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1984 NCAA Championships

Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.

The 1984 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 494 bouts. Iowa won the team title with 123.75 points; Oklahoma State was second with 98.

10weights
10individual champions
494bouts
69wins by fall

Most falls in the least time: Tab Thacker, North Carolina State · 3 falls in 5:42

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Individual champions

1984 individual champions by weight
WeightChampionProgramTitle bout
118Carl DeStefanis (2)Penn StatePenn StateDec 6–4 over Bob Hallman (8), Northern Iowa
126Kevin Darkus (1)Iowa StateIowa StateDec 9–6 over Joe McFarland (2), Michigan
134Scott Lynch (5)Penn StatePenn StateDec 13–6 over Greg Randall (3), Iowa
142Jesse Reyes (1)California-BakersfieldCalifornia-BakersfieldMD 19–11 over John Orr (6), Princeton (NJ)
150Kenny Monday (1)Oklahoma StateOklahoma StateDec 7–2 over Marty Kistler (3), Iowa
158Jim Zalesky (1) · 3rd titleIowaIowaDec 9–5 over Mark Schmitz (6), Wisconsin
167Mike Sheets (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma StateOklahoma StateMD 9–0 over Lindley Kistler (2), Iowa
177Jim Scherr (2)NebraskaNebraskaDec 3–2 over Duane Goldman (1), Iowa
190Bill Scherr (1)NebraskaNebraskaMD 13–4 over Jim Baumgardner (2), Oregon State
UnlimitedTab Thacker (1)North Carolina StateNorth Carolina StateDec 3–1 over Gary Albright (6), Nebraska

Team standings

Scoring details →

Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1984

Head coach for the 1984 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.

1984 team standings
RankProgramHead coachPoints
1IowaDan Gable123.75
2Oklahoma StateTommy Chesbro98
3Penn StateRich Lorenzo70.5
4NebraskaBob Fehrs61
5OklahomaStan Abel51.5
6WisconsinRuss Hellickson49.5
7Iowa StateHarold Nichols40.25
8Louisiana StateLarry Sciacchetano38.75
9Michigan StateGrady Peninger29.25
10MissouriBob Kopnisky29
11Northern IowaDon Briggs28.75
12North Carolina StateBob Guzzo25.5
13Oregon StateDale Thomas23.25
14San Jose State (CA)T.J. Kerr22.25
15Lehigh (PA)Thad Turner20.25
16Arizona StateBobby Douglas19
17Princeton (NJ)John Johnston18.25
18MichiganDale Bahr18
19Temple (PA)Doug Parise16.75
20Miami (OH)Chuck Angello16.25
Show all 63 teams
1984 team standings, continued
RankProgramHead coachPoints
21Fresno State (CA)Dennis DeLiddo15.75
22California-PolyVaughan Hitchcock14
T23Nevada-Las VegasMark Churella10.5
T23TennesseeGray Simons10.5
T25Clarion (PA)Bob Bubb10
T25Pittsburgh (PA)Rande Stottlemyer10
27North CarolinaBill Lam8.5
28Lock Haven (PA)Neil Turner7.25
29Tennessee-ChattanoogaJim Morgan6.75
30Cleveland State (OH)Richard Bonacci6.5
31Bloomsburg (PA)Roger Sanders6.25
32Navy (MD)Ed Peery6
T33MinnesotaWally Johnson5.5
T33Stanford (CA)Chris Horpel5.5
35Boston (MA)Carl Adams5.25
T36Old Dominion (VA)Wade Schalles5
T36Utah StateBob Carlson5
T38New MexicoBill Dotson4.5
T38Syracuse (NY)Ed Carlin4.5
T40Purdue (IN)Bill Trujillo4.25
T40Washington StatePhil Parker4.25
42Rider (NJ)Gary Taylor4
43Weber State (UT)John Webb3.5
T44Cornell (NY)Andy Noel2.5
T44Ohio StateChris Ford2.5
T44Shippensburg (PA)Bill Corman Jr.2.5
T47Boise State (ID)Mike Young2
T47Indiana StateFran McCann2
T47Kent State (OH)Ron Gray2
T47Lafayette (PA)Not yet established2
T47Southern OregonBob Riehm2
T52Brigham Young (UT)Fred Davis1.5
T52Clemson (SC)Eddie Griffin1.5
T52Illinois StateGeorge Girardi1.5
T52WyomingJoe Dowler1.5
T52Yale (CT)Bert Waterman1.5
T57Colorado StateJames Kinyon1
T57MarylandJohn McHugh1
T57Rutgers (NJ)Deane Oliver1
T57VirginiaGeorge Edwards1
T57Youngstown State (OH)Not yet established1
T62George Washington (DC)James V. Rota0.5
T62Virginia TechJerry Cheynet0.5
49 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings

* Calculated from the bouts under the 1984 scoring rules.

1984 programs not in the published standings
RankProgramHead coachPoints
7*California-BakersfieldJoe Seay43*
16*Southern Illinois EdwardsvilleLarry Kristoff20.5*
34*North Dakota StateArthur Maughan6*
45*Augsburg (MN)Jeff Swenson4*
45*St. Lawrence (NY)John Clark4*
48*New Jersey (TCNJ)David Icenhower, Sr.3.5*
50*San Francisco State (CA)Lars Jensen3*
51*Oswego (NY)James Howard2.5*
55*Augustana (IL)Dennis Riccio2*
55*St. Cloud State (MN)John Oxton2*
62*Binghamton (NY)Stephen Erber1.5*
62*Olivet (MI)Jare Klein1.5*
69*Springfield (MA)Douglas E. Parker1*
75*Slippery Rock (PA)Fred Powell0.5*
78*Air Force (CO)Wayne Baughman0*
78*Appalachian State (NC)Paul Mance0*
78*Boston College (MA)Not yet established0*
78*Bucknell (PA)Bob Ferraro0*
78*Central MichiganCharles Sherwood0*
78*Citadel (SC)Ken Shelton0*
78*DelawarePaul G. Billy0*
78*Drexel (PA)Jack Childs0*
78*Eastern IllinoisRalph McCausland0*
78*Eastern MichiganJohn Eisley0*
78*Franklin & Marshall (PA)Mark Faller0*
78*Hofstra (NY)Not yet established0*
78*Idaho StateTom Jewell0*
78*IllinoisRon Clinton0*
78*James Madison (VA)Richard Besnier0*
78*John Carroll (OH)Anthony J. DeCarlo0*
78*MaineNicholas J. Nicolich0*
78*MassachusettsRick Freitas0*
78*Missouri StateMike McCarty0*
78*Morgan State (MD)James Phillips0*
78*New HampshireJames H. Urquhart0*
78*North Carolina-PembrokeP.J. Smith0*
78*North DakotaRob Stiles0*
78*Northern ArizonaLanny Westbrook0*
78*Northern IllinoisDon Flavin0*
78*Northern MichiganMike Duroe0*
78*OregonRon Finley0*
78*Portland State (OR)Len Kauffman0*
78*South Dakota StateRalph Manning0*
78*Virginia MilitaryIke Sherlock0*
78*West Chester (PA)Not yet established0*
78*West VirginiaCraig Turnbull0*
78*Western IllinoisJoe Protsman0*
78*Wilkes (PA)John Reese0*
78*William & Mary (VA)Not yet established0*

Cite this page: “1984 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1984/

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