1966 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team

The 1966 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team represented University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1966 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Emerson Field. The team was coached by Walter Rabb in his 20th year as head coach at North Carolina.

1966 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball
Atlantic Coast champions District III champions
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	Atlantic Coast
CB	No. 7
Record	21–13 (12–2 ACC)
Head coach	Walter Rabb (20th season)
MVP	Robert Walker
Home stadium	Emerson Field

1966 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 7 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍y	12	–	2	–	0		.857			21	–	13	–	0		.618
No. 24 Clemson  ‍‍‍	9	–	4	–	0		.692			20	–	7	–	2		.724
NC State  ‍‍‍	7	–	7	–	0		.500			11	–	12	–	2		.480
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	7	–	7	–	0		.500			15	–	8	–	0		.652
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	7	–	7	–	0		.500			12	–	12	–	0		.500
Maryland  ‍‍‍	6	–	8	–	0		.429			11	–	12	–	0		.478
Duke  ‍‍‍	4	–	9	–	0		.308			8	–	16	–	0		.333
Virginia  ‍‍‍	3	–	11	–	0		.214			6	–	19	–	0		.240
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1966 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Tar Heels won the District III playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Roster

1966 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town Joe Bailey / — — Jon Baylin / — — Sr Bruce Bolick / — — So Bruce Bonczek / — — Sr OF Charlie Carr / — — So Buddy Cohoon / — — Sr Bill Estes / — — So Mike Flanagan / — — Jr John Hubble / — — Sr Bob Hume / — — Tommy Kirkman / — — Mike Knowles / — — Tom Lampman / — — Beattie Leonard / — — Sr Nolan Leonard / — — Mike McLaughlin / — — Sr George McRae / — — So Larry Mills / — — Tom Robbins / — — Jr L. E. Sawyer / — — John Shaw / — — Sr Chip Stone / — — So INF Danny Talbott / — — Jr Tennant Teeter / — — Charlie Thomas / — — So Rodney Thompson / — — Jr P Danny Walker / — — Sr Butch Watts / — —	Head coach Walter Rabb Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1966 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball game log
Regular season
March (4–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 1 March 18 at East Carolina ECU Baseball Field • Greenville, North Carolina 3–5 0–1 – 2 March 23 Springfield Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 3–1 0–2 – 3 March 25 Virginia Tech Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 3–2 1–2 – 4 March 26 Virginia Tech Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2–4 1–3 – 5 March 29 Yale Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 15–6 2–3 – 6 March 30 Colby Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 4–3 3–3 – 7 March 31 Colby Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 6–5 4–3 –
April (10–5) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 8 April 2 at NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina 8–2 5–3 1–0 9 April 4 Connecticut Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 3–9 5–4 1–0 10 April 5 Connecticut Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 5–14 5–5 1–0 11 April 7 at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida 7–15 5–6 1–0 12 April 7 at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida 6–4 6–6 1–0 13 April 7 at Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, Florida 1–4 6–7 1–0 14 April 11 at Georgia Tech Rose Bowl Field • Atlanta, Georgia 3–0 7–7 1–0 15 April 15 Clemson Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 6–1 8–7 2–0 16 April 16 South Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 0–1 8–8 2–1 17 April 19 at Duke Jack Coombs Field • Durham, North Carolina 8–1 9–8 3–1 18 April 22 Maryland Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 8–3 10–8 4–1 19 April 23 Virginia Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 3–2 11–8 5–1 20 April 26 NC State Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 11–4 12–8 6–1 21 April 29 at South Carolina Unknown • Columbia, South Carolina 1–0 13–8 7–1 22 April 30 at Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, South Carolina 6–3 14–8 8–1
May (4–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 23 May 3 at Wake Forest Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 4–0 15–8 9–1 24 May 6 at Maryland Shipley Field • College Park, Maryland 5–2 16–8 10–1 25 May 7 at Virginia UVA Baseball Field • Charlottesville, Virginia 2–1 17–8 11–1 26 May 10 Duke Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 10–4 18–8 12–1 27 May 14 at Wake Forest Ernie Shore Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina 4–5 18–9 12–2 28 May 18 at Virginia Tech Tech Park • Blacksburg, Virginia 14–15 18–10 12–2
Postseason
District III Playoff (3–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 29 June 2 vs East Carolina Sims Legion Park • Gastonia, North Carolina 7–1 19–10 12–2 30 June 3 vs Mississippi State Sims Legion Park • Gastonia, North Carolina 5–4 20–10 12–2 31 June 4 vs Florida State Sims Legion Park • Gastonia, North Carolina 5–6 20–11 12–2 32 June 4 vs Florida State Sims Legion Park • Gastonia, North Carolina 6–4 21–11 12–2
College World Series (0–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record 33 June 13 vs Southern California Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–6 21–12 12–2 34 June 14 vs Oklahoma State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–5 21–13 12–2

Awards and honors

Charlie Carr

• First Team All-ACC

Danny Talbott

• First Team All-ACC
• Second Team All-American

Danny Walker

• First Team All-ACC