1957 Texas Longhorns baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	1957
Team:	Texas Longhorns
Conference:	Southwest Conference
Short Conf:	SWC
Record:	20–6
Conf Record:	12–1
Head Coach:	Bibb Falk (15th year)
Stadium:	Clark Field
Champion:	SWC champions
Bowl:	College World Series
Bowl Result:	1–2

The 1957 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Bibb Falk in his 15th season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, but were eliminated by Notre Dame in the quarterfinal.^[1]

Personnel

Coaches

Schedule and results

Legend
	Texas win
	Texas loss

1957 Texas Longhorns baseball game log^[3]
Regular season
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Mar 11 L 7–8 0–1 Mar 12 Sam Houston Teachers College* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–3 1–1 Mar 15 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 12–2 2–1 Mar 16 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX L 0–4 2–2 Mar 22 at W 8–4 3–2 1–0 Mar 25 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–2 4–2 Mar 26 Minnesota Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–4 5–2 Mar 29 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–1^11 6–2 2–0 Mar 30 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–6 7–2 3–0
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Apr 9 Clark Field • Austin, TX L 8–15 7–3 Apr 12 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–5 8–3 4–0 Apr 13 Rice Clark Field • Austin, TX W 22–5 9–3 5–0 Apr 18 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–4 10–3 Apr 27 at W 9–5 11–3 6–0 Apr 27 at TCU Fort Worth, TX L 2–4 11–4 6–1
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record May 3 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 11–1 12–4 7–1 May 6 at Rice W 9–8 13–4 8–1 May 7 TCU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–0 14–4 9–1 May 10 at SMU W 3–1^12 15–4 10–1 May 14 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–1 16–4 11–1 May 14 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX W 1–0 17–4 12–1 May 29 Plymouth (Sinton, TX) Oilers Clark Field • Austin, TX L 4–7 17–5
Postseason
District 6 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Playoff record May 31 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 18–5 1–0 June 4 Arizona Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–1 19–5 2–0
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 8 W 3–0 20–5 1–0 June 9 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 1–4 20–6 1–1 June 10 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 0–9 20–7 1–2

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1957 College World Series. https://web.archive.org/web/20111226114826/http://dataomaha.com/cws/year/1957. dead. December 26, 2011. December 7, 2019. Omaha.com.
2. Book: Baseball Letterwinners. Texas Longhorns. December 7, 2019.
3. Book: Texas Baseball Year by Year Results. Texas Longhorns. December 15, 2019. 7.