1968 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 1968 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1968 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 1st season at Texas.

1968 Texas Longhorns baseball
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record23–11 (12–4 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumClark Field
1968 Southwest Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 Texas  y 124 .7502311 .676
TCU   135 .722209 .690
Texas A&M   105 .667217 .750
Baylor   97 .5631413 .519
SMU   711 .3891014 .417
Rice   612 .3331015 .400
Texas Tech   215 .118920 .310
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1968[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing tied for fifth with a second round win over BYU and losses to Oklahoma State and semifinalist NC State.[2]

Personnel

Roster

1968 Texas Longhorns roster[3][4]
 

Pitchers

  • 4 - Dennis D. Enderlin
  • 5 - James Street
  • 10 - Natividad Salazar
  • 17 - Larry Hardy
  • 19 - Larry Elwood Horton
  • 22 - Michael Allen Peebles

Catchers

Manager

  • Gordon Lakey
 

Infielders

  • 1 - Louis Lee Bagwell
  • 9 - Patrick John Amos
  • 12 - David Hall
  • - Robert Snoddy

Outfielders

  • 13 - Jack Miller
  • 14 - Pat Brown
  • 23 - Randal C. Peschel
 

Utility'

  • 2 - James F. Hunt
  • 6 - Dennis Wayne Kasper
  • 7 - John Langerhans
  • 11 - Douglass Kirk Fell
  • - George Nauert

Schedule and results

Legend
 Texas win
 Texas loss
 Tie
1968 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[5]
Regular season
Postseason

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1968". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  2. "1968 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  3. Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  4. All-Time Jersey Numbers (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  5. Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 95. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
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