NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1968 NCAA Championships

191 lb

Champion Dominic 'Nick' Carollo, Adams State (CO).Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Dominic 'Nick' CarolloADAM
  2. 2Tom KlineCP
  3. 3Gary CookESU
  4. 4Rich LorenzoPSU
  5. 5John SchneiderMSU
  6. 6Gary SeymourASU

In 1968, a wrestler wrestled back only if the man who beat him reached the final, and places were awarded through sixth, so the consolation bracket is shorter than a modern one. Every bout the tournament recorded is drawn here.

Connected 1968 191-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

32 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 16 bouts

    1. Bob Metz, Lock Haven (PA) over Jack Thrasher, Air Force (CO) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    2. Dominic 'Nick' Carollo (2), Adams State (CO) over Bruce Landrey, Oklahoma — Fall 3:24 · View bout
    3. Gary Cook (3), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Terry Allen, Navy (MD) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    4. Gary Seymour, Arizona State over Charles Amato, North Carolina State — Dec 7–5 · View bout
    5. Gene Detwiler, Colgate (NY) over Dan Kraft, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 12–2 · View bout
    6. Gene Libal, Nebraska over Monty McDaniel, Indiana (IN) — Fall 7:11 · View bout
    7. Jim Duschen (4), Iowa State over Julian McPhillips, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    8. John Schneider, Michigan State over John Wagoner, Shippensburg (PA) — Fall 1:54 · View bout
    9. Len 'Herman' Pettigrew, Ashland (OH) over John Salisbury, California-Berkeley — Dec 9–5 · View bout
    10. Marc Baretz, Temple (PA) over John Newmeister, Iowa — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    11. Peter Naff, Oklahoma State over Aaron Malinsky, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
    12. Rich Lorenzo (1), Penn State over Russ Hellickson, Wisconsin — Dec 10–2 · View bout
    13. Terry Crenshaw (6), Stanford (CA) over Ron Moen, Winona State (MN) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    14. Terry Hoover, Pittsburgh (PA) over Bill Henderson, Minnesota-Moorhead — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    15. Tim Wilmarth, Oregon over Chris Feder, Long Island Post (NY) — Fall 7:53 · View bout
    16. Tom Kline (5), California-Poly over Terry Faulk, Miami (OH) — Dec 3–3 (tiebreaker) · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Dominic 'Nick' Carollo (2), Adams State (CO) over Gary Seymour, Arizona State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    2. Gary Cook (3), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Gene Libal, Nebraska — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    3. Gene Detwiler, Colgate (NY) over Terry Hoover, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    4. John Schneider, Michigan State over Jim Duschen (4), Iowa State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    5. Rich Lorenzo (1), Penn State over Peter Naff, Oklahoma State — Fall 5:03 · View bout
    6. Terry Crenshaw (6), Stanford (CA) over Marc Baretz, Temple (PA) — Fall 4:31 · View bout
    7. Tim Wilmarth, Oregon over Bob Metz, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    8. Tom Kline (5), California-Poly over Len 'Herman' Pettigrew, Ashland (OH) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Dominic 'Nick' Carollo (2), Adams State (CO) over Tim Wilmarth, Oregon — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. Gary Cook (3), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Terry Crenshaw (6), Stanford (CA) — Dec 8–0 · View bout
    3. Rich Lorenzo (1), Penn State over Gene Detwiler, Colgate (NY) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    4. Tom Kline (5), California-Poly over John Schneider, Michigan State — Dec 4–1 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Dominic 'Nick' Carollo (2), Adams State (CO) over Gary Cook (3), East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 4–4 (tiebreaker) · View bout
    2. Tom Kline (5), California-Poly over Rich Lorenzo (1), Penn State — Dec 2–1 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Dominic 'Nick' Carollo (2), Adams State (CO) over Tom Kline (5), California-Poly — Dec 6–4 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

    1. Gary Seymour, Arizona State over Bruce Landrey, Oklahoma — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    2. Len 'Herman' Pettigrew, Ashland (OH) over Terry Faulk, Miami (OH) — Dec 10–8 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Gary Seymour, Arizona State over Tim Wilmarth, Oregon — MFF · View bout
    2. John Schneider, Michigan State over Len 'Herman' Pettigrew, Ashland (OH) — Dec 10–4 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Gary Cook (3), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Gary Seymour, Arizona State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. Rich Lorenzo (1), Penn State over John Schneider, Michigan State — Dec 13–3 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Gary Cook (3), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Rich Lorenzo (1), Penn State — Dec 8–3 · View bout

    5th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. John Schneider, Michigan State over Gary Seymour, Arizona State — Dec 2–1 · View bout