NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1964 NCAA Championships

Unlimited lb

Champion Joe James, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Joe JamesOKST
  2. 2Bob BillbergMinnesota-Moorhead
  3. 3Merrill SolowinToledo (OH)
  4. 4Bob HoppPUR
  5. 5Richard ConawayIND
  6. 6Ed ScharerRUT

Championship

Round of 32 · 5 bouts

  1. Bob Billberg, Minnesota-Moorhead over Richard Conaway, Indiana (IN) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Bob Hopp, Purdue (IN) over Larry Kristoff (2), Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  3. Dick Arrington, Notre Dame (IN) over Tom Emanuel, Tennessee — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Joe James (3), Oklahoma State over Sidney 'Tim' Stein, Miami (OH) — Dec 2–2 · View bout
  5. Luke Sharpe, Duke (NC) over Roger Pillath (4), Wisconsin — Fall 6:48 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob Billberg, Minnesota-Moorhead over John Garamendi, California-Berkeley — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Bob Hopp, Purdue (IN) over Richard Redd, Colorado — Dec 10–2 · View bout
  3. Ed Scharer (6), Rutgers (NJ) over Roger Schilling, Iowa — Fall 6:41 · View bout
  4. Jim Nance (1), Syracuse (NY) over Dick Arrington, Notre Dame (IN) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  5. Joe James (3), Oklahoma State over Bruce Jacobsohn, Pennsylvania — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  6. John Illengwarth, Lehigh (PA) over Charles Kuhler, Rochester Tech (NY) — Fall 5:28 · View bout
  7. Luke Sharpe, Duke (NC) over Jim Homan, Iowa State — Fall 4:57 · View bout
  8. Merrill Solowin (5), Toledo (OH) over Homer McClure, Michigan State — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bob Billberg, Minnesota-Moorhead over Jim Nance (1), Syracuse (NY) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Bob Hopp, Purdue (IN) over John Illengwarth, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  3. Joe James (3), Oklahoma State over Ed Scharer (6), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  4. Merrill Solowin (5), Toledo (OH) over Luke Sharpe, Duke (NC) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Billberg, Minnesota-Moorhead over Merrill Solowin (5), Toledo (OH) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Joe James (3), Oklahoma State over Bob Hopp, Purdue (IN) — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Joe James (3), Oklahoma State over Bob Billberg, Minnesota-Moorhead — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Bruce Jacobsohn, Pennsylvania over Sidney 'Tim' Stein, Miami (OH) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Richard Conaway, Indiana (IN) over John Garamendi, California-Berkeley — Dec 7–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ed Scharer (6), Rutgers (NJ) over Bruce Jacobsohn, Pennsylvania — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Richard Conaway, Indiana (IN) over Jim Nance (1), Syracuse (NY) — MFF · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Hopp, Purdue (IN) over Ed Scharer (6), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Merrill Solowin (5), Toledo (OH) over Richard Conaway, Indiana (IN) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Merrill Solowin (5), Toledo (OH) over Bob Hopp, Purdue (IN) — Dec 3–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Richard Conaway, Indiana (IN) over Ed Scharer (6), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

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