1979 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 1979 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1979 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Disch–Falk Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 12th season at Texas.

1979 Texas Longhorns baseball
NCAA Central Regional champions SWC Tournament champions SWC champions
College World Series, 2–2
Conference	Southwest Conference
1979 record	61–8 (22–2 SWC)
Head coach	Cliff Gustafson (12th year)
Home stadium	Disch–Falk Field

1979 Southwest Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Texas  ‍†‍‡‍^y	22	–	2		.917			61	–	8		.884
No. 2 Arkansas  ‍‍‍^y	19	–	5		.792			49	–	15		.766
Baylor  ‍‍‍	13	–	9		.591			34	–	15		.694
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍	13	–	10		.565			30	–	20		.600
Houston  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			27	–	17		.614
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			16	–	23		.410
Southern Methodist  ‍‍‍	7	–	16		.304			21	–	26		.447
Texas Christian  ‍‍‍	7	–	17		.292			21	–	24		.467
Rice  ‍‍‍	5	–	19		.208			20	–	29		.408
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1979[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing fourth with wins over Connecticut and Mississippi State and losses to eventual runner-up Arkansas and third place Pepperdine.[2]

Personnel

Roster

1979 Texas Longhorns roster[3][4]
	Pitchers 17 - Tony Arnold 19 - Keith Creel 20 - Jim Acker 22 - Ricky Wright 24 - Jerry Don Gleaton Catchers		Infielders 3 - Andre Robertson 7 - Ron Gardenhire 9 - Terry Salazar Outfielders 1 - Joe Bruno		Unknown 2 - Doyle Scott Soden 4 - Jim Tjader 5 - Steven Mueller 6 - Jerry Schmid 8 - Mark Chelette 10 - Kevin Shannon 11 - Keith Owen Ferguson 13 - Quin Lloyd 14 - Gary Veneer 15 - Burton Kelly Burrows 21 - Terry Kem Wright 27 - Keith Walker

Schedule and results

Legend
	Texas win
	Texas loss
	Tie

1979 Texas Longhorns Baseball Game Log[5]
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SWC Record Feb 15 St. Mary's* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–1 1–0 Feb 15 St. Mary's* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–3 2–0 Feb 22 Texas Wesleyan* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 3–0 Feb 22 Texas Wesleyan* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–9 4–0 Feb 23 Hosei* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–0 5–0 Feb 23 Hosei* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 6–0 Feb 24 Louisiana Tech* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–1 7–0 Feb 24 Louisiana Tech* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–3 8–0 Feb 26 Louisiana Tech* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–0 9–0 Feb 26 Louisiana Tech* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–3 10–0 Feb 27 Texas Lutheran* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 13–4 11–0 Feb 27 Texas Lutheran* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 13–1 12–0
March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SWC Record Mar 2 at Arkansas George Cole Field • Fayetteville, AR L 0–2 12–1 0–1 Mar 3 at Arkansas George Cole Field • Fayetteville, AR W 3–2^8 13–1 1–1 Mar 3 at Arkansas George Cole Field • Fayetteville, AR W 1–0 14–1 2–1 Mar 6 Hardin–Simmons* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–2^8 15–1 Mar 6 Hardin–Simmons* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 2–1^8 16–1 Mar 9 Houston Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–3 17–1 3–1 Mar 10 Houston Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–1 18–1 4–1 Mar 10 Houston Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 19–1 5–1 Mar 12 Lubbock Christian* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 14–5 20–1 Mar 12 Lubbock Christian* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 14–10 21–1 Mar 13 Lubbock Christian* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–3^8 22–1 Mar 13 Lubbock Christian* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–1 23–1 Mar 14 Southwestern* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–2 24–1 Mar 14 Southwestern* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 12–3 25–1 Mar 17 Eastern Michigan* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–2 26–1 Mar 17 Eastern Michigan* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–1 27–1 Mar 18 Eastern Michigan* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 13–10 28–1 Mar 19 Eastern Michigan* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–3 29–1 Mar 19 Minnesota* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–5^12 30–1 Mar 20 Minnesota* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 4–11 30–2 Mar 20 Minnesota* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–2 31–2 Mar 23 Arizona* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 2–8 31–3 Mar 23 Arizona* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 4–7 31–4 Mar 24 Arizona* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 3–7 31–5 Mar 24 Arizona* Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–0 32–5 Mar 30 Rice Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 12–3 33–5 6–1 Mar 31 Rice Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–0[lower-alpha 1] 34–5 7–1 Mar 31 Rice Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 16–0 35–5 8–1
April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SWC Record Apr 6 at Baylor Ferrell Field • Waco, TX W 6–3 36–5 9–1 Apr 7 at Baylor Ferrell Field • Waco, TX W 5–0 37–5 10–1 Apr 7 at Baylor Ferrell Field • Waco, TX W 9–6 38–5 11–1 Apr 13 TCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–1 39–5 12–1 Apr 14 TCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–1 40–5 13–1 Apr 14 TCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 15–5 41–5 14–1 Apr 20 at SMU Dallas, TX W 10–2 42–5 15–1 Apr 21 at SMU Dallas, TX W 5–3 43–5 16–1 Apr 21 at SMU Dallas, TX W 13–7 44–5 17–1 Apr 27 Texas Tech Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–1 45–5 18–1 Apr 28 Texas Tech Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–1 46–5 19–1 Apr 28 Texas Tech Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–1 47–5 20–1
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SWC Record May 5 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX L 0–1 47–6 20–2 May 6 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 3–2^10 48–6 21–2 May 6 at Texas A&M Olsen Field • College Station, TX W 3–0 49–6 22–2
Postseason
SWC Tournament Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SWCT Record May 12 Texas A&M Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–4 50–6 1–0 May 13 Arkansas Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–2 51–6 2–0 May 14 Arkansas Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 12–6 52–6 3–0
Exhibitions Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record May 18 Southwest Bank Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–0 53–6 May 18 Southwest Bank Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 13–2 54–6 May 22 Southwest Bank Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–2 55–6 May 22 Southwest Bank Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–6 56–6
NCAA Central Regional Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record NCAAT Record May 25 Texas–Pan American Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–2 57–6 1–0 May 26 Lamar Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–4 58–6 2–0 May 28 BYU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–2 59–6 3–0
College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record CWS Record June 2 Connecticut Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 11–5 60–6 1–0 June 3 Mississippi State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 8–2 61–6 2–0 June 5 Arkansas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 4–9 61–7 2–1 June 6 Pepperdine Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 4–6 61–8 2–2

Notes

1. Terry Wright threw a no-hitter.

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1979". Boyds World. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
2. "1979 College World Series". Omaha.com. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
3. Baseball Letterwinners (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
4. All-Time Jersey Numbers (PDF). Texas Longhorns. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
5. Texas Baseball Year by Year Results (PDF). Texas Longhorns. p. 99. Retrieved October 25, 2020.