NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1970 NCAA Championships

142 lb

Champion Larry Owings, Washington (WA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Larry OwingsWashington (WA)
  2. 2Dan GableISU
  3. 3Keith LowranceMSU
  4. 4Wayne BrightOld Dominion (VA)
  5. 5Bill BeakleyOU
  6. 6Dan SilbaughWYO

Championship

Opening round · 10 bouts

  1. Dale Richter, Minnesota-Mankato over Lloyd 'Butch' Keaser, Navy (MD) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. Dan Gable (1), Iowa State over Larry Hulburt, Central Michigan — Fall 3:11 · View bout
  3. Dan Milkovich, Kent State (OH) over Bud Smeltz, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  4. Dick Keefe, Penn State over Mike Clark, Bowling Green (OH) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  5. Gary Pelcl, Minnesota over Greg Morgan, Ohio — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  6. Keith Lowrance (3), Michigan State over Gary Baker, Drake (IA) — Dec 19–6 · View bout
  7. Mark King, Michigan over Murray Neeper, Indiana (PA) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  8. Russell Reid, Virginia Tech over Tom Keeley, Western Michigan — Fall 6:00 · View bout
  9. Tom Lotko, Nebraska over John Direnzo, Long Island Post (NY) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  10. Wayne Bright (4), Old Dominion (VA) over Lyle Cook, Kansas State — Dec 12–0 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Alray Johnson, West Chester (PA) over Sam Bessinger, Utah State — Dec 13–3 · View bout
  2. Bill Beakley (8), Oklahoma over Vince Testone, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 13–5 · View bout
  3. Bill James, Army (NY) over Tom Lotko, Nebraska — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  4. Dale Richter, Minnesota-Mankato over Dave Thomas, Stanford (CA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  5. Dan Gable (1), Iowa State over Steve Welter, Indiana State — Fall 5:28 · View bout
  6. Dan Milkovich, Kent State (OH) over Roger Peterson (10), Washington State — Dec 12–3 · View bout
  7. Dan Silbaugh, Wyoming over Dick Keefe, Penn State — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  8. Doug Campbell (7), Oklahoma State over Dan Marano, Duke (NC) — Fall 1:12 · View bout
  9. Gary Pelcl, Minnesota over John Pegues, Virginia — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  10. Keith Lowrance (3), Michigan State over Jim Ventura, Oregon — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  11. Larry Johnson, Western Colorado over Terry Wells, Iowa — Fall 6:03 · View bout
  12. Larry Owings (2), Washington (WA) over Russell Reid, Virginia Tech — Fall 5:12 · View bout
  13. Mark King, Michigan over Warren Gamble, Ball State (IN) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  14. Steve Buttrey, Northwestern (IL) over Herb Campbell (9), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 14–12 · View bout
  15. Terry Moore (6), Portland State (OR) over Mike Reynolds, Air Force (CO) — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  16. Wayne Bright (4), Old Dominion (VA) over Ron Kenworthy, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 8–6 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Beakley (8), Oklahoma over Alray Johnson, West Chester (PA) — Dec 13–3 · View bout
  2. Dale Richter, Minnesota-Mankato over Dan Milkovich, Kent State (OH) — Fall 6:13 · View bout
  3. Dan Gable (1), Iowa State over Gary Pelcl, Minnesota — Fall 4:29 · View bout
  4. Dan Silbaugh, Wyoming over Doug Campbell (7), Oklahoma State — Fall 3:39 · View bout
  5. Keith Lowrance (3), Michigan State over Bill James, Army (NY) — Dec 15–5 · View bout
  6. Larry Owings (2), Washington (WA) over Mark King, Michigan — Fall 1:30 · View bout
  7. Terry Moore (6), Portland State (OR) over Steve Buttrey, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 24–6 · View bout
  8. Wayne Bright (4), Old Dominion (VA) over Larry Johnson, Western Colorado — Dec 13–1 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dan Gable (1), Iowa State over Bill Beakley (8), Oklahoma — Fall 2:27 · View bout
  2. Keith Lowrance (3), Michigan State over Terry Moore (6), Portland State (OR) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  3. Larry Owings (2), Washington (WA) over Dan Silbaugh, Wyoming — Fall 6:02 · View bout
  4. Wayne Bright (4), Old Dominion (VA) over Dale Richter, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dan Gable (1), Iowa State over Wayne Bright (4), Old Dominion (VA) — Fall 6:33 · View bout
  2. Larry Owings (2), Washington (WA) over Keith Lowrance (3), Michigan State — Fall 3:29 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Larry Owings (2), Washington (WA) over Dan Gable (1), Iowa State — Dec 13–11 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 1 bout

  1. Larry Hulburt, Central Michigan over Steve Welter, Indiana State — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Gary Pelcl, Minnesota over Larry Hulburt, Central Michigan — Dec 10–0 · View bout
  2. Mark King, Michigan over Russell Reid, Virginia Tech — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Beakley (8), Oklahoma over Gary Pelcl, Minnesota — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Dan Silbaugh, Wyoming over Mark King, Michigan — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Keith Lowrance (3), Michigan State over Dan Silbaugh, Wyoming — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  2. Wayne Bright (4), Old Dominion (VA) over Bill Beakley (8), Oklahoma — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Keith Lowrance (3), Michigan State over Wayne Bright (4), Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 1–0 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bill Beakley (8), Oklahoma over Dan Silbaugh, Wyoming — Dec 8–1 · View bout

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