NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1970 NCAA Championships

Unlimited lb

Champion Jess Lewis, Oregon State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Jess LewisORST
  2. 2Greg WojciechowskiToledo (OH)
  3. 3Wayne KarneyPortland State (OR)
  4. 4Vic MittlebergMSU
  5. 5Dick SchumacherEast Stroudsburg (PA)
  6. 6Mike EdwardsIOWA

Championship

Opening round · 3 bouts

  1. Bill Galler, Northwestern (IL) over Dan Widmer, California-Los Angeles — Dflt · View bout
  2. Dave Joyner (8), Penn State over Marty Weikart, Delaware — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Tom 'Otis' Walter, Kent State (OH) over Bob Galbreath, Drake (IA) — Fall 2:53 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bill Emendorfer, Tennessee over Ken Tams, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Bill Galler, Northwestern (IL) over Chuck Dressel, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  3. Bill Luttrell (10), Oklahoma over Ron Bleck, Wisconsin-Superior — Fall 6:51 · View bout
  4. Bill Osborn, Indiana State over Don Carden, Temple (PA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  5. Dick Schumacher (6), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Rick Bolhouse, Michigan — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  6. Frank Walsh, Brown (RI) over Phil Gustafson, Notre Dame (IN) — Fall 7:19 · View bout
  7. Fred Boeger, Colorado State over Tim Kennedy, Louisiana State — Fall 4:38 · View bout
  8. Gary Leinberger (9), Lehigh (PA) over Eric Swanson, California-Berkeley — Dec 15–9 · View bout
  9. Greg Wojciechowski (3), Toledo (OH) over Geary Murdock, Iowa State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  10. Henry Muller, Oregon over Dave Joyner (8), Penn State — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  11. Jerry Sherk (2), Oklahoma State over John Griffith, Air Force (CO) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  12. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Mike Edwards, Iowa — Fall 0:29 · View bout
  13. Mike Jacques, New York over Dan Walgate, Buffalo (NY) — Fall 6:44 · View bout
  14. Tom 'Otis' Walter, Kent State (OH) over Keith Burchett, Nebraska — Fall 0:23 · View bout
  15. Vic Mittleberg (7), Michigan State over Kent Gardner, West Chester (PA) — Dec 13–4 · View bout
  16. Wayne Karney (4), Portland State (OR) over Ed Newman, Duke (NC) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Galler, Northwestern (IL) over Bill Emendorfer, Tennessee — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  2. Dick Schumacher (6), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Gary Leinberger (9), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–3 · View bout
  3. Greg Wojciechowski (3), Toledo (OH) over Bill Luttrell (10), Oklahoma — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Henry Muller, Oregon over Bill Osborn, Indiana State — Fall 3:04 · View bout
  5. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Mike Jacques, New York — Fall 0:54 · View bout
  6. Tom 'Otis' Walter, Kent State (OH) over Jerry Sherk (2), Oklahoma State — Fall 1:13 · View bout
  7. Vic Mittleberg (7), Michigan State over Frank Walsh, Brown (RI) — Dec 26–10 · View bout
  8. Wayne Karney (4), Portland State (OR) over Fred Boeger, Colorado State — Dec 11–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Greg Wojciechowski (3), Toledo (OH) over Dick Schumacher (6), East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 12–4 · View bout
  2. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Henry Muller, Oregon — Dec 12–0 · View bout
  3. Vic Mittleberg (7), Michigan State over Tom 'Otis' Walter, Kent State (OH) — Fall 7:13 · View bout
  4. Wayne Karney (4), Portland State (OR) over Bill Galler, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Greg Wojciechowski (3), Toledo (OH) over Vic Mittleberg (7), Michigan State — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  2. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Wayne Karney (4), Portland State (OR) — Dec 8–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Greg Wojciechowski (3), Toledo (OH) — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Luttrell (10), Oklahoma over Geary Murdock, Iowa State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. Mike Edwards, Iowa over Mike Jacques, New York — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Schumacher (6), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Bill Luttrell (10), Oklahoma — Dec 12–3 · View bout
  2. Mike Edwards, Iowa over Henry Muller, Oregon — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Vic Mittleberg (7), Michigan State over Dick Schumacher (6), East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. Wayne Karney (4), Portland State (OR) over Mike Edwards, Iowa — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Wayne Karney (4), Portland State (OR) over Vic Mittleberg (7), Michigan State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dick Schumacher (6), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Mike Edwards, Iowa — Dec 4–0 · View bout

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