1965 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 1965 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 288 bouts. Iowa State won the team title with 87 points; Oklahoma State was second with 86. Iowa State had two of the 10 individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: Charles Tribble, Arizona State · 3 falls in 4:28
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | Tadaaki Hatta (2)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 9–6 over Glenn McMinn Sr. (4), Arizona State |
| 123 | Mike Caruso (1)Lehigh (PA) | Lehigh (PA) | Dec 8–5 over Bob Fehrs (3), Michigan |
| 130 | Yojiro Uetake (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 6–1 over Joe Peritore, Lehigh (PA) |
| 137 | Bill Stuart (2)Lehigh (PA) | Lehigh (PA) | Dec 10–9 over Wayne Hicks (5), Navy (MD) |
| 147 | Veryl Long (2)Iowa State | Iowa State | Dec 5–5 (tiebreaker) over Joe Bavaro, Gettysburg (PA) |
| 157 | Bob Kopnisky (4)Maryland | Maryland | Dec 5–4 over Bill Lam (3), Oklahoma |
| 167 | Greg Ruth (2)Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Dec 10–6 over Len Kauffman (1), Oregon State |
| 177 | Tom Peckham (2)Iowa State | Iowa State | Dec 5–3 over Bill Harlow (1), Oklahoma State |
| 191 | Jack Brisco (1)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Fall 6:32 over Dan Pernat (6), Wisconsin |
| Unlimited | Jim Nance (1) · 2nd titleSyracuse (NY) | Syracuse (NY) | Dec 5–3 over Russ Winer (2), Oklahoma State |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1965
Head coach for the 1965 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa State | Harold Nichols | 87 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | Myron Roderick | 86 |
| 3 | Lehigh (PA) | Gerry Leeman | 45 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | Tommy Evans | 44 |
| 5 | Michigan | Cliff Keen | 39 |
| 6 | Arizona State | Ted Bredehoft | 30 |
| T7 | Oregon State | Dale Thomas | 17 |
| T7 | Syracuse (NY) | Ed Carlin | 17 |
| 9 | Maryland | Sully Krouse | 16 |
| T10 | Army (NY) | LeRoy Alitz | 15 |
| T10 | Navy (MD) | Ed Peery | 15 |
| T10 | Wisconsin | George Martin | 15 |
| T13 | Gettysburg (PA) | Ray Reider | 12 |
| T13 | Penn State | Bill Koll | 12 |
| T15 | Michigan State | Grady Peninger | 11 |
| T15 | Utah State | George Galle | 11 |
| T17 | Lock Haven (PA) | Gray Simons | 10 |
| T17 | Notre Dame (IN) | Thomas Fallon | 10 |
| T19 | California-Berkeley | Bill Martell | 7 |
| T19 | Colorado State | Don Mullison | 7 |
| T19 | Yale (CT) | Henry Paschold Campbell | 7 |
Show all 52 teams
12 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1965 scoring rules.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53* | Air Force (CO) | Karl Kitt | 0* |
| 53* | Akron (OH) | Andy Maluke | 0* |
| 53* | Bowling Green (OH) | Bruce Bellard | 0* |
| 53* | California-Los Angeles | Dave Hollinger | 0* |
| 53* | Coe (IA) | Fred Moyer | 0* |
| 53* | Denison (OH) | George Gilbert | 0* |
| 53* | Georgia Tech | Lowell Lange | 0* |
| 53* | Ithaca (NY) | Herbert Broadwell | 0* |
| 53* | Kent State (OH) | Joe Begala | 0* |
| 53* | Montana State | Herb Agocs | 0* |
| 53* | Pennsylvania | Donald Frey | 0* |
| 53* | Toledo (OH) | Joe Scalzo | 0* |
Cite this page: “1965 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1965/