1974 Northern Colorado Bears baseball team

The 1974 Northern Colorado Bears baseball team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 1974 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bears played their home games at Jackson Field. The team was coached by Tom Petroff in his 5th year at Colorado State.

1974 Northern Colorado Bears baseball
Great Plains Athletic Conference champions
District VII champions
ConferenceGreat Plains Athletic Conference
Record32–13 (5–1 GPAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumJackson Field
Seasons
← 1973
1975 →
1974 Great Plains Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍y 5 1   .833 32 13   .711
Southern Colorado State  ‍‍‍ 1 3   .250 15 21   .417
Emporia State  ‍‍‍ 0 2   .000  
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the College World Series
As of June 30, 1974[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Bears won the District VII playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Southern Illinois Salukis.

Roster

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1974 Northern Colorado Bears baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
Mark Aasen /
Jr
RHP Keith Bailey /R
RS Fr
Michael Casey /
OF Jeff Cheek L/
Jr
P Greg Cook /
Sr
Mike Coy /
C Bob DeMeo R/
Sr
John Gabbert /
Steve Gjertson /
Paul Gradishar /
INF Ron Holmes R/
Jr
OF Rick Kent /
INF Denny Leonida /
RHP Mike McNeill /R
Sr
John Monaco /
Steve Nale /
Larry Nelson /
Dave Picconi /
Greg Pinkington /
Tom Pinkington /
Thomas Runnells /
Dave Schiessler /
Jeff Simpson /
INF Joseph Strain /
LHP Rick Thoren /L
Fr
Paul Weatherly /
Alvin White /
Head coach

Tom Petroff

Assistant coach(es)

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

Schedule

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1974 Northern Colorado Bears baseball game log
Regular season
March (8–5)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record GPAC record
1 March at UTEP Unknown • El Paso, Texas 0–11 0–1
2 March at UTEP Unknown • El Paso, Texas 16–7 1–1
3 March at Northern Arizona Unknown • Flagstaff, Arizona 2–11 1–2
4 March Weber State Unknown • Unknown 5–4 2–2
5 March Colorado State Unknown • Unknown 4–3 3–2
6 March Metro State Unknown • Unknown 11–1 4–2
7 March Metro State Unknown • Unknown 14–4 5–2
8 March Wyoming Unknown • Unknown 4–6 5–3
9 March Colorado State Unknown • Unknown 3–6 5–4
10 March Colorado State Unknown • Unknown 12–13 5–5
11 March Regis Unknown • Unknown 11–2 6–5
12 March Regis Unknown • Unknown 8–0 7–5
13 March Denver Unknown • Unknown 8–4 8–5
April (10–5)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record GPAC record
14 April 3 Air Force Jackson FieldGreeley, Colorado 6–5 9–5
15 April 3 Air Force Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 1–3 9–6
16 April Wyoming Unknown • Unknown 7–4 10–6
17 April Wyoming Unknown • Unknown 4–5 10–7
18 April Denver Unknown • Unknown 6–0 11–7
19 April Southern Colorado State Unknown • Unknown 12–13 11–8 0–1
20 April Regis Unknown • Unknown 4–2 12–8 0–1
21 April Regis Unknown • Unknown 15–0 13–8 0–1
22 April Denver Unknown • Unknown 8–10 13–9 0–1
23 April Western State Unknown • Unknown 18–0 14–9 0–1
24 April Western State Unknown • Unknown 3–4 14–10 0–1
25 April Colorado College Unknown • Unknown 18–1 15–10 0–1
26 April Colorado College Unknown • Unknown 9–0 16–10 0–1
27 April 23 at Air Force Falcon Baseball FieldColorado Springs, Colorado 7–6 17–10 0–1
28 April Metro State Unknown • Unknown 15–2 18–10 0–1
May (9–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record GPAC record
29 May Southern Colorado State Unknown • Unknown 8–1 19–10 1–1
30 May Southern Colorado State Unknown • Unknown 9–5 20–10 2–1
31 May Southern Colorado State Unknown • Unknown 11–9 21–10 3–1
32 May Emporia State Unknown • Unknown 3–2 22–10 4–1
33 May Emporia State Unknown • Unknown 4–1 23–10 5–1
34 May Wyoming Unknown • Unknown 9–7 24–10 5–1
35 May Wyoming Unknown • Unknown 11–3 25–10 5–1
36 May Western State Unknown • Unknown 9–3 26–10 5–1
37 May Western State Unknown • Unknown 5–2 27–10 5–1
Postseason
District VII Playoff (4–1)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record GPAC record
38 May Gonzaga Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 6–3 28–10 4–0
39 May Gonzaga Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 0–12 28–11 4–0
40 May Gonzaga Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 6–2 29–11 4–0
41 May 31 Arizona Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 6–5 30–11 4–0
42 June 1 Arizona Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado 6–2 31–11 4–0
College World Series (1–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record GPAC record
43 June 7 vs Oklahoma Johnny Rosenblatt StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 1–10 31–12 4–0
44 June 8 vs Harvard Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–2 32–12 4–0
45 June 11 vs Southern Illinois Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–5 32–13 4–0

Awards and honors

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Bob DeMeo
Ron Holmes
  • All-Great Plains Athletic Conference Team
Denny Leonida
  • All-Great Plains Athletic Conference Team[2]

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1974". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  2. ^ "Baseball Single-Season Hitting records (6/15/17)" (PDF). www.uncbears.com. University of Northern Colorado Athletics. Retrieved November 11, 2020.