1968 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 1968 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1968 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 1st season at Texas.

1968 Southwest Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Texas ‍†‍‍^y	12	–	4	.750	23	–	11	.676
TCU ‍‍‍	13	–	5	.722	20	–	9	.690
Texas A&M ‍‍‍	10	–	5	.667	21	–	7	.750
Baylor ‍‍‍	9	–	7	.563	14	–	13	.519
SMU ‍‍‍	7	–	11	.389	10	–	14	.417
Rice ‍‍‍	6	–	12	.333	10	–	15	.400
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	2	–	15	.118	9	–	20	.310

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1968^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing tied for fifth with a second round win over BYU and losses to Oklahoma State and semifinalist NC State.^[2]

Personnel

1968 Texas Longhorns roster^[3]^[4]

Manager

Utility

1968 Texas Longhorns baseball game log^[5]

Regular season

March
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score–	Overall record	SWC record
Mar 2	at Texas A&M	Kyle Baseball Field • College Park, TX	L 0–1	4–2	0–1
Mar 5	TCU	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 9–10	4–3	0–2
Mar 7	Texas Lutheran*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 1–0	5–3
Mar 9	at SMU	Dallas, TX	L 4–5	5–4	0–3
Mar 16	Rice	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 7–3	6–4	1–3
Mar 18	Minnesota*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 5–8	6–5
Mar 19	Minnesota*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 1–8	6–6
Mar 22	at Texas Tech	Lubbock, TX	W 7–5	7–6	2–3
Mar 23	at Texas Tech	Lubbock, TX	W 7–2	8–6	3–3
Mar 23	at Texas Tech	Lubbock, TX	W 2–1	9–6	4–3
Mar 29	SMU	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 7–2	10–6	5–3
Mar 30	SMU	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 6–5	11–6	6–3

Postseason

College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
June 11	Oklahoma State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 5–8	22–10	0–1
June 12	BYU	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 7–0	23–10	1–1
June 13	NC State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 5–6	23–11	1–2

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1968". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^ "1968 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
^ Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
^ All-Time Jersey Numbers (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
^ Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 95. Retrieved July 17, 2020.