1962 Santa Clara Broncos baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	1962
Team:	Santa Clara Broncos
Conference:	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Short Conf:	CIBA
Coachrank:	2
Cbrank:	2
Record:	39–8
Conf Record:	12–4
Head Coach:	John Cottrell
Hc Year:	2nd
Stadium:	Washington Field
Champion:	CIBA Champions District 8 champions
Bowl:	College World Series, Runner-Up

The 1962 Santa Clara Broncos baseball team represented Santa Clara University in the 1962 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Broncos played their home games at Washington Field, on the campus of Santa Clara High School. The team was coached by John Cottrell in his 2nd season at Santa Clara. The Broncos finished 39–8, winning the California Intercollegiate Baseball Association with a 12–4 record.

The Broncos reached the College World Series, finishing as runner up to the Michigan Wolverines after a 4–5 loss in the 15-inning championship game.^[1]

Schedule and results

Legend
	Santa Clara win
	Santa Clara loss

1962 Santa Clara Broncos baseball game log

Regular season (31–5)
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
			W 8–3	1–0	–
	Philadelphia Phillies Rookies		W 4–1	2–0	–
	Baltimore Orioles Rookies		W 12–1	3–0	–
			W 8–1	4–0	–
			W 23–4	5–0	–
	Pacific		W 3–0	6–0	–
	Philadelphia Phillies Rookies		W 11–9	7–0	–
	San Jose State		W 9–0	8–0	–
			W 7–1	9–0	–
	San Francisco State		W 4–3	10–0	–
			W 14–4	11–0	–
			W 9–5	12–0	–
			W 9–3	13–0	1–0
March 30	at		L 0–1	13–1	1–1
March 31	at UCLA		W 5–3	14–1	2–1
	California		L 2–3	14–2	2–2
April 7			W 4–3	15–2	3–2
April 7	Stanford		W 19–7	16–2	4–2
	San Francisco		W 16–8	17–2	4–2
April 13	at	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	L 5–9	17–3	4–3
April 14	at USC	Bovard Field • Los Angeles, California	L 6–7	17–4	4–4
			W 4–3	18–4	4–4
	Cal Poly		L 1–3	18–5	4–4
	Cal Poly		W 7–4	19–5	4–4
	California		W 3–1	20–5	5–4
April 27	USC	Washington Field • Santa Clara, California	W 10–0	21–5	6–4
April 28	UCLA	Washington Field • Santa Clara, California	W 6–1	22–5	7–4
April 28	UCLA	Washington Field • Santa Clara, California	W 10–2	23–5	8–4
	California		W 8–3	24–5	9–4
			W 8–2	25–5	9–4
	Sacramento State		W 7–1	26–5	9–4
	San Francisco		W 18–4	27–5	9–4
	San Francisco		W 24–5	28–5	9–4
May 18	USC	Washington Field • Santa Clara, California	W 6–3	29–5	10–4
May 19	at Stanford		W 8–4	30–5	11–4
May 19	at Stanford	Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California	W 4–2	31–5	12–4

Postseason (8–3)

(4–1)
Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
	Washington Field • Santa Clara, California	W 6–1	32–5	12–4
Fresno State	Washington Field • Santa Clara, California	L 1–3	32–6	12–4
Fresno State	Washington Field • Santa Clara, California	W 4–2	33–6	12–4
	Washington Field • Santa Clara, California	W 8–1	34–6	12–4
Oregon State	Washington Field • Santa Clara, California	W 7–5	35–6	12–4

(4–2)
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CIBA record
June 11			L 1–5	35–7	12–4
June 12		Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	W 7–4¹²	36–7	12–4
June 13		Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	W 12–7	37–7	12–4
June 14	vs Florida State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	W 11–6	38–7	12–4
June 15		Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	W 4–3¹⁰	39–7	12–4
June 16		Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska	L 4–5¹⁵	39–8	12–4

Schedule Source:^[2]

Web site: 1962 College World Series. https://web.archive.org/web/20111226114633/http://dataomaha.com/cws/year/1962. dead. December 26, 2011. February 22, 2020. Omaha.com.
The Redwood, 1961-1962. Santa Clara University . May 1, 2019.
Web site: College World Series Record Book. NCAA.org. April 13, 2019.