NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1977 NCAA Championships

134 lb

Champion Pat Neu, Minnesota.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Pat NeuMINN
  2. 2Dennis Brighton Sr.MSU
  3. 3Franc AffentrangerCSUB
  4. 4Kurt MockKentucky
  5. 5Lee Roy SmithOKST
  6. 6George MedinaSyracuse (NY)

Championship

Opening round · 5 bouts

  1. Bobby Sparks, Washington (WA) over Benjie Williams, California-Poly — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  2. Dennis Brighton Sr., Michigan State over Kim Graham, Ball State (IN) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. George Medina (8), Syracuse (NY) over Jim Hicks, William & Mary (VA) — Fall 6:54 · View bout
  4. Jim Earl, Penn State over Otis Price, Montana — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  5. Ken Mallory, Montclair State (NJ) over Herb Crimp, Utah — Dec 13–6 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bob Sloand, Lehigh (PA) over Steve Hunte (1), Iowa — Dec 12–11 · View bout
  2. Dennis Brighton Sr., Michigan State over Franc Affentranger (7), California-Bakersfield — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  3. George Medina (8), Syracuse (NY) over Casey Bartels, Iowa State — MD 13–4 · View bout
  4. Jim Earl, Penn State over Rich Lubell, Michigan — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  5. Lee Roy Smith (3), Oklahoma State over Carlos Rodriquez, California-Berkeley — Fall 6:44 · View bout
  6. Lon Balum, Wilkes (PA) over Rick Stone, Alabama — Fall 6:30 · View bout
  7. Mark Preston, Arizona over Carl Poff, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  8. Mike Pollock, Missouri over Lloyd Ford, Colorado State — Dec 13–7 · View bout
  9. Pat Neu, Minnesota over Kurt Mock (5), Kentucky — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  10. Rick Jensen, South Dakota State over Rick Thompson (6), Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  11. Ron Boucher, Oregon State over Brian Beatson, Oklahoma — Dec 17–10 · View bout
  12. Ron Gray, Illinois State over Ken Mallory, Montclair State (NJ) — Dec 11–10 · View bout
  13. Rudy Johnson (2), Portland State (OR) over Chris Conkwright, North Carolina — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  14. Sev Popolizio, Boston (MA) over Peter Rossi, Cortland (NY) — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  15. Tim McCamley, Lock Haven (PA) over Scott Soderholm, Northern Illinois — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  16. Tom Scotton Sr., Bucknell (PA) over Bobby Sparks, Washington (WA) — Dec 11–8 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob Sloand, Lehigh (PA) over Ron Boucher, Oregon State — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  2. Dennis Brighton Sr., Michigan State over Lon Balum, Wilkes (PA) — Fall 7:10 · View bout
  3. George Medina (8), Syracuse (NY) over Sev Popolizio, Boston (MA) — Fall 5:53 · View bout
  4. Lee Roy Smith (3), Oklahoma State over Jim Earl, Penn State — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  5. Pat Neu, Minnesota over Mark Preston, Arizona — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  6. Rick Jensen, South Dakota State over Ron Gray, Illinois State — Fall 7:05 · View bout
  7. Rudy Johnson (2), Portland State (OR) over Tim McCamley, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  8. Tom Scotton Sr., Bucknell (PA) over Mike Pollock, Missouri — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dennis Brighton Sr., Michigan State over Rudy Johnson (2), Portland State (OR) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. George Medina (8), Syracuse (NY) over Bob Sloand, Lehigh (PA) — MFF · View bout
  3. Lee Roy Smith (3), Oklahoma State over Rick Jensen, South Dakota State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  4. Pat Neu, Minnesota over Tom Scotton Sr., Bucknell (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dennis Brighton Sr., Michigan State over Lee Roy Smith (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–3 · View bout
  2. Pat Neu, Minnesota over George Medina (8), Syracuse (NY) — SD 14–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Pat Neu, Minnesota over Dennis Brighton Sr., Michigan State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 2 bouts

  1. Franc Affentranger (7), California-Bakersfield over Kim Graham, Ball State (IN) — MD 9–0 · View bout
  2. Jim Hicks, William & Mary (VA) over Casey Bartels, Iowa State — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Carlos Rodriquez, California-Berkeley over Jim Earl, Penn State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Franc Affentranger (7), California-Bakersfield over Lon Balum, Wilkes (PA) — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  3. Jim Hicks, William & Mary (VA) over Sev Popolizio, Boston (MA) — SD 16–4 · View bout
  4. Kurt Mock (5), Kentucky over Mark Preston, Arizona — Dec 9–3 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Carlos Rodriquez, California-Berkeley over Rick Jensen, South Dakota State — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  2. Franc Affentranger (7), California-Bakersfield over Rudy Johnson (2), Portland State (OR) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  3. Jim Hicks, William & Mary (VA) over Bob Sloand, Lehigh (PA) — MFF · View bout
  4. Kurt Mock (5), Kentucky over Tom Scotton Sr., Bucknell (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Franc Affentranger (7), California-Bakersfield over Carlos Rodriquez, California-Berkeley — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Kurt Mock (5), Kentucky over Jim Hicks, William & Mary (VA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Franc Affentranger (7), California-Bakersfield over George Medina (8), Syracuse (NY) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  2. Kurt Mock (5), Kentucky over Lee Roy Smith (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Franc Affentranger (7), California-Bakersfield over Kurt Mock (5), Kentucky — Dec 5–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Lee Roy Smith (3), Oklahoma State over George Medina (8), Syracuse (NY) — Dec 10–8 · View bout

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