1981 Texas Longhorns baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	1981
Team:	Texas Longhorns
Conference:	Southwest Conference
Short Conf:	SWC
Record:	61–11–1
Conf Record:	16–5
Head Coach:	Cliff Gustafson (14th year)
Stadium:	Disch–Falk Field
Champion:	NCAA Central Regional champions SWC tournament champions SWC champions
Bowl:	College World Series
Bowl Result:	3–2

The 1981 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1981 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Disch–Falk Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 14th season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing third with wins over Michigan, Miami (FL) and eventual runner-up Oklahoma State and a pair of losses to eventual champion Arizona State.^[1]

Personnel

Roster

Schedule and results

Legend
	Texas win
	Texas loss
	Tie

1981 Texas Longhorns baseball game log^[4]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Feb 21 W 10–0 1–0 Feb 21 Texas Lutheran* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–1 2–0 Feb 25 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–1 3–0 Feb 25 St. Mary's* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 1–0 4–0 Feb 27 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6– 5–0 Feb 27 Lubbock Christian* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 3–6 5–1 Feb 28 Lubbock Christian* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–5 6–1 Feb 28 Lubbock Christian* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 13–3 7–1
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Mar 4 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–1 8–1 Mar 4 Oral Roberts* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX T 10–10 8–1–1 Mar 5 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–0 9–1–1 Mar 5 Hardin–Simmons* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 17–2 10–1–1 Mar 6 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–5 11–1–1 Mar 6 Texas Wesleyan* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 14–8 12–1–1 Mar 8 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–2 13–1–1 Mar 8 Lamar* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 4–8 13–2–1 Mar 9 Lamar* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–0 14–2–1 Mar 9 Lamar* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–1 15–2–1 Mar 13 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 17–3 16–2–1 1–0 Mar 14 Texas Tech Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–1 17–2–1 2–0 Mar 14 Texas Tech Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–6 18–2–1 3–0 Mar 16 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–1 19–2–1 Mar 16 Emporia State* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–4 20–2–1 Mar 17 Emporia State* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 1–0 21–2–1 Mar 17 Emporia State* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 17–6 22–2–1 Mar 18 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–4 23–2–1 Mar 18 Midwestern State* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 17–5 24–2–1 Mar 19 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–2 25–2–1 Mar 19 Southwestern* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–3 26–2–1 Mar 20 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–1 27–2–1 Mar 20 Texas–Arlington* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–6 27–3–1 Mar 21 Texas–Arlington* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–7 28–3–1 Mar 21 Texas–Arlington* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 14–5 29–3–1 Mar 23 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–5 30–3–1 Mar 23 Minnesota* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–6 31–3–1 Mar 24 Minnesota* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–3 32–3–1 Mar 24 Minnesota* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–1 33–3–1 Mar 27 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–7 34–3–1 4–0 Mar 28 Houston Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–6^8 35–3–1 5–0 Mar 28 Houston Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–3 36–3–1 6–0
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Apr 3 at L 0–7 36–4–1 6–1 Apr 4 at Arkansas George Cole Field • Fayetteville, AR W 5–4 37–4–1 7–1 Apr 4 at Arkansas George Cole Field • Fayetteville, AR W 8–6 38–4–1 8–1 Apr 7 San Antonio Dodgers Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–3 (Exh.) Apr 10 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–0 39–4–1 9–1 Apr 11 TCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–3 40–4–1 10–1 Apr 11 TCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 15–2 41–4–1 11–1 Apr 17 at W 6–4 42–4–1 12–1 Apr 18 at Baylor Ferrell Field • Waco, TX L 4–6 42–5–1 12–2 Apr 19 at Baylor Ferrell Field • Waco, TX W 13–6 43–5–1 13–2 Apr 21 Texas Wesleyan* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–1 44–5–1 Apr 21 Texas Wesleyan* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 21–8 45–5–1 Apr 24 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–1 46–5–1 14–2 Apr 25 Rice Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–1 47–5–1 15–2 Apr 25 Rice Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 3–7 47–6–1 15–3
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record May 1 at W 4–1 48–6–1 16–3 May 2 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX L 2–4 48–7–1 16–4 May 2 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX L 5–13 48–8–1 16–5 May 9 Lubbock Christian* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–1 49–8–1 May 9 Lubbock Christian* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–6 50–8–1 May 10 Lubbock Christian* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–2 51–8–1 May 10 Lubbock Christian* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–4 52–8–1
Postseason
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWCT Record May 15 Rice Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–^20 53–8–1 1–0 May 16 Houston Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–3 54–8–1 2–0 May 17 Arkansas Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–1 55–8–1 3–0
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 22 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–4 56–8–1 1–0 May 23 Lamar Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 57–8–1 2–0 May 26 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 8–9 57–9–1 2–1 May 26 Stanford Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–2 58–9–1 3–1
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record May 30 L 2–11 58–10–1 0–1 June 2 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 6–5 59–10–1 1–1 June 4 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 5–4 60–10–1 2–1 June 6 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 15–8^15 61–10–1 3–1 June 7 Arizona State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–12 61–11–1 3–2

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1981 College World Series. October 28, 2020. Omaha.com. July 5, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170705211228/http://dataomaha.com/cws/year/1981. dead.
2. Book: Baseball Letterwinners. Texas Longhorns. October 28, 2020.
3. Book: All-Time Jersey Numbers. Texas Longhorns. October 28, 2020.
4. Book: Texas Baseball Year by Year Results. Texas Longhorns. October 28, 2020. 99.