NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1980 NCAA Championships

190 lb

Champion Noel Loban, Clemson (SC).Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Noel LobanCLEM
  2. 2Dan SevernASU
  3. 3Lou DiSerafinoRID
  4. 4Mike MannISU
  5. 5Geno SavegnagoEIU
  6. 6Mitch HullWIS
  7. 7Mike BrownLEH
  8. 8Joe AtiyehLSU

In 1980, a wrestler wrestled back only if the man who beat him reached the semifinal, so the consolation bracket is shorter than a modern one. Every bout the tournament recorded is drawn here.

Connected 1980 190-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

30 byes into the round of 32

  1. Jerry Morrison, San Jose State (CA) over Ryan Kelly, Oregon — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  2. Pete Froehlich, Illinois over Dan Morrow, Washington State — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Dan Pfautz, Penn State over Mark Downing (12), Clarion (PA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  2. Dan Severn (2), Arizona State over Jerry Morrison, San Jose State (CA) — Fall 2:25 · View bout
  3. Dennis Koslowski, Minnesota-Morris over Brian Thomas, Ball State (IN) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  4. Edcar Thomas Jr. (7), Oklahoma over William McQuaide, Massachusetts — Sup 20–7 · View bout
  5. Geno Savegnago (9), Eastern Illinois over Pat Murphy, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Fall 4:45 · View bout
  6. Joe Atiyeh, Louisiana State over Craig Blackman (11), Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Sup 13–1 · View bout
  7. Joe Davis, California-Poly over Pete Froehlich, Illinois — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  8. Joe Elinsky, Auburn (AL) over Scott Morton, Montana — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  9. Kent Bruggeman, Ohio State over George Fears, Navy (MD) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  10. Kevin Sheesley (10), Colorado State over Steve Lucas, Kent State (OH) — MD 16–5 · View bout
  11. Kirk Myers (5), Northern Iowa over Rey Martinez, Oklahoma State — MD 14–5 · View bout
  12. Lou DiSerafino (6), Rider (NJ) over Terry Crafton, Southern Oregon — Fall 6:51 · View bout
  13. Mike Brown (1), Lehigh (PA) over Craig Jennings, Northwestern (IL) — Fall 2:37 · View bout
  14. Mike Mann (4), Iowa State over Paul Marfiz, New Mexico — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  15. Mitch Hull (3), Wisconsin over Tony Smith, Brockport (NY) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  16. Noel Loban (8), Clemson (SC) over Mark Miller, Virginia Tech — Dec 11–5 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dan Severn (2), Arizona State over Joe Atiyeh, Louisiana State — Fall 5:36 · View bout
  2. Edcar Thomas Jr. (7), Oklahoma over Kent Bruggeman, Ohio State — Sup 15–3 · View bout
  3. Kirk Myers (5), Northern Iowa over Dennis Koslowski, Minnesota-Morris — Dec 13–6 · View bout
  4. Lou DiSerafino (6), Rider (NJ) over Joe Elinsky, Auburn (AL) — MD 13–4 · View bout
  5. Mike Brown (1), Lehigh (PA) over Dan Pfautz, Penn State — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  6. Mike Mann (4), Iowa State over Geno Savegnago (9), Eastern Illinois — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  7. Mitch Hull (3), Wisconsin over Kevin Sheesley (10), Colorado State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  8. Noel Loban (8), Clemson (SC) over Joe Davis, California-Poly — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dan Severn (2), Arizona State over Edcar Thomas Jr. (7), Oklahoma — MD 11–3 · View bout
  2. Lou DiSerafino (6), Rider (NJ) over Mitch Hull (3), Wisconsin — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  3. Mike Mann (4), Iowa State over Kirk Myers (5), Northern Iowa — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  4. Noel Loban (8), Clemson (SC) over Mike Brown (1), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dan Severn (2), Arizona State over Lou DiSerafino (6), Rider (NJ) — Fall 1:03 · View bout
  2. Noel Loban (8), Clemson (SC) over Mike Mann (4), Iowa State — Dec 11–6 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Noel Loban (8), Clemson (SC) over Dan Severn (2), Arizona State — Dec 9–6 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Geno Savegnago (9), Eastern Illinois over Paul Marfiz, New Mexico — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  2. Joe Atiyeh, Louisiana State over Jerry Morrison, San Jose State (CA) — Dec 13–11 · View bout
  3. Joe Davis, California-Poly over Mark Miller, Virginia Tech — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  4. Joe Elinsky, Auburn (AL) over Terry Crafton, Southern Oregon — MFF · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Geno Savegnago (9), Eastern Illinois over Kirk Myers (5), Northern Iowa — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. Joe Atiyeh, Louisiana State over Edcar Thomas Jr. (7), Oklahoma — Dec 15–11 · View bout
  3. Mike Brown (1), Lehigh (PA) over Joe Davis, California-Poly — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Mitch Hull (3), Wisconsin over Joe Elinsky, Auburn (AL) — Dec 8–4 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Geno Savegnago (9), Eastern Illinois over Mike Brown (1), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Mitch Hull (3), Wisconsin over Joe Atiyeh, Louisiana State — MD 14–6 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Lou DiSerafino (6), Rider (NJ) over Geno Savegnago (9), Eastern Illinois — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  2. Mike Mann (4), Iowa State over Mitch Hull (3), Wisconsin — Dec 6–6 (tiebreaker) · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Lou DiSerafino (6), Rider (NJ) over Mike Mann (4), Iowa State — MD 14–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Geno Savegnago (9), Eastern Illinois over Mitch Hull (3), Wisconsin — Dec 6–2 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Mike Brown (1), Lehigh (PA) over Joe Atiyeh, Louisiana State — Dec 4–3 · View bout