1961 Texas Longhorns baseball team

American college baseball season

1961 Texas Longhorns baseball

SWC champions

College World Series, 0–2

Conference| Southwest Conference
Record| 22–6–2 (11–3–2 SWC)
Head coach|

* Bibb Falk (19th year)

Home stadium| Clark Field

Seasons

<- 1960

1962 ->

1961 Southwest Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 8 Texas ‍†‍‍y | 11 | - | 3 |  | .786 |  |  | 22 | - | 6 |  | .786
No. 25 Baylor ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 4 |  | .714 |  |  | 18 | - | 4 |  | .818
Rice ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 6 |  | .500 |  |  | 13 | - | 11 |  | .542
Texas A&M ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 8 |  | .429 |  |  | 14 | - | 10 |  | .583
TCU ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 8 |  | .429 |  |  | 7 | - | 16 |  | .304
SMU ‍‍‍ | 1 | - | 11 |  | .083 |  |  | 5 | - | 16 |  | .238
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1961[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1961 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1961 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Bibb Falk in his 19th season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, but were eliminated after losing their first two games to Southern California and Western Michigan.[2]

## Personnel

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### Roster

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1961 Texas Longhorns roster[3]

Pitchers

* \- Tim Belcher
* \- Bob Callaway

Catchers

Manager

* \- Vernon Shelton

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Infielders

* \- Pat Rigby

Outfielders

* \- Chuck Knutson

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Unknown

* \- Art Adams
* \- Lewis E. Brazelton
* \- David W. Burleson
* \- Gordon L. Ginn
* \- Phillip L. Hipps
* \- Terry Jackson
* \- Gary E. London
* \- Walter New
* \- John M. Pinckney
* \- Samuel Rosson Jr.
* \- David Taylor Skinner
* \- Justin M. Wakeland

## Schedule and results

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Legend

| Texas win
| Texas loss
| Tie
1961 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[4]

Regular season
| March

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | SWC record
Mar 6 | Sam Houston State Teachers College* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 5–3 | 1–0 |
Mar 7 | Sam Houston State Teachers College* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 6–5 | 2–0 |
Mar 10 | Oklahoma* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 11–0 | 3–0 |
Mar 11 | Oklahoma* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 3–0 | 4–0 |
Mar 14 | Texas Lutheran* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–2 | 5–0 |
Mar 17 | Texas A&M | Clark Field • Austin, TX | T 6–6 | 5–0–1 | 0–0–1
Mar 20 | Minnesota* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 19–7 | 6–0–1 |
Mar 21 | Minnesota* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 14–9 | 7–0–1 |
Mar 25 | Baylor | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 26–7 | 8–0–1 | 1–0–1
Mar 28 | SMU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–6 | 9–0–1 | 2–0–1
Mar 30 | Fort Hood* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 5–2 | 10–0–1 |
| April

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | SWC record
Apr 4 | at TCU | Fort Worth, TX | W 15–13 | 11–0–1 | 3–0–1
Apr 10 | Brooke Army Medical Center* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 11–4 | 12–0–1 |
Apr 14 | at SMU | Dallas, TX | W 15–4 | 13–0–1 | 4–0–1
Apr 15 | at SMU | Dallas, TX | W 15–11 | 14–0–1 | 5–0–1
Apr 21 | Rice | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 12–6 | 15–0–1 | 6–0–1
Apr 22 | Rice | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 8–07 | 16–0–1 | 7–0–1
Apr 22 | Rice | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 11–6 | 17–0–1 | 8–0–1
Apr 25 | at Brooke Army Medical Center* | Fort Sam Houston • San Antonio, TX | L 9–12 | 17–1–1 |
| May

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | SWC record
May 4 | TCU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 8–9 | 17–2–1 | 8–1–1
May 5 | TCU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 5–3 | 18–2–1 | 9–1–1
May 8 | Texas A&M | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 17–3 | 19–2–1 | 10–1–1
May 12 | at Texas A&M | Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, TX | L 6–13 | 19–3–1 | 10–2–1
May 13 | at Texas A&M | Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, TX | W 15–5 | 20–3–1 | 11–2–1
May 17 | at Baylor | Waco, TX | L 2–3 | 20–4–1 | 11–3–1
May 17 | at Baylor | Waco, TX | T 9–9 | 20–4–2 | 11–3–2
Postseason
| District 6 playoffs

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | Playoff record
June 5 | Arizona | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 8–2 | 21–4–2 | 1–0
June 6 | Arizona | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 5–4 | 22–4–2 | 2–0
| College World Series

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | CWS record
June 10 | Southern California | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | L 6–8 | 22–5–2 | 0–1
June 11 | Western Michigan | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | L 2–8 | 22–6–2 | 0–2

## References

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1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1961". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
2. ^ "1961 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
3. ^ Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
4. ^ Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 9. Retrieved January 21, 2020.

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