1987 Texas Longhorns baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	1987
Team:	Texas Longhorns
Conference:	Southwest Conference
Short Conf:	SWC
Record:	61–11
Conf Record:	18–3
Head Coach:	Cliff Gustafson (20th year)
Stadium:	Disch–Falk Field
Champion:	NCAA Central Regional champions SWC tournament champions SWC champions
Bowl:	College World Series
Bowl Result:	3–2

The 1987 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Disch–Falk Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 20th season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing third with wins over Arkansas, Florida State and eventual runner-up Oklahoma State and a pair of losses to eventual champion Stanford.^[1]

Personnel

Roster

Schedule and results

Legend
	Texas win
	Texas loss
	Tie

1987 Texas Longhorns baseball game log^[4]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Feb 8 W 16–6 1–0 Feb 9 Miami (FL)* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–7 2–0 Feb 13 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 14–3 3–0 Feb 13 Texas Lutheran* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–3 4–0 Feb 14 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–2 5–0 Feb 14 Texas–Arlington* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–6 6–0 Feb 15 Texas–Arlington* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–5 7–0 Feb 15 Texas–Arlington* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 12–8 8–0 Feb 20 at Arizona State* W 7–4 9–0 Feb 21 at Arizona State* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 5–6 9–1 Feb 22 at Arizona State* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 11–2 10–1 Feb 24 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 12–2 11–1 Feb 24 Hardin–Simmons* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–0 12–1 Feb 28 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 5–8 12–2 Feb 28 UC Santa Barbara* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 1–0 13–2
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Mar 1 UC Santa Barbara* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 4–5 13–3 Mar 3 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 2–1 14–3 Mar 3 Southwestern* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 2–1 15–3 Mar 5 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 13–7 16–3 Mar 5 St. Mary's* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 13–7 17–3 Mar 7 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–5 18–3 Mar 7 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–7 19–3 Mar 8 Washington State* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 20–3 Mar 8 Washington State* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 2–5 20–4 Mar 9 Oklahoma* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 3–13 20–5 Mar 11 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 18–6 21–5 Mar 13 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–0 22–5 Mar 14 Southwestern Louisiana* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–5 23–5 Mar 14 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 14–3 24–5 Mar 15 Kansas State* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–1 25–5 Mar 15 Kansas State* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–8 26–5 Mar 16 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–2 27–5 Mar 16 Emporia State* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–3 28–5 Mar 17 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 15–4 29–5 Mar 18 Lubbock Christian* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 0–4 29–6 Mar 20 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 13–5 30–6 1–0 Mar 21 TCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–2 31–6 2–0 Mar 21 TCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–0 32–6 3–0 Mar 23 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 21–2 33–6 Mar 27 at L 3–15 33–7 3–1 Mar 28 at Baylor Ferrell Field • Waco, TX W 4–3 34–7 4–1 Mar 28 at Baylor Ferrell Field • Waco, TX W 5–3 35–7 5–1
April/May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Apr 3 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 25–4 36–7 6–1 Apr 4 Rice Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–1 37–7 7–1 Apr 4 Rice Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 12–4 38–7 8–1 Apr 6 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–4 39–7 Apr 6 Dallas Baptist* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 12–2 40–7 Apr 7 Dallas Baptist* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–2 41–7 Apr 10 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–1 42–7 9–1 Apr 11 Texas Tech Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–0 43–7 10–1 Apr 11 Texas Tech Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–3 44–7 11–1 Apr 17 at W 8–2 45–7 12–1 Apr 18 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 10–9 46–7 13–1 Apr 18 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX L 3–10 46–8 13–2 Apr 24 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 15–2 47–8 14–2 Apr 25 Houston Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–2 48–8 15–2 Apr 25 Houston Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–4 49–8 16–2 May 1 W 9–5 50–8 17–2 May 2 at Arkansas George Cole Field • Fayetteville, AR L 3–9 50–9 17–3 May 2 at Arkansas George Cole Field • Fayetteville, AR W 4–1 51–9 18–3
Postseason
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWCT Record May 15 Houston Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–3 52–9 1–0 May 17 Arkansas Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–3 53–9 2–0 May 18 Arkansas Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 54–9 3–0
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 21 Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–5 55–9 1–0 May 22 Oklahoma Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–5 56–9 2–0 May 23 Houston Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 15–3 57–9 3–0 May 24 Houston Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 13–4 58–9 4–0
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record May 30 Arkansas W 13–6 59–9 1–0 June 2 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 1–6 59–10 1–1 June 3 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 6–4^10 60–10 2–1 June 5 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 6–5 61–10 3–1 June 6 Stanford Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–9 61–11 3–2

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1987 College World Series. October 28, 2020. Omaha.com. August 13, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200813235233/https://dataomaha.com/cws/year/1987. 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. 101.