NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1978 NCAA Championships

190 lb

Champion Ron Jeidy, Wisconsin.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Ron JeidyWIS
  2. 2Frank SantanaISU
  3. 3Mike BrownLEH
  4. 4Daryl MonasmithOKST
  5. 5Howard HarrisORST
  6. 6Kirk MyersUNI

Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Bailey (8), Pittsburgh (PA) over Pete Houghtailing, Kent State (OH) — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  2. Kelly Wilson, Wyoming over Bob McNally, New Hampshire — MD 12–1 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bill Bailey (8), Pittsburgh (PA) over Jeremiah Gagnon, Marshall (WV) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  2. Brian Gaffney, Florida over Carmel Morina, Temple (PA) — Fall 1:56 · View bout
  3. Dan Severn (7), Arizona State over Bud Palmer, Iowa — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  4. Daryl Monasmith (3), Oklahoma State over Aurel Balaianu, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  5. Don Brown, Oregon over Sam Sallitt, Penn State — Fall 1:55 · View bout
  6. Eric Woolsey, California Poly Humboldt over Kelly Wilson, Wyoming — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  7. Frank Santana (1), Iowa State over Duane Harris, San Jose State (CA) — Fall 1:30 · View bout
  8. Gene Wais, California-Poly over Jim Graham, Illinois — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  9. George Mink III, Nebraska over Mark Miller, Virginia Tech — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  10. Howard Harris (5), Oregon State over Scott Morton, Montana — SD 15–3 · View bout
  11. Joe Lidowski, North Carolina State over Dave Gregrow, Wilkes (PA) — Dec 16–9 · View bout
  12. Kirk Myers, Northern Iowa over Al Marzano (4), Northwestern (IL) — MD 10–1 · View bout
  13. Mike Brown (6), Lehigh (PA) over Brian Thomas, Ball State (IN) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  14. Robin Ayres, Eastern Illinois over Gregg Larson, Delaware — Fall 3:13 · View bout
  15. Ron Jeidy (2), Wisconsin over Fred Bohna, California-Los Angeles — Dec 15–9 · View bout
  16. Steve Day, Illinois State over Billy King, Alabama — Fall 4:51 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Bailey (8), Pittsburgh (PA) over Robin Ayres, Eastern Illinois — Dec 12–9 · View bout
  2. Dan Severn (7), Arizona State over Steve Day, Illinois State — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  3. Daryl Monasmith (3), Oklahoma State over Gene Wais, California-Poly — SD 27–8 · View bout
  4. Frank Santana (1), Iowa State over Brian Gaffney, Florida — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  5. Howard Harris (5), Oregon State over Don Brown, Oregon — Fall 7:10 · View bout
  6. Kirk Myers, Northern Iowa over George Mink III, Nebraska — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  7. Mike Brown (6), Lehigh (PA) over Joe Lidowski, North Carolina State — Fall 5:43 · View bout
  8. Ron Jeidy (2), Wisconsin over Eric Woolsey, California Poly Humboldt — Dec 9–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Daryl Monasmith (3), Oklahoma State over Mike Brown (6), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  2. Frank Santana (1), Iowa State over Bill Bailey (8), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  3. Kirk Myers, Northern Iowa over Howard Harris (5), Oregon State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  4. Ron Jeidy (2), Wisconsin over Dan Severn (7), Arizona State — Dec 11–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Frank Santana (1), Iowa State over Kirk Myers, Northern Iowa — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Ron Jeidy (2), Wisconsin over Daryl Monasmith (3), Oklahoma State — MD 16–6 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Ron Jeidy (2), Wisconsin over Frank Santana (1), Iowa State — Dflt · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Aurel Balaianu, Hofstra (NY) over Gene Wais, California-Poly — MD 11–1 · View bout
  2. Brian Gaffney, Florida over Duane Harris, San Jose State (CA) — Fall 5:46 · View bout
  3. Fred Bohna, California-Los Angeles over Eric Woolsey, California Poly Humboldt — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. George Mink III, Nebraska over Al Marzano (4), Northwestern (IL) — MD 11–3 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Bailey (8), Pittsburgh (PA) over Brian Gaffney, Florida — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Fred Bohna, California-Los Angeles over Dan Severn (7), Arizona State — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  3. Howard Harris (5), Oregon State over George Mink III, Nebraska — Fall 2:13 · View bout
  4. Mike Brown (6), Lehigh (PA) over Aurel Balaianu, Hofstra (NY) — Fall 4:46 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Howard Harris (5), Oregon State over Bill Bailey (8), Pittsburgh (PA) — MD 12–2 · View bout
  2. Mike Brown (6), Lehigh (PA) over Fred Bohna, California-Los Angeles — MD 13–3 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Daryl Monasmith (3), Oklahoma State over Howard Harris (5), Oregon State — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  2. Mike Brown (6), Lehigh (PA) over Kirk Myers, Northern Iowa — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Mike Brown (6), Lehigh (PA) over Daryl Monasmith (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Howard Harris (5), Oregon State over Kirk Myers, Northern Iowa — Dec 11–6 · View bout

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