NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1985 NCAA Championships

142 lb

Champion Joe Gibbons, Iowa State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Joe GibbonsISU
  2. 2John OrrPRIN
  3. 3Peter YozzoLEH
  4. 4Kevin DresserIOWA
  5. 5Lew SondgerothUNI
  6. 6John EffnerINST
  7. 7John GiuraWIS
  8. 8Scott WiggenSTAN

In 1985, 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 1985 142-pound bracket

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  • "Cons →" is where the loser continues in the consolation bracket; tap it to go there.
  • "↩" is where a wrestler arrived from the championship bracket.
  • The score opens the bout.
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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

30 byes into the round of 32

  1. Amaro Lamar, Appalachian State (NC) over Cary Broad, Syracuse (NY) — MD 18–10 · View bout
  2. Scott Wiggen, Stanford (CA) over Rob Yoos, Lafayette (PA) — MD 17–6 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Adam Cohen (9), Arizona State over Ben Walker, Virginia Military — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  2. Bruce Swierczewski (11), Northern Illinois over Todd Steidley, Utah State — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  3. Chris Humphreys (10), Brigham Young (UT) over Gray Lauchle, Boston (MA) — TF 15–0 · View bout
  4. Dan Pantaleo, Olivet (MI) over Leo Bailey (7), Oklahoma State — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  5. Dave Zahoransky, Cleveland State (OH) over David Wood, California-Poly — Sup 14–2 · View bout
  6. Glenn Goodman, Oklahoma over Bill Ferrie, Nebraska — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  7. Joe Gibbons (1), Iowa State over Amaro Lamar, Appalachian State (NC) — MD 11–3 · View bout
  8. Joey McKenna (8), Clemson (SC) over Joe Lilovich, Purdue (IN) — MD 15–7 · View bout
  9. John Effner, Indiana State over Tom Urban, West Chester (PA) — TF 15–0 · View bout
  10. John Giura (4), Wisconsin over George Snook, Bucknell (PA) — MD 20–9 · View bout
  11. John Orr (3), Princeton (NJ) over Tom Kreamer, Lock Haven (PA) — Sup 13–1 · View bout
  12. Kevin Dresser (2), Iowa over Scott Wiggen, Stanford (CA) — Sup 16–4 · View bout
  13. Lew Sondgeroth (5), Northern Iowa over Randy Schimmel, Boise State (ID) — TF 20–5 · View bout
  14. Marc Cabrera, Seton Hall (NJ) over Mike McNaney, Wyoming — Dec 19–17 · View bout
  15. Maurice Brown, Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Gary Bolin (12), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  16. Peter Yozzo (6), Lehigh (PA) over Ron Cantini, Michigan State — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dan Pantaleo, Olivet (MI) over Marc Cabrera, Seton Hall (NJ) — Dec 12–8 · View bout
  2. Joe Gibbons (1), Iowa State over Maurice Brown, Southern Illinois Edwardsville — TF 18–2 · View bout
  3. John Effner, Indiana State over Joey McKenna (8), Clemson (SC) — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  4. John Giura (4), Wisconsin over Adam Cohen (9), Arizona State — MD 10–1 · View bout
  5. John Orr (3), Princeton (NJ) over Chris Humphreys (10), Brigham Young (UT) — MD 11–2 · View bout
  6. Kevin Dresser (2), Iowa over Bruce Swierczewski (11), Northern Illinois — MD 14–6 · View bout
  7. Lew Sondgeroth (5), Northern Iowa over Glenn Goodman, Oklahoma — MD 10–2 · View bout
  8. Peter Yozzo (6), Lehigh (PA) over Dave Zahoransky, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Joe Gibbons (1), Iowa State over John Effner, Indiana State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. John Orr (3), Princeton (NJ) over Peter Yozzo (6), Lehigh (PA) — MD 11–2 · View bout
  3. Kevin Dresser (2), Iowa over Dan Pantaleo, Olivet (MI) — Fall 6:51 · View bout
  4. Lew Sondgeroth (5), Northern Iowa over John Giura (4), Wisconsin — Dec 9–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Joe Gibbons (1), Iowa State over Lew Sondgeroth (5), Northern Iowa — Dec 4–4 (tiebreaker) · View bout
  2. John Orr (3), Princeton (NJ) over Kevin Dresser (2), Iowa — Dec 10–6 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Joe Gibbons (1), Iowa State over John Orr (3), Princeton (NJ) — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Amaro Lamar, Appalachian State (NC) over Maurice Brown, Southern Illinois Edwardsville — Fall 2:42 · View bout
  2. Chris Humphreys (10), Brigham Young (UT) over Tom Kreamer, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  3. Glenn Goodman, Oklahoma over Randy Schimmel, Boise State (ID) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  4. Scott Wiggen, Stanford (CA) over Bruce Swierczewski (11), Northern Illinois — Dec 9–3 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. John Effner, Indiana State over Amaro Lamar, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. John Giura (4), Wisconsin over Glenn Goodman, Oklahoma — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  3. Peter Yozzo (6), Lehigh (PA) over Chris Humphreys (10), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Scott Wiggen, Stanford (CA) over Dan Pantaleo, Olivet (MI) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. John Effner, Indiana State over John Giura (4), Wisconsin — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Peter Yozzo (6), Lehigh (PA) over Scott Wiggen, Stanford (CA) — Dec 8–6 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Kevin Dresser (2), Iowa over John Effner, Indiana State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  2. Peter Yozzo (6), Lehigh (PA) over Lew Sondgeroth (5), Northern Iowa — Dec 12–9 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Peter Yozzo (6), Lehigh (PA) over Kevin Dresser (2), Iowa — Dec 12–9 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Lew Sondgeroth (5), Northern Iowa over John Effner, Indiana State — Dec 6–5 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. John Giura (4), Wisconsin over Scott Wiggen, Stanford (CA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout