1976 Washington State Cougars baseball team

The 1976 Washington State Cougars baseball team represented the Washington State University in the 1976 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cougars played their home games at Bailey Field. The team was coached by Chuck Brayton in his 14th year as head coach at Washington State.

1976 Washington State Cougars baseball
Pac-8 Northern Division champion Pac-8 Champion West Regional champion
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Division	Northern
Record	41–15 (16–2 ND)
Head coach	Chuck Brayton (14th season)
Home stadium	Bailey Field

1976 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Northern Division
No. 6 Washington State x‍‍‍y	16	–	2	–	0		.889			43	–	15	–	0		.741
Oregon State ‍‍‍	12	–	6	–	0		.667			31	–	15	–	0		.674
Oregon ‍‍‍	6	–	12	–	0		.333			20	–	18	–	0		.526
Washington ‍‍‍	2	–	16	–	0		.111			7	–	27	–	0		.206
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
No. 15 UCLA x‍‍‍	16	–	8	–	0		.667			35	–	25	–	0		.583
Southern California ‍‍‍	15	–	8	–	1		.646			33	–	36	–	2		.479
Stanford ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			42	–	23	–	0		.646
California ‍‍‍	9	–	14	–	1		.396			33	–	20	–	1		.620
UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍	5	–	19	–	0		.208			17	–	29	–	0		.370
x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1976 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Cougars won the West Regional to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Maine Black Bears.

Roster

1976 Washington State Cougars baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town Brian Anderson / — — Chris Camp / — — Dave Edler / — — Tracy Harris / — — Mike Henley / — — OF Greg Herrick / — — Mike Hultman / — — Tom Jobb / — — INF Marty Maxwell / — — Bob Padovan / — — Larry Poffenroth / — — John Seefried / — — Bob Sherwood / — — Bill Simpson / — — Joe Tom / — — OF Tim Tveit / — — Phil Westendorf / — — RHP Eric Wilkins /R — —	Head coach Chuck Brayton Assistant coach(es) Bob MacDonald Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: September 10, 2021

Schedule

1976 Washington State Cougars baseball game log
Regular season
March (11–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac8 record 1 March 13 at Lewis–Clark State Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho 0–2 0–1 0–0 2 March 13 at Lewis–Clark State Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho 0–4 0–2 0–0 3 March 14 vs Idaho Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho 2–0 1–2 0–0 4 March 14 vs Idaho Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho 4–0 2–2 0–0 5 March 19 vs Western Washington Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho 16–0 3–2 0–0 6 March 19 vs Puget Sound Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho 4–9 3–3 0–0 7 March 20 vs Boise State Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho 9–2 4–3 0–0 8 March 20 vs Gonzaga Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho 4–2 5–3 0–0 9 March 21 vs Portland Harris Field • Lewiston, Idaho 6–0 6–3 0–0 10 March 22 Eastern Oregon Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 7–0 7–3 0–0 11 March 22 Eastern Oregon Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 9–3 8–3 0–0 12 March 26 at Boise State Unknown • Boise, Idaho 14–5 9–3 0–0 13 March 27 vs Northwest Nazarene Unknown • Boise, Idaho 9–1 10–3 0–0 14 March 31 vs Gonzaga Unknown • Boise, Idaho 12–6 11–3 0–0
April (14–8) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac8 record 15 April 1 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, Arizona 3–13 11–4 0–0 16 April 2 vs Grand Canyon Packard Stadium • Tempe, Arizona 0–2 11–5 0–0 17 April 4 vs Nevada Packard Stadium • Tempe, Arizona 5–2 12–5 0–0 18 April 5 vs Oregon State Packard Stadium • Tempe, Arizona 2–11 12–6 0–0 19 April 6 at BYU Unknown • Provo, Utah 3–2 13–6 0–0 20 April 7 vs Boise State Unknown • Provo, Utah 8–4 14–6 0–0 21 April 7 vs Boise State Unknown • Provo, Utah 3–8 14–7 0–0 22 April 8 at Northwest Nazarene Unknown • Nampa, Idaho 7–6 15–7 0–0 23 April 10 at Eastern Washington Unknown • Cheney, Washington 22–2 16–7 0–0 24 April 10 at Eastern Washington Unknown • Cheney, Washington 13–5 17–7 0–0 25 April 14 at Gonzaga Unknown • Spokane, Washington 4–5 17–8 0–0 26 April 15 at Idaho Guy Wicks Field • Moscow, Idaho 18–2 18–8 0–0 27 April 16 Oregon Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 4–1 19–8 1–0 28 April 17 Oregon Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 5–1 20–8 2–0 29 April 17 Oregon Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 8–4 21–8 3–0 30 April 18 Whitworth Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 11–0 22–8 3–0 31 April 24 at Oregon State Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon 0–4 22–9 3–1 32 April 24 at Oregon State Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon 1–2 22–10 3–2 33 April 25 at Oregon State Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon 12–2 23–10 4–2 34 April 26 Idaho Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 12–1 24–10 4–2 35 April 27 Gonzaga Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 1–4 24–11 4–2 36 April 30 at Washington Graves Field • Seattle, Washington 9–1 25–11 5–2
May (11–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac8 record 37 May 1 at Washington Graves Field • Seattle, Washington 11–5 26–11 6–2 38 May 1 at Washington Graves Field • Seattle, Washington 9–0 27–11 7–2 39 May 4 Eastern Washington Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 5–8 27–12 7–2 40 May 7 Oregon State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 1–0 28–12 8–2 41 May 8 Oregon State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 13–3 29–12 9–2 42 May 8 Oregon State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 3–2 30–12 10–2 43 May 14 at Oregon Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 13–8 31–12 11–2 44 May 15 at Oregon Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 7–2 32–12 12–2 45 May 15 at Oregon Howe Field • Eugene, Oregon 10–5 33–12 13–2 46 May 20 Lewis–Clark State Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 13–2 34–12 13–2 47 May 21 Washington Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 18–3 35–12 14–2 48 May 22 Washington Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 13–3 36–12 15–2 49 May 22 Washington Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 19–3 37–12 16–2
Postseason
NCAA West Regional (3–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac8 record 50 May 28 vs Pepperdine Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 8–2 38–12 16–2 51 May 29 vs Cal State Fullerton Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 5–1 39–12 16–2 52 June 2 vs Cal State Fullerton Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 1–13 39–13 16–2 53 June 2 vs Cal State Fullerton Bailey Field • Pullman, Washington 7–2 40–13 16–2
College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac8 record 54 June 12 vs Oklahoma Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 6–1 41–13 16–2 55 June 13 vs Arizona State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–9 41–14 16–2 56 June 14 vs Maine Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–6 41–15 16–2

Awards and honors

Greg Herrick

• First Team All-Pacific-8 Conference

Mike Hutlman

• First Team All-Pacific-8 Conference

Marty Maxwell

• First Team All-Pacific-8 Conference

Tim Tveit

• First Team All-Pacific-8 Conference

Phil Westendorf

• First Team All-Pacific-8 Conference

Eric Wilkins

• First Team All-Pacific-8 Conference