NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1968 NCAA Championships

Unlimited lb

Champion Dave Porter, Michigan.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Dave PorterMICH
  2. 2Jess LewisORST
  3. 3Jeff SmithMSU
  4. 4Fred AndreeMassachusetts Tech
  5. 5Dick SchumacherEast Stroudsburg (PA)
  6. 6Al BorkowskiNorthwest Missouri State

Championship

Round of 32 · 11 bouts

  1. Dale Stearns, Iowa over Roger Brown, New Mexico — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Dick Schumacher (6), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Tony Truitt, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  3. Dick Seloover, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Lowell Bryan, Davidson (NC) — Dec 13–0 · View bout
  4. Fred Andree, Massachusetts Tech over Kent Osboe (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 12–4 · View bout
  5. Henry Muller, Oregon over John Bierie, Air Force (CO) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  6. Jeff Smith (2), Michigan State over Ralph Sonntag, Maryland — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  7. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Joe Kutniewski, Fairleigh Dickinson (NJ) — Fall 1:04 · View bout
  8. Marty Weikart, Delaware over Tom Kusleika, Adams State (CO) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  9. Paul Elzey, Toledo (OH) over John Henry Ward, Oklahoma State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  10. Tom 'Otis' Walter, Kent State (OH) over Mark Kane, Navy (MD) — Fall 5:40 · View bout
  11. Tom Beeson (5), Western Colorado over Bill Galler, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 12–8 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Al Borkowski, Northwest Missouri State over Tom 'Otis' Walter, Kent State (OH) — Fall 6:07 · View bout
  2. Dave Porter (3), Michigan over Henry Muller, Oregon — Fall 3:57 · View bout
  3. Dick Schumacher (6), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Oliver Kenen, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  4. Fred Andree, Massachusetts Tech over Dick Seloover, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  5. Jeff Smith (2), Michigan State over Don Holtry, Utah State — Fall 4:45 · View bout
  6. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Marty Weikart, Delaware — Fall 2:49 · View bout
  7. Mike Kelly, Indiana State over Tom Beeson (5), Western Colorado — Dec 17–1 · View bout
  8. Paul Elzey, Toledo (OH) over Dale Stearns, Iowa — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Porter (3), Michigan over Dick Schumacher (6), East Stroudsburg (PA) — Fall 4:29 · View bout
  2. Fred Andree, Massachusetts Tech over Mike Kelly, Indiana State — Dec 10–2 · View bout
  3. Jeff Smith (2), Michigan State over Paul Elzey, Toledo (OH) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  4. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Al Borkowski, Northwest Missouri State — Dec 13–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dave Porter (3), Michigan over Jeff Smith (2), Michigan State — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  2. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Fred Andree, Massachusetts Tech — Fall 2:45 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dave Porter (3), Michigan over Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

  1. Marty Weikart, Delaware over Joe Kutniewski, Fairleigh Dickinson (NJ) — Dec 11–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Al Borkowski, Northwest Missouri State over Marty Weikart, Delaware — Fall 1:49 · View bout
  2. Dick Schumacher (6), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Henry Muller, Oregon — Dec 2–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Fred Andree, Massachusetts Tech over Al Borkowski, Northwest Missouri State — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  2. Jeff Smith (2), Michigan State over Dick Schumacher (6), East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 8–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Jeff Smith (2), Michigan State over Fred Andree, Massachusetts Tech — Dec 4–0 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dick Schumacher (6), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Al Borkowski, Northwest Missouri State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

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