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
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 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 B/T 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 / — — 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
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

Awards and honors

Brian Denman

• First Team All-Big Ten

Jeff Neutzling

• First Team All-Big Ten