1963 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 1963 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1963 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Bibb Falk in his 21st season at Texas.

1963 Southwest Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 4 Texas ‍†‍‍^y	12	–	3	–	0	.800	24	–	7	–	1	.766
No. 26 TCU ‍†‍‍	12	–	3	–	0	.800	21	–	4	–	0	.840
Texas A&M ‍‍‍	9	–	6	–	0	.600	15	–	10	–	0	.600
Baylor ‍‍‍	7	–	8	–	0	.467	13	–	11	–	0	.542
Rice ‍‍‍	2	–	11	–	0	.154	9	–	17	–	0	.346
SMU ‍‍‍	1	–	12	–	0	.077	5	–	17	–	0	.227

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1963^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing tied for third with losses to eventual runner-up Arizona and third-place Missouri.^[2]

Personnel

1963 Texas Longhorns roster^[3]

Manager

Unknown

1963 Texas Longhorns baseball game log^[4]

Regular season

March
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
Mar 4	Sam Houston State Teachers College*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 2–5¹⁰	0–1
Mar 8	Oklahoma*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 4–0	1–1
Mar 9	Oklahoma*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 6–2	2–1
Mar 12	Texas Lutheran*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 12–5	3–1
Mar 16	Texas A&M*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	T 6–6	3–1–1	0–0
Mar 19	SMU	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 7–3	4–1–1	1–0
Mar 23	at TCU	TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX	L 1–3	4–2–1	1–1
Mar 25	Minnesota*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 6–15	4–3–1
Mar 26	Minnesota*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 6–5	5–3–1
Mar 30	Baylor	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 2–3	5–4–1	1–2

May
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
May 2	Rice	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 5–4	14–4–1	7–2
May 3	Rice	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 9–5	15–4–1	8–2
May 7	Texas A&M	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 12–2	16–4–1	9–2
May 10	at Texas A&M	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, TX	L 5–10	16–5–1	9–3
May 11	at Texas A&M	Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, TX	W 4–2	17–5–1	10–3
May 13	at Baylor	Waco, TX	W 5–1	18–5–1	11–3
May 13	at Baylor	Waco, TX	W 8–2	19–5–1	12–4

Postseason

College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
June 10	Southern California	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 8–3	23–5–1	1–0
June 11	Missouri	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 2–3	23–6–1	1–1
June 12	Penn State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 6–4¹⁰	24–6–1	2–1
June 13	Arizona	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 8–10	24–7–1	2–2

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1963". boydsworld.com. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
^ "1963 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
^ Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
^ Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 9. Retrieved June 11, 2020.