NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1931 NCAA Championships

118 lb

Champion John Engel, Lehigh (PA).Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1John EngelLEH
  2. 2Jesse ArendsUNI
  3. 3Andrew HesserOKST
  4. 4Samuel DanielsTUFT

Second place was decided in a separate bout after the final. The runner-up won, so the wrestlers he had beaten wrestled back for 3rd place.

Every wrestler in this weight had an opening-round bye on the printed sheet, so the board starts at the quarterfinals.

Connected 1931 118-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

8 byes into the quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Jesse Arends, Northern Iowa over Clarence 'Clarry' Kasden, Brown (RI) — Fall 1:45 · View bout
    2. John Engel, Lehigh (PA) over Andrew Hesser, Oklahoma State — Dec TA 3:48 · View bout
    3. Samuel Daniels, Tufts (MA) over Daniel Dicenzo, Rhode Island — Fall 5:37 · View bout
    4. Stanley Ball, Michigan State over Sumner Forward, Syracuse (NY) — Fall 13:54 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Jesse Arends, Northern Iowa over Samuel Daniels, Tufts (MA) — Fall 4:05 · View bout
    2. John Engel, Lehigh (PA) over Stanley Ball, Michigan State — Dec TA 3:50 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. John Engel, Lehigh (PA) over Jesse Arends, Northern Iowa — Fall 9:00 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 5 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation semifinal

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Andrew Hesser, Oklahoma State over Stanley Ball, Michigan State — Dec TA 1:46 · View bout
      2. Samuel Daniels, Tufts (MA) over Clarence 'Clarry' Kasden, Brown (RI) — FF · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Jesse Arends, Northern Iowa over Andrew Hesser, Oklahoma State — Dec TA 1:08 · View bout

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Andrew Hesser, Oklahoma State over Samuel Daniels, Tufts (MA) — Fall 1:59 · View bout