1969 Texas Longhorns baseball team

1969 Southwest Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Texas ‍†‍‍^y	14	–	2	.875	40	–	6	.870
TCU ‍‍‍	9	–	6	.600	22	–	8	.733
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	9	–	7	.563	13	–	13	.500
Rice ‍‍‍	7	–	6	.538	14	–	11	.560
Texas A&M ‍‍‍	7	–	8	.467	15	–	11	.577
Baylor ‍‍‍	6	–	11	.353	10	–	17	.370
SMU ‍‍‍	2	–	14	.125	5	–	21	.192

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1969^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1969 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1969 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 2nd season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing fourth with wins over eventual champion Arizona State and fifth-place Ole Miss and losses to runner-up Tulsa and semifinalist NYU.^[2]

Personnel[edit]

1969 Texas Longhorns roster^[3]^[4]

Utility

1969 Texas Longhorns baseball game log^[5]

Regular season

May
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
May 6	at Texas A&M	Kyle Baseball Field • College Park, TX	W 2–1	25–3	14–1
May 6	at Texas A&M	Kyle Baseball Field • College Park, TX	L 2–5	25–4	14–2
May 9	Sam Houston State*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 1–0	26–4
May 9	Sam Houston State*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 9–5	27–4
May 10	Sam Houston State*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 7–2	28–4
May 10	Sam Houston State*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 13–4	29–4
May 12	Houston Baptist*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 11–0	30–4
May 12	Houston Baptist*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 7–1	31–4

Postseason

College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
June 13	Arizona State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 4–0	39–4	1–0
June 16	Tulsa	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 2–4	39–5	1–1
June 17	Ole Miss	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 14–1	40–5	2–1
June 18	NYU	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 2–3	40–6	2–2

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1969". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
^ "1969 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
^ Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
^ All-Time Jersey Numbers (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
^ Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 00. Retrieved August 14, 2020.

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