1983 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 1983 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 501 bouts. Iowa won the team title with 155 points; Oklahoma State was second with 102. Iowa had four of the 10 individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: Lou Banach, Iowa · 3 falls in 10:35
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | Adam Cuestas (7)California-Bakersfield | California-Bakersfield | MD 14–4 over Charlie Heard (4), Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 126 | Barry Davis (1) · 2nd titleIowa | Iowa | Dec 5–2 over Gary Bohay (2), Arizona State |
| 134 | Clar Anderson (5)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 5–3 over Clint Burke (2), Oklahoma |
| 142 | Darryl Burley (1) · 2nd titleLehigh (PA) | Lehigh (PA) | Default over Al Freeman (7), Nebraska |
| 150 | Nate Carr Sr. (1) · 3rd titleIowa State | Iowa State | Dec 8–5 over Kenny Monday (2), Oklahoma State |
| 158 | Jim Zalesky (1) · 2nd titleIowa | Iowa | Dec 7–4 over Lou Montano (2), California-Poly |
| 167 | Mike Sheets (1)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Sup 14–0 over John Reich (2), Navy (MD) |
| 177 | Mark Schultz (1) · 3rd titleOklahoma | Oklahoma | Dec 4–2 over Duane Goldman (3), Iowa |
| 190 | Ed Banach (2) · 2nd titleIowa | Iowa | Dec 4–3 over Mike Mann (1), Iowa State |
| Unlimited | Lou Banach (1) · 2nd titleIowa | Iowa | Fall 2:57 over Joe 'Wayne' Cole (2), Iowa State |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1983
Head coach for the 1983 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa | Dan Gable | 155 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | Tommy Chesbro | 102 |
| 3 | Iowa State | Harold Nichols | 94.25 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | Stan Abel | 64.75 |
| 5 | Lehigh (PA) | Thad Turner | 49 |
| 6 | Nebraska | Bob Fehrs | 46 |
| 7 | Penn State | Rich Lorenzo | 33.75 |
| 8 | Louisiana State | Larry Sciacchetano | 30.5 |
| 9 | California-Poly | Vaughan Hitchcock | 28.5 |
| 10 | Northern Iowa | Don Briggs | 28 |
| 11 | Navy (MD) | Ed Peery | 26 |
| 12 | Michigan State | Grady Peninger | 24.75 |
| 13 | Ohio State | Chris Ford | 24.5 |
| T14 | Arizona State | Bobby Douglas | 20.25 |
| T14 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | Jim Morgan | 20.25 |
| 16 | North Carolina State | Bob Guzzo | 16 |
| T17 | Illinois State | George Girardi | 15 |
| T17 | North Carolina | Bill Lam | 15 |
| T19 | Harvard (MA) | John Lee | 14.5 |
| T19 | Missouri | Bob Kopnisky | 14.5 |
Show all 66 teams
49 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1983 scoring rules.
Cite this page: “1983 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1983/