1929 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 8 weights.
The 1929 NCAA championships had eight weights and 71 bouts. Oklahoma State won the team title with 26 points; Michigan was second with 18. Oklahoma State had four of the eight individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: Earl McCready, Oklahoma State · 2 falls in 3:31
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | Joe SaporaIllinois | Illinois | Dec (no score) over Dell Shockley, Oklahoma State |
| 125 | Laurance MantoothOklahoma | Oklahoma | Dec TA 3:59 over Mathew Hesser, Oklahoma State |
| 135 | George MinotIllinois | Illinois | Dec TA 6:48 over Jimmie Cox, West Virginia |
| 145 | George BancroftOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec TA 3:03 over James 'Otto' Kelly, Michigan |
| 155 | Jack VanBebberOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec TA 4:32 over Ferdinand Hammer, Wisconsin |
| 165 | Conrad CaldwellOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec TA 1:32 over Robert Warren, Michigan |
| 175 | Glenn StaffordCornell (NY) | Cornell (NY) | Dec TA 4:08 over Carl Dougovito, Michigan |
| Unlimited | Earl McCready · 2nd titleOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Fall 1:25 over Russ Fairall, Ohio State |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1929
Head coach for the 1929 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | Ed Gallagher | 26 |
| 2 | Michigan | Cliff Keen | 18 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | Paul V. Keen | 13 |
| 4 | Illinois | H.E. Kenney | 11 |
| 5 | Wisconsin | George Hitchcock | 9 |
| 6 | Cornell (NY) | Walter O'Connell | 7 |
| 7 | Purdue (IN) | Herb Miller | 4 |
| 8 | Ohio State | Bernard Mooney | 3 |
| T9 | Iowa | Mike Howard | 2 |
| T9 | West Virginia | Steve Harrick | 2 |
| 11 | Nebraska | John Kellogg | 1 |
13 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1929 scoring rules.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9* | Rochester Tech (NY) | Mark Ellingson | 1* |
| 13* | Case-Western Reserve (OH) | Not yet established | 0* |
| 13* | Chicago (IL) | Spyros K. Vorres | 0* |
| 13* | Cornell College (IA) | Dick Barker | 0* |
| 13* | Indianapolis (IN) | Not yet established | 0* |
| 13* | Iowa State | Hugo Otopalik | 0* |
| 13* | Kent State (OH) | A.S. Roberts | 0* |
| 13* | Marshall (WV) | Not yet established | 0* |
| 13* | Northwestern (IL) | Orion Stuteville | 0* |
| 13* | Ohio | Thor Olson | 0* |
| 13* | Penn State | Charlie Speidel | 0* |
| 13* | Virginia Tech | G.C. Anderson | 0* |
| 13* | Wilmington (OH) | Not yet established | 0* |
Cite this page: “1929 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1929/