NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1976 NCAA Championships

Unlimited lb

Champion Jimmy Jackson, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Jimmy JacksonOKST
  2. 2Greg GibsonOregon
  3. 3Larry BielenbergORST
  4. 4Chuck CoryeaClarion (PA)
  5. 5Doug BenschoterIOWA
  6. 6Bob FoutsISU

Championship

Round of 32 · 15 bouts

  1. Bob Fouts (6), Iowa State over Jim Schuster, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Bob Golic, Notre Dame (IN) over Ron Pelligra, St. Lawrence (NY) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Brad Benson, Penn State over Ed Ritt Jr., Boise State (ID) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  4. Chuck Coryea (4), Clarion (PA) over Greg Metcalf, California-Los Angeles — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  5. Don McCorkel (3), Lehigh (PA) over Bill Van Worth, California-Bakersfield — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  6. Doug Benschoter, Iowa over John Sefter, Princeton (NJ) — Fall 6:23 · View bout
  7. Gary Sommer, Wisconsin over Dennis Fenton, Massachusetts — Fall 5:42 · View bout
  8. Greg Gibson (2), Oregon over Kevin Lindauer, Central Michigan — Fall 5:55 · View bout
  9. Herb Calvert, Oklahoma over Bob Bickelman, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Fall 1:38 · View bout
  10. Jerry Anderson, Drake (IA) over Leif Erickson, Alabama — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  11. Jim Kish (8), Northern Colorado over Tino DiMarco, Bloomsburg (PA) — Fall 4:16 · View bout
  12. Jimmy Jackson (5), Oklahoma State over Ned Stepanovich, Virginia Military — Fall 6:34 · View bout
  13. Larry Bielenberg (1), Oregon State over Dave Scott, Purdue (IN) — Fall 4:50 · View bout
  14. Tom Burns, Colorado State over Don Mayorga (7), Hofstra (NY) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  15. Tom Higgins Jr., North Carolina State over Mike Engwall, Arizona — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob Fouts (6), Iowa State over Rick Setzer, Eastern Michigan — Fall 4:21 · View bout
  2. Chuck Coryea (4), Clarion (PA) over Bob Golic, Notre Dame (IN) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  3. Gary Sommer, Wisconsin over Don McCorkel (3), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  4. Greg Gibson (2), Oregon over Doug Benschoter, Iowa — Fall 4:12 · View bout
  5. Jerry Anderson, Drake (IA) over Tom Burns, Colorado State — Fall 2:31 · View bout
  6. Jimmy Jackson (5), Oklahoma State over Brad Benson, Penn State — Fall 2:29 · View bout
  7. Larry Bielenberg (1), Oregon State over Herb Calvert, Oklahoma — Fall 2:57 · View bout
  8. Tom Higgins Jr., North Carolina State over Jim Kish (8), Northern Colorado — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bob Fouts (6), Iowa State over Gary Sommer, Wisconsin — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  2. Greg Gibson (2), Oregon over Jerry Anderson, Drake (IA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  3. Jimmy Jackson (5), Oklahoma State over Chuck Coryea (4), Clarion (PA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  4. Larry Bielenberg (1), Oregon State over Tom Higgins Jr., North Carolina State — MD 12–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Greg Gibson (2), Oregon over Bob Fouts (6), Iowa State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Jimmy Jackson (5), Oklahoma State over Larry Bielenberg (1), Oregon State — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jimmy Jackson (5), Oklahoma State over Greg Gibson (2), Oregon — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Doug Benschoter, Iowa over Kevin Lindauer, Central Michigan — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  2. Herb Calvert, Oklahoma over Dave Scott, Purdue (IN) — Fall 1:00 · View bout
  3. Ned Stepanovich, Virginia Military over Brad Benson, Penn State — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  4. Rick Setzer, Eastern Michigan over Jim Schuster, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Chuck Coryea (4), Clarion (PA) over Ned Stepanovich, Virginia Military — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Doug Benschoter, Iowa over Jerry Anderson, Drake (IA) — Dec 1–1 · View bout
  3. Herb Calvert, Oklahoma over Tom Higgins Jr., North Carolina State — Fall 2:13 · View bout
  4. Rick Setzer, Eastern Michigan over Gary Sommer, Wisconsin — Fall 2:43 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Chuck Coryea (4), Clarion (PA) over Herb Calvert, Oklahoma — Fall 3:58 · View bout
  2. Doug Benschoter, Iowa over Rick Setzer, Eastern Michigan — Fall 5:59 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Chuck Coryea (4), Clarion (PA) over Bob Fouts (6), Iowa State — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Larry Bielenberg (1), Oregon State over Doug Benschoter, Iowa — Fall 1:05 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Larry Bielenberg (1), Oregon State over Chuck Coryea (4), Clarion (PA) — Sup 13–0 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Doug Benschoter, Iowa over Bob Fouts (6), Iowa State — MFF · View bout

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