NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1942 NCAA Championships

128 lb

Champion Burl 'Bo' Jennings, Michigan State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Burl 'Bo' JenningsMSU
  2. 2Sidney MarksOKST
  3. 3Sam HarryPSU
  4. 4Mark MatovinaPUR

Championship

Round of 16 · 1 bout

  1. Harry Mangus, Wyoming over Irv Kagen, Illinois — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Burl 'Bo' Jennings (1), Michigan State over Fred Weltz, Northern Iowa — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Mark Matovina (4), Purdue (IN) over Gerald LeBlanc, Alfred State (NY) — Dec 13–7 · View bout
  3. Sam Harry (2), Penn State over Harry Mangus, Wyoming — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  4. Sidney Marks (3), Oklahoma State over Leslie Landmesser, Iowa State — Dec 7–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Burl 'Bo' Jennings (1), Michigan State over Mark Matovina (4), Purdue (IN) — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  2. Sidney Marks (3), Oklahoma State over Sam Harry (2), Penn State — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Burl 'Bo' Jennings (1), Michigan State over Sidney Marks (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Mark Matovina (4), Purdue (IN) over Fred Weltz, Northern Iowa — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  2. Sam Harry (2), Penn State over Leslie Landmesser, Iowa State — Fall 3:38 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Sam Harry (2), Penn State over Mark Matovina (4), Purdue (IN) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

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