NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1976 NCAA Championships

158 lb

Champion Lee Kemp Jr., Wisconsin.

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

Place winners

  1. 1Lee Kemp Jr.WIS
  2. 2Tom BrownWASH
  3. 3Joe ZuspannISU
  4. 4John AlthansNAVY
  5. 5Ethan ReeveTENN
  6. 6Jim WeirJCU

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

  1. Joe Zuspann (5), Iowa State over Jim Weir, John Carroll (OH) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Brad Holman, Michigan over Bruce Hadsell, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Dave Becker (8), Penn State over Mark Evenhus, Oregon State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  3. Dennis Bardsley, California-Poly over Mark Osgood, Kent State (OH) — Dec 10–1 · View bout
  4. Ed Torrejon, Eastern Illinois over Cliff Blom, Massachusetts — MD 14–6 · View bout
  5. Ethan Reeve, Tennessee over Bob Erickson (7), Utah State — Dec 13–6 · View bout
  6. Jay Stuart, Princeton (NJ) over Wally Clark, Long Beach State (CA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  7. Joe Zuspann (5), Iowa State over Kevin Kramer, Oregon — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  8. John Althans, Navy (MD) over Terry Reese, North Carolina State — MD 13–4 · View bout
  9. John Hanshaw (6), Arizona over Marty Schwartz, Yale (CT) — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  10. John Janiak (3), Syracuse (NY) over Evan Hollopeter, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  11. Lee Kemp Jr. (1), Wisconsin over Terry Martin, Oklahoma — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  12. Michael Regner Sr., Citadel (SC) over Peter Ackerman, Rider (NJ) — Sup 15–2 · View bout
  13. Mike McGivern, Iowa over Rick Peifer, Slippery Rock (PA) — Fall 7:52 · View bout
  14. Paul Martin (4), Oklahoma State over Randy Watson, Boise State (ID) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  15. Tom Brown (2), Washington (WA) over Rick Cousino, Miami (OH) — Sup 13–0 · View bout
  16. Turner Jackson, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Chris Clark, Clarion (PA) — Fall 7:07 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dave Becker (8), Penn State over Brad Holman, Michigan — Dflt · View bout
  2. Ethan Reeve, Tennessee over Ed Torrejon, Eastern Illinois — Fall 5:41 · View bout
  3. Joe Zuspann (5), Iowa State over Jay Stuart, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  4. John Althans, Navy (MD) over John Janiak (3), Syracuse (NY) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  5. Lee Kemp Jr. (1), Wisconsin over Dennis Bardsley, California-Poly — MD 12–4 · View bout
  6. Michael Regner Sr., Citadel (SC) over John Hanshaw (6), Arizona — Dflt · View bout
  7. Tom Brown (2), Washington (WA) over Mike McGivern, Iowa — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  8. Turner Jackson, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Paul Martin (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Joe Zuspann (5), Iowa State over Turner Jackson, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dflt · View bout
  2. John Althans, Navy (MD) over Michael Regner Sr., Citadel (SC) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Lee Kemp Jr. (1), Wisconsin over Dave Becker (8), Penn State — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  4. Tom Brown (2), Washington (WA) over Ethan Reeve, Tennessee — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Lee Kemp Jr. (1), Wisconsin over Joe Zuspann (5), Iowa State — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Tom Brown (2), Washington (WA) over John Althans, Navy (MD) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Lee Kemp Jr. (1), Wisconsin over Tom Brown (2), Washington (WA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. Jim Weir, John Carroll (OH) over Kevin Kramer, Oregon — Dec 8–6 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Dennis Bardsley, California-Poly over Paul Martin (4), Oklahoma State — Fall 3:13 · View bout
  2. Jim Weir, John Carroll (OH) over Jay Stuart, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  3. Mike McGivern, Iowa over Rick Cousino, Miami (OH) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  4. Terry Reese, North Carolina State over John Janiak (3), Syracuse (NY) — MFF · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Becker (8), Penn State over Dennis Bardsley, California-Poly — Dec 2–2 (tiebreaker) · View bout
  2. Ethan Reeve, Tennessee over Mike McGivern, Iowa — Fall 3:43 · View bout
  3. Jim Weir, John Carroll (OH) over Turner Jackson, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MFF · View bout
  4. Terry Reese, North Carolina State over Michael Regner Sr., Citadel (SC) — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ethan Reeve, Tennessee over Terry Reese, North Carolina State — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  2. Jim Weir, John Carroll (OH) over Dave Becker (8), Penn State — Dec 8–4 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Joe Zuspann (5), Iowa State over Ethan Reeve, Tennessee — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  2. John Althans, Navy (MD) over Jim Weir, John Carroll (OH) — MD 11–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Joe Zuspann (5), Iowa State over John Althans, Navy (MD) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ethan Reeve, Tennessee over Jim Weir, John Carroll (OH) — Sup 14–0 · View bout