NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1972 NCAA Championships

190 lb

Champion Ben Peterson, Iowa State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Ben PetersonISU
  2. 2Emil DelierePRIN
  3. 3Barry ReighardOHIO
  4. 4Paul ZanderIOWA
  5. 5Greg StrobelORST
  6. 6Fletcher CarrTampa (FL)

Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

  1. Bruce Buckbee, Massachusetts over John Berg, Fresno State (CA) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. John Hohmann, New York over Joe Halbig, Cincinnati (OH) — Dec 11–3 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Barry Reighard (6), Ohio over Rick Jones, Oklahoma State — Dec 12–4 · View bout
  2. Ben Peterson (1), Iowa State over John Hohmann, New York — Fall 2:58 · View bout
  3. Bruce Buckbee, Massachusetts over Chris Johnson, Air Force (CO) — Fall 5:28 · View bout
  4. Bruce Davis, New Mexico over Craig Tritch, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 10–2 · View bout
  5. Dave Ciolek (3), Michigan State over Jerry Elliott, Boise State (ID) — Dec 11–8 · View bout
  6. Emil Deliere (7), Princeton (NJ) over Joe Paulsen, Missouri — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  7. Fletcher Carr (4), Tampa (FL) over Jim Jeffries, Oklahoma — Fall 3:04 · View bout
  8. Greg Strobel (5), Oregon State over George Calloway, Auburn (AL) — Fall 4:36 · View bout
  9. Jim Sheehan, Miami (OH) over Rich Zweig, Pennsylvania — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  10. Kelly Bledsoe, Portland State (OR) over Scott Barker, Indiana State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  11. Mark Frankel, Purdue (IN) over Dale Morgan (8), Army (NY) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  12. Pat McCall, Maryland over Leon 'Joe' Hatchett, Northern Iowa — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  13. Paul Zander (2), Iowa over Keith Leland, California-Poly — Fall 5:27 · View bout
  14. Randy Corn, Washington (WA) over Ernest DiBella, West Chester (PA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  15. Therlon Harris, Michigan over Joel Savage, Utah — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  16. Tom Hansen, Illinois State over Dan Jones, Marquette (WI) — Dec 8–4 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Barry Reighard (6), Ohio over Pat McCall, Maryland — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Ben Peterson (1), Iowa State over Randy Corn, Washington (WA) — Fall 40:03 · View bout
  3. Bruce Davis, New Mexico over Dave Ciolek (3), Michigan State — Dec 17–11 · View bout
  4. Emil Deliere (7), Princeton (NJ) over Bruce Buckbee, Massachusetts — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  5. Fletcher Carr (4), Tampa (FL) over Therlon Harris, Michigan — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  6. Greg Strobel (5), Oregon State over Jim Sheehan, Miami (OH) — Fall 7:17 · View bout
  7. Kelly Bledsoe, Portland State (OR) over Mark Frankel, Purdue (IN) — Fall 4:09 · View bout
  8. Paul Zander (2), Iowa over Tom Hansen, Illinois State — Dec 9–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Barry Reighard (6), Ohio over Bruce Davis, New Mexico — Fall 6:19 · View bout
  2. Ben Peterson (1), Iowa State over Kelly Bledsoe, Portland State (OR) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  3. Emil Deliere (7), Princeton (NJ) over Paul Zander (2), Iowa — Fall 3:44 · View bout
  4. Greg Strobel (5), Oregon State over Fletcher Carr (4), Tampa (FL) — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ben Peterson (1), Iowa State over Greg Strobel (5), Oregon State — SD 13–1 · View bout
  2. Emil Deliere (7), Princeton (NJ) over Barry Reighard (6), Ohio — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Ben Peterson (1), Iowa State over Emil Deliere (7), Princeton (NJ) — Dflt · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Jim Sheehan, Miami (OH) over George Calloway, Auburn (AL) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Joe Paulsen, Missouri over Bruce Buckbee, Massachusetts — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  3. Randy Corn, Washington (WA) over John Hohmann, New York — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Rick Jones, Oklahoma State over Pat McCall, Maryland — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Bruce Davis, New Mexico over Rick Jones, Oklahoma State — Fall 2:28 · View bout
  2. Fletcher Carr (4), Tampa (FL) over Jim Sheehan, Miami (OH) — SD 14–0 · View bout
  3. Kelly Bledsoe, Portland State (OR) over Randy Corn, Washington (WA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Paul Zander (2), Iowa over Joe Paulsen, Missouri — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Fletcher Carr (4), Tampa (FL) over Kelly Bledsoe, Portland State (OR) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Paul Zander (2), Iowa over Bruce Davis, New Mexico — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Barry Reighard (6), Ohio over Fletcher Carr (4), Tampa (FL) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  2. Paul Zander (2), Iowa over Greg Strobel (5), Oregon State — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Barry Reighard (6), Ohio over Paul Zander (2), Iowa — Dec 8–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Greg Strobel (5), Oregon State over Fletcher Carr (4), Tampa (FL) — Dflt · View bout

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