NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1983 NCAA Championships

118 lb

Champion Adam Cuestas, California-Bakersfield.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Adam CuestasCSUB
  2. 2Charlie HeardCHAT
  3. 3Bob DickmanINST
  4. 4John ThornISU
  5. 5Tim RileyIOWA
  6. 6Tony CalderaioSRU
  7. 7Mike ErbORE
  8. 8Al GutierrezCP

In 1983, 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 1983 118-pound bracket

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  • "↩" is where a wrestler arrived from the championship bracket.
  • The score opens the bout.
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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 5 bouts

27 byes into the round of 32

  1. Adam Cuestas (7), California-Bakersfield over Bob Hallman, Northern Iowa — Dec 15–10 · View bout
  2. Carl DeStefanis (2), Penn State over Greg Lonning, Luther (IA) — MD 14–3 · View bout
  3. John Thorn, Iowa State over Lou Ferullo, New Hampshire — Sup 15–2 · View bout
  4. Mike Erb, Oregon over Don Mabry, Arizona State — MD 18–9 · View bout
  5. Randy Willingham (1), Oklahoma State over Chuck Jones, Appalachian State (NC) — Fall 2:42 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Adam Cuestas (7), California-Bakersfield over Al Palacio, North Carolina — Fall 6:35 · View bout
  2. Al Gutierrez, California-Poly over Ed Giese, Minnesota — MD 17–7 · View bout
  3. Bob Dickman (6), Indiana State over Todd Sterr, Clemson (SC) — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  4. Brad Anderson, Brigham Young (UT) over Bobby Weaver (3), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  5. Charlie Heard (4), Tennessee-Chattanooga over Mike Erb, Oregon — Dec 14–11 · View bout
  6. Don Haddad (9), Colorado State over Rodney Hawthorne, Oregon State — MD 21–13 · View bout
  7. Harrell Milhouse (12), Michigan State over Tracy Yeates, Boise State (ID) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  8. Jamie Kasser (5), Clarion (PA) over David Jones, Montana State — Sup 18–5 · View bout
  9. Joe Spinazzola (11), Missouri over Matt Campbell, Nebraska — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  10. John Thorn, Iowa State over Tim Riley (8), Iowa — Dec 5–5 (tiebreaker) · View bout
  11. Mike Clevenger, Louisiana State over Bob Turner, Army (NY) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  12. Randy Willingham (1), Oklahoma State over Robert Wimberly, Ohio — Fall 3:44 · View bout
  13. Robin Morris, Wisconsin over Carl DeStefanis (2), Penn State — Fall 1:18 · View bout
  14. Roger DeSart, Nevada-Las Vegas over John Worley, Maryland — Dec 16–10 · View bout
  15. Todd Cummings, Bloomsburg (PA) over Marc Sodano, Wilkes (PA) — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  16. Tony Calderaio (10), Slippery Rock (PA) over Joe Downey, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Adam Cuestas (7), California-Bakersfield over Al Gutierrez, California-Poly — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Bob Dickman (6), Indiana State over Roger DeSart, Nevada-Las Vegas — Fall 3:35 · View bout
  3. Charlie Heard (4), Tennessee-Chattanooga over Don Haddad (9), Colorado State — MD 14–3 · View bout
  4. Jamie Kasser (5), Clarion (PA) over Todd Cummings, Bloomsburg (PA) — Sup 18–6 · View bout
  5. John Thorn, Iowa State over Mike Clevenger, Louisiana State — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  6. Randy Willingham (1), Oklahoma State over Harrell Milhouse (12), Michigan State — MD 15–5 · View bout
  7. Robin Morris, Wisconsin over Joe Spinazzola (11), Missouri — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  8. Tony Calderaio (10), Slippery Rock (PA) over Brad Anderson, Brigham Young (UT) — MD 11–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Adam Cuestas (7), California-Bakersfield over Robin Morris, Wisconsin — Sup 21–3 · View bout
  2. Bob Dickman (6), Indiana State over Tony Calderaio (10), Slippery Rock (PA) — MD 14–6 · View bout
  3. Charlie Heard (4), Tennessee-Chattanooga over Jamie Kasser (5), Clarion (PA) — MD 19–9 · View bout
  4. John Thorn, Iowa State over Randy Willingham (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 8–7 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Adam Cuestas (7), California-Bakersfield over Bob Dickman (6), Indiana State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Charlie Heard (4), Tennessee-Chattanooga over John Thorn, Iowa State — Sup 25–7 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Adam Cuestas (7), California-Bakersfield over Charlie Heard (4), Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 14–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Hallman, Northern Iowa over Al Palacio, North Carolina — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  2. Tim Riley (8), Iowa over Lou Ferullo, New Hampshire — Sup 17–5 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Al Gutierrez, California-Poly over Bob Hallman, Northern Iowa — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  2. Mike Erb, Oregon over Don Haddad (9), Colorado State — Fall 1:39 · View bout
  3. Roger DeSart, Nevada-Las Vegas over Todd Sterr, Clemson (SC) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  4. Tim Riley (8), Iowa over Mike Clevenger, Louisiana State — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Al Gutierrez, California-Poly over Robin Morris, Wisconsin — Dec 13–8 · View bout
  2. Mike Erb, Oregon over Jamie Kasser (5), Clarion (PA) — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  3. Tim Riley (8), Iowa over Randy Willingham (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–4 (tiebreaker) · View bout
  4. Tony Calderaio (10), Slippery Rock (PA) over Roger DeSart, Nevada-Las Vegas — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Tim Riley (8), Iowa over Mike Erb, Oregon — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  2. Tony Calderaio (10), Slippery Rock (PA) over Al Gutierrez, California-Poly — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Dickman (6), Indiana State over Tim Riley (8), Iowa — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. John Thorn, Iowa State over Tony Calderaio (10), Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 10–8 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bob Dickman (6), Indiana State over John Thorn, Iowa State — Dec 7–4 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tim Riley (8), Iowa over Tony Calderaio (10), Slippery Rock (PA) — Sup 22–5 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Mike Erb, Oregon over Al Gutierrez, California-Poly — MFF · View bout