NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1978 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Mark Lieberman, Lehigh (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Mark LiebermanLEH
  2. 2Eric WaisOKST
  3. 3Charles GadsonISU
  4. 4Don ShulerASU
  5. 5Bill TeutschFlorida
  6. 6Steve FraserMICH

Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

  1. Craig Belunes, Rutgers (NJ) over Pete Lucas, Portland State (OR) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Eric Moll, Louisiana State over Steve Draper, California-Bakersfield — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Al Manning, Ball State (IN) over Dan Pfautz, Penn State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Bill Teutsch, Florida over Les Steidl, Cleveland State (OH) — Fall 4:31 · View bout
  3. Bob Jones, Long Beach State (CA) over Vic Northrup, East Carolina (NC) — Fall 4:36 · View bout
  4. Charles Gadson (4), Iowa State over Paul Petrella, Baldwin Wallace (OH) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  5. Don Shuler (3), Arizona State over Jim Kleinhans, Wisconsin — Fall 3:55 · View bout
  6. Eric Moll, Louisiana State over Marty Ryan (6), Oregon State — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  7. Eric Wais (2), Oklahoma State over Rick Drury, Clemson (SC) — Fall 3:52 · View bout
  8. Greg Stevens (5), Iowa over Craig Belunes, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  9. Jim Ellis, Michigan State over Pat Martorella, Hofstra (NY) — MD 19–8 · View bout
  10. Keith Ely (8), Princeton (NJ) over Bob Stas, Kent State (OH) — SD 19–3 · View bout
  11. Mark Hattendorf, Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Dom DiGioacchino (7), Bloomsburg (PA) — Fall 4:52 · View bout
  12. Mark Lieberman (1), Lehigh (PA) over Steve Fraser, Michigan — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  13. Mike Decker, Northern Colorado over Darshan Karki, Missouri — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  14. Randy Besaw, Oregon over Kevin Edwards, Utah — SD 14–2 · View bout
  15. Rory Needs, Brigham Young (UT) over Moe Haislip, Rhode Island — MD 15–4 · View bout
  16. Tom Flanagan, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Rob Dreger, Notre Dame (IN) — Fall 3:41 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Charles Gadson (4), Iowa State over Jim Ellis, Michigan State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Don Shuler (3), Arizona State over Bill Teutsch, Florida — SD 20–5 · View bout
  3. Eric Moll, Louisiana State over Al Manning, Ball State (IN) — Dec 15–7 · View bout
  4. Eric Wais (2), Oklahoma State over Rory Needs, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  5. Greg Stevens (5), Iowa over Bob Jones, Long Beach State (CA) — SD 21–6 · View bout
  6. Keith Ely (8), Princeton (NJ) over Randy Besaw, Oregon — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  7. Mark Hattendorf, Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Mike Decker, Northern Colorado — Dec 15–11 · View bout
  8. Mark Lieberman (1), Lehigh (PA) over Tom Flanagan, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Fall 0:47 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Charles Gadson (4), Iowa State over Greg Stevens (5), Iowa — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  2. Don Shuler (3), Arizona State over Eric Moll, Louisiana State — MD 12–3 · View bout
  3. Eric Wais (2), Oklahoma State over Mark Hattendorf, Southern Illinois Edwardsville — Fall 4:38 · View bout
  4. Mark Lieberman (1), Lehigh (PA) over Keith Ely (8), Princeton (NJ) — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Eric Wais (2), Oklahoma State over Don Shuler (3), Arizona State — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  2. Mark Lieberman (1), Lehigh (PA) over Charles Gadson (4), Iowa State — Dec 7–3 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Mark Lieberman (1), Lehigh (PA) over Eric Wais (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 7–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Teutsch, Florida over Jim Kleinhans, Wisconsin — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Paul Petrella, Baldwin Wallace (OH) over Jim Ellis, Michigan State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Rory Needs, Brigham Young (UT) over Rick Drury, Clemson (SC) — Fall 3:25 · View bout
  4. Steve Fraser, Michigan over Tom Flanagan, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Fall 5:16 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Teutsch, Florida over Eric Moll, Louisiana State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Greg Stevens (5), Iowa over Paul Petrella, Baldwin Wallace (OH) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  3. Mark Hattendorf, Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Rory Needs, Brigham Young (UT) — Fall 6:44 · View bout
  4. Steve Fraser, Michigan over Keith Ely (8), Princeton (NJ) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Teutsch, Florida over Mark Hattendorf, Southern Illinois Edwardsville — MD 10–2 · View bout
  2. Steve Fraser, Michigan over Greg Stevens (5), Iowa — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Charles Gadson (4), Iowa State over Bill Teutsch, Florida — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Don Shuler (3), Arizona State over Steve Fraser, Michigan — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Charles Gadson (4), Iowa State over Don Shuler (3), Arizona State — Dec 9–8 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bill Teutsch, Florida over Steve Fraser, Michigan — Fall 3:36 · View bout

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