NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1971 NCAA Championships

134 lb

Champion Roger Weigel, Oregon State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Roger WeigelORST
  2. 2Dwayne KellerOKST
  3. 3Phil ParkerISU
  4. 4Larry RippeyLH
  5. 5Laron HansenBYU
  6. 6Bill JamesARMY

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 134-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

31 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 15 bouts

    1 byes into the round of 16

    1. Bill James, Army (NY) over Bob Goodman, Missouri — Dec 7–0 · View bout
    2. Brian Schmidt, West Chester (PA) over Shelly Goldberg, Massachusetts — Dec 15–5 · View bout
    3. Bruce Carnes, Utah over John Kaila, William & Mary (VA) — Fall 6:05 · View bout
    4. Dwayne Keller (1), Oklahoma State over Dana Balum, Penn State — Fall 4:02 · View bout
    5. Gary Christensen, Drake (IA) over Gene Walker, Idaho State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    6. Joe Boone, Oklahoma over Scott Novotny, Illinois State — Fall 7:37 · View bout
    7. Ken Stockdale (9), Minnesota-Mankato over Ron Junko (5), Toledo (OH) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
    8. Laron Hansen (6), Brigham Young (UT) over Jim Humphrey, Ohio State — Dec 16–3 · View bout
    9. Larry Rippey (7), Lock Haven (PA) over Larry Morgan (10), California-Poly — Dec 12–9 · View bout
    10. Pete Medley, California-Berkeley over Kemble Matter, East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    11. Phil Parker (4), Iowa State over Brent Merrill, Oregon — Dec 9–3 · View bout
    12. Reid Lamphere (8), Minnesota over Lyle Ballew, Washington (WA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    13. Rod Irwin, Slippery Rock (PA) over Gil Mendez, California-Los Angeles — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    14. Roger Weigel (2), Oregon State over Dave Waters, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 4:58 · View bout
    15. Tom Milkovich (3), Michigan State over Thomas Talbert, Maryland — Fall 1:54 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bill James, Army (NY) over Ken Stockdale (9), Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 8–5 · View bout
    2. Dwayne Keller (1), Oklahoma State over Pete Medley, California-Berkeley — Dec 14–2 · View bout
    3. Laron Hansen (6), Brigham Young (UT) over Rod Irwin, Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    4. Larry Rippey (7), Lock Haven (PA) over Joe Boone, Oklahoma — Fall 7:09 · View bout
    5. Phil Parker (4), Iowa State over Bruce Carnes, Utah — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    6. Reid Lamphere (8), Minnesota over Gary Christensen, Drake (IA) — Dec 21–3 · View bout
    7. Roger Weigel (2), Oregon State over Terry Stuehrenberg, Arizona — Dec 11–4 · View bout
    8. Tom Milkovich (3), Michigan State over Brian Schmidt, West Chester (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Dwayne Keller (1), Oklahoma State over Bill James, Army (NY) — Dec 11–2 · View bout
    2. Larry Rippey (7), Lock Haven (PA) over Tom Milkovich (3), Michigan State — Dec 7–5 · View bout
    3. Phil Parker (4), Iowa State over Reid Lamphere (8), Minnesota — Dec 10–2 · View bout
    4. Roger Weigel (2), Oregon State over Laron Hansen (6), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 17–16 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Dwayne Keller (1), Oklahoma State over Phil Parker (4), Iowa State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    2. Roger Weigel (2), Oregon State over Larry Rippey (7), Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 16–5 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Roger Weigel (2), Oregon State over Dwayne Keller (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 15–7 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

    1. Pete Medley, California-Berkeley over Dana Balum, Penn State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
    2. Terry Stuehrenberg, Arizona over Dave Waters, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 2:59 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Bill James, Army (NY) over Pete Medley, California-Berkeley — Dec 1–0 · View bout
    2. Laron Hansen (6), Brigham Young (UT) over Terry Stuehrenberg, Arizona — Dec 3–0 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Larry Rippey (7), Lock Haven (PA) over Laron Hansen (6), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 16–7 · View bout
    2. Phil Parker (4), Iowa State over Bill James, Army (NY) — Dec 9–3 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Phil Parker (4), Iowa State over Larry Rippey (7), Lock Haven (PA) — Fall 3:00 · View bout

    5th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Laron Hansen (6), Brigham Young (UT) over Bill James, Army (NY) — Dec 4–3 · View bout