NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1976 NCAA Championships

142 lb

Champion Brad Smith, Iowa.

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

Place winners

  1. 1Brad SmithIOWA
  2. 2Gene CostelloSRU
  3. 3Steve BarrettOKST
  4. 4Brad SmithTOL
  5. 5Tihamer Toth-FejelLEH
  6. 6Don RohnCLAR

Championship

Opening round · 4 bouts

  1. Alex Riccomini, Northwestern (IL) over Terry Fog, Washington State — MD 10–0 · View bout
  2. Gene Costello (8), Slippery Rock (PA) over Gary Bentrim, Northern Iowa — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  3. Steve Barrett (1), Oklahoma State over Mike Willner, Rhode Island — Fall 1:32 · View bout
  4. Steve Daniels, Portland State (OR) over Mike Moore, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 11–7 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Alex Riccomini, Northwestern (IL) over Rick Freitas, Montclair State (NJ) — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  2. Andy DiSabato, Ohio State over Bob Thoman, Weber State (UT) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  3. Bob Harwick, Virginia over Pat Greene, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  4. Brad Smith (6), Iowa over Ed Rivera, Temple (PA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  5. Brad Smith (6), Toledo (OH) over Court Vining, Nebraska — Fall 1:06 · View bout
  6. Don Rohn (2), Clarion (PA) over Dick Knorr, Oregon State — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  7. Gene Costello (8), Slippery Rock (PA) over Tim Mousetis, Kentucky — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  8. Keith Green, Oklahoma over Bob Bailey, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  9. Kerry Bolen, Arizona State over Alan Housner (5), Purdue (IN) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  10. Randy Nielsen, Iowa State over Ken Lewis, California-Berkeley — Sup 17–1 · View bout
  11. Rick Clark, St. Cloud State (MN) over Rick Strouse, Bucknell (PA) — Sup 19–4 · View bout
  12. Ron McKinney, California-Poly over Tony DiGiovanni (3), Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  13. Steve Barrett (1), Oklahoma State over Rex Branum, Eastern Illinois — Sup 17–2 · View bout
  14. Steve Sanderson (4), Brigham Young (UT) over Mike Millay, Louisiana State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  15. Tihamer Toth-Fejel (7), Lehigh (PA) over Tom Marriott, East Carolina (NC) — Dec 13–6 · View bout
  16. Tony Filippo, Northern Illinois over Steve Daniels, Portland State (OR) — Dec 7–6 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Brad Smith (6), Iowa over Tony Filippo, Northern Illinois — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Brad Smith (6), Toledo (OH) over Steve Sanderson (4), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  3. Don Rohn (2), Clarion (PA) over Keith Green, Oklahoma — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  4. Gene Costello (8), Slippery Rock (PA) over Andy DiSabato, Ohio State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  5. Rick Clark, St. Cloud State (MN) over Kerry Bolen, Arizona State — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  6. Ron McKinney, California-Poly over Alex Riccomini, Northwestern (IL) — Fall 1:58 · View bout
  7. Steve Barrett (1), Oklahoma State over Bob Harwick, Virginia — MD 16–5 · View bout
  8. Tihamer Toth-Fejel (7), Lehigh (PA) over Randy Nielsen, Iowa State — Dec 16–10 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Brad Smith (6), Iowa over Ron McKinney, California-Poly — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Brad Smith (6), Toledo (OH) over Rick Clark, St. Cloud State (MN) — Sup 17–5 · View bout
  3. Don Rohn (2), Clarion (PA) over Tihamer Toth-Fejel (7), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  4. Gene Costello (8), Slippery Rock (PA) over Steve Barrett (1), Oklahoma State — MD 14–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Brad Smith (6), Iowa over Don Rohn (2), Clarion (PA) — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  2. Gene Costello (8), Slippery Rock (PA) over Brad Smith (6), Toledo (OH) — Dec 5–5 (tiebreaker) · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Brad Smith (6), Iowa over Gene Costello (8), Slippery Rock (PA) — MD 12–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. Gary Bentrim, Northern Iowa over Tim Mousetis, Kentucky — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Gary Bentrim, Northern Iowa over Andy DiSabato, Ohio State — Fall 2:36 · View bout
  2. Keith Green, Oklahoma over Dick Knorr, Oregon State — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  3. Steve Sanderson (4), Brigham Young (UT) over Court Vining, Nebraska — Sup 17–1 · View bout
  4. Tony Filippo, Northern Illinois over Ed Rivera, Temple (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Steve Barrett (1), Oklahoma State over Gary Bentrim, Northern Iowa — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  2. Steve Sanderson (4), Brigham Young (UT) over Rick Clark, St. Cloud State (MN) — Sup 17–1 · View bout
  3. Tihamer Toth-Fejel (7), Lehigh (PA) over Keith Green, Oklahoma — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  4. Tony Filippo, Northern Illinois over Ron McKinney, California-Poly — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Steve Barrett (1), Oklahoma State over Steve Sanderson (4), Brigham Young (UT) — MD 12–3 · View bout
  2. Tihamer Toth-Fejel (7), Lehigh (PA) over Tony Filippo, Northern Illinois — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Brad Smith (6), Toledo (OH) over Tihamer Toth-Fejel (7), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  2. Steve Barrett (1), Oklahoma State over Don Rohn (2), Clarion (PA) — Fall 1:26 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Steve Barrett (1), Oklahoma State over Brad Smith (6), Toledo (OH) — Sup 20–6 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tihamer Toth-Fejel (7), Lehigh (PA) over Don Rohn (2), Clarion (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout