1954 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 1954 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 193 bouts. Oklahoma State won the team title with 32 points; Pittsburgh (PA) was second with 17. Oklahoma State had three of the 10 individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: Norvard 'Snip' Nalan, Michigan · 3 falls in 14:33
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | Hugh Peery (1) · 3rd titlePittsburgh (PA) | Pittsburgh (PA) | Dec 9–2 over Chas Ofsthun, Minnesota |
| 123 | Dick Govig (4)Iowa | Iowa | Dec 5–1 over Joe Lobaugh, Oklahoma State |
| 130 | Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (1) · 2nd titleMichigan | Michigan | Dec 6–1 over Jim Howard Sr. (3), Ithaca (NY) |
| 137 | Myron Roderick (2)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 8–4 over Eddie Eichelberger (4), Lehigh (PA) |
| 147 | Jay 'Tommy' Evans (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma | Oklahoma | Fall 4:15 over Donald Thompson, Oklahoma State |
| 157 | Bob Hoke (1)Michigan State | Michigan State | Dec 11–6 over Ed Rooney (2), Syracuse (NY) |
| 167 | Joe SolomonPittsburgh (PA) | Pittsburgh (PA) | Dec 6–2 over Ernie Fischer, Maryland |
| 177 | Ned Blass (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 5–4 over Royal Smith, Colorado |
| 191 | Peter Blair (1)Navy (MD) | Navy (MD) | Dec 10–5 over Joe Comly III, Lehigh (PA) |
| Unlimited | Gene Nicks (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 7–0 over Bob Konovsky (2), Wisconsin |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1954
Head coach for the 1954 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | Art Griffith | 32 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh (PA) | Rex Peery | 17 |
| 3 | Penn State | Charlie Speidel | 13 |
| T4 | Iowa | Dave McCuskey | 12 |
| T4 | Navy (MD) | Ray Swartz | 12 |
| 6 | Michigan State | Fendley Collins | 11 |
| T7 | Michigan | Cliff Keen | 10 |
| T7 | Oklahoma | Port Robertson | 10 |
| 9 | Lehigh (PA) | Gerry Leeman | 9 |
| 10 | Syracuse (NY) | Joe McDaniel | 6 |
| T11 | Illinois | B.R. Patterson | 5 |
| T11 | Minnesota | Wally Johnson | 5 |
| T11 | Purdue (IN) | Claude Reeck | 5 |
| T14 | Colorado | Ray Jenkins | 4 |
| T14 | Ithaca (NY) | Herbert Broadwell | 4 |
| T14 | Maryland | Sully Krouse | 4 |
| T14 | Nebraska | Al Partin | 4 |
| T14 | Wisconsin | George Martin | 4 |
| 19 | Kansas State | Fritz Knorr | 3 |
| T20 | Cornell College (IA) | Chuck Bryant | 2 |
| T20 | Kent State (OH) | Joe Begala | 2 |
Show all 26 teams
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| T22 | Brigham Young (UT) | Reed Nilsen | 1 |
| T22 | Northern Colorado | John Hancock | 1 |
| T22 | Springfield (MA) | Raymond E. Sparks | 1 |
| T22 | Texas A&M | Not yet established | 1 |
| T22 | Toledo (OH) | Joe Scalzo | 1 |
20 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1954 scoring rules.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26* | Auburn (AL) | Arnold W. Umbach | 0* |
| 26* | California-Berkeley | Henry Stone | 0* |
| 26* | California-Los Angeles | Briggs Hunt | 0* |
| 26* | City College (NY) | Joseph Sapora | 0* |
| 26* | Colorado State | Julius Wagner | 0* |
| 26* | Indiana (IN) | Charlie McDaniel | 0* |
| 26* | Iowa State | Harold Nichols | 0* |
| 26* | Lincoln (PA) | Robert Gardner | 0* |
| 26* | Middle Tennessee | Joe Black Hayes | 0* |
| 26* | North Carolina | Sam Barnes | 0* |
| 26* | Northern Iowa | Bill Koll | 0* |
| 26* | Oregon State | Jim Dixon | 0* |
| 26* | South Dakota State | Harold Holmes | 0* |
| 26* | Southern Illinois Carbondale | James Wilkinson | 0* |
| 26* | Temple (PA) | Charles Demetriades | 0* |
| 26* | Utah | Karl Schleckman | 0* |
| 26* | Wartburg (IA) | Norm Johansen | 0* |
| 26* | Washington State | William Tomaras | 0* |
| 26* | West Chester (PA) | Willard Trezise | 0* |
| 26* | Wyoming | Everett Lantz | 0* |
Cite this page: “1954 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1954/