NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1975 NCAA Championships

118 lb

Champion Shawn Garel, Oklahoma.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Shawn GarelOU
  2. 2Jim BrownMICH
  3. 3Myron ShapiroToledo (OH)
  4. 4Nick GalloHOF
  5. 5Nabil GuketlovMontclair State (NJ)
  6. 6Mike LandISU

Championship

Opening round · 4 bouts

  1. Jim Blair, East Carolina (NC) over Billy Martin Jr., Oklahoma State — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  2. Mark Costello, Navy (MD) over Jim Bissell, Michigan State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  3. Nick Gallo, Hofstra (NY) over Ralph Davis, Oregon — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  4. Pete Morelli (4), Clarion (PA) over Bill Murphy, Weber State (UT) — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Billy 'Ervin' Gonzales, Northern Colorado over Jim Haines, Wisconsin — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Eric Waters, Pennsylvania over John Price, Utah State — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  3. Jack Spates (1), Slippery Rock (PA) over Pat Plourd, Oregon State — Dec 10–1 · View bout
  4. Jeff Lambert, Boston (MA) over Paul Schonauer, Miami (OH) — Fall 3:38 · View bout
  5. Jim Brown (3), Michigan over Dave McLain, Washington (WA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  6. Kevin Roesch, Princeton (NJ) over Garrett Headley, Kentucky — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  7. Lance Leonhardt (6), Lehigh (PA) over Bruce Geier, Utah — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  8. Mark DiGirolamo, California-Poly over Steve Breece, North Carolina — SD 22–6 · View bout
  9. Mike Land (8), Iowa State over Myron Shapiro, Toledo (OH) — Dec 15–8 · View bout
  10. Mike McArthur, Minnesota over Jim Blair, East Carolina (NC) — SD 16–5 · View bout
  11. Nabil Guketlov (7), Montclair State (NJ) over Wayne Packer, Penn State — Dec 6–6 · View bout
  12. Nick Gallo, Hofstra (NY) over Ed Knecht, Northern Arizona — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  13. Pete Morelli (4), Clarion (PA) over Andy Daniels, Ohio — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  14. Rich Molina, California-Bakersfield over Don Meeker, Wyoming — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  15. Shawn Garel (5), Oklahoma over Mark Costello, Navy (MD) — SD 18–7 · View bout
  16. Steve Stalnaker, Tennessee over Steve Pivac, Colorado State — SD 14–4 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Jack Spates (1), Slippery Rock (PA) over Steve Stalnaker, Tennessee — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  2. Jim Brown (3), Michigan over Billy 'Ervin' Gonzales, Northern Colorado — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  3. Mark DiGirolamo, California-Poly over Pete Morelli (4), Clarion (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  4. Mike Land (8), Iowa State over Kevin Roesch, Princeton (NJ) — SD 19–5 · View bout
  5. Mike McArthur, Minnesota over Rich Molina, California-Bakersfield — Dec 9–0 · View bout
  6. Nabil Guketlov (7), Montclair State (NJ) over Jeff Lambert, Boston (MA) — SD 26–9 · View bout
  7. Nick Gallo, Hofstra (NY) over Lance Leonhardt (6), Lehigh (PA) — Fall 6:05 · View bout
  8. Shawn Garel (5), Oklahoma over Eric Waters, Pennsylvania — MFF · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Jim Brown (3), Michigan over Nick Gallo, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 15–13 · View bout
  2. Mike Land (8), Iowa State over Jack Spates (1), Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  3. Nabil Guketlov (7), Montclair State (NJ) over Mike McArthur, Minnesota — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  4. Shawn Garel (5), Oklahoma over Mark DiGirolamo, California-Poly — SD 15–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jim Brown (3), Michigan over Nabil Guketlov (7), Montclair State (NJ) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  2. Shawn Garel (5), Oklahoma over Mike Land (8), Iowa State — Dec 8–6 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Shawn Garel (5), Oklahoma over Jim Brown (3), Michigan — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Billy 'Ervin' Gonzales, Northern Colorado over Dave McLain, Washington (WA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Mark Costello, Navy (MD) over Eric Waters, Pennsylvania — MFF · View bout
  3. Myron Shapiro, Toledo (OH) over Kevin Roesch, Princeton (NJ) — MFF · View bout
  4. Wayne Packer, Penn State over Jeff Lambert, Boston (MA) — Dec 16–9 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Mark DiGirolamo, California-Poly over Mark Costello, Navy (MD) — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  2. Myron Shapiro, Toledo (OH) over Jack Spates (1), Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  3. Nick Gallo, Hofstra (NY) over Billy 'Ervin' Gonzales, Northern Colorado — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  4. Wayne Packer, Penn State over Mike McArthur, Minnesota — MFF · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Myron Shapiro, Toledo (OH) over Mark DiGirolamo, California-Poly — Dec 11–3 · View bout
  2. Nick Gallo, Hofstra (NY) over Wayne Packer, Penn State — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Myron Shapiro, Toledo (OH) over Nabil Guketlov (7), Montclair State (NJ) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Nick Gallo, Hofstra (NY) over Mike Land (8), Iowa State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Myron Shapiro, Toledo (OH) over Nick Gallo, Hofstra (NY) — SD 17–7 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Nabil Guketlov (7), Montclair State (NJ) over Mike Land (8), Iowa State — Dec 4–4 · View bout

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