1974 Texas Longhorns baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	1974
Team:	Texas Longhorns
Conference:	Southwest Conference
Short Conf:	SWC
Record:	54–8
Conf Record:	20–4
Head Coach:	Cliff Gustafson (7th year)
Stadium:	Clark Field
Champion:	SWC champions
Bowl:	College World Series
Bowl Result:	2–2

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 and a pair of losses to eventual champion Southern California, first in the opening round and later in the semifinals.^[1]

Personnel

Roster

Schedule and results

Legend
	Texas win
	Texas loss
	Tie

1974 Texas Longhorns baseball game log^[4]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Feb 18 W 11–3 1–0 Feb 18 St. Mary's* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 11–8 2–0 Feb 19 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–1 3–0 Feb 19 Trinity* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 13–5 4–0 Feb 22 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* W 7–4 9–0 Feb 25 at Trinity* San Antonio, TX W 6–1 10–0 Feb 26 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 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 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* W 3–0 20–1 Mar 12 at Texas Lutheran* Seguin, TX W 13–1 21–1 Mar 15 at 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 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 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–4 27–2 Mar 26 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–3 28–2 Mar 29 at 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 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 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 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–4 38–3 Apr 15 Lamar* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–1 39–3 Apr 19 at 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 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 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–4 45–4 May 4 Southwestern* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–2 46–4 May 16 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
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 24 W 7–0 50–5 1–0 May 26 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
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 8 L 2–9 52–7 0–1 June 10 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 12–2 53–7 1–1 June 11 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1974 College World Series. August 25, 2020. Omaha.com. November 25, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125085359/https://dataomaha.com/cws/year/1974. dead.
2. Book: Baseball Letterwinners. Texas Longhorns. August 25, 2020.
3. Book: All-Time Jersey Numbers. Texas Longhorns. August 25, 2020.
4. Book: Texas Baseball Year by Year Results. Texas Longhorns. August 25, 2020. 98.