Longhorn Opponent Profile
Oklahoma

March 9-10 in Austin, April 30 in Norman

http://www.uoknor.edu/athweb/pages/baseball/

Location: Norman, Oklahoma
Enrollment: 25,000
Conference: Big Eight
Colors: Crimson and Cream
Nickname: Sooners
Home Field: L. Dale Mitchell Park (2,380)

Head Coach: Larry Cochell (Arizona State, '64)
Cochell's Career Record: 1,002-562-2 (.640)
Cochell's Record at School: 206-104 (.664)
Assistant Coaches: Vern Ruhle (Olivet College, Michigan, '75), Bill Mostello (Long Beach State, '86), Darby Carmichael (Oklahoma, '94)

1995 Record: 42-16
Conference Record and Finish: 21-9/1st in Big Eight
NCAA Finish: Midwest II Region Champs

Lettermen Returning: 12
Lettermen Lost: 13
Starters Returning: 7
Starters Lost: 6
Pitchers Returning: 4
Pitchers Lost: 3
Players to Watch: Javier Flores (C, Jr., .360, 10 HR, 55 RBI), Bobby Brown (OF, Sr., .362, 84 H, 36 RBI), Brian Shackelford (OF/LHP, So., .317, 7 HR, 41 RBI, 1-2, 2.60 ERA, 4 S)

Series Record: UT leads 97-37 (Since 1910)
Current Texas Streak: Lost 2
1995 Results: UT 4-3-2-9, OU 2-1-3-13

Info taken from the Texas Longhorn 1996 Official Game Program

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