1965 Texas Longhorns baseball team

American college baseball season

1965 Texas Longhorns baseball

SWC champions

College World Series, 0–2

Conference| Southwest Conference
Record| 20–7 (11–4 SWC)
Head coach|

* Bibb Falk (23rd year)

Home stadium| Clark Field

Seasons

<- 1964

1966 ->

1965 Southwest Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 8 Texas ‍†‍‍y | 11 | - | 4 |  | .733 |  |  | 20 | - | 7 |  | .741
No. 19 Texas A&M ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 5 |  | .667 |  |  | 16 | - | 7 |  | .696
Baylor ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 6 |  | .600 |  |  | 18 | - | 7 |  | .720
SMU ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 9 |  | .400 |  |  | 6 | - | 17 |  | .261
Rice ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 10 |  | .333 |  |  | 10 | - | 15 |  | .400
TCU ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 11 |  | .267 |  |  | 11 | - | 16 |  | .407
† - Conference champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1965[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1965 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1965 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Bibb Falk in his 23rd season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing tied for seventh with losses to Washington State and Florida State.[2]

## Personnel

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### Roster

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1965 Texas Longhorns roster[3]

Pitchers

* John Collier
* Tommy Moore

Catchers

* James Scheschuk

Manager

* Gordon Lakey

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Infielders

* Forrest Boyd
* William Denman
* Don Johnson
* Butch Thompson
* Buddy Young

Outfielders

* Joe Gideon
* Joe Hague
* Gary Moore
* Ward Summers

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Unknown

* Ronald Davis Bandy
* Raymond R. Dulak
* Robert Eugene Ross
* Robert Ellis Wells
* Minton White Jr.

## Schedule and results

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Legend

| Texas win
| Texas loss
| Tie
1965 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[4]

Regular season
| March

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | SWC record
Mar 1 | Sam Houston State Teachers College* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 18–2 | 1–0 |
Mar 5 | Oklahoma* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 16–6 | 2–0 |
Mar 6 | Oklahoma* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 15–3 | 3–0 |
Mar 9 | Texas Lutheran* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 9–1 | 4–0 |
Mar 13 | Texas A&M | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 4–12 | 4–1 | 0–1
Mar 16 | at TCU | TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX | W 5–4 | 5–1 | 1–1
Mar 22 | Minnesota* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 1–4 | 5–2 |
Mar 23 | Minnesota* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 6–3 | 6–2 |
Mar 27 | at Rice | Houston, TX | W 3–2 | 7–2 | 2–1
| April

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score–  | Overall record  | SWC record
Apr 2 | at SMU | Dallas, TX | W 5–0 | 8–2 | 3–1
Apr 3 | at SMU | Dallas, TX | W 11–2 | 9–2 | 4–1
Apr 8 | Rice | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 9–1 | 10–2 | 5–1
Apr 9 | Rice | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 2–1 | 11–2 | 6–1
Apr 13 | St. Mary's (TX)* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–2 | 12–2 |
Apr 15 | Parsons* | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–1 | 13–2 |
Apr 20 | SMU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 15–1 | 14–2 | 7–1
Apr 23 | at Baylor | Waco, TX | L 2–5 | 14–3 | 7–2
Apr 24 | at Baylor | Waco, TX | W 5–4 | 15–3 | 8–2
Apr 27 | Baylor | Clark Field • Austin, TX | L 1–4 | 15–4 | 8–3
Apr 30 | TCU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 9–1 | 16–4 | 9–3
| May

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | SWC record
May 1 | TCU | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 8–7 | 17–4 | 10–3
May 7 | at Texas A&M | Kyle Baseball Field • College Park, TX | W 5–1 | 18–4 | 11–3
May 8 | at Texas A&M | Kyle Baseball Field • College Park, TX | L 5–6 | 18–5 | 11–4
Postseason
| Exhibitions

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record
June 1 | SMI Steelers | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 6–2 | 19–5
June 3 | SMI Steelers | Clark Field • Austin, TX | W 7–3 | 20–5
| College World Series

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record  | CWS record
June 7 | Washington State | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | L 5–12 | 20–6 | 0–1
June 8 | Florida State | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | L 2–3 | 20–7 | 0–2

## References

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1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1965". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
2. ^ "1965 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
3. ^ Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
4. ^ Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 9. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

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