NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1968 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion Dwayne Keller, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Dwayne KellerOKST
  2. 2Rick SandersPortland State (OR)
  3. 3Tim McCallIND
  4. 4Bill DeSarioCortland (NY)
  5. 5Ted ParkerIndiana State
  6. 6Gary WallmanISU

Championship

Round of 32 · 14 bouts

  1. Bill DeSario, Cortland (NY) over Bill Komloske, Colorado — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Bob Kawa, Utah over Wayne Watson, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  3. Dick Meyer, Lehigh (PA) over Gary Hetherington, Western Michigan — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  4. Dwayne Keller (4), Oklahoma State over Ron Vallance, California-Los Angeles — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  5. Gary Burger (2), Navy (MD) over Sam King, California-Poly — Fall 5:13 · View bout
  6. Gary Wallman, Iowa State over Bob Pavelko, Air Force (CO) — Fall 3:20 · View bout
  7. Rick Sanders (1), Portland State (OR) over Harry Weinhofer, Penn State — Fall 3:25 · View bout
  8. Scott Evans, Minnesota-Mankato over Ted Levine, Fairleigh Dickinson (NJ) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  9. Scott Patten, Army (NY) over Mike McGilliard, Michigan State — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  10. Stan Keeley (5), Oklahoma over Jon Wood, Citadel (SC) — Dec 12–4 · View bout
  11. Steve Rubin, Michigan over Jerry Reshetar, Drake (IA) — Fall 1:52 · View bout
  12. Ted Parker (6), Indiana State over Mike Milkovich Jr., Kent State (OH) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  13. Tim McCall (4), Indiana (IN) over Steve Bryant, East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  14. Tom Greenwood, Marquette (WI) over Mike Jarrell, Virginia Tech — Dec 8–7 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill DeSario, Cortland (NY) over Steve Rubin, Michigan — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  2. Dwayne Keller (4), Oklahoma State over Scott Patten, Army (NY) — Fall 3:18 · View bout
  3. Gary Burger (2), Navy (MD) over Bob Kawa, Utah — Dflt · View bout
  4. Gary Wallman, Iowa State over Dick Meyer, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 6:26 · View bout
  5. Rick Sanders (1), Portland State (OR) over Tom Bentz, Iowa — Fall 1:50 · View bout
  6. Stan Keeley (5), Oklahoma over Tom Greenwood, Marquette (WI) — Fall 1:23 · View bout
  7. Ted Parker (6), Indiana State over Richard Shildt, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  8. Tim McCall (4), Indiana (IN) over Scott Evans, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill DeSario, Cortland (NY) over Gary Burger (2), Navy (MD) — Fall 7:38 · View bout
  2. Dwayne Keller (4), Oklahoma State over Ted Parker (6), Indiana State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  3. Rick Sanders (1), Portland State (OR) over Gary Wallman, Iowa State — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  4. Tim McCall (4), Indiana (IN) over Stan Keeley (5), Oklahoma — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dwayne Keller (4), Oklahoma State over Bill DeSario, Cortland (NY) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Rick Sanders (1), Portland State (OR) over Tim McCall (4), Indiana (IN) — Dec 12–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dwayne Keller (4), Oklahoma State over Rick Sanders (1), Portland State (OR) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Harry Weinhofer, Penn State over Tom Bentz, Iowa — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Ron Vallance, California-Los Angeles over Scott Patten, Army (NY) — MFF · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Gary Wallman, Iowa State over Harry Weinhofer, Penn State — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  2. Ted Parker (6), Indiana State over Ron Vallance, California-Los Angeles — Dec 8–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill DeSario, Cortland (NY) over Ted Parker (6), Indiana State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Tim McCall (4), Indiana (IN) over Gary Wallman, Iowa State — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tim McCall (4), Indiana (IN) over Bill DeSario, Cortland (NY) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ted Parker (6), Indiana State over Gary Wallman, Iowa State — Dec 7–2 · View bout

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