NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1938 NCAA Championships

118 lb

Champion Joe McDaniel, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Joe McDanielOKST
  2. 2Willard DuffyIND
  3. 3Davis NatvigUNI
  4. 4Dale HansonMINN

Championship

Round of 16 · 5 bouts

  1. Carl King, Penn State over George Benz, St. Lawrence (NY) — Dec · View bout
  2. Dale Hanson, Minnesota over Raymond Aristy Argyros, Alfred State (NY) — Dec · View bout
  3. Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa over Francis Burnett Jr., Lehigh (PA) — Fall 3:15 · View bout
  4. Dennis Lawley, Southwestern Oklahoma over Paul Satterfield, West Virginia — Dec · View bout
  5. Harold 'Myrl' Bench, Utah State over Ken Stewart, Iowa State — Fall · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dale Hanson, Minnesota over Dennis Lawley, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec · View bout
  2. Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa over Harold 'Myrl' Bench, Utah State — Fall 8:22 · View bout
  3. Joe McDaniel, Oklahoma State over Carl King, Penn State — Fall 2:50 · View bout
  4. Willard Duffy, Indiana (IN) over Ralph Hirschtritt, City College (NY) — n/r · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Joe McDaniel, Oklahoma State over Dale Hanson, Minnesota — Dec · View bout
  2. Willard Duffy, Indiana (IN) over Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa — Dec · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Joe McDaniel, Oklahoma State over Willard Duffy, Indiana (IN) — Dec · View bout

Consolation

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dale Hanson, Minnesota over Carl King, Penn State — Dec · View bout
  2. Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa over Ralph Hirschtritt, City College (NY) — Dec · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Willard Duffy, Indiana (IN) over Dale Hanson, Minnesota — Dec · View bout

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa over Dale Hanson, Minnesota — Dec · View bout

Bouts as the source workbook records them, in round order. No bracket positions or byes are inferred.