NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1978 NCAA Championships

158 lb

Champion Lee Kemp Jr., Wisconsin.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Lee Kemp Jr.WIS
  2. 2Kelly WardISU
  3. 3John JaniakSyracuse (NY)
  4. 4Ron MichaelsKent State (OH)
  5. 5Dave BeckerPSU
  6. 6William 'Bucky' SmithMorgan State (MD)

Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

  1. Kelly Ward (2), Iowa State over Lamont Roth, Montana — MD 13–4 · View bout
  2. Lee Spiegel, Rhode Island over Jim Rebischke, Wyoming — Dec 11–7 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Brian Rodgers, Navy (MD) over Gilden McClom, Illinois State — SD 14–0 · View bout
  2. Dale Gilbert, Clarion (PA) over Jeff Fitch, Indiana (IN) — Fall 1:43 · View bout
  3. Dan Hollemback, Oregon over Gary Drewry, William & Mary (VA) — Fall 3:00 · View bout
  4. Dan Zilverberg (5), Minnesota over Gary Baker, Oklahoma — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  5. Dave Becker (4), Penn State over Jerry Young, Virginia — MD 16–8 · View bout
  6. Gary Bentrim (7), Northern Iowa over Bob Erickson, Utah State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  7. Harold Ritchie, Missouri over Tony Parris, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 13–7 · View bout
  8. Jeff Cutler, Florida over Dave Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 16–9 · View bout
  9. John Janiak (3), Syracuse (NY) over Toby Matney, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 13–6 · View bout
  10. Kelly Ward (2), Iowa State over Roy Glenn, California-Berkeley — SD 18–2 · View bout
  11. Lee Kemp Jr. (1), Wisconsin over William 'Bucky' Smith, Morgan State (MD) — SD 15–3 · View bout
  12. Mark Stevenson, Iowa over Doug Oliver, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  13. Mike Burgher, California-Los Angeles over Lee Spiegel, Rhode Island — Fall 7:02 · View bout
  14. Rick Armstrong, Cortland (NY) over Arthur Jones (8), Tennessee — Fall 6:08 · View bout
  15. Robert Kiddy (6), California-Poly over Joe Brugger, Lafayette (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  16. Ron Michaels, Kent State (OH) over Court Vining, Nebraska — Fall 3:49 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Brian Rodgers, Navy (MD) over Robert Kiddy (6), California-Poly — Dflt · View bout
  2. Dan Zilverberg (5), Minnesota over Dale Gilbert, Clarion (PA) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  3. Dave Becker (4), Penn State over Dan Hollemback, Oregon — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  4. Gary Bentrim (7), Northern Iowa over Harold Ritchie, Missouri — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  5. Kelly Ward (2), Iowa State over Mark Stevenson, Iowa — MD 8–0 · View bout
  6. Lee Kemp Jr. (1), Wisconsin over Jeff Cutler, Florida — Fall 6:46 · View bout
  7. Mike Burgher, California-Los Angeles over Rick Armstrong, Cortland (NY) — Fall 4:17 · View bout
  8. Ron Michaels, Kent State (OH) over John Janiak (3), Syracuse (NY) — Dec 10–7 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Becker (4), Penn State over Dan Zilverberg (5), Minnesota — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Kelly Ward (2), Iowa State over Gary Bentrim (7), Northern Iowa — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  3. Lee Kemp Jr. (1), Wisconsin over Mike Burgher, California-Los Angeles — MD 13–5 · View bout
  4. Ron Michaels, Kent State (OH) over Brian Rodgers, Navy (MD) — MD 16–6 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Kelly Ward (2), Iowa State over Ron Michaels, Kent State (OH) — Fall 7:24 · View bout
  2. Lee Kemp Jr. (1), Wisconsin over Dave Becker (4), Penn State — Fall 7:20 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Lee Kemp Jr. (1), Wisconsin over Kelly Ward (2), Iowa State — Dec 10–8 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. Roy Glenn, California-Berkeley over Lamont Roth, Montana — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Dan Hollemback, Oregon over Jerry Young, Virginia — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  2. John Janiak (3), Syracuse (NY) over Court Vining, Nebraska — Fall 1:47 · View bout
  3. Mark Stevenson, Iowa over Roy Glenn, California-Berkeley — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  4. William 'Bucky' Smith, Morgan State (MD) over Jeff Cutler, Florida — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Dan Zilverberg (5), Minnesota over Dan Hollemback, Oregon — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  2. John Janiak (3), Syracuse (NY) over Brian Rodgers, Navy (MD) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  3. Mark Stevenson, Iowa over Gary Bentrim (7), Northern Iowa — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  4. William 'Bucky' Smith, Morgan State (MD) over Mike Burgher, California-Los Angeles — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. John Janiak (3), Syracuse (NY) over Mark Stevenson, Iowa — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  2. William 'Bucky' Smith, Morgan State (MD) over Dan Zilverberg (5), Minnesota — Dec 9–6 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. John Janiak (3), Syracuse (NY) over Dave Becker (4), Penn State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Ron Michaels, Kent State (OH) over William 'Bucky' Smith, Morgan State (MD) — Fall 2:43 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. John Janiak (3), Syracuse (NY) over Ron Michaels, Kent State (OH) — Dec 10–10 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dave Becker (4), Penn State over William 'Bucky' Smith, Morgan State (MD) — MD 10–2 · View bout

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