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American college baseball season

1966 Texas Longhorns baseball
SWC champions
College World Series, 1–2
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record24–9–2 (9–6 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumClark Field
Seasons← 19651967 →
1966 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 6 Texas  ‍†‍‍ 9 – 6 – 0   .600 24 – 9 – 2   .714
Baylor  ‍†‍‍ 9 – 6 – 0   .600 18 – 10 – 0   .643
Texas A&M  ‍†‍‍ 9 – 6 – 0   .600 20 – 8 – 0   .714
TCU  ‍†‍‍ 9 – 6 – 0   .600 21 – 9 – 0   .700
Rice  ‍‍‍ 5 – 10 – 0   .333 14 – 11 – 0   .560
SMU  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11 – 0   .267 11 – 16 – 0   .407
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1966
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1966 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1966 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Bibb Falk in his 24th season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing tied for fifth with a first round win over Arizona and losses to fourth-place St. John's and runner-up Oklahoma State.

Personnel

Roster

1966 Texas Longhorns roster
 

Pitchers

  • Gary Moore
  • Tommy Moore

Catchers

  • James Scheschuk

Manager

  • Gordon Lakey
  

Infielders

  • Forrest Boyd
  • Don Johnson
  • Buddy Young

Outfielders

  • Joe Gideon
  

Unknown

  • Allen John Clements
  • Raymond R. Dulak
  • Gary Allen Gressett
  • Thomas E. Moore
  • Kelly Scott
  • Richard B. Summers
  • Robert Ellis Wells
  • Minton White Jr.

Schedule and results

Legend
  Texas win
  Texas loss
  Tie
1966 Texas Longhorns baseball game log
Regular season
February/March
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
Feb 28 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 13–8 1–0
Mar 1 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–3 2–0
Mar 4 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 13–11 3–0
Mar 4 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX T 4–4 3–0–1
Mar 5 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–1 4–0–1
Mar 8 Texas Lutheran* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–2 5–0–1
Mar 15 at Baylor Waco, TX W 5–1 6–0–1 1–0
Mar 16 Rice Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–3– 7–0–1 2–0
Mar 19 at SMU Dallas, TX W 6–4 8–0–1 3–0
Mar 21 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 13–9 9–0–1
Mar 22 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–9 10–0–1
Mar 23 TCU Clark Field • Austin, TX L 2–6 10–1–1 3–1
Mar 26 at Texas A&M Kyle Baseball Field • College Park, TX L 0–9 10–2–1 3–2
Mar 30 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–5 11–2–1 4–2
Mar 31 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–1 12–2–1 5–2
April
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score– Overall record SWC record
Apr 7 North Dakota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 16–0 13–2–1
Apr 12 St. Mary's (TX)* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 11–4 14–2–1
Apr 15 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–3 15–2–1 6–2
Apr 16 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX L 2–3 15–3–1 6–3
Apr 22 at Rice Houston, TX W 2–0 16–3–1 7–3
Apr 23 at Rice Houston, TX L 5–6 16–4–1 7–4
May
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record
May 3 at TCU TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX W 2–1 17–4–1 8–4
May 3 at TCU TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX W 2–1 18–4–1 9–4
May 9 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX L 5–9 18–5–1 9–5
May 10 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX L 6–8 18–6–1 9–6
Postseason
District 6 playoffs
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record
May 18 Houston Clark Field • Austin, TX T 4–4 18–6–2 0–0–1
May 19 Houston Clark Field • Austin, TX L 4–5 18–7–2 0–1–1
May 21 at Houston Cougar Field • Houston, TX W 9–3 19–7–2 1–1–1
May 21 at Houston Cougar Field • Houston, TX W 8–5 20–7–2 2–1–1
Exhibitions
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
June 7 SMI Steelers Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–2 21–7–2
June 8 at Randolph AFB Randolph Air Force Base • Universal City, TX W 3–2 22–7–2
June 9 Fort Sam Houston Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–0 23–7–2
College World Series
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record
June 13 Arizona Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 5–1 24–7–2 1–0
June 14 St. John's Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 0–2 24–8–2 1–1
June 15 Oklahoma State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 1–6 24–9–2 1–2

References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1966". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  2. "1966 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  3. Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  4. Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 10. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
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