1967 Houston Cougars baseball team

The 1967 Houston Cougars baseball team represented the University of Houston in the 1967 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Cougars played their home games at the original Cougar Field. The team was coached by Lovette Hill in his 18th season at Houston.

1967 Houston Cougars baseball
District 6 champions
College World Series, Runner-up
Conference	Independent
CB	No. 2
Record	21–11
Head coach	Lovette Hill (18th season)
Home stadium	Cougar Field
Seasons ← 1966 1968 →

The Cougars lost the College World Series, defeated by the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game.

Roster

1967 Houston Cougars roster
	Pitchers 19 Rick Brewer - Senior 17 Bubba Hill - Sophomore 6 Wayne Hill - Junior 16 Carroll Moore - Senior 1 Van Smith - Senior 21 Jim Sparkman - Sophomore 18 Ron Stasny - Sophomore		Catchers 10 Chico Silman - Sophomore 11 Larry Strelau - Junior Infielders 4 Ronnie Baker - Junior 5 G. J. Cantu - Senior 23 Ken Hebert - Junior 20 Larry Satcher - Junior 12 Art Toombs - Sophomore 14 Wayne Westphal - Junior 2 Trey Williams - Sophomore		Outfielders 15 Bo Burris - Senior 9 Ike Lucas - Senior 22 Tom Paciorek - Junior 13 Phil Rose - Sophomore

Schedule and results

Legend
	Houston win
	Houston loss
	Houston tie

1967 Houston Cougars baseball game log
Regular season (16–8)
March (8–4) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record March Nicholls State Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 5–2 1–0 March Nicholls State Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 2–6 1–2 March St. Mary's (TX) Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 9–7 2–1 March Lamar Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 10–4 3–1 March Lamar Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 12–2 4–1 March 24 at Baylor Unknown • Waco, Texas 4–2 5–1 March 25 at Baylor Unknown • Waco, Texas 7–8 5–2 March 27 Oklahoma State Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 5–4 6–2 March 28 Oklahoma State Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 5–6 6–3 March 30 Nebraska Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 2–16 6–4 March 30 Nebraska Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 6–3 7–4 March 31 Oklahoma State Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 4–1 8–4
April (8–4) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record April 1 Nebraska Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 7–4 9–4 April at St. Mary's (TX) Unknown • San Antonio, Texas 10–1 10–4 April at Texas Lutheran Unknown • Seguin, Texas 2–5 10–5 April at Texas A&M Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 4–6 10–6 April at Texas A&M Kyle Baseball Field • College Station, Texas 1–2 10–7 April St. Thomas (TX) Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 12–1 11–7 April St. Thomas (TX) Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 4–3 12–7 April Sam Houston State Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 0–3 12–8 April Texas Lutheran Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 3–1 13–8 April Houston Baptist Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 6–3 14–8 April Houston Baptist Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 5–0 15–8 April Sam Houston State Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 1–0 16–8
Postseason (5–3)
District 6 playoff (2–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 16 Texas Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 11–8 17–8 May 18 at Texas Clark Field • Austin, Texas 1–5 17–9 May 19 Texas Cougar Field • Houston, Texas 4–3 18–9
1967 College World Series (3–2) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record June 12 vs Stanford Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–12 18–10 June 13 vs Ohio State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 7–6 19–10 June 14 vs Boston College Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–2 20–10 June 16 vs Arizona State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–0 21–10 June 18 vs Arizona State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–11 21–11

Schedule Source:^[1]

Awards and honors

Ike Lucas

• All Tournament Team^[2]

Tom Paciorek

• All Tournament Team^[2]
• AACBC First Team All-America Team