NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1969 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Jason Smith, Iowa State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Jason SmithISU
  2. 2John WoodsCP
  3. 3Jesse Rawls Sr.MICH
  4. 4Jim VandehayORST
  5. 5Ben Welch IIINAVY
  6. 6Bill LaursenNW

Championship

Opening round · 3 bouts

  1. Jason Smith (2), Iowa State over Jim Sukle, Utah — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. John Amicucci, Maritime (NY) over Bill Hitesman, Winona State (MN) — Fall 4:53 · View bout
  3. Peter Naff, Oklahoma State over Pat Karslake, Michigan State — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Ben Welch III (8), Navy (MD) over Pat North, Northern Illinois — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Bill Laursen, Northwestern (IL) over Brian Cawley, West Chester (PA) — Dec 11–2 · View bout
  3. Bob Metz, Lock Haven (PA) over Walt Thatcher, San Jose State (CA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  4. Bob Underwood, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Jim Broncatello, California Poly Pomona — Dec 12–2 · View bout
  5. Don Marostica, Colorado State over Neil Cebell, Washington (WA) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  6. Jack Bentz (3), Lehigh (PA) over Peter Naff, Oklahoma State — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  7. Jason Smith (2), Iowa State over Jim Vandehay, Oregon State — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  8. Jesse Rawls Sr. (5), Michigan over Steve Metro, Louisiana State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  9. Jim Scrabeck, Air Force (CO) over Greg Smith (6), Army (NY) — Fall 6:54 · View bout
  10. John Woods (1), California-Poly over John Amicucci, Maritime (NY) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  11. Larry Laush (4), Oklahoma over Merrill Cook, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  12. Mark Goldberg, Hofstra (NY) over Gary West, Oregon — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  13. Mike Beaman, Drake (IA) over Rick Ortega, New Mexico — Fall 6:13 · View bout
  14. Randy Umberger, Maryland over John Magoteaux, Idaho State — Fall 4:01 · View bout
  15. Rick Sicilia, Washington State over Tom Potts, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  16. Steve DeVries (7), Iowa over Dave Wieland, Kansas State — Dec 14–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Welch III (8), Navy (MD) over Bob Underwood, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Bill Laursen, Northwestern (IL) over Jack Bentz (3), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. Don Marostica, Colorado State over Jim Scrabeck, Air Force (CO) — Dec 12–7 · View bout
  4. Jason Smith (2), Iowa State over Bob Metz, Lock Haven (PA) — Fall 1:20 · View bout
  5. Jesse Rawls Sr. (5), Michigan over Rick Sicilia, Washington State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  6. John Woods (1), California-Poly over Randy Umberger, Maryland — Dec 13–5 · View bout
  7. Larry Laush (4), Oklahoma over Mike Beaman, Drake (IA) — Fall 5:32 · View bout
  8. Steve DeVries (7), Iowa over Mark Goldberg, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Laursen, Northwestern (IL) over Don Marostica, Colorado State — Dec 19–12 · View bout
  2. Jason Smith (2), Iowa State over Steve DeVries (7), Iowa — Dflt · View bout
  3. Jesse Rawls Sr. (5), Michigan over Larry Laush (4), Oklahoma — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  4. John Woods (1), California-Poly over Ben Welch III (8), Navy (MD) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jason Smith (2), Iowa State over Bill Laursen, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  2. John Woods (1), California-Poly over Jesse Rawls Sr. (5), Michigan — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jason Smith (2), Iowa State over John Woods (1), California-Poly — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 1 bout

  1. Jim Vandehay, Oregon State over Jim Sukle, Utah — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Jim Vandehay, Oregon State over Bob Metz, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 11–0 · View bout
  2. John Amicucci, Maritime (NY) over Randy Umberger, Maryland — Dec 9–4 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ben Welch III (8), Navy (MD) over John Amicucci, Maritime (NY) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Jim Vandehay, Oregon State over Steve DeVries (7), Iowa — MFF · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jesse Rawls Sr. (5), Michigan over Ben Welch III (8), Navy (MD) — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  2. Jim Vandehay, Oregon State over Bill Laursen, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Jesse Rawls Sr. (5), Michigan over Jim Vandehay, Oregon State — Dec 12–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ben Welch III (8), Navy (MD) over Bill Laursen, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

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