1972 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 1972 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1972 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 5-th season at Texas.

1972 Texas Longhorns baseball
SWC champions
College World Series, 2–2
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	50–9 (12–6 SWC)
Head coach	Cliff Gustafson (5th year)
Home stadium	Clark Field
Seasons ← 1971 1973 →

1972 Southwest Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Texas  ‍†‍‍^y	12	–	6		.667			50	–	9		.847
No. 27 TCU  ‍†‍‍	12	–	6		.667			29	–	13		.690
Rice  ‍‍‍	11	–	7		.611			19	–	12		.613
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍	10	–	8		.556			27	–	11		.711
SMU  ‍‍‍	6	–	12		.333			22	–	30		.423
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍	6	–	12		.333			23	–	19		.548
Baylor  ‍‍‍	6	–	12		.333			20	–	20		.500
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1972^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing tied for third with wins over Ole Miss and Oklahoma and losses to Connecticut and a ten-inning loss to eventual champion Southern California.^[2]

Personnel

Roster

1972 Texas Longhorns roster^[3]^[4]
	Pitchers 5 - Bobby Cuellar 8 - Martin F. Flores 10 - Ron Roznovsky Catchers 19 - Bill Berryhill		Infielders 2 - Mike Markl 3 - Dave Chalk 7 - John D. Langerhans 9 - Ken Pape Outfielders 4 - Terry Pyka		Unknown 1 - Amador G. Tijerina 12 - James Ray Brown 13 - Thomas Henry Ball 14 - Charlie E. Crenshaw 15 - Dennis George Magro 16 - Steven Michael Clancy 17 - Zane Grubbs 22 - Samuel Nicholson 24 - Jim McCutchen

Schedule and results

Legend
	Texas win
	Texas loss
	Tie

1972 Texas Longhorns baseball game log^[5]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Feb 25 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–3 1–0 Feb 25 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 3–0 2–0 Feb 26 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–1 3–0 Feb 26 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–1 4–0 Feb 29 Texas Lutheran* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 5–0 Feb 29 Texas Lutheran* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–1 6–0
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Mar 3 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 13–6 7–0 Mar 3 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX L 1–5 7–1 Mar 4 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–1 8–1 Mar 4 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–1 9–1 Mar 7 St. Mary's* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–0 10–1 Mar 7 St. Mary's* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–2 11–1 Mar 10 Houston* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–2 12–1 Mar 10 Houston* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–0 13–1 Mar 11 Houston* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–2 14–1 Mar 11 Houston* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–1 15–1 Mar 14 at Texas Lutheran* Seguin, TX W 5–1 16–1 Mar 14 at Texas Lutheran* Seguin, TX W 4–1 17–1 Mar 17 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–1 18–1 1–0 Mar 17 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–5 19–1 2–0 Mar 18 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX W 19–2 20–1 3–0 Mar 22 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 21–1 Mar 22 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 14–4 22–1 Mar 23 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 14–2 23–1 Mar 23 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–3 24–1 Mar 25 at St. Mary's* San Antonio, TX W 6–0 25–1 Mar 25 at St. Mary's* San Antonio, TX W 11–1 26–1 Mar 31 at Texas Tech Lubbock, TX W 5–1 27–1 4–0 Mar 31 at Texas Tech Lubbock, TX L 4–5 27–2 4–1
April/May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Apr 1 at Texas Tech Lubbock, TX W 12–5 28–2 5–1 Apr 7 at Rice Houston, TX L 3–10 28–3 5–2 Apr 7 at Rice Houston, TX L 0–4 28–4 5–3 Apr 8 at Rice Houston, TX L 4–8 28–5 5–4 Apr 14 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–2 29–5 6–4 Apr 14 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 11–0 30–5 7–4 Apr 15 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 15–3 31–5 8–4 Apr 21 at TCU TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX L 1–2 31–6 8–5 Apr 21 at TCU TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX W 8–5 32–6 9–5 Apr 22 at TCU TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX W 5–1 33–6 10–5 Apr 28 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–2 34–6 11–5 Apr 28 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX L 6–7 34–7 11–6 Apr 29 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–6 35–7 12–6 May 13 Austin Aztecas* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–2 36–7 May 13 Austin Aztecas* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 7–2 37–7
Postseason
District 6 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 18 Trinity San Antonio, TX W 4–3^14 38–7 1–0 May 19 Texas–Pan American San Antonio, TX W 1–0 39–7 2–0 May 19 Texas–Pan American San Antonio, TX W 2–1 40–7 3–0
Exhibitions Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 29 at LaGrange Demons LaGrange, TX W 2–1 41–7 May 29 at LaGrange Demons LaGrange, TX W 14–3 42–7 May 31 Austin Aztecas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–1 43–7 May 31 Austin Aztecas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 3–1 44–7 June 1 LaGrange Demons Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–5 45–7 June 1 LaGrange Demons Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–4 46–7 June 2 Fort Hood All-Stars Clark Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 47–7 June 2 Fort Hood All-Stars Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–1 48–7
College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 9 Connecticut Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 0–3 48–8 0–1 June 10 Ole Miss Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 9–8 49–8 1–1 June 12 Oklahoma Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 7–1 50–8 2–1 June 14 Southern California Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–4^10 50–9 2–2

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1972". boydsworld.com. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
2. "1972 College World Series". Omaha.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
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5. Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 97. Retrieved August 18, 2020.