NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1938 NCAA Championships

118 lb

Champion Joe McDaniel, Oklahoma State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Joe McDanielOKST
  2. 2Willard DuffyIND
  3. 3Davis NatvigUNI
  4. 4Dale HansonMINN

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.

Connected 1938 118-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

13 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 5 bouts

    3 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Carl King, Penn State over George Benz, St. Lawrence (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Dale Hanson, Minnesota over Raymond Aristy Argyros, Alfred State (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    3. Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa over Francis Burnett Jr., Lehigh (PA) — Fall 3:15 · View bout
    4. Dennis Lawley, Southwestern Oklahoma over Paul Satterfield, West Virginia — Dec (no score) · View bout
    5. Harold 'Myrl' Bench, Utah State over Ken Stewart, Iowa State — Fall · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Dale Hanson, Minnesota over Dennis Lawley, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa over Harold 'Myrl' Bench, Utah State — Fall 8:22 · View bout
    3. Joe McDaniel, Oklahoma State over Carl King, Penn State — Fall 2:50 · View bout
    4. Willard Duffy, Indiana (IN) over Ralph Hirschtritt, City College (NY) — Not recorded · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Joe McDaniel, Oklahoma State over Dale Hanson, Minnesota — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Willard Duffy, Indiana (IN) over Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Joe McDaniel, Oklahoma State over Willard Duffy, Indiana (IN) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 5 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation semifinal

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Dale Hanson, Minnesota over Carl King, Penn State — Dec (no score) · View bout
      2. Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa over Ralph Hirschtritt, City College (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Willard Duffy, Indiana (IN) over Dale Hanson, Minnesota — Dec (no score) · View bout

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa over Dale Hanson, Minnesota — Dec (no score) · View bout