1934 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 8 weights.
The 1934 NCAA championships had eight weights and 89 bouts. Oklahoma State won the team title with 29 points; Indiana (IN) was second with 19. Oklahoma State had three of the eight individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: Ben Bishop, Lehigh (PA) · 2 falls in 10:02
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | Rex Peery · 2nd titleOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec (no score) over Howard Bush, Indiana (IN) |
| 126 | Ross Flood · 2nd titleOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Fall 6:55 over Eldon Stout, Southwestern Oklahoma |
| 135 | Wayne MartinOklahoma | Oklahoma | Default over Patrick Devine, Indiana (IN) |
| 145 | Alan Kelley · 2nd titleOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec (no score) over Art Mosier, Michigan |
| 155 | Ben BishopLehigh (PA) | Lehigh (PA) | Fall 5:20 over Foy Stout, Southwestern Oklahoma |
| 165 | Marion ForemanOklahoma | Oklahoma | Dec (no score) over Orville England, Southwestern Oklahoma |
| 175 | Richard VolivaIndiana (IN) | Indiana (IN) | Dec (no score) over Emil Schellstede, Central Oklahoma |
| Unlimited | Ralph Teague · 2nd titleSouthwestern Oklahoma | Southwestern Oklahoma | Won over Barney Cosneck, Illinois (method not recorded) |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1934
Head coach for the 1934 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | Ed Gallagher | 29 |
| 2 | Indiana (IN) | Billy Thom | 19 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | Paul V. Keen | 14 |
| 4 | Southwestern Oklahoma | Joe Milam | 12 |
| 5 | Lehigh (PA) | Billy Sheridan | 7 |
| 6 | Springfield (MA) | Erastus W. Pennock | 4 |
| T7 | Central Oklahoma | Ray Swartz | 3 |
| T7 | Michigan | Cliff Keen | 3 |
| T7 | Northern Iowa | Dave McCuskey | 3 |
| T10 | Cornell College (IA) | Dick Barker | 2 |
| T10 | Illinois | H.E. Kenney | 2 |
| T10 | Washington & Lee (VA) | Archie Mathis | 2 |
11 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1934 scoring rules.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10* | Iowa | Mike Howard | 1* |
| 10* | Rochester Tech (NY) | Mark Ellingson | 1* |
| 10* | Temple (PA) | J. Lloyd Bohn | 1* |
| 13* | Case-Western Reserve (OH) | Claude B. Sharer | 0* |
| 13* | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | Charles William Mayser | 0* |
| 13* | Geneva (PA) | Not yet established | 0* |
| 13* | Kent State (OH) | Joe Begala | 0* |
| 13* | Michigan State | Fendley Collins | 0* |
| 13* | Northwestern (IL) | Orion Stuteville | 0* |
| 13* | Ohio | Thor Olson | 0* |
| 13* | Wheaton (IL) | Not yet established | 0* |
Cite this page: “1934 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1934/