1979 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team

1979 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball

East Regional champions
College World Series, Runner-Up
Conference	Southwest Conference
Division	Western Division
Record	49–15 (19–5 SWC)
Head coach	Norm DeBriyn (10th season)
Home stadium	George Cole Field
Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

1979 Southwest Conference baseball standings
v t e	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 1979 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1979 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Razorbacks played their home games at George Cole Field, and was led by tenth year head coach Norm DeBriyn. They finished as the national runner-up after falling to Cal State Fullerton in the 1979 College World Series Final.

Roster

1979 Arkansas Razorbacks roster

Coaching staff

Legend
	Arkansas win
	Arkansas loss

1979 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball game log

Regular season

February (4–0)

Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SWC Record
February 23	William Jewell	George Cole Field	7–1	1–0	–
February 23	William Jewell	George Cole Field	13–2	2–0	–
February 27	Missouri Southern	George Cole Field	5–0	3–0	–
February 27	Missouri Southern	George Cole Field	3–2	4–0	–

March (22–5)

Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SWC Record
March 2	Texas	George Cole Field	2–0	5–0	1–0
March 3	Texas	George Cole Field	2–3	5–1	1–1
March 3	Texas	George Cole Field	0–1	5–2	1–2
March 4	Southern Illinois	George Cole Field	2–3	5–3	1–2
March 4	Southern Illinois	George Cole Field	5–18	5–4	1–2
March 5	Southwest Baptist	George Cole Field	5–0	6–4	1–2
March 5	Southwest Baptist	George Cole Field	9–2	7–4	1–2
March 6	Tulsa	George Cole Field	4–1	8–4	1–2
March 6	Tulsa	George Cole Field	8–1	9–4	1–2
March 9	at Rice	Cameron Field	6–3	10–4	2–2
March 10	at Rice	Cameron Field	8–1	11–4	3–2
March 10	at Rice	Cameron Field	12–3	12–4	4–2
March 16	Baylor	George Cole Field	12–1	13–4	5–2
March 17	Baylor	George Cole Field	5–1	14–4	6–2
March 17	Baylor	George Cole Field	0–4	14–5	6–3
March 19	Missouri Western	George Cole Field	13–0	15–5	6–3
March 19	Missouri Western	George Cole Field	7–6	16–5	6–3
March 23	at TCU	TCU Diamond	7–1	17–5	7–3
March 24	at TCU	TCU Diamond	10–1	18–5	8–3
March 24	at TCU	TCU Diamond	9–4	19–5	9–3
March 26	Eastern Michigan	George Cole Field	6–2	20–5	9–3
March 26	Eastern Michigan	George Cole Field	1–0	21–5	9–3
March 27	Iowa	George Cole Field	7–4	22–5	9–3
March 27	Eastern Michigan	George Cole Field	6–0	23–5	9–3
March 30	SMU	George Cole Field	3–1	24–5	10–3
March 31	SMU	George Cole Field	3–1	25–5	11–3
March 31	SMU	George Cole Field	9–2	26–5	12–3

April (13–3)

Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SWC Record
April 3	Southwest Missouri State	George Cole Field	5–1	27–5	12–3
April 3	Southwest Missouri State	George Cole Field	4–3	28–5	12–3
April 6	at Texas Tech	Tech Diamond	8–9	28–6	12–4
April 7	at Texas Tech	Tech Diamond	6–2	29–6	13–4
April 7	at Texas Tech	Tech Diamond	12–9	30–6	14–4
April 13	South Dakota	George Cole Field	4–0	31–6	14–4
April 13	South Dakota	George Cole Field	7–0	32–6	14–4
April 14	South Dakota	George Cole Field	7–1	33–6	14–4
April 14	South Dakota	George Cole Field	8–1	34–6	14–4
April 17	at Oral Roberts	J. L. Johnson Stadium	2–5	34–7	14–4
April 20	Houston	George Cole Field	5–3	35–7	15–4
April 21	Houston	George Cole Field	3–0	36–7	16–4
April 21	Houston	George Cole Field	11–10	37–7	17–4
April 27	at Texas A&M	Olsen Field	0–6	37–8	17–5
April 28	at Texas A&M	Olsen Field	2–0	38–8	18–5
April 28	at Texas A&M	Olsen Field	9–1	39–8	19–5

May (1–3)

Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Overall Record	SWC Record
May	at Missouri Southern	Warren Turner Field	8–9	39–9	19–5
May	at Missouri Southern	Warren Turner Field	6–5	40–9	19–5
May	at Wichita State	Eck Stadium	6–7	40–10	19–5
May	at Wichita State	Eck Stadium	4–5	40–11	19–5

Postseason

SWC Tournament (2–2)

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SEC record
May 12	vs Baylor	UFCU Disch–Falk Field	6–1	41–11	19–5
May 13	at Texas	UFCU Disch–Falk Field	2–6	41–12	19–5
May 14	vs Texas A&M	UFCU Disch–Falk Field	6–2	42–12	19–5
May 15	at Texas	UFCU Disch–Falk Field	6–12	42–13	19–5

East Regional (4–0)

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SEC record
May 25	George Washington	Tallahassee, FL	12–11	43–13	19–5
May 26	Florida	Tallahassee, FL	9–1	44–13	19–5
May 27	Delaware	Tallahassee, FL	8–6	45–13	19–5
May 28	Delaware	Tallahassee, FL	4–3	46–13	19–5

1979 College World Series (3–2)

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SEC record
June 1	vs Pepperdine	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	5–4	47–13	19–5
June 3	vs Arizona	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	10–3	48–13	19–5
June 5	vs Texas	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	9–4	49–13	19–5
June 6	vs Cal State Fullerton	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	10–13	49–14	19–5
June 8	vs Cal State Fullerton	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	1–2	49–15	19–5

The following members of the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball program were drafted in the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft.^[2]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Ronn Reynolds	C	5th	109th	Oakland Athletics
Johnny Ray	OF	12th	294th	Cleveland Indians

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