NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1971 NCAA Championships

142 lb

Champion Darrell Keller, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Darrell KellerOKST
  2. 2Larry OwingsWashington (WA)
  3. 3Leandro TorresCP
  4. 4Lloyd 'Butch' KeaserNAVY
  5. 5Tom WhitakerKent State (OH)
  6. 6Richard BaconWestern Michigan

Championship

Round of 32 · 13 bouts

  1. Bob Bergen (4), Portland State (OR) over Mark King, Michigan — Dec 15–6 · View bout
  2. Bruce Burnett (10), Idaho State over John Pegues, Virginia — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  3. Chester Cook, California (PA) over Pat Coleman, Harvard (MA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. Dave Thomas, Stanford (CA) over Tom Cox, Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  5. James Guizzotti (7), Ashland (OH) over Clay Jester, Massachusetts — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  6. Larry Owings (1), Washington (WA) over Tom Whitaker, Kent State (OH) — Fall 6:12 · View bout
  7. Leandro Torres (8), California-Poly over Alray Johnson, West Chester (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  8. Lloyd 'Butch' Keaser (3), Navy (MD) over Greg Morgan (9), Ohio — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  9. Paul Brodmerkel, Lock Haven (PA) over Tom Lotko, Nebraska — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  10. Richard Bacon (6), Western Michigan over Tony Ptak, East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 12–8 · View bout
  11. Ron Kenworthy (5), Brigham Young (UT) over Bill Willetts, Indiana (IN) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  12. Sam Bessinger, Utah State over Neil Duncan, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  13. Wayne Monts, Colorado over Mike Spohn, East Carolina (NC) — Dec 10–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob Bergen (4), Portland State (OR) over Paul Brodmerkel, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Darrell Keller (2), Oklahoma State over Dave Thomas, Stanford (CA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  3. James Guizzotti (7), Ashland (OH) over Doug Moses, Iowa State — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  4. Larry Owings (1), Washington (WA) over Chester Cook, California (PA) — Fall 1:36 · View bout
  5. Leandro Torres (8), California-Poly over Bruce Burnett (10), Idaho State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  6. Lloyd 'Butch' Keaser (3), Navy (MD) over Wayne Monts, Colorado — Fall 6:21 · View bout
  7. Richard Bacon (6), Western Michigan over Sam Bessinger, Utah State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  8. Rob Brown, Oregon State over Ron Kenworthy (5), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Darrell Keller (2), Oklahoma State over Richard Bacon (6), Western Michigan — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  2. Larry Owings (1), Washington (WA) over Rob Brown, Oregon State — Dec 17–2 · View bout
  3. Leandro Torres (8), California-Poly over Bob Bergen (4), Portland State (OR) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  4. Lloyd 'Butch' Keaser (3), Navy (MD) over James Guizzotti (7), Ashland (OH) — Dec 8–7 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Darrell Keller (2), Oklahoma State over Lloyd 'Butch' Keaser (3), Navy (MD) — Dec 8–8 · View bout
  2. Larry Owings (1), Washington (WA) over Leandro Torres (8), California-Poly — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Darrell Keller (2), Oklahoma State over Larry Owings (1), Washington (WA) — Dec 16–12 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

  1. Tom Whitaker, Kent State (OH) over Chester Cook, California (PA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Richard Bacon (6), Western Michigan over Dave Thomas, Stanford (CA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Tom Whitaker, Kent State (OH) over Rob Brown, Oregon State — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Leandro Torres (8), California-Poly over Tom Whitaker, Kent State (OH) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Lloyd 'Butch' Keaser (3), Navy (MD) over Richard Bacon (6), Western Michigan — Fall 3:56 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Leandro Torres (8), California-Poly over Lloyd 'Butch' Keaser (3), Navy (MD) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tom Whitaker, Kent State (OH) over Richard Bacon (6), Western Michigan — Dec 6–2 · View bout

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