NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1966 NCAA Championships

191 lb

Champion Bill Harlow, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Bill HarlowOKST
  2. 2Don Buzzard Jr.ISU
  3. 3Tom FosterUtah State
  4. 4Rich WhittingtonCalifornia-Los Angeles
  5. 5John Nichols IIINAVY
  6. 6Tony BennettOU

Championship

Round of 16 · 6 bouts

  1. Bill Harlow (1), Oklahoma State over Olaf Drozdov, Maryland — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  2. Don Buzzard Jr. (2), Iowa State over Paul Thomas, South Dakota State — Fall 4:18 · View bout
  3. Henk Schenk (4), Oregon State over Burke 'Buck' Deadrich, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  4. Jim Maidlow, Michigan State over Fred Johnson (3), Augustana (IL) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  5. Tom Foster, Utah State over Ron Hampton, Adams State (CO) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  6. Tony Bennett, Oklahoma over Vince King, Marquette (WI) — Fall 4:06 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Harlow (1), Oklahoma State over Tom Foster, Utah State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Don Buzzard Jr. (2), Iowa State over Tony Bennett, Oklahoma — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  3. John Nichols III (5), Navy (MD) over Henk Schenk (4), Oregon State — Dec 13–10 · View bout
  4. Rich Whittington (6), California-Los Angeles over Jim Maidlow, Michigan State — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Harlow (1), Oklahoma State over John Nichols III (5), Navy (MD) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  2. Don Buzzard Jr. (2), Iowa State over Rich Whittington (6), California-Los Angeles — Dec 11–3 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Bill Harlow (1), Oklahoma State over Don Buzzard Jr. (2), Iowa State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Tom Foster, Utah State over Olaf Drozdov, Maryland — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  2. Tony Bennett, Oklahoma over Paul Thomas, South Dakota State — Fall 2:49 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Rich Whittington (6), California-Los Angeles over Tony Bennett, Oklahoma — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Tom Foster, Utah State over John Nichols III (5), Navy (MD) — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tom Foster, Utah State over Rich Whittington (6), California-Los Angeles — Dec 3–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. John Nichols III (5), Navy (MD) over Tony Bennett, Oklahoma — Dec 7–5 · View bout

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