iowa Iowa Field • Iowa City, Iowa 2–6 34–10 14–3 45 May 21  at Iowa Iowa Field • Iowa City, Iowa 10–1 35–10 15–3
Postseason
Mideast Regional (3–0) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big Ten Record 46 May 26  Florida Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 7–0 36–10 15–3 47 May 27  Central Michigan Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 13–2 37–10 15–3 48 May 29  Florida Bierman Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota 5–1 38–10 15–3 vs
1977 College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Big Ten Record 49 June 11 vs Cal State Los Angeles Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–7 38–11 15–3 50 June 12 vs Baylor Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–3 39–11 15–3 51 June 14 vs Arizona State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–8 39–12 15–3

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Awards and honors

Brian Denman

• First Team All-Big Ten

Jeff Neutzling

• First Team All-Big Ten[4]

References

1. 2019 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1977". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
3. "Gophers At NCAA Baseball Meet". University of Minnesota. May 31, 1977. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
4. "First Team All-Big Ten". www.gophersports.com. University of Minnesota. Retrieved August 5, 2020.