1972 Texas Longhorns baseball team

American college baseball season

1972 Texas Longhorns baseball
SWC champions
College World Series, 2–2
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record50–9 (12–6 SWC)
Head coach
  • Cliff Gustafson (5th year)
Home stadiumClark Field
Seasons
← 1971
1973 →
1972 Southwest Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Texas  ‍†‍‍y 12 – 6   .667 50 – 9   .847
No. 27 TCU  ‍†‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 29 – 13   .690
Rice  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611 19 – 12   .613
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 27 – 11   .711
SMU  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 22 – 30   .423
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 23 – 19   .548
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 20 – 20   .500
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1972[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1972 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1972 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 5-th season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing tied for third with wins over Ole Miss and Oklahoma and losses to Connecticut and a ten-inning loss to eventual champion Southern California.[2]

Personnel

Roster

1972 Texas Longhorns roster[3][4]
 

Pitchers

Catchers

  • 19 - Bill Berryhill
  

Infielders

  • 2 - Mike Markl
  • 3 - Dave Chalk
  • 7 - John D. Langerhans
  • 9 - Ken Pape

Outfielders

  • 4 - Terry Pyka
  

Unknown

  • 1 - Amador G. Tijerina
  • 12 - James Ray Brown
  • 13 - Thomas Henry Ball
  • 14 - Charlie E. Crenshaw
  • 15 - Dennis George Magro
  • 16 - Steven Michael Clancy
  • 17 - Zane Grubbs
  • 22 - Samuel Nicholson
  • 24 - Jim McCutchen

Schedule and results

Legend
  Texas win
  Texas loss
  Tie
1972 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[5]
Regular season
February
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
Feb 25 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–3 1–0
Feb 25 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 3–0 2–0
Feb 26 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–1 3–0
Feb 26 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–1 4–0
Feb 29 Texas Lutheran* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 5–0
Feb 29 Texas Lutheran* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–1 6–0
March
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
Mar 3 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 13–6 7–0
Mar 3 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX L 1–5 7–1
Mar 4 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–1 8–1
Mar 4 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–1 9–1
Mar 7 St. Mary's* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–0 10–1
Mar 7 St. Mary's* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–2 11–1
Mar 10 Houston* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–2 12–1
Mar 10 Houston* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–0 13–1
Mar 11 Houston* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–2 14–1
Mar 11 Houston* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–1 15–1
Mar 14 at Texas Lutheran* Seguin, TX W 5–1 16–1
Mar 14 at Texas Lutheran* Seguin, TX W 4–1 17–1
Mar 17 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–1 18–1 1–0
Mar 17 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–5 19–1 2–0
Mar 18 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX W 19–2 20–1 3–0
Mar 22 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 21–1
Mar 22 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 14–4 22–1
Mar 23 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 14–2 23–1
Mar 23 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–3 24–1
Mar 25 at St. Mary's* San Antonio, TX W 6–0 25–1
Mar 25 at St. Mary's* San Antonio, TX W 11–1 26–1
Mar 31 at Texas Tech Lubbock, TX W 5–1 27–1 4–0
Mar 31 at Texas Tech Lubbock, TX L 4–5 27–2 4–1
April/May
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
Apr 1 at Texas Tech Lubbock, TX W 12–5 28–2 5–1
Apr 7 at Rice Houston, TX L 3–10 28–3 5–2
Apr 7 at Rice Houston, TX L 0–4 28–4 5–3
Apr 8 at Rice Houston, TX L 4–8 28–5 5–4
Apr 14 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–2 29–5 6–4
Apr 14 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 11–0 30–5 7–4
Apr 15 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 15–3 31–5 8–4
Apr 21 at TCU TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX L 1–2 31–6 8–5
Apr 21 at TCU TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX W 8–5 32–6 9–5
Apr 22 at TCU TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX W 5–1 33–6 10–5
Apr 28 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–2 34–6 11–5
Apr 28 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX L 6–7 34–7 11–6
Apr 29 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–6 35–7 12–6
May 13 Austin Aztecas* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–2 36–7
May 13 Austin Aztecas* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–2 37–7
Postseason
District 6 playoffs
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record
May 18 Trinity San Antonio, TX W 4–314 38–7 1–0
May 19 Texas–Pan American San Antonio, TX W 1–0 39–7 2–0
May 19 Texas–Pan American San Antonio, TX W 2–1 40–7 3–0
Exhibitions
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
May 29 at LaGrange Demons LaGrange, TX W 2–1 41–7
May 29 at LaGrange Demons LaGrange, TX W 14–3 42–7
May 31 Austin Aztecas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–1 43–7
May 31 Austin Aztecas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 3–1 44–7
June 1 LaGrange Demons Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–5 45–7
June 1 LaGrange Demons Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–4 46–7
June 2 Fort Hood All-Stars Clark Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 47–7
June 2 Fort Hood All-Stars Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–1 48–7
College World Series
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record
June 9 Connecticut Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 0–3 48–8 0–1
June 10 Ole Miss Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 9–8 49–8 1–1
June 12 Oklahoma Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 7–1 50–8 2–1
June 14 Southern California Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–410 50–9 2–2

References

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1972". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "1972 College World Series". Omaha.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  4. ^ All-Time Jersey Numbers (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  5. ^ Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 97. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
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