1973 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 1973 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 473 bouts. Iowa State won the team title with 85 points; Oregon State was second with 72.5. Iowa State had two of the 10 individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: Chris Taylor, Iowa State · 5 falls in 13:52
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | Dan Sherman (4)Iowa | Iowa | Dec 10–5 over Tom Phillips (2), Oregon State |
| 126 | Mark Massery (4)Northwestern (IL) | Northwestern (IL) | Dec 9–8 over Ron Glass (3), Iowa State |
| 134 | Don Rohn (8)Clarion (PA) | Clarion (PA) | Dec 5–3 over Bobby Stites (2), Oklahoma State |
| 142 | Dan Muthler (6)Navy (MD) | Navy (MD) | Dec 9–4 over Reed Fehlberg, Brigham Young (UT) |
| 150 | Jarrett Hubbard (1)Michigan | Michigan | Dec 8–4 over Rick Lawinger (3), Wisconsin |
| 158 | Wade Schalles (1) · 2nd titleClarion (PA) | Clarion (PA) | Dec 9–2 over Mike Jones (2), Oregon State |
| 167 | Bill Simpson (4)Clarion (PA) | Clarion (PA) | Dec 7–3 over Doug Wyn (2), Western Michigan |
| 177 | Rich Binek (6)Iowa State | Iowa State | Dec 8–3 over Gene Barber, New Jersey (TCNJ) |
| 190 | Greg Strobel (1)Oregon State | Oregon State | Dec 8–3 over Johnny Johnson, Northern Illinois |
| Unlimited | Chris Taylor (1) · 2nd titleIowa State | Iowa State | Fall 4:19 over Jim Hagen (3), Oregon State |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1973
Head coach for the 1973 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa State | Harold Nichols | 85 |
| 2 | Oregon State | Dale Thomas | 72.5 |
| 3 | Michigan | Rick Bay | 59.5 |
| 4 | Brigham Young (UT) | Fred Davis | 42.5 |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | Tommy Chesbro | 42 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | Stan Abel | 38 |
| T7 | Iowa | Gary Kurdelmeier | 34 |
| T7 | Washington (WA) | Jim Smith | 34 |
| 9 | Ohio | Harry Houska | 25.5 |
| T10 | Navy (MD) | Ed Peery | 24.5 |
| T10 | Penn State | Bill Koll | 24.5 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | Duane Kleven | 20.5 |
| T13 | Northern Illinois | Don Flavin | 19 |
| T13 | Northwestern (IL) | Ken Kraft | 19 |
| 15 | Western Michigan | George Hobbs | 17.5 |
| T16 | Arizona | William J. Nelson | 14 |
| T16 | Michigan State | Grady Peninger | 14 |
| 18 | Hofstra (NY) | Bob Getchell | 13 |
| 19 | Southern Illinois Carbondale | Linn Long | 12 |
| 20 | Ball State (IN) | Peter B. Samuels | 10 |
Show all 68 teams
42 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1973 scoring rules.
Cite this page: “1973 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1973/