1976 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 1976 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 482 bouts. Iowa won the team title with 123.25 points; Iowa State was second with 85.75. Iowa had three of the 10 individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: Herb Calvert, Oklahoma · 3 falls in 4:51
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | Mark DiGirolamoCalifornia-Poly | California-Poly | MD 14–4 over Johnnie Jones (3), Iowa State |
| 126 | Jack Reinwand (5)Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Dec 9–6 over Harold Wiley, California-Santa Barbara |
| 134 | Mike Frick (1) · 2nd titleLehigh (PA) | Lehigh (PA) | Dec 7–4 over Pat Milkovich (2), Michigan State |
| 142 | Brad Smith (6)Iowa | Iowa | MD 12–4 over Gene Costello (8), Slippery Rock (PA) |
| 150 | Chuck Yagla (1) · 2nd titleIowa | Iowa | Dec 5–0 over Pete Galea (2), Iowa State |
| 158 | Lee Kemp Jr. (1)Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Dec 4–0 over Tom Brown (2), Washington (WA) |
| 167 | Pat ChristensonWisconsin | Wisconsin | Dec 9–7 over Dan Wagemann (5), Iowa |
| 177 | Chris Campbell (2)Iowa | Iowa | Dec 9–4 over Mark Johnson (4), Michigan |
| 190 | Evan Johnson (7)Minnesota | Minnesota | Dec 8–6 over Frank Santana (1), Iowa State |
| Unlimited | Jimmy Jackson (5)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 5–3 over Greg Gibson (2), Oregon |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1976
Head coach for the 1976 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa | Gary Kurdelmeier | 123.25 |
| 2 | Iowa State | Harold Nichols | 85.75 |
| 3 | Oklahoma State | Tommy Chesbro | 64.5 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | Duane Kleven | 64 |
| 5 | Lehigh (PA) | Thad Turner | 55.25 |
| 6 | California-Poly | Vaughan Hitchcock | 53 |
| 7 | Minnesota | Wally Johnson | 43 |
| 8 | Michigan | Bill Johannesen | 36.5 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | Stan Abel | 34.5 |
| 10 | Penn State | Bill Koll | 23.25 |
| 11 | Kentucky | Fletcher Carr | 22.5 |
| 12 | Yale (CT) | Bert Waterman | 21.75 |
| 13 | Navy (MD) | Ed Peery | 21.5 |
| 14 | Oregon State | Dale Thomas | 20.25 |
| T15 | Clarion (PA) | Bob Bubb | 19.5 |
| T15 | Oregon | Ron Finley | 19.5 |
| 17 | Washington (WA) | Leslie Anderson | 17.75 |
| 18 | Slippery Rock (PA) | Fred Powell | 17.5 |
| T19 | California-Santa Barbara | Ed Swartz | 17 |
| T19 | Michigan State | Grady Peninger | 17 |
Show all 73 teams
38 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1976 scoring rules.
Cite this page: “1976 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1976/