NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1981 NCAA Championships

134 lb

Champion Jim Gibbons, Iowa State.

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

Place winners

  1. 1Jim GibbonsISU
  2. 2Darryl BurleyLEH
  3. 3Ricky DellagattaUK
  4. 4Dalen WasmundMINN
  5. 5Eddie BazaSJSU
  6. 6Clar AndersonAUB

Championship

Opening round · 3 bouts

  1. Eddie Baza, San Jose State (CA) over Khris Whelan, Missouri — MD 18–9 · View bout
  2. Kyle Grunwald (11), Louisiana State over Eric Kriebel, Indiana State — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  3. Tom Newcome, North Carolina State over Jon Moser, West Chester (PA) — Dec 9–7 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bob Bury, Penn State over Don Reese (8), Bloomsburg (PA) — Sup 22–8 · View bout
  2. Bob Hoffman, Nebraska Omaha over Dan Winter, Wisconsin-Parkside — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  3. Clar Anderson, Auburn (AL) over Steve Rosenstein, Arizona — Fall 1:59 · View bout
  4. Dalen Wasmund (7), Minnesota over Rob Parent, Central Michigan — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  5. Darryl Burley (1), Lehigh (PA) over Mark Iacovelli, Syracuse (NY) — Sup 21–5 · View bout
  6. Dave Goodspeed (10), Wisconsin over Morgan Woodhouse, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  7. Doug Drew, Kent State (OH) over Darrow Traylor, Boston (MA) — MD 10–0 · View bout
  8. Eddie Baza, San Jose State (CA) over Randy Miller (12), Clarion (PA) — Sup 19–6 · View bout
  9. Harlan Kistler (9), Arizona State over Chad Gross, John Carroll (OH) — Fall 7:38 · View bout
  10. Jim Gibbons (6), Iowa State over Mark Bower, Augustana (SD) — Fall 2:29 · View bout
  11. Johnnie Selmon (4), Nebraska over Bill Pincus, William & Mary (VA) — Fall 7:29 · View bout
  12. Kyle Grunwald (11), Louisiana State over Jeff Tolbert, Purdue (IN) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  13. Randy Lewis (3), Iowa over Keith Saunders, Indiana (IN) — Fall 4:50 · View bout
  14. Rick Waller, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Tom Newcome, North Carolina State — Dec 11–8 · View bout
  15. Ricky Dellagatta (2), Kentucky over James Williams, Boise State (ID) — Sup 34–11 · View bout
  16. Thomas Landrum (5), Oklahoma State over Chris DeLong, California-Poly — Fall 3:09 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob Bury, Penn State over Rick Waller, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Fall 4:26 · View bout
  2. Clar Anderson, Auburn (AL) over Thomas Landrum (5), Oklahoma State — Sup 17–3 · View bout
  3. Dalen Wasmund (7), Minnesota over Bob Hoffman, Nebraska Omaha — MD 12–3 · View bout
  4. Darryl Burley (1), Lehigh (PA) over Eddie Baza, San Jose State (CA) — Fall 6:33 · View bout
  5. Jim Gibbons (6), Iowa State over Doug Drew, Kent State (OH) — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  6. Johnnie Selmon (4), Nebraska over Harlan Kistler (9), Arizona State — Dec 15–11 · View bout
  7. Randy Lewis (3), Iowa over Dave Goodspeed (10), Wisconsin — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  8. Ricky Dellagatta (2), Kentucky over Kyle Grunwald (11), Louisiana State — Dec 13–8 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Clar Anderson, Auburn (AL) over Johnnie Selmon (4), Nebraska — FF · View bout
  2. Dalen Wasmund (7), Minnesota over Ricky Dellagatta (2), Kentucky — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  3. Darryl Burley (1), Lehigh (PA) over Bob Bury, Penn State — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  4. Jim Gibbons (6), Iowa State over Randy Lewis (3), Iowa — Dec 13–6 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Darryl Burley (1), Lehigh (PA) over Clar Anderson, Auburn (AL) — MD 12–4 · View bout
  2. Jim Gibbons (6), Iowa State over Dalen Wasmund (7), Minnesota — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jim Gibbons (6), Iowa State over Darryl Burley (1), Lehigh (PA) — MD 16–8 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. Mark Bower, Augustana (SD) over Cliff Porter, Oregon — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Competitor unrecorded and Competitor unrecorded, no single winner · View bout
  2. Bob Hoffman, Nebraska Omaha over Rob Parent, Central Michigan — Sup 17–2 · View bout
  3. Doug Drew, Kent State (OH) over Mark Bower, Augustana (SD) — Fall 2:25 · View bout
  4. Eddie Baza, San Jose State (CA) over Mark Iacovelli, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Competitor unrecorded and Competitor unrecorded, missing competitor · View bout
  2. Eddie Baza, San Jose State (CA) over Bob Bury, Penn State — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  3. Randy Lewis (3), Iowa over Doug Drew, Kent State (OH) — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  4. Ricky Dellagatta (2), Kentucky over Bob Hoffman, Nebraska Omaha — Fall 2:11 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Eddie Baza, San Jose State (CA) and Competitor unrecorded, missing competitor · View bout
  2. Ricky Dellagatta (2), Kentucky over Randy Lewis (3), Iowa — Fall 0:26 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dalen Wasmund (7), Minnesota over Eddie Baza, San Jose State (CA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Ricky Dellagatta (2), Kentucky over Clar Anderson, Auburn (AL) — Sup 19–6 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ricky Dellagatta (2), Kentucky over Dalen Wasmund (7), Minnesota — Dec 9–9 (tiebreaker) · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Eddie Baza, San Jose State (CA) over Clar Anderson, Auburn (AL) — Dec 8–4 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Randy Lewis (3), Iowa and Competitor unrecorded, missing competitor · View bout