1966 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 1966 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1966 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Bibb Falk in his 24th season at Texas.

1966 Southwest Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 6 Texas ‍†‍‍^y	9	–	6	–	0	.600	24	–	9	–	2	.714
Baylor ‍†‍‍	9	–	6	–	0	.600	18	–	10	–	0	.643
Texas A&M ‍†‍‍	9	–	6	–	0	.600	20	–	8	–	0	.714
TCU ‍†‍‍	9	–	6	–	0	.600	21	–	9	–	0	.700
Rice ‍‍‍	5	–	10	–	0	.333	14	–	11	–	0	.560
SMU ‍‍‍	4	–	11	–	0	.267	11	–	16	–	0	.407

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1966^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing tied for fifth with a first round win over Arizona and losses to fourth-place St. John's and runner-up Oklahoma State.^[2]

Personnel

1966 Texas Longhorns roster^[3]

Manager

Unknown

1966 Texas Longhorns baseball game log^[4]

Regular season

February/March
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SWC record
Feb 28	Sam Houston State*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 13–8	1–0
Mar 1	Sam Houston State*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 9–3	2–0
Mar 4	Oklahoma*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 13–11	3–0
Mar 4	Oklahoma*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	T 4–4	3–0–1
Mar 5	Oklahoma*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 10–1	4–0–1
Mar 8	Texas Lutheran*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 9–2	5–0–1
Mar 15	at Baylor	Waco, TX	W 5–1	6–0–1	1–0
Mar 16	Rice	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 4–3–	7–0–1	2–0
Mar 19	at SMU	Dallas, TX	W 6–4	8–0–1	3–0
Mar 21	Minnesota*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 13–9	9–0–1
Mar 22	Minnesota*	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 10–9	10–0–1
Mar 23	TCU	Clark Field • Austin, TX	L 2–6	10–1–1	3–1
Mar 26	at Texas A&M	Kyle Baseball Field • College Park, TX	L 0–9	10–2–1	3–2
Mar 30	SMU	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 7–5	11–2–1	4–2
Mar 31	SMU	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 8–1	12–2–1	5–2

Postseason

Exhibitions
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
June 7	SMI Steelers	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 7–2	21–7–2
June 8	at Randolph AFB	Randolph Air Force Base • Universal City, TX	W 3–2	22–7–2
June 9	Fort Sam Houston	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 10–0	23–7–2

College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
June 13	Arizona	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 5–1	24–7–2	1–0
June 14	St. John's	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 0–2	24–8–2	1–1
June 15	Oklahoma State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 1–6	24–9–2	1–2

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1966". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^ "1966 College World Series". Omaha.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^ Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^ Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 10. Retrieved July 16, 2020.