1968 38th NCAA Wrestling Tournament 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at
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38th NCAA Wrestling Tournament 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Team Champion Outstanding Wrestler: Dwayne Keller - Oklahoma State Top Ten Team Scores 1968 Oklahoma State - 81 Points Gorriaran Award: Jess Lewis - Oregon State Number of Individual Champs in parentheses. 1 Oklahoma State 81 (1) 6 Portland State 28 2 Iowa State 78 (3) 6 Lock Haven 28 3 Oklahoma 74 (1) 6 Cal Poly-SLO 28 4 Michigan State 55 (1) 9 Michigan 27 5 Navy 35 Champions and Place Winners 10 Northwestern (1) (1) 25 Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded. 1st: Ken Melchior [1] - Lock Haven (9-3) 3rd: Tommy Green [US] - Oklahoma State (2-0) 5th: John Miller [2] - Oregon (6-5) 2nd: Sergio Gonzales [6] - UCLA 4th: Dave Keller [US] - Toledo 123 1st: Dwayne Keller [3] - Oklahoma State (4-2) 3rd: Tim McCall [4] - Indiana (2-0) 5th: Ted Parker [6] - Indiana State (7-2) 2nd: Rick Sanders [1] - Portland State 4th: Bill DeSario [US] - SUNY-Cortland 130 1st: Dan Gable [2] - Iowa State (4-1) 3rd: Mike McAdams [US] - Brigham Young (1-1, 2-1) 2nd: David McGuire [1] - Oklahoma 4th: Dennis Crowe [US] - Oklahoma State 5th: Pete Nord [US] - Colorado (1-0) 6th: John Hahn [4] - UCLA 1st: Dale Anderson [1] - Michigan State (9-5) 3rd: Pete Vanderlofske [3] - Navy (7-0) 5th: Ray Murphy [US] - Oklahoma State (WFT) 2nd: Masaru Yatabe [2] - Portland State 4th: Marty Willigan [US] - Hofstra 145 1st: Dale Bahr [4] - Iowa State (WBF 2:29) 3rd: Kent Wyatt [2] - Cal Poly-SLO (1-1, 3-1) 5th: Russ McAdams [US] - Brigham Young (6-0) 2nd: Mike Grant [3] - Oklahoma 4th: Dale Carr [US] - Michigan State 6th: Wayne Carlson [US] - Utah State 152 1st: Wayne Wells [1] - Oklahoma (14-4) 3rd: Russ Schneider [4] - Northwestern (6-1) 5th: Parker Sneed [US] - Oklahoma State (8-2) 2nd: John Kent [3] - Navy 4th: Gobel Kline [US] - Maryland 160 1st: Reg Wicks [6] - Iowa State (7-5) 3rd: Jim Alexander [4] - Northern Colorado (11-8) 5th: Otto Zeman [US] - Northwestern (6-5) 2nd: Cleo McGlory [1] - Oklahoma 4th: Matt Kline [2] - Penn State 6th: Mike Nardotti [US] - Army 167 1st: Mike Gallego [1] - Fresno State (4-2) 3rd: Jason Smith [4] - Iowa State (3-3, 1-1 SRD) 5th: Pete Cornell [US] - Michigan (6-2) 2nd: Lamoin Merkley [2] - Central Washington 4th: Bob Drebenstedt [3] - Oklahoma State 177 1st: Bob Justice [4] - Colorado (4-2) 3rd: Fred Fozzard [1] - Oklahoma State (WBF 4:50) 5th: Dick Minekime [3] - Cornell (WFT) 2nd: Larry Amundson [6] - Minnesota State-Mankato 4th: Charles Shivers [US] - Oklahoma 6th: Walt Podgurski [US] - Miami Ohio 191 1st: Nick Carollo [2] - Adams State (3-3, 3-1) 3rd: Gary Cook [3] - East Stroudsburg (8-3) 5th: John Schneider [US] - Michigan State (2-1) 2nd: Tom Kline [5] - Cal Poly-SLO 4th: Rich Lorenzo [1] - Penn State 115 137 UNL 1st: Dave Porter [3] - Michigan (5-4) 3rd: Jeff Smith [2] - Michigan State (4-0) 5th: Dick Schumacher [6] - East Stroudsburg (4-2) Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 6th: Dave Unik [US] - Ohio University 6th: Gary Wallman [US] - Iowa State 6th: Ron Russo [US] - Bloomsburg 6th: Jim Blacksmith [US] - Lock Haven 6th: Rod Ott [US] - Michigan State 6th: Gary Seymour [US] - Arizona State 2nd: Jess Lewis [1] - Oregon State 4th: Fred Andree [US] - MIT 6th: Al Borkowski [US] - Northwest Missouri Page 1 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Peter Achilles, Colgate Bruce Unangst 7-0 Bruce Unangst, Pittsburgh [5] Darrell Mazzari, Marquette Balvino Irizarry 13-12 115 Weight Class Balvino Irizarry 10-3 Balvino Irizarry, Utah Tom Abercrombie, Oklahoma Dave Keller 3-3, 3-0 Dave Keller 6-3 Dave Keller, Toledo Ed Dumas, Northwestern Dave Keller 4-2 Mike Schmauss Fall 6:55 Mike Schmauss, Iowa State [4] Ken Melchior 10-6 Ron Guzman, Lehigh Gordon Yamamoto, California-Berkeley Frank Romano, Ohio State Gordon Yamamoto 9-5 Ken Melchior Fall 5:27 Ken Melchior Fall 7:14 Ken Melchior, Lock Haven [1] Ken Melchior 6-2 L.Q. Starling, San Jose State Dave Unik, Ohio University Dave Unik 7-0 Dave Unik 2-1 Mike Kocevar, Shippensburg Al Hinds, Arizona John Morley, Minnesota State-Moorhead Al Hinds Fall 2:33 Ken Melchior 9-3 Wayne Boyd 8-5 Wayne Boyd, Temple Greg Schmidt, South Dakota State Wayne Boyd 6-4 Greg Schmidt 9-3 Frank Coco, East Stroudsburg Frank Carrozza, West Chester John Miller 11-2 Frank Carrozza 18-9 Jerry Martinez, Northern Colorado Rich Tamble, Adams State John Miller 11-2 John Miller 3-0 John Miller, Oregon [2] Sergio Gonzales 4-2 Bruce Balmat, Penn State Chuck Henry, Brigham Young Jon Shurbert, Virginia Chuck Henry 13-4 Chuck Henry 6-3 Bob Shines 9-2 Bob Shines, Arizona State [3] Sergio Gonzales Fall 7:09 Phil Conti, Navy Tommy Green, Oklahoma State Tommy Green 8-2 Sergio Gonzales 3-2 Jerry Hoddy, Michigan Sergio Gonzales, UCLA [6] Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Sergio Gonzales 7-3 Page 2 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State 115 Consolation Bracket Terrill, Maryland Terrill 6-1 Yamamoto, California-Berkeley Unik 2-1 Keller 6-5 Unik, Ohio University Keller, Toledo Hoddy, Michigan Green 5-3 Green, Oklahoma State Green 7-2 Green 0-0, 2-0 Henry, Brigham Young Miller, Oregon Third Place: Tommy Green, Oklahoma State 2-0 Fourth Place: Dave Keller, Toledo Fifth Place: John Miller, Oregon 6-5 Sixth Place: Dave Unik, Ohio University Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Championship Pigtail Bouts for 115 Bruce Balmat - Penn State Balmat 16-8 Andy Matviak - Wilkes Frank Carrozza - West Chester Carrozza Fall 7:42 Gail Sloss - Iowa Al Hinds - Arizona Hinds 11-2 Ray Day - Clarion Ken Melchior - Lock Haven Melchior Fall 6:37 Bob Terrill - Maryland Consolation Pigtail Bouts for 115 Bob Terrill - Maryland Terrill Fall 0:52 Frank Romano - Ohio State Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Page 3 of 34 Page 4 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Mike Jarrell, Virginia Tech Tom Greenwood 8-7 Tom Greenwood, Marquette Jon Wood, Citadel Stan Keeley Fall 1:23 123 Weight Class Stan Keeley 12-4 Stan Keeley, Oklahoma [5] Ted Levine, Fairleigh Dickinson Tim McCall 7-5 Scott Evans 9-3 Scott Evans, Minnesota State-Mankato Steve Bryant, East Stroudsburg Tim McCall 8-2 Tim McCall 6-0 Tim McCall, Indiana [4] Rick Sanders 12-2 Harry Weinhofer, Penn State Rick Sanders, Portland State [1] Tom Bentz, Iowa Rick Sanders Fall 3:25 Rick Sanders Fall 1:50 Tom Bentz Bye Rick Sanders 8-0 Gary Hetherington, Western Michigan Rich Meyer, Lehigh Rich Meyer 9-2 Gary Wallman Fall 6:26 Bob Pavelko, Air Force Gary Wallman, Iowa State Sam King, Cal Poly-SLO Gary Wallman Fall 3:20 Dwayne Keller 4-2 Gary Burger Fall 5:13 Gary Burger, Navy [2] Bob Kawa, Utah Gary Burger DFT 6:50 Bob Kawa 10-4 Wayne Watson, Northwestern Bill Komoloske, Colorado Bill DeSario Fall 7:38 Bill DeSario 6-5 Bill DeSario, SUNY-Cortland Steve Rubin, Michigan Bill DeSario 8-6 Steve Rubin Fall 1:52 Jerry Reshetar, Drake Dwayne Keller 3-2 Scott Patten, Army Mike McGilliard, Michigan State Dwayne Keller, Oklahoma State [3] Scott Patten 12-5 Dwayne Keller Fall 3:18 Dwayne Keller 12-5 Ron Vallance, UCLA Dwayne Keller 5-4 Ted Parker, Indiana State [6] Mike Milkovich, Kent State Ted Parker 8-1 Ted Parker 6-3 Bye Richard Shildt, Pittsburgh Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Richard Shildt Page 5 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State 123 Consolation Bracket Weinhofer, Penn State Weinhofer 5-2 Bentz, Iowa Wallman 7-0 McCall 6-0 Wallman, Iowa State McCall, Indiana Vallance, UCLA Vallance Med FFT Patten, Army Parker 8-0 DeSario 1-1, 1-0 Parker, Indiana State DeSario, SUNY-Cortland Third Place: Tim McCall, Indiana 2-0 Fourth Place: Bill DeSario, SUNY-Cortland Fifth Place: Ted Parker, Indiana State 7-2 Sixth Place: Gary Wallman, Iowa State Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State No Pigtails Bouts for 123 Weight Class Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Page 6 of 34 Page 7 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State John Hahn, UCLA [4] John Hahn 11-7 Bill Germann, Minnesota State-Moorhead Jim Hull, Coast Guard John Hahn Fall 6:13 130 Weight Class Len Groom 8-3 Len Groom, Northern Colorado Mike Mullady, Army John Hahn 6-4 Douglas Smith 14-10 Douglas Smith, Washington Dick Mailloux, Oregon Douglas Smith 9-1 Dick Mailloux 6-4 Ned Bushong, East Stroudsburg David McGuire 4-3 Pete Henning, Lehigh Dennis Crowe, Oklahoma State Gerry Smith, South Dakota State Dennis Crowe 7-0 Dennis Crowe 7-6 Gerry Smith 10-1 Felix Sanchez, Air Force David McGuire 3-2 Larry Wagner, Arizona State Jim Arnoult, Maryland Jim Arnoult 8-5 David McGuire Fall 4:52 Bill Martinez, Colorado State David McGuire, Oklahoma [1] Rick Poulson, Marquette David McGuire 20-4 Dan Gable 4-1 Mike McAdams 10-8 Mike McAdams, Brigham Young Jim Pace, North Carolina State Mike McAdams 9-1 Jim Pace 11-5 George Gesualdo, Fairleigh Dickinson Dan Gable, Iowa State [2] Dan Gable Fall 7:01 Dan Gable Fall 5:32 John Walter, SUNY-Oswego Wes Caine, Northern Illinois Dan Gable 7-0 Wes Caine 13-4 Paul Daube, Shippensburg Dan Gable Fall 7:40 George Stover, Virginia Tech Pete Nord, Colorado Wally Clark, Penn State [6] Pete Nord 7-1 Pete Nord 4-2 Keith Lowrance 7-5 Keith Lowrance, Michigan State Pete Nord 6-3 Ed Jackson, North Central Illinois Lou Hudson, Michigan Ed Jackson 10-3 Glen Younger 8-0 Glen Younger, Western State [3] Ken Furnkranz, SUNY-Cortland Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Glen Younger 16-6 Page 8 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State 130 Consolation Bracket Arnoult, Maryland Arnoult 6-1 Martinez, Colorado State Crowe 8-2 Crowe 0-0, 4-0 Crowe, Oklahoma State Hahn, UCLA Comiskey, Navy Comiskey 5-2 Caine, Northern Illinois McAdams 7-6 McAdams 2-1 McAdams, Brigham Young Nord, Colorado Third Place: Mike McAdams, Brigham Young 1-1, 2-1 Fourth Place: Dennis Crowe, Oklahoma State Fifth Place: Pete Nord, Colorado 1-0 Sixth Place: John Hahn, UCLA Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Championship Pigtail Bouts for 130 Ned Bushong - East Stroudsburg Bushong 19-4 Roger Young - Ohio State George Stover - Virginia Tech Stover 13-9 Curt Grabfelder - Bloomsburg Len Groom - Northern Colorado Groom 16-5 Roy Williams - Kent State Dan Gable - Iowa State Gable 16-2 Steve Comiskey - Navy Rick Poulson - Marquette Poulson 6-4 Gregg Erickson - MIT Consolation Pigtail Bouts for 130 Steve Comiskey - Navy Comiskey Fall 4:22 John Walter - SUNY-Oswego Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Page 9 of 34 Page 10 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Mike Stanley, Adams State [4] Mike Stanley 6-2 Kevin Gilead, Maryland Marty Dickey, Iowa State Marty Willigan 9-7 137 Weight Class Marty Willigan Fall 6:32 Marty Willigan, Hofstra Dave Pruzansky, Temple Marty Willigan 7-4 Dave Pruzansky 10-0 Don Roberts, RIT John Homiak, Franklin & Marshall Dave Pruzansky 13-2 Ron Otto 8-4 Ron Otto, MacMurray State [5] Dale Anderson 9-2 Jim Purdy, East Stroudsburg Steve Povolac, Oklahoma Jack Dunn, Northwestern Jim Purdy 5-4 Jack Dunn 5-3 Jack Dunn 4-4, 5-0 Mike Fitzgerald, Minnesota State-Moorhead Dale Anderson 13-2 Terry Habecker, Ithaca Ron Russo, Bloomsburg Ron Russo 16-8 Dale Anderson 3-0 Dave Kling, Indiana PA Dale Anderson, Michigan State [1] Randy Stine, Clarion Dale Anderson Fall 3:32 Dale Anderson 9-5 Randy Stine FFT Dick Humphreys, Indiana State Ray Murphy, Oklahoma State Ray Murphy Fall 7:08 Ray Murphy 11-5 Bruce Shultz, Washington Masaru Yatabe, Portland State [2] Masaru Yatabe 5-2 Masaru Yatabe 4-3 Alan Merrill, Oregon Joe Carstensen, Iowa Masaru Yatabe 5-1 Ron Lemmon 6-4 Ron Lemmon, Utah Masaru Yatabe 5-2 James Lentz, Indiana Bill McBeth, Army John Jadlocki, Lock Haven James Lentz Fall 1:05 James Lentz 11-4 John Jadlocki 3-2 Dave Spinda, Penn State [6] Pete Vanderlofske 4-1 Steve Bishko, MIT Art Holland, Arizona State Art Holland 6-1 Pete Vanderlofske 4-3 Pete Vanderlofske, Navy [3] Gary Stoner, Western Michigan Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Pete Vanderlofske 14-4 Page 11 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State 137 Consolation Bracket Leeman, Lehigh Russo 16-4 Russo, Bloomsburg Russo 9-5 Willigan 5-5, 1-0 Dunn, Northwestern Willigan, Hofstra Merrill, Oregon Lemmon 1-1, 1-0 Lemmon, Utah Murphy 2-0 Vanderlofske 9-6 Murphy, Oklahoma State Vanderlofske, Navy Third Place: Pete Vanderlofske, Navy 7-0 Fourth Place: Marty Willigan, Hofstra Fifth Place: Ray Murphy, Oklahoma State Med FFT Sixth Place: Ron Russo, Bloomsburg Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Championship Pigtail Bouts for 137 Dale Anderson - Michigan State Anderson Fall 7:15 Jay Leeman - Lehigh Randy Stine - Clarion Stine 5-5, 2-0 Jeff Batchelor - Brigham Young James Lentz - Indiana Lentz Fall 4:46 Dennis O'Brien - Marquette Marty Willigan - Hofstra Willigan 10-9 Geoff Henson - Michigan Consolation Pigtail Bouts for 137 Jay Leeman - Lehigh Leeman 3-2 Dave Kling - Indiana PA Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Page 12 of 34 Page 13 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Felix Salinas, Arizona State Felix Salinas 6-2 John DeMarco, West Chester Russ McAdams, Brigham Young Russ McAdams 4-2 145 Weight Class Russ McAdams 6-2 Clarence Seal, Portland State [5] Kent Webster, Maryland Dale Bahr 10-3 Kent Webster 6-0 Steve Baribeau, Army Vince Fitz, Penn State Dale Bahr Fall 5:45 Dale Bahr 6-1 Dale Bahr, Iowa State [4] Dale Bahr 14-11 Mike Couch, North Carolina State Gerry McDonald, East Stroudsburg Luther Gartrell, North Carolina Gerry McDonald 13-7 Dale Carr 6-2 Dale Carr Fall 7:40 Dale Carr, Michigan State Dale Carr 8-2 Dan Mudd, Indiana Don Henderson, Air Force [1] Don Henderson 2-0 Phil Frey 6-3 Mel Crider, Northern Colorado Phil Frey, Oregon State Katsumi Suzuki, Oklahoma State Phil Frey 12-7 Dale Bahr Fall 2:29 Katsumi Suzuki 4-4, 4-0 Steve Warren, California-Berkeley Bob Ferraro, Indiana State Katsumi Suzuki 12-5 Jerry Bond FFT Jerry Bond, Northern Iowa Kent Wyatt, Cal Poly-SLO [2] Kent Wyatt 8-3 Kent Wyatt 7-4 John Terboss, Syracuse Ken Warner, Shippensburg Kent Wyatt 5-0 Ed Steers 4-2 Ed Steers, Citadel Mike Grant 7-2 John Maxham, MIT Rog Jehlicka, Winona State Joe Wells, Iowa Rog Jehlicka 4-1 Joe Wells 10-2 Joe Wells 5-1 Conrad Metcalf, Colorado [6] Mike Grant 15-4 Dale Stahl, Navy Mike Grant, Oklahoma [3] Mike Grant 13-1 Mike Grant 10-5 Wayne Carlson, Utah State Steve Buttrey, Northwestern Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Wayne Carlson 14-5 Page 14 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State 145 Consolation Bracket Webster, Maryland Fitz 9-2 Fitz, Penn State McAdams 4-2 Carr 11-7 McAdams, Brigham Young Carr, Michigan State Stahl, Navy Carlson 7-3 Carlson, Utah State Carlson 7-0 Wyatt 6-2 Wells, Iowa Wyatt, Cal Poly-SLO Third Place: Kent Wyatt, Cal Poly-SLO 1-1, 3-1 Fourth Place: Dale Carr, Michigan State Fifth Place: Russ McAdams, Brigham Young 6-0 Sixth Place: Wayne Carlson, Utah State Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Championship Pigtail Bouts for 145 Katsumi Suzuki - Oklahoma State Suzuki Fall 6:30 Todd Stevenson - Indiana PA Kent Wyatt - Cal Poly-SLO Wyatt 10-4 Jim Moore - Washington Phil Frey - Oregon State Frey 3-2 Bob Pavlasek - Ohio University Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Page 15 of 34 Page 16 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State John Sustersic, Miami Ohio Howard Hall 3-1 Howard Hall, Brigham Young [5] Curt Alder, UCLA Howard Hall 10-4 152 Weight Class Curt Alder 14-1 Steve Alexander, Temple Marshall Gruver, Shippensburg Russ Schneider 5-1 Russ Schneider Fall 1:30 Russ Schneider, Northwestern [4] Bob Emerick, Ball State Russ Schneider 16-5 Duane Dobson 12-2 Duane Dobson, Nebraska Wayne Wells 5-0 Parker Sneed, Oklahoma State John Finch, Cal Poly-SLO Jim Clair, Franklin & Marshall Parker Sneed 6-2 Parker Sneed 4-3 Jim Clair 5-2 Bob Abraham, Penn State Wayne Wells Fall 6:11 Wayne Wells, Oklahoma [1] Alex Roberts, Georgia Tech Wayne Wells Fall 7:17 Wayne Wells 9-0 Gary Neist, Luther Charles Shepherd, Utah Len Borchers, Stanford [2] Gary Neist 15-4 Wayne Wells 14-4 Len Borchers Fall 3:11 Stan Dziedzic, Indiana State Dave Martin, Iowa State Len Borchers 8-2 Dave Martin 6-2 Richard Casey, SIU-Carbondale Gobel Kline, Maryland Gobel Kline 7-3 Gobel Kline 9-2 John Mulada, SUNY-Cortland Joe Gerst, Bloomsburg Gobel Kline 5-2 Joe Gerst 8-5 Lonny Gallagher, Virginia Tech John Kent 1-1, 2-2 RD Jim Blacksmith, Lock Haven Mark Hoffman, Army John Kent, Navy [3] Jim Blacksmith 4-1 John Kent 5-1 John Kent Fall 6:09 Tom Hochfelder, Ithaca John Kent 7-5 Kim Snider, Oregon State [6] John Burt, Ohio State John Burt 8-3 John Burt 8-2 Phil Henning, Iowa Dan Rossi, East Stroudsburg Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Phil Henning 6-5 Page 17 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State 152 Consolation Bracket Neist, Luther Roberts 6-1 Roberts, Georgia Tech Sneed 4-0 Schneider 6-2 Sneed, Oklahoma State Schneider, Northwestern Berman, Hofstra Blacksmith 6-2 Blacksmith, Lock Haven Blacksmith 6-2 Kline 6-5 Burt, Ohio State Kline, Maryland Third Place: Russ Schneider, Northwestern 6-1 Fourth Place: Gobel Kline, Maryland Fifth Place: Parker Sneed, Oklahoma State 8-2 Sixth Place: Jim Blacksmith, Lock Haven Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Championship Pigtail Bouts for 152 Joe Gerst - Bloomsburg Gerst 14-5 Bob Hall - Minnesota State-Moorhead Alex Roberts - Georgia Tech Roberts Fall 6:42 Pete Sandberg - Winona State Bob Abraham - Penn State Abraham 2-0 Doug Niebel - Clarion Duane Dobson - Nebraska Dobson 8-3 Don Horton - Air Force Steve Alexander - Temple Alexander 10-6 Clay McEldowney - Princeton Jim Blacksmith - Lock Haven Blacksmith 5-1 Charles Marshall - Illinois Russ Schneider - Northwestern Schneider 7-0 Mike Mazzitelli - Northern Illinois John Kent - Navy Kent 10-0 Dave Berman - Hofstra Len Borchers - Stanford Borchers 11-2 Norm Hawkins - MIT Gobel Kline - Maryland Kline 11-1 Jeff Thiel - William & Mary Kim Snider - Oregon State Snider 9-7 Gary Rushing - Arizona Dave Martin - Iowa State Martin 12-1 Tom Muir - Lehigh Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Page 18 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Championship Pigtail Bouts for 152 Charles Shepherd - Utah Shepherd 7-0 Ron Ouellet - Michigan State John Finch - Cal Poly-SLO Finch 5-1 Dave Nerothin - Gustavus Adolphus Consolation Pigtail Bouts for 152 Dave Berman - Hofstra Berman 8-4 Tom Hochfelder - Ithaca Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Page 19 of 34 Page 20 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Jack Bentz, Lehigh Jack Bentz 5-3 George Hicks, North Carolina State Jerry Stone, Oklahoma State [5] Jerry Stone 9-3 160 Weight Class Jerry Stone 10-4 Jim Hodge, Washington Richard Davis, UCLA Jim Alexander 4-0 Bob Devore 6-4 Bob Devore, East Stroudsburg Bob Christianson, Navy Jim Alexander 8-2 Jim Alexander 8-3 Jim Alexander, Northern Colorado [4] Cleo McGlory 7-2 Bill Osborn, Brigham Young Fred Stehman, Michigan Joe Wiendl, Wilkes Fred Stehman 9-5 Joe Wiendl 12-9 Joe Wiendl 4-1 Joel Haan, Maryland Cleo McGlory 21-4 Luther Blair, Virginia Tech Don Ekleberry, Toledo Don Ekleberry 5-3 Cleo McGlory 11-2 Bob Hobson, William & Mary Cleo McGlory, Oklahoma [1] Matt Kline, Penn State [2] Cleo McGlory 10-4 Reg Wicks 7-5 Matt Kline 4-1 Dave Sherman, SUNY-Cortland Pat Karslake, Michigan State Matt Kline 6-3 Ray Wicks 4-4, 4-3 Ray Wicks, Winona State Robin Stebbins, Wesleyan Matt Kline 6-2 Jerry Chaplin 6-0 Jerry Chaplin, Oregon State Gary Richards, Kansas State Jerry Chaplin 11-0 Jack Klingaman 9-3 Jack Klingaman, Lock Haven Reg Wicks 3-2 Reg Wicks, Iowa State [6] Dick Willoughby, MIT Ken Biles, West Chester Reg Wicks Fall 1:41 Reg Wicks 6-1 Otto Zeman 10-3 Otto Zeman, Northwestern Reg Wicks 7-1 John Helter, Shippensburg Rich Mihal, Iowa [3] Rich Mihal 13-0 Dan Thurlow 4-3 Neal Skaar, Luther Dan Thurlow, Colorado State Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Dan Thurlow 9-6 Page 21 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State 160 Consolation Bracket Nardotti, Army Nardotti 3-1 Ekleberry, Toledo Nardotti 1-1, 3-2 Alexander Fall 4:52 Wiendl, Wilkes Alexander, Northern Colorado Willoughby, MIT Zeman Fall 1:42 Zeman, Northwestern Zeman 5-1 Kline 5-2 Thurlow, Colorado State Kline, Penn State Third Place: Jim Alexander, Northern Colorado 11-8 Fourth Place: Matt Kline, Penn State Fifth Place: Otto Zeman, Northwestern 6-5 Sixth Place: Mike Nardotti, Army Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Championship Pigtail Bouts for 160 Cleo McGlory - Oklahoma McGlory 6-4 Mike Nardotti - Army Consolation Pigtail Bouts for 160 Mike Nardotti - Army Nardotti 5-3 Bob Hobson - William & Mary Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Page 22 of 34 Page 23 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Tom McEwan, Yale [5] Tom McEwan Fall 6:15 Gary Hebenstreit, Air Force Al Nicusanti, Lehigh Seth Norton 10-8 167 Weight Class Seth Norton 7-3 Seth Norton, Northwestern John McNitt, South Dakota State Jason Smith 7-1 Jason Smith 6-2 Jason Smith, Iowa State [4] Jim Vandehey, Oregon State Jason Smith 8-3 Jim Vandehey Med FFT Bob Rust, Syracuse Mike Gallego 3-2 Ben Harry, North Carolina State Pete Cornell, Michigan Bill Elder, East Stroudsburg Pete Cornell Fall 7:22 Pete Cornell 9-1 Gene Denisar 7-6 Gene Denisar, Indiana Mike Gallego Fall 4:59 Mike Gallego, Fresno State [1] Barry Ritchey, Shippensburg Mike Gallego Fall 4:47 Mike Gallego 7-2 Don Ryland, Minnesota State-Mankato Steve Roshek, Utah Dick Heinzelman, Wisconsin Steve Roshek 18-4 Mike Gallego 4-2 Dick Heinzelman Fall 3:24 Dale French, Northern Colorado Rod Ott, Michigan State Lamoin Merkley Fall 5:24 Lamoin Merkley 6-1 Lamoin Merkley, Central Washington [2] Bob McDaniel, Oklahoma Lamoin Merkley 5-0 Bob McDaniel 17-2 George Ross, Bowling Green Ben Cooper, SIU-Carbondale Bob McDaniel 8-1 Ben Cooper 11-0 Joe O'Donnell, Tennessee Lamoin Merkley 4-2 Russ Sill, Iowa [6] John Woods, Cal Poly-SLO Ray Wallace, Washington Russ Sill 7-2 Ray Wallace Fall 6:04 Ray Wallace 10-2 Walt Price, MIT Bob Drebenstedt 5-5, 6-1 John Dinger, Army Bob Ahrens, Navy Bob Ahrens 8-3 Bob Drebenstedt 5-2 Don Apodoca, Adams State Bob Drebenstedt, Oklahoma State [3] Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Bob Drebenstedt 8-6 Page 24 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State 167 Consolation Bracket Ritchey, Shippensburg Roshek Fall 5:22 Roshek, Utah Cornell 6-2 Smith Fall 4:55 Cornell, Michigan Smith, Iowa State Heinzelman, Wisconsin Ott Med FFT Ott, Michigan State Ott 1-0 Drebenstedt 2-0 McDaniel, Oklahoma Drebenstedt, Oklahoma State Third Place: Jason Smith, Iowa State 3-3, 1-1 SRD Fourth Place: Bob Drebenstedt, Oklahoma State Fifth Place: Pete Cornell, Michigan 6-2 Sixth Place: Rod Ott, Michigan State Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Championship Pigtail Bouts for 167 Don Apodoca - Adams State Apodoca 9-0 Rick Ortega - New Mexico Dick Heinzelman - Wisconsin Heinzelman 14-6 Scott Curzi - William & Mary Gene Denisar - Indiana Denisar Fall 3:38 Bob Funk - Penn State Bob Rust - Syracuse Rust 5-4 Santo Ricotta - Clarion Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Page 25 of 34 Page 26 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Ben Welch, Navy Ben Welch 7-1 Charles Locke, Washington Walt Podgurski, Miami Ohio Bob Justice 13-3 177 Weight Class Bob Justice 10-3 Bob Justice, Colorado [4] Jim Harter, Army [5] Bob Justice 7-6 Jim Harter 7-3 Marc Beem, Princeton Kerry Keith, Davidson Jim Harter 13-3 Kerry Keith Fall 1:43 Phil Liller, Penn State Bob Justice 4-0 Dave Labosky, Pennsylvania Jim Morthaler, Coast Guard Tom Blankenship, Indiana Dave Labosky 4-0 Al Bulow 8-4 Al Bulow 6-1 Al Bulow, SIU-Carbondale Fred Fozzard Fall 5:35 Fred Fozzard, Oklahoma State [1] Tom Kruse, Ohio State Fred Fozzard 9-0 Fred Fozzard 11-2 Paul Allen, Pittsburgh Verlyn Strellner, Iowa Dick Thompson, Arizona State Verlyn Strellner 10-3 Bob Justice 4-2 Joe Green 11-6 Joe Green, Bowling Green Charles Shivers, Oklahoma Charles Shivers 13-4 Charles Shivers Fall 5:52 Dave Jones, Bloomsburg Rich Whittington, UCLA Charles Shivers 5-4 Mike Bradley 2-2, 1-1 RD Mike Bradley, Michigan State [2] Ken Bos, Cal Poly-SLO Mike Bradley 14-10 Ken Bos DFT 4:36 Harry Gaylor, Nebraska Larry Amundson 5-0 Harry Surplus, Washington State Roy Resavage, Temple Dick Minekime, Cornell [3] Harry Surplus Fall 6:48 Dick Minekime 10-8 Dick Minekime 10-3 Fred Priester, North Carolina Larry Amundson 11-2 Bill Pauss, Northwestern Larry Amundson, Minnesota State-Mankato [ Larry Amundson 5-0 Larry Amundson 9-4 Alan Detwiler, East Stroudsburg Bob Carlson, Utah State Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Alan Detwiler 2-1 Page 27 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State 177 Consolation Bracket Podgurski, Miami Ohio Podgurski 8-3 Welch, Navy Podgurski 6-5 Fozzard Fall 3:26 Harter, Army Fozzard, Oklahoma State Detwiler, East Stroudsburg Pauss 3-1 Pauss, Northwestern Minekime 5-1 Shivers 7-4 Minekime, Cornell Shivers, Oklahoma Third Place: Fred Fozzard, Oklahoma State Fall 4:50 Fourth Place: Charles Shivers, Oklahoma Fifth Place: Dick Minekime, Cornell Med FFT Sixth Place: Walt Podgurski, Miami Ohio Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Championship Pigtail Bouts for 177 Dick Thompson - Arizona State Thompson 8-3 Lee Castner - Syracuse Verlyn Strellner - Iowa Strellner 5-4 Bill Waterman - Michigan Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Page 28 of 34 Page 29 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Terry Faulk, Miami Ohio Tom Kline 2-2, 1-1 RD Tom Kline, Cal Poly-SLO [5] Herman Pettigrew, Ashland Tom Kline 4-0 191 Weight Class Herman Pettigrew 9-5 John Salisbury, California-Berkeley John Wagoner, Shippensburg Tom Kline 4-1 John Schneider Fall 1:54 John Schneider, Michigan State Julian McPhillips, Princeton John Schneider 7-3 Jim Duschen 5-1 Jim Duschen, Iowa State [4] Tom Kline 2-1 Rich Lorenzo, Penn State [1] Russ Hellickson, Wisconsin Aaron Malinsky, Franklin & Marshall Rich Lorenzo 10-2 Rich Lorenzo Fall 5:03 Peter Naff 7-0 Peter Naff, Oklahoma State Rich Lorenzo 4-0 Gene Detwiler, Colgate Dan Kraft, Northwestern Gene Detwiler 12-2 Gene Detwiler 6-2 Terry Hoover, Pittsburgh Bill Henderson, Minnesota State-Moorhead Nick Carollo, Adams State [2] Terry Hoover 5-3 Nick Carollo 3-3, 3-1 Nick Carollo Fall 3:24 Bruce Landrey, Oklahoma Charles Amato, North Carolina State Nick Carollo 3-1 Gary Seymour 7-5 Gary Seymour, Arizona State Tim Wilmarth, Oregon Nick Carollo 3-2 Tim Wilmarth Fall 7:53 Chris Feder, C.W. Post Jack Thrasher, Air Force Tim Wilmarth 4-2 Bob Metz 7-1 Bob Metz, Lock Haven Nick Carollo 3-3, 1-1 RD Terry Crenshaw, Stanford [6] Ron Moen, Winona State John Newmeister, Iowa Terry Crenshaw 6-3 Terry Crenshaw Fall 4:31 Marc Baretz 4-2 Marc Baretz, Temple Gary Cook 8-0 Gary Cook, East Stroudsburg [3] Terry Allen, Navy Gary Cook 6-2 Gary Cook 5-2 Gene Libal, Nebraska Monty McDaniel, Indiana Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Gene Libal Fall 7:11 Page 30 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State 191 Consolation Bracket Faulk, Miami Ohio Pettigrew 10-8 Pettigrew, Ashland Schneider 10-4 Lorenzo 13-3 Schneider, Michigan State Lorenzo, Penn State Landrey, Oklahoma Seymour 5-3 Seymour, Arizona State Seymour Med FFT Cook 3-2 Wilmarth, Oregon Cook, East Stroudsburg Third Place: Gary Cook, East Stroudsburg 8-3 Fourth Place: Rich Lorenzo, Penn State Fifth Place: John Schneider, Michigan State 2-1 Sixth Place: Gary Seymour, Arizona State Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State No Pigtails Bouts for 191 Weight Class Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Page 31 of 34 Page 32 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State Mike Kelly, Indiana State Mike Kelly Bye Tom Beeson, Western State [5] Mike Kelly 17-1 UNL Weight Class Tom Beeson 12-8 Bill Galler, Northwestern Dick Seloover, SIU-Carbondale Fred Andree 10-2 Dick Seloover 13-0 Lowell Bryan, Davidson Fred Andree, MIT Fred Andree 5-0 Fred Andree 12-4 Kent Osboe, Northern Iowa [4] Jess Lewis Fall 2:45 Bye Al Borkowski, Northwest Missouri Tom Walter, Kent State Al Borkowski Al Borkowski Fall 6:07 Tom Walter Fall 5:40 Mark Kane, Navy Jess Lewis 13-0 Jess Lewis, Oregon State [1] Joe Kutniewski, Fairleigh Dickinson Jess Lewis Fall 1:04 Jess Lewis Fall 2:49 Marty Weikart, Delaware Tom Kusleika, Adams State Roger Brown, New Mexico Marty Weikart 1-1, 3-0 Dave Porter 5-4 Dale Stearns 6-1 Dale Stearns, Iowa John Ward, Oklahoma State Paul Elzey 2-1 Paul Elzey 6-1 Paul Elzey, Toledo Ralph Sonntag, Maryland Jeff Smith 6-2 Jeff Smith 8-2 Jeff Smith, Michigan State [2] Don Holtry, Utah State Jeff Smith Fall 4:45 Don Holtry Bye Dave Porter 7-1 John Bierie, Air Force Henry Muller, Oregon Dave Porter, Michigan [3] Henry Muller 7-1 Dave Porter Fall 3:57 Dave Porter Bye Dave Porter Fall 4:29 Tony Truitt, Pittsburgh Dick Schumacher, East Stroudsburg [6] Dick Schumacher 9-1 Dick Schumacher 8-4 Bye Oliver Kenen, Princeton Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Oliver Kenen Page 33 of 34 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State UNL Consolation Bracket Weikart, Delaware Weikart 11-2 Kutniewski, Fairleigh Dickinson Borkowski Fall 1:49 Andree 9-5 Borkowski, Northwest Missouri Andree, MIT Bye Muller Muller, Oregon Schumacher 1-1, 1-1 RD Smith 8-0 Schumacher, East Stroudsburg Smith, Michigan State Third Place: Jeff Smith, Michigan State 4-0 Fourth Place: Fred Andree, MIT Fifth Place: Dick Schumacher, East Stroudsburg 4-2 Sixth Place: Al Borkowski, Northwest Missouri Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1968 NCAA Wrestling Championship 3/21/1968 to 3/23/1968 at Penn State No Pigtails Bouts for UNL Weight Class Compiled by wrestlingstats.com Page 34 of 34
