1901 Texas Longhorns baseball team

1901 Texas Longhorns baseball
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	Overall: 11–2 Collegiate: 10–2 (3-2 SIAA)
Head coach	Alexander C. Ellis (3rd season)
Captain	Samuel F. Leslie
Home stadium	Varsity Athletic Field
Seasons ←  1900 1902  →

The 1901 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the Texas Longhorns baseball program for the University of Texas in the 1901 college baseball season. In his 3rd nonconsecutive season Professor Alexander Caswell Ellis coached the team to a 11-2 record overall and 3-2 in the SIAA. ^[1]

The team notably did not include any of the previous season's starting lineup as they were dismissed from the team by UT president William Prather the previous year for the use of an ineligible player during a game against Jefferson College. Despite being made up of second-stringers the team defied expectations and dominated opponents, which included a rematch series against Jefferson. They only dropped two games, and outscored opponents by a combined 121-45 points. ^{[2] [3]}

Schedule

1900 Texas Longhorns baseball game log [4]
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie
Regular season (11–2) Date Opponent Stadium Score Overall record Collegiate Record SIAA record March 30 St. Edward's* Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 11–2 1–0 1–0 — April 6 Texas School for the Deaf # Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 8–1 2–0 — — April 18 Fort Worth University* Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 32–2 3–0 2-0 — April 21 Southwestern* Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 6–3 4–0 3-0 — April 29 at LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA L 1–2 4–1 3–1 0-1 April 30 at Jefferson Military* Washington, MS W 13–8 5–1 4–1 — May 1 at Jefferson Military* Washington, MS W 4–1 6–1 5–1 — May 2 at LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 6–1 7–1 6–1 1-1 May 4 at Tulane Tulane Diamond • New Orleans, LA W 13–5 8-1 7–1 2–1 May 6 at Ole Miss Oxford, MS W 9–6 9–1 8–1 3–1 May 9 at Ole Miss Oxford, MS L 3–4 9–2 8–2 3-2 May 11 Weatherford College* Varsity Athletic Field • Austin, TX W 9–5 10–2 9–2 — May 13 at Southwestern* Georgetown, TX W 6–5 11–2 10-2 —
* indicates a non-conference game. # indicates a non-collegiate game. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest.

References

1. "A. Caswell Ellis: Teacher, Reformer, and Advocate for Education and Suffrage". tshaonline.org. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
2. "'Varsity Baseball Team". Austin Daily Statesman. May 11, 1901. Retrieved August 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Baseball 1885-1910". texaslsn.org. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
4. "2025 Texas Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 95. Retrieved August 2, 2025.