NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1977 NCAA Championships

150 lb

Champion Mark Churella, Michigan.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Mark ChurellaMICH
  2. 2Joe ZuspannISU
  3. 3Paul MartinOKST
  4. 4Terrill WilliamsMIZZ
  5. 5Roye OliverASU
  6. 6Earl 'Buddy' WalkerTennessee

Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

  1. Mark Churella (4), Michigan over Jeff Reintgen, North Carolina — Fall 3:29 · View bout
  2. Mark Reimnitz, North Dakota State over Charlie Biggert, Toledo (OH) — Dec 11–7 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bruce Kinseth (5), Iowa over Kevin Griffin, Massachusetts — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Clyde Ruffin, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Scott Brambini, Rider (NJ) — MD 15–4 · View bout
  3. Dan Hicks, Oregon State over Evan Hollopeter, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  4. Dave Musselman, Arizona over Bill Vollrath (8), Penn State — Fall 2:09 · View bout
  5. Dave Welch, Indiana (IN) over Gary Kessel (7), East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  6. Earl 'Buddy' Walker, Tennessee over Chris Poff, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  7. Frank Presley, Millersville (PA) over John Martineck, Oklahoma — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  8. Joe Zuspann (2), Iowa State over John Stallings, Auburn (AL) — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  9. Kevin Clark, Fresno State (CA) over Rick Sherry, Western Michigan — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  10. Larry Kihlstadius, Navy (MD) over Kent Lewis, Indiana State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  11. Mark Churella (4), Michigan over Rod Balch, California-Bakersfield — Fall 7:24 · View bout
  12. Paul Martin (1), Oklahoma State over Frank Schaede, East Carolina (NC) — Fall 4:06 · View bout
  13. Roye Oliver (3), Arizona State over Dave Beckman, Northwestern (IL) — MD 14–3 · View bout
  14. Scott Heaton (6), California-Poly over Mark Reimnitz, North Dakota State — MD 11–3 · View bout
  15. Steve Grubman, Princeton (NJ) over Neal Dorow, California-Berkeley — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  16. Terrill Williams, Missouri over Leo Hennessy, Montana — Fall 1:59 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bruce Kinseth (5), Iowa over Clyde Ruffin, Southern Illinois Carbondale — MD 14–4 · View bout
  2. Dave Welch, Indiana (IN) over Kevin Clark, Fresno State (CA) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  3. Joe Zuspann (2), Iowa State over Dan Hicks, Oregon State — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  4. Mark Churella (4), Michigan over Frank Presley, Millersville (PA) — SD 34–4 · View bout
  5. Paul Martin (1), Oklahoma State over Larry Kihlstadius, Navy (MD) — Fall 5:45 · View bout
  6. Roye Oliver (3), Arizona State over Earl 'Buddy' Walker, Tennessee — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  7. Scott Heaton (6), California-Poly over Steve Grubman, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  8. Terrill Williams, Missouri over Dave Musselman, Arizona — Dec 9–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Joe Zuspann (2), Iowa State over Dave Welch, Indiana (IN) — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  2. Mark Churella (4), Michigan over Bruce Kinseth (5), Iowa — MD 11–3 · View bout
  3. Paul Martin (1), Oklahoma State over Terrill Williams, Missouri — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  4. Roye Oliver (3), Arizona State over Scott Heaton (6), California-Poly — Dec 11–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Joe Zuspann (2), Iowa State over Roye Oliver (3), Arizona State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  2. Mark Churella (4), Michigan over Paul Martin (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 9–7 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Mark Churella (4), Michigan over Joe Zuspann (2), Iowa State — Dec 9–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. Rod Balch, California-Bakersfield over Jeff Reintgen, North Carolina — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Dan Hicks, Oregon State over John Stallings, Auburn (AL) — Dec 11–8 · View bout
  2. Earl 'Buddy' Walker, Tennessee over Dave Beckman, Northwestern (IL) — MD 13–2 · View bout
  3. Frank Presley, Millersville (PA) over Rod Balch, California-Bakersfield — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  4. Larry Kihlstadius, Navy (MD) over Frank Schaede, East Carolina (NC) — MD 12–1 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Bruce Kinseth (5), Iowa over Frank Presley, Millersville (PA) — Fall 3:12 · View bout
  2. Dan Hicks, Oregon State over Dave Welch, Indiana (IN) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Earl 'Buddy' Walker, Tennessee over Scott Heaton (6), California-Poly — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  4. Terrill Williams, Missouri over Larry Kihlstadius, Navy (MD) — Fall 0:32 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Earl 'Buddy' Walker, Tennessee over Dan Hicks, Oregon State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Terrill Williams, Missouri over Bruce Kinseth (5), Iowa — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Paul Martin (1), Oklahoma State over Earl 'Buddy' Walker, Tennessee — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Terrill Williams, Missouri over Roye Oliver (3), Arizona State — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Paul Martin (1), Oklahoma State over Terrill Williams, Missouri — Dec 6–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Roye Oliver (3), Arizona State over Earl 'Buddy' Walker, Tennessee — Dec 3–1 · View bout

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