NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1961 NCAA Championships

Unlimited lb

Champion Dale Lewis, Oklahoma.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Dale LewisOU
  2. 2Ted EllisOKST
  3. 3Rory WeberNW
  4. 4Johnston OberlyPSU

Championship

Round of 16 · 7 bouts

  1. Art Youngblood (5), Kent State (OH) over Jim Raschke, Nebraska — Dec 3–3 · View bout
  2. Dale Lewis (1), Oklahoma over Fred Wright, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Dave Davidson, Washington (WA) over Kent Horne, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Jan Schwitters, Iowa State over Warren Roberts, Washington State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  5. Johnston Oberly (3), Penn State over Mike Senzig, Michigan State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  6. Rory Weber (4), Northwestern (IL) over Charlie Moore, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  7. Ted Ellis (2), Oklahoma State over Warren Dawson, Wyoming — Fall 2:31 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dale Lewis (1), Oklahoma over Dave Davidson, Washington (WA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Johnston Oberly (3), Penn State over Garry Stensland (6), Oregon — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  3. Rory Weber (4), Northwestern (IL) over Art Youngblood (5), Kent State (OH) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  4. Ted Ellis (2), Oklahoma State over Jan Schwitters, Iowa State — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dale Lewis (1), Oklahoma over Rory Weber (4), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Ted Ellis (2), Oklahoma State over Johnston Oberly (3), Penn State — Fall 7:47 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dale Lewis (1), Oklahoma over Ted Ellis (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Fred Wright, Cornell College (IA) over Dave Davidson, Washington (WA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Jan Schwitters, Iowa State over Warren Dawson, Wyoming — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Johnston Oberly (3), Penn State over Jan Schwitters, Iowa State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  2. Rory Weber (4), Northwestern (IL) over Fred Wright, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Rory Weber (4), Northwestern (IL) over Johnston Oberly (3), Penn State — Dec 2–1 · View bout

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