1972 NCAA Championships

Unlimited

Champion Chris Taylor, Iowa State.

There is no bracket drawing for this weight yet. Every recorded bout is listed below by round.

Place winners

  1. 1Chris TaylorISU
  2. 2Greg WojciechowskiTOL
  3. 3Mike McCreadyUNI
  4. 4Harry GerisOKST
  5. 5Wayne KarneyPORT
  6. 6Jim HagenORST

Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

  1. Carl Dambman, Massachusetts over James Summerfelt, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  2. Don Jackson, San Jose State (CA) over William 'Pete' Lee, Ball State (IN) — Dec 17–10 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Ben Lewis (5), Michigan State over Tony Policare Jr., Buffalo (NY) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Bill Struve, Oklahoma over Tim Karpoff (8), Yale (CT) — Dec 10–9 · View bout
  3. Chris Taylor (3), Iowa State over Larry Malinowski, Central Michigan — Fall 2:50 · View bout
  4. Dave Joyner (2), Penn State over Russ Ranno, Ohio — Fall 3:58 · View bout
  5. Dennis Pierro, Minnesota-Mankato over Jim Bullock, Columbia (NY) — Fall 3:52 · View bout
  6. Don Jackson, San Jose State (CA) over Gary Ernst, Michigan — Fall 6:31 · View bout
  7. Greg Wojciechowski (1), Toledo (OH) over Jim Hagen, Oregon State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  8. Harry Geris (7), Oklahoma State over Carl Dambman, Massachusetts — Fall 4:21 · View bout
  9. Jim Bullock, Columbia (NY) over Mark Reid, Maryland — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  10. Joel Kislin, Hofstra (NY) over Jim Woods, Western Illinois — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  11. Mike Cerqua, Purdue (IN) over Rick Meinders, Utah State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  12. Mike Danjczek, Lehigh (PA) over Bill Crosby, Illinois State — Sup 21–4 · View bout
  13. Mike Fanning, Notre Dame (IN) over Don Dunham, Washington (WA) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  14. Mike McCready (6), Northern Iowa over Larry Bosma, Idaho — Sup 16–3 · View bout
  15. Milt Seals, New Mexico over Greg Freaney, William & Mary (VA) — Fall 4:36 · View bout
  16. Wayne Karney (4), Portland State (OR) over Herris Butler, Missouri — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Lewis (5), Michigan State over Jim Bullock, Columbia (NY) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Bill Struve, Oklahoma over Don Jackson, San Jose State (CA) — Dec 11–2 · View bout
  3. Chris Taylor (3), Iowa State over Milt Seals, New Mexico — Fall 4:41 · View bout
  4. Dave Joyner (2), Penn State over Mike Fanning, Notre Dame (IN) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  5. Greg Wojciechowski (1), Toledo (OH) over Mike Danjczek, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  6. Harry Geris (7), Oklahoma State over Joel Kislin, Hofstra (NY) — Fall 3:31 · View bout
  7. Mike McCready (6), Northern Iowa over Mike Cerqua, Purdue (IN) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  8. Wayne Karney (4), Portland State (OR) over Dennis Pierro, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 7–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Chris Taylor (3), Iowa State over Mike McCready (6), Northern Iowa — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Greg Wojciechowski (1), Toledo (OH) over Bill Struve, Oklahoma — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. Harry Geris (7), Oklahoma State over Dave Joyner (2), Penn State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  4. Wayne Karney (4), Portland State (OR) over Ben Lewis (5), Michigan State — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Chris Taylor (3), Iowa State over Harry Geris (7), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Greg Wojciechowski (1), Toledo (OH) over Wayne Karney (4), Portland State (OR) — Dec 6–6 (tiebreaker) · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Chris Taylor (3), Iowa State over Greg Wojciechowski (1), Toledo (OH) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Carl Dambman, Massachusetts over Joel Kislin, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Herris Butler, Missouri over Dennis Pierro, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  3. Jim Hagen, Oregon State over Mike Danjczek, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 5:35 · View bout
  4. Milt Seals, New Mexico over Larry Malinowski, Central Michigan — Fall 5:07 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Ben Lewis (5), Michigan State over Herris Butler, Missouri — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  2. Dave Joyner (2), Penn State over Carl Dambman, Massachusetts — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  3. Jim Hagen, Oregon State over Bill Struve, Oklahoma — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  4. Mike McCready (6), Northern Iowa over Milt Seals, New Mexico — Dec 11–5 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Jim Hagen, Oregon State over Ben Lewis (5), Michigan State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Mike McCready (6), Northern Iowa over Dave Joyner (2), Penn State — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Harry Geris (7), Oklahoma State over Jim Hagen, Oregon State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Mike McCready (6), Northern Iowa over Wayne Karney (4), Portland State (OR) — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Mike McCready (6), Northern Iowa over Harry Geris (7), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Wayne Karney (4), Portland State (OR) over Jim Hagen, Oregon State — Dec 10–1 · View bout