NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1971 NCAA Championships

126 lb

Champion Yoshiro Fujita, Oklahoma State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Yoshiro FujitaOKST
  2. 2Ken DonaldsonAF
  3. 3Greg SurenianLEH
  4. 4John MeikleUCLA
  5. 5Mark MasseryNW
  6. 6Jim HaganMICH

In 1971, 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 1971 126-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

30 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 14 bouts

    2 byes into the round of 16

    1. Byron 'Bynie' Parker, Lock Haven (PA) over John Terry, Long Beach State (CA) — Fall 1:54 · View bout
    2. Chris Black (7), Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Pat Kaveny, Washington (WA) — Dec 12–5 · View bout
    3. Chuck Chambers (10), Brigham Young (UT) over Jim McArdle, Army (NY) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    4. Dale Murdock, Clarion (PA) over Gary Kukuk, Arizona — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    5. Dave Reynolds, Massachusetts over Donnie Wilson, Drake (IA) — Dec 8–7 · View bout
    6. Greg Surenian (8), Lehigh (PA) over Ron Crisman, Washington State — Dec 9–6 · View bout
    7. Ken Donaldson (6), Air Force (CO) over Reynaldo Contreras, Fresno State (CA) — Fall 9:15 · View bout
    8. Ken Gerdes Sr. (9), Southern Illinois Carbondale over Mike Johnson, Colorado — Dec 8–6 · View bout
    9. Larry Munger (5), Iowa State over Ron Miller, Western Michigan — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    10. Lew Mason (4), Navy (MD) over Glenn Anderson, California-Poly — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    11. Mark Massery (2), Northwestern (IL) over Danny Monroe, East Carolina (NC) — Fall 3:13 · View bout
    12. Nyal Kessinger, Wisconsin over Jim Voss, Auburn (AL) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    13. Serge Brunner, Brown (RI) over Lester Seat, Oklahoma — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    14. Yoshiro Fujita (1), Oklahoma State over Jim Hagan, Michigan — Dec 11–2 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Chris Black (7), Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Serge Brunner, Brown (RI) — Dec 12–2 · View bout
    2. Greg Surenian (8), Lehigh (PA) over Dave Reynolds, Massachusetts — Dec 15–4 · View bout
    3. John Meikle (3), California-Los Angeles over Nyal Kessinger, Wisconsin — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    4. Ken Donaldson (6), Air Force (CO) over Byron 'Bynie' Parker, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 11–3 · View bout
    5. Ken Gerdes Sr. (9), Southern Illinois Carbondale over Lew Mason (4), Navy (MD) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
    6. Larry Munger (5), Iowa State over Ken Coleman, Utah State — Dec 7–0 · View bout
    7. Mark Massery (2), Northwestern (IL) over Dale Murdock, Clarion (PA) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
    8. Yoshiro Fujita (1), Oklahoma State over Chuck Chambers (10), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 12–2 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Greg Surenian (8), Lehigh (PA) over Ken Gerdes Sr. (9), Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    2. John Meikle (3), California-Los Angeles over Chris Black (7), Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
    3. Ken Donaldson (6), Air Force (CO) over Mark Massery (2), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    4. Yoshiro Fujita (1), Oklahoma State over Larry Munger (5), Iowa State — Dec 11–2 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Ken Donaldson (6), Air Force (CO) over John Meikle (3), California-Los Angeles — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    2. Yoshiro Fujita (1), Oklahoma State over Greg Surenian (8), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 14–4 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Yoshiro Fujita (1), Oklahoma State over Ken Donaldson (6), Air Force (CO) — Dec 13–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

    1. Jim Hagan, Michigan over Chuck Chambers (10), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 11–3 · View bout
    2. Reynaldo Contreras, Fresno State (CA) over Byron 'Bynie' Parker, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 17–5 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Jim Hagan, Michigan over Larry Munger (5), Iowa State — Fall 0:36 · View bout
    2. Mark Massery (2), Northwestern (IL) over Reynaldo Contreras, Fresno State (CA) — Fall 1:43 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Greg Surenian (8), Lehigh (PA) over Jim Hagan, Michigan — Dec 7–4 · View bout
    2. John Meikle (3), California-Los Angeles over Mark Massery (2), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 10–4 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Greg Surenian (8), Lehigh (PA) over John Meikle (3), California-Los Angeles — Dec 2–1 · View bout

    5th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Mark Massery (2), Northwestern (IL) over Jim Hagan, Michigan — Dec 9–6 · View bout