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Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 45–8 (14–1 SWC) |
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Home stadium | Clark Field |
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No. 3 Texas †y | 14 | – | 1 | .933 | 45 | – | 8 | .849 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 13 | – | 4 | .765 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 10 | – | 7 | .588 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 9 | – | 8 | .529 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 5 | – | 10 | .333 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 16 | – | 21 | .432 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 3 | – | 14 | .176 | 3 | – | 29 | .094 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1970 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 1970 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1970 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 3rd season at Texas.
The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing third, having split two games with eventual runner-up Florida State, a holding wins over Delaware and Ohio and a fourteen-inning loss to eventual champion Southern California. [2]
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On April 3, 1970 James Street shutout Texas Tech 4–0 over 7 innings in Lubbock, TX to secure the first and only Perfect game in Longhorn's history. This was also the only perfect game in the history of the Southwest Conference.
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Texas Tech Red Raiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WP: James Street LP: Notes: 1st and only Perfect Game in the history of the Texas Longhorns and the Southwest Conference [6] |
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