NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1973 NCAA Championships

158 lb

Champion Wade Schalles, Clarion (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Wade SchallesClarion (PA)
  2. 2Mike JonesORST
  3. 3Rod KilgoreOU
  4. 4Allyn CookeCP
  5. 5Bob TschollOHIO
  6. 6Hajime ShinjoWashington (WA)

Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

  1. Dan Chandler, Minnesota over Bob Hartman, Navy (MD) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  2. Ivar Moi, Indiana State over Chris Koll, Penn State — Fall 7:05 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Alan Albright (7), Oklahoma State over John Matthews, Central Michigan — Sup 12–1 · View bout
  2. Allyn Cooke (4), California-Poly over Dennis Jossi, Oregon — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. Bob Tscholl, Ohio over Bruce Hall, East Carolina (NC) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  4. Dave Chandler, Boise State (ID) over Bert Dalton, Northern Colorado — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  5. George Landis, Alabama over Rick Santee Jr., Hofstra (NY) — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  6. Hajime Shinjo (3), Washington (WA) over Tim Kerr, San Jose State (CA) — Sup 16–5 · View bout
  7. Jan Sanderson (8), Iowa over Pat Capone, Marquette (WI) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  8. Jody Smith, Utah over Jerry Nowakowski, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  9. John Showalter, Iowa State over Emmett Stanton, Stanford (CA) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  10. Mark Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) over Jim Miller, Brown (RI) — Sup 11–1 · View bout
  11. Marlin Grahn (5), Portland State (OR) over Tom Derrickson, Virginia — Fall 6:21 · View bout
  12. Mike Jones (2), Oregon State over Dan Chandler, Minnesota — Fall 1:59 · View bout
  13. Mitch Mendrygal (6), Michigan over John Chatman, Pittsburgh (PA) — Fall 7:48 · View bout
  14. Pat Christenson, Wisconsin over John Allen, Syracuse (NY) — Sup 25–8 · View bout
  15. Rod Kilgore, Oklahoma over Russ Paulsen, Utah State — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  16. Wade Schalles (1), Clarion (PA) over Ivar Moi, Indiana State — Fall 1:32 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Alan Albright (7), Oklahoma State over Jody Smith, Utah — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  2. Allyn Cooke (4), California-Poly over Pat Christenson, Wisconsin — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  3. Hajime Shinjo (3), Washington (WA) over Bob Tscholl, Ohio — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  4. Jan Sanderson (8), Iowa over George Landis, Alabama — Dec 10–1 · View bout
  5. Mike Jones (2), Oregon State over Mark Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) — Sup 13–3 · View bout
  6. Mitch Mendrygal (6), Michigan over Dave Chandler, Boise State (ID) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  7. Rod Kilgore, Oklahoma over Marlin Grahn (5), Portland State (OR) — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  8. Wade Schalles (1), Clarion (PA) over John Showalter, Iowa State — Fall 7:29 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Hajime Shinjo (3), Washington (WA) over Mitch Mendrygal (6), Michigan — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  2. Mike Jones (2), Oregon State over Alan Albright (7), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  3. Rod Kilgore, Oklahoma over Allyn Cooke (4), California-Poly — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  4. Wade Schalles (1), Clarion (PA) over Jan Sanderson (8), Iowa — Fall 2:13 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Mike Jones (2), Oregon State over Hajime Shinjo (3), Washington (WA) — Fall 3:02 · View bout
  2. Wade Schalles (1), Clarion (PA) over Rod Kilgore, Oklahoma — Fall 0:38 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Wade Schalles (1), Clarion (PA) over Mike Jones (2), Oregon State — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Bob Tscholl, Ohio over Tim Kerr, San Jose State (CA) — MFF · View bout
  2. John Showalter, Iowa State over Ivar Moi, Indiana State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  3. Mark Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) over Dan Chandler, Minnesota — Dec 12–10 · View bout
  4. Russ Paulsen, Utah State over Marlin Grahn (5), Portland State (OR) — MFF · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Alan Albright (7), Oklahoma State over Mark Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Allyn Cooke (4), California-Poly over Russ Paulsen, Utah State — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  3. Bob Tscholl, Ohio over Mitch Mendrygal (6), Michigan — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. John Showalter, Iowa State over Jan Sanderson (8), Iowa — Dec 7–0 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Allyn Cooke (4), California-Poly over John Showalter, Iowa State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Bob Tscholl, Ohio over Alan Albright (7), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Allyn Cooke (4), California-Poly over Hajime Shinjo (3), Washington (WA) — MFF · View bout
  2. Rod Kilgore, Oklahoma over Bob Tscholl, Ohio — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Rod Kilgore, Oklahoma over Allyn Cooke (4), California-Poly — Dec 4–1 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bob Tscholl, Ohio over Hajime Shinjo (3), Washington (WA) — MFF · View bout

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