1938 NCAA Championships

Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 8 weights.

The 1938 NCAA championships had eight weights and 107 bouts. Oklahoma State won the team title with 19 points; Illinois was second with 15. Oklahoma State had three of the eight individual champions.

8weights

8individual champions

107bouts

22wins by fall

Most falls: Clifton Gustafson, Minnesota · 3 falls

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Individual champions

1938 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Title bout
118	Joe McDaniel · 2nd titleOklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Dec (no score) over Willard Duffy, Indiana (IN)
126	Allen SaporaIllinois	Illinois	Dec (no score) over Hoy Stone, Oklahoma
135	David MatthewsOklahoma	Oklahoma	Default over Fred Parkey, Oklahoma State
145	Stanley Henson · 2nd titleOklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Dec (no score) over Robert Finwall, Chicago (IL)
155	Dale ScrivensOklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Dec (no score) over Ken Knight, Southwestern Oklahoma
165	John GinayIllinois	Illinois	Dec (no score) over James 'Curt' Ford, Lehigh (PA)
175	John HarknessHarvard (MA)	Harvard (MA)	Dec (no score) over Swede Olsen, Southwestern Oklahoma
Unlimited	Charles McDaniel · 2nd titleIndiana (IN)	Indiana (IN)	Dec (no score) over Robert Kygar, Southwestern Oklahoma

Team standings

Scoring details →

Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1938

Head coach for the 1938 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.

1938 team standings
Rank	Program	Head coach	Points
1	Oklahoma State	Ed Gallagher	19
2	Illinois	H.E. Kenney	15
3	Indiana (IN)	Billy Thom	12
T4	Oklahoma	Paul V. Keen	8
T4	Southwestern Oklahoma	Marion Surbeck	8
6	Minnesota	Dave Bartelma	6
T7	Cornell College (IA)	Dick Barker	5
T7	Harvard (MA)	Pat O. Johnson	5
T7	Lehigh (PA)	Billy Sheridan	5
10	Chicago (IL)	Spyros K. Vorres	4
T11	Franklin & Marshall (PA)	Charles William Mayser	3
T11	Iowa State	Hugo Otopalik	3
T11	Northern Iowa	Dave McCuskey	3
T11	Princeton (NJ)	Jimmy Reed	3
15	City College (NY)	Joseph Sapora	2
T16	Nebraska	Jerry Adam	1
T16	Syracuse (NY)	Pop Davison	1

12 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings

* Calculated from the bouts under the 1938 scoring rules.

1938 programs not in the published standings
Rank	Program	Head coach	Points
16*	Utah State	George Nelson	1*
19*	Alfred State (NY)	Not yet established	0*
19*	Amherst (MA)	Not yet established	0*
19*	Colorado State	Julius Wagner	0*
19*	Massachusetts Tech	Jay Ricks	0*
19*	Michigan	Cliff Keen	0*
19*	Michigan State	Fendley Collins	0*
19*	Penn State	Charlie Speidel	0*
19*	San Jose State (CA)	Not yet established	0*
19*	St. Lawrence (NY)	Kenneth L'Hommedieu	0*
19*	West Virginia	Albert Gwynne	0*
19*	Yale (CT)	Edward D. O’Donnell	0*

Cite this page: “1938 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1938/