1962 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 1962 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1962 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Bibb Falk in his 20th season at Texas.

1962 Southwest Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Texas ‍†‍‍^y	12	–	2	.857	26	–	7	.788
No. 18 Texas A&M ‍‍‍	11	–	4	.733	18	–	7	.720
Baylor ‍‍‍	9	–	5	.643	17	–	7	.708
TCU ‍‍‍	6	–	9	.400	12	–	11	.522
Rice ‍‍‍	4	–	9	.308	10	–	12	.455
SMU ‍‍‍	0	–	13	.000	0	–	21	.000

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1962^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing third with losses to eventual champion Michigan and runner-up Santa Clara.^[2]

Personnel

1962 Texas Longhorns roster^[3]

Manager

Unknown

1962 Texas Longhorns baseball game log^[4]

Regular season

March
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
Mar 5	Sam Houston State Teachers College*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 5–4	1–0
Mar 6	Sam Houston State Teachers College*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 5–16⁷	1–1
Mar 9	Oklahoma*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 10–0	2–1
Mar 10	Oklahoma*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 19–7	3–1
Mar 13	Texas Lutheran*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 19–2	4–1
Mar 17	at Baylor	Waco, TX	W 4–3	5–1	1–0
Mar 19	Minnesota*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 7–8	5–2
Mar 20	Minnesota*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 3–5¹⁰	5–3
Mar 24	Rice	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 11–4	6–3	2–0
Mar 27	St. Mary's (TX)*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 11–3	7–3
Mar 31	at Texas A&M	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, TX	L 3–4	7–4	2–1

Postseason

College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
June 11	Michigan	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 1–3	23–6	0–1
June 12	Colorado State College	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 12–2	24–6	1–1
June 13	Ithaca	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 3–2	25–6	2–1
June 14	Michigan	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 7–0	26–6	3–1
June 13	Santa Clara	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 3–4¹⁰	26–7	3–2

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1962". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
^ "1962 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
^ Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
^ Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 9. Retrieved February 22, 2020.