NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1974 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Floyd 'Shorty' Hitchcock, Bloomsburg (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Floyd 'Shorty' HitchcockBloomsburg (PA)
  2. 2Mel RenfroWashington (WA)
  3. 3Rob HuizengaMICH
  4. 4Mike HansenBrigham Young (UT)
  5. 5Bill HillEast Carolina (NC)
  6. 6Kurt BlankOHIO

Championship

Opening round · 5 bouts

  1. Dave Gaunt, Indiana State over Carl Hoffman, North Carolina — Fall 7:04 · View bout
  2. Ed Janvier, Delaware over John Christensen, Navy (MD) — SD 13–3 · View bout
  3. Ron Sather, Oregon State over George Howe, Fresno State (CA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  4. Steve Jentzen, Colorado State over Pat Rheam, Virginia Tech — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  5. Sythell Thompson, California-Poly over Rick Lagerman, Wisconsin-Milwaukee — Dec 7–6 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bill Hill, East Carolina (NC) over Bill Hoffman, Nebraska — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Ed Vatch (7), Wisconsin over Buck Davis, Oregon — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  3. Floyd 'Shorty' Hitchcock (6), Bloomsburg (PA) over Russ Casella, Air Force (CO) — Fall 3:16 · View bout
  4. George Calloway, Auburn (AL) over Bob Shamakian, Kent State (OH) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  5. Jerry White (5), Penn State over Phil Donley, Kansas State — Fall 3:02 · View bout
  6. Kelly Bledsoe, Portland State (OR) over Steve Jentzen, Colorado State — SD 13–3 · View bout
  7. Kurt Blank, Ohio over Kim Bowman, Utah — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  8. Mark Jones, Boston (MA) over Stu Moyer, Ball State (IN) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  9. Mel Renfro (1), Washington (WA) over Dave Gaunt, Indiana State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  10. Mike Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) over Rory Needs, Boise State (ID) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  11. Rich Binek (2), Iowa State over Ron Sather, Oregon State — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  12. Rick Jones (8), Oklahoma State over Frank Calabria, Brockport (NY) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  13. Rob Huizenga, Michigan over Sythell Thompson, California-Poly — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  14. Scott Klippert, Northwestern (IL) over Ed Janvier, Delaware — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  15. Steve Bonsall, Rutgers (NJ) over Chris Campbell (3), Iowa — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  16. Terry DeStito (4), Lehigh (PA) over Kevin Fennell, California-Berkeley — Dec 10–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Hill, East Carolina (NC) over Steve Bonsall, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Ed Vatch (7), Wisconsin over George Calloway, Auburn (AL) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. Floyd 'Shorty' Hitchcock (6), Bloomsburg (PA) over Scott Klippert, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 15–7 · View bout
  4. Kurt Blank, Ohio over Rich Binek (2), Iowa State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  5. Mel Renfro (1), Washington (WA) over Kelly Bledsoe, Portland State (OR) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  6. Mike Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) over Terry DeStito (4), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  7. Rick Jones (8), Oklahoma State over Mark Jones, Boston (MA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  8. Rob Huizenga, Michigan over Jerry White (5), Penn State — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Floyd 'Shorty' Hitchcock (6), Bloomsburg (PA) over Bill Hill, East Carolina (NC) — Fall 5:56 · View bout
  2. Kurt Blank, Ohio over Ed Vatch (7), Wisconsin — Dec 5–5 · View bout
  3. Mel Renfro (1), Washington (WA) over Rick Jones (8), Oklahoma State — SD 13–1 · View bout
  4. Mike Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) over Rob Huizenga, Michigan — Dec 10–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Floyd 'Shorty' Hitchcock (6), Bloomsburg (PA) over Kurt Blank, Ohio — Fall 0:25 · View bout
  2. Mel Renfro (1), Washington (WA) over Mike Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 7–6 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Floyd 'Shorty' Hitchcock (6), Bloomsburg (PA) over Mel Renfro (1), Washington (WA) — Dec 10–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Gaunt, Indiana State over Kelly Bledsoe, Portland State (OR) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. Rich Binek (2), Iowa State over Kim Bowman, Utah — SD 11–0 · View bout
  3. Scott Klippert, Northwestern (IL) over Russ Casella, Air Force (CO) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  4. Terry DeStito (4), Lehigh (PA) over Rory Needs, Boise State (ID) — Dec 7–3 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Hill, East Carolina (NC) over Scott Klippert, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  2. Ed Vatch (7), Wisconsin over Rich Binek (2), Iowa State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  3. Rick Jones (8), Oklahoma State over Dave Gaunt, Indiana State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  4. Rob Huizenga, Michigan over Terry DeStito (4), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Hill, East Carolina (NC) over Ed Vatch (7), Wisconsin — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Rob Huizenga, Michigan over Rick Jones (8), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Mike Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) over Bill Hill, East Carolina (NC) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Rob Huizenga, Michigan over Kurt Blank, Ohio — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Rob Huizenga, Michigan over Mike Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bill Hill, East Carolina (NC) over Kurt Blank, Ohio — Dec 12–9 · View bout

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