1973 Texas Longhorns baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	1973
Team:	Texas Longhorns
Conference:	Southwest Conference
Short Conf:	SWC
Record:	50–7
Conf Record:	15–3
Head Coach:	Cliff Gustafson (6th year)
Stadium:	Clark Field
Champion:	SWC champions
Bowl:	College World Series
Bowl Result:	2–2

The 1973 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1973 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 6th season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing tied for third with wins over and and losses to eventual champion Southern California and runner-up Arizona State.^[1]

Personnel

Roster

Schedule and results

Legend
	Texas win
	Texas loss
	Tie

1973 Texas Longhorns baseball game log^[5]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Feb 23 L 0–5 0–1 Feb 23 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX L 2–9 0–2 Feb 24 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 3–0 1–2 Feb 24 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–2 2–2 Feb 27 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–0 3–2 Feb 27 Texas Lutheran* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–1 4–2
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Mar 2 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–2 5–2 Mar 2 Lamar* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–0 6–2 Mar 3 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–1 7–2 Mar 3 Dallas Baptist* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 13–3 8–2 Mar 6 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 1–0 9–2 Mar 6 St. Mary's* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–0 10–2 Mar 9 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–1 11–2 Mar 9 Southwestern Louisiana* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 12–1 12–2 Mar 10 Southwestern Louisiana* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–1 13–2 Mar 10 Southwestern Louisiana* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–0 14–2 Mar 16 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–3^11 15–2 1–0 Mar 16 TCU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–4 16–2 2–0 Mar 17 TCU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–0 17–2 3–0 Mar 19 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 18–2 Mar 19 Trinity* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–3 19–2 Mar 23 at W 7–2^8 20–2 4–0 Mar 23 at Baylor Waco, TX L 2–3 20–3 4–1 Mar 24 at Baylor Waco, TX W 8–4 21–3 5–1 Mar 26 Minnesota Clark Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 22–3 Mar 26 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 13–8 23–3 Mar 30 at W 3–1 24–3 6–1 Mar 30 at Houston Cougar Field • Houston, TX W 11–5 25–3 7–1 Mar 31 at Houston Cougar Field • Houston, TX L 1–2 25–4 7–2
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Apr 3 at St. Mary's* W 10–1 26–4 Apr 3 at St. Mary's* San Antonio, TX W 15–3 27–4 Apr 7 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–2 28–4 8–2 Apr 7 Texas Tech Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–0 29–4 9–2 Apr 10 at Texas Lutheran* W 7–1 30–4 Apr 10 at Texas Lutheran* Seguin, TX W 10–1 31–4 Apr 13 at W 21–4 32–4 10–2 Apr 20 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 33–4 11–2 Apr 21 Rice Clark Field • Austin, TX W 13–1 34–4 12–2 Apr 21 Rice Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–8 35–4 13–2 Apr 27 at L 0–1 35–5 13–3 Apr 27 at Texas A&M Kyle Baseball Field • College Park, TX W 3–1 36–5 14–3 Apr 28 at Texas A&M Kyle Baseball Field • College Park, TX W 6–4 37–5 15–3
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record May 5 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–3 38–5 May 5 Southwestern* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–0 39–5 May 7 Southwestern* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–1 40–5 May 7 Southwestern* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 21–6 41–5 May 11 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–0 42–5 May 11 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–2 43–5 May 12 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–2 44–5 May 12 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 12–4 45–5
Postseason
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 24 San Antonio, TX W 7–1 46–5 1–0 May 26 San Antonio, TX W 17–2 47–5 2–0 May 27 Texas–Pan American San Antonio, TX W 14–12^10 48–5 3–0
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 9 W 6–3 49–5 1–0 June 10 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 1–4 49–6 1–1 June 12 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 10–2 50–6 2–1 June 14 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 5–6 50–7 2–2

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1973 College World Series. August 23, 2020. Omaha.com. August 14, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200814010415/https://dataomaha.com/cws/year/1973. dead.
2. Book: Baseball Letterwinners. Texas Longhorns. August 23, 2020.
3. Book: All-Time Jersey Numbers. Texas Longhorns. August 23, 2020.
4. Web site: Cactus Yearbook, 1973 . The University of Texas at Austin . www.repositories.lib.utexas.edu . August 26, 2020.
5. Book: Texas Baseball Year by Year Results. Texas Longhorns. August 23, 2020. 97.