1974 Texas Longhorns baseball team

1974 Texas Longhorns baseball
SWC champions
College World Series, 2–2
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	54–8 (20–4 SWC)
Head coach	Cliff Gustafson (7th year)
Home stadium	Clark Field
Seasons ←  1973 1975  →

1974 Southwest Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Texas  ‍†‍‍y	20	–	4		.833			54	–	8		.871
No. 21 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍	17	–	7		.708			31	–	13		.705
No. 22 TCU  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			31	–	17		.646
Rice  ‍‍‍	12	–	11		.522			24	–	18		.571
Baylor  ‍‍‍	12	–	11		.522			24	–	18		.571
Houston  ‍‍‍	10	–	13		.435			20	–	21		.488
Arkansas  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			22	–	21		.512
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			11	–	22		.333
SMU  ‍‍‍	4	–	20		.167			16	–	26		.381
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1974 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1974 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1974 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 7th season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing fourth with wins over Seton Hall and Oklahoma and a pair of losses to eventual champion Southern California, first in the opening round and later in the semifinals. ^[2]

Personnel

Roster

1974 Texas Longhorns roster [3] [4]
	Pitchers 5 - Bobby Cuellar 8 - Martin Flores 21 - Jim Gideon 24 - Rich Wortham Catchers 25 - Rick Bradley		Infielders 3 - Keith Moreland 22 - Mickey Reichenbach Outfielders 4 - Terry Pyka 6 - Bobby Clark 7 - Rick Burley - David Reeves		Unknown 9 - Blair Todd Stouffer 12 - James Ray Brown 13 - Thomas Henry Ball 29 - Frosty Doyle R. Moore

Schedule and results

Legend
	Texas win
	Texas loss
	Tie

1974 Texas Longhorns baseball game log [5]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Feb 18 St. Mary's* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 11–3 1–0 Feb 18 St. Mary's* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 11–8 2–0 Feb 19 Trinity* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–1 3–0 Feb 19 Trinity* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 13–5 4–0 Feb 22 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–1 5–0 Feb 22 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–1 6–0 Feb 23 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 1–0 7–0 Feb 23 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 15–2 8–0 Feb 25 at Trinity* San Antonio, TX W 7–4 9–0 Feb 25 at Trinity* San Antonio, TX W 6–1 10–0 Feb 26 Texas Lutheran* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 17–2 11–0 Feb 26 Texas Lutheran* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–3 12–0
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Mar 1 Houston Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–7 13–0 1–0 Mar 2 Houston Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–2 14–0 2–0 Mar 2 Houston Clark Field • Austin, TX W 20–3 15–0 3–0 Mar 5 at St. Mary's* San Antonio, TX W 12–0 16–0 Mar 5 at St. Mary's* San Antonio, TX W 1–0 17–0 Mar 8 at Rice Houston, TX L 4–5 17–1 3–1 Mar 9 at Rice Houston, TX W 3–2 18–1 4–1 Mar 9 at Rice Houston, TX W 4–1 19–1 5–1 Mar 12 at Texas Lutheran* Seguin, TX W 3–0 20–1 Mar 12 at Texas Lutheran* Seguin, TX W 13–1 21–1 Mar 15 at Texas Tech Lubbock, TX L 3–5 21–2 5–2 Mar 16 at Texas Tech Lubbock, TX W 5–0 22–2 6–2 Mar 16 at Texas Tech Lubbock, TX W 16–1 23–2 7–2 Mar 22 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 18–3 24–2 8–2 Mar 23 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–5 25–2 9–2 Mar 23 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 22–5 26–2 10–2 Mar 26 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–4 27–2 Mar 26 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–3 28–2 Mar 29 at Arkansas Washington County Fairgrounds • Fayetteville, AR W 19–4 29–2 11–2 Mar 30 at Arkansas Washington County Fairgrounds • Fayetteville, AR W 3–2 30–2 12–2 Mar 30 at Arkansas Washington County Fairgrounds • Fayetteville, AR L 5–8 30–3 12–3
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Apr 5 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX W 15–3 31–3 13–3 Apr 6 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX W 12–3 32–3 14–3 Apr 6 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–5 33–3 15–3 Apr 11 Southwestern Louisiana* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–3 34–3 Apr 11 Southwestern Louisiana* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 24–8 35–3 Apr 12 Southwestern Louisiana* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–1 36–3 Apr 12 Southwestern Louisiana* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–3 37–3 Apr 15 Lamar* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–4 38–3 Apr 15 Lamar* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–1 39–3 Apr 19 at TCU TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX W 5–2 40–3 16–3 Apr 20 at TCU TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX W 10–4 41–3 17–3 Apr 20 at TCU TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX W 8–2 42–3 18–3 Apr 26 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX L 5–11 42–4 18–4 Apr 27 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–0 43–4 19–4 Apr 27 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–3 44–4 20–4
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record May 4 Southwestern* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–4 45–4 May 4 Southwestern* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–2 46–4 May 16 Lubbock Christian* Clark Field • Austin, TX L 1–5 46–5 May 16 Lubbock Christian* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–0 47–5 May 17 Lubbock Christian* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–2 48–5 May 17 Lubbock Christian* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 11–6 49–5
Postseason
District 6 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 24 Texas–Pan American Arlington, TX W 7–0 50–5 1–0 May 26 Louisiana Tech Arlington, TX L 4–5 50–6 1–1 May 27 Louisiana Tech Arlington, TX W 8–0 51–6 2–1 Louisiana Tech Arlington, TX W 12–2 52–6 3–1
College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 8 Southern California Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 2–9 52–7 0–1 June 10 Seton Hall Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 12–2 53–7 1–1 June 11 Oklahoma Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 10–4 54–7 2–1 June 14 Southern California Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–5 54–8 2–2

References

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