NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1966 NCAA Championships

137 lb

Champion Gene Davis, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Gene DavisOKST
  2. 2Mike SagerOU
  3. 3Bill StuartLEH
  4. 4Bill JohannesenMICH
  5. 5Masaru YatabePortland State (OR)
  6. 6Jerry CheynetKansas State

Championship

Round of 32 · 7 bouts

  1. Alan Siegel, California-Berkeley over Colvyn Redden, Shippensburg (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. Don Schneider, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Steve Boozell, Central Missouri — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  3. Douglas Robertson, Oregon over Bill Thompson, Rochester Tech (NY) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  4. Jerry Cheynet, Kansas State over Barry Sutter, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  5. Lee Sprague, Oregon State over Tony Struzik, Marquette (WI) — Dec 13–3 · View bout
  6. Tony Russo, Arizona State over Wayne Hicks (2), Navy (MD) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  7. Vince Fitz, Penn State over Dave Saddler, Iowa State — Dec 10–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Johannesen (6), Michigan over Alan Siegel, California-Berkeley — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  2. Bill Stuart (1), Lehigh (PA) over Douglas Robertson, Oregon — Fall 5:08 · View bout
  3. Dale Carr (5), Michigan State over Lee Sprague, Oregon State — Dec 13–12 · View bout
  4. Don Schneider, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Bob Furlan, Northern Illinois — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  5. Gene Davis (3), Oklahoma State over Dave Halulko, Indiana State — Dec 10–2 · View bout
  6. Masaru Yatabe, Portland State (OR) over Tony Russo, Arizona State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  7. Mike Sager (4), Oklahoma over Jerry Cheynet, Kansas State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  8. Vince Fitz, Penn State over Edward Derryberry, Northern Colorado — Dec 9–6 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Stuart (1), Lehigh (PA) over Vince Fitz, Penn State — Dec 13–4 · View bout
  2. Gene Davis (3), Oklahoma State over Bill Johannesen (6), Michigan — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  3. Masaru Yatabe, Portland State (OR) over Don Schneider, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Mike Sager (4), Oklahoma over Dale Carr (5), Michigan State — Dec 17–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Gene Davis (3), Oklahoma State over Masaru Yatabe, Portland State (OR) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Mike Sager (4), Oklahoma over Bill Stuart (1), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Gene Davis (3), Oklahoma State over Mike Sager (4), Oklahoma — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Johannesen (6), Michigan over Dave Halulko, Indiana State — MFF · View bout
  2. Jerry Cheynet, Kansas State over Dale Carr (5), Michigan State — Dec 8–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Johannesen (6), Michigan over Masaru Yatabe, Portland State (OR) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Bill Stuart (1), Lehigh (PA) over Jerry Cheynet, Kansas State — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bill Stuart (1), Lehigh (PA) over Bill Johannesen (6), Michigan — Dec 9–4 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Masaru Yatabe, Portland State (OR) over Jerry Cheynet, Kansas State — Dec 5–3 · View bout

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