NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1979 NCAA Championships

118 lb

Champion Gene Mills, Syracuse (NY).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Gene MillsSyracuse (NY)
  2. 2Joe GonzalesCSUB
  3. 3Dan GlennIOWA
  4. 4Bill DaPaoliCalifornia (PA)
  5. 5Don FinneganISU
  6. 6Jim ZenzNCST
  7. 7Randy HoffmanASU
  8. 8Chris WentzLouisiana State

Championship

Opening round · 6 bouts

  1. Angelo 'Butch' Marino, Indiana (IN) over Glenn Maxwell, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 14–11 · View bout
  2. Dan Glenn (4), Iowa over Khris Whelan, Missouri — Fall 3:36 · View bout
  3. Ed Bailey, Salisbury (MD) over Matt Oddo, Auburn (AL) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  4. Jay Liles, Bowling Green (OH) over Tracy Moore, Utah State — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  5. John Hartupee, Central Michigan over Bob DeStafanis, Rhode Island — MD 11–3 · View bout
  6. Luke Gilpin, New Mexico over Bruce Irussi, Illinois — Dec 11–6 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bill DaPaoli (3), California (PA) over Dave Cotti, California-Berkeley — SD 19–2 · View bout
  2. Chris Wentz (11), Louisiana State over Mike Monday, Oklahoma — MD 18–10 · View bout
  3. Dan Glenn (4), Iowa over Mitch Vance, Temple (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  4. David Suarez (6), Nevada-Las Vegas over Howard Aufleger, Oklahoma State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  5. Don Finnegan (9), Iowa State over Ed Bailey, Salisbury (MD) — SD 15–1 · View bout
  6. Gary Fischer (8), California-Poly over Henry Callie, Millersville (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  7. Gene Mills (2), Syracuse (NY) over Adam Cuestas, Oregon — Fall 7:37 · View bout
  8. Jamie Reid, Cleveland State (OH) over Bob Dickman, Indiana State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  9. Jim Pagano, William & Mary (VA) over Luke Gilpin, New Mexico — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  10. Jim Zenz (10), North Carolina State over Angelo 'Butch' Marino, Indiana (IN) — MD 12–4 · View bout
  11. Joe Gonzales (1), California-Bakersfield over Gary Bohay, California-Los Angeles — SD 19–6 · View bout
  12. John Hartupee, Central Michigan over Edwin Dilbeck, Utah — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  13. Randy Hoffman (12), Arizona State over Brad Anderson, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  14. Rob Wurm, Weber State (UT) over Greg Ely (7), Hofstra (NY) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  15. Steve Bastianelli, Lehigh (PA) over Jay Liles, Bowling Green (OH) — SD 15–2 · View bout
  16. Tom Husted (5), Wisconsin over Mike Marino, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 15–4 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill DaPaoli (3), California (PA) over Chris Wentz (11), Louisiana State — Dec 13–8 · View bout
  2. Dan Glenn (4), Iowa over Randy Hoffman (12), Arizona State — MD 16–7 · View bout
  3. David Suarez (6), Nevada-Las Vegas over John Hartupee, Central Michigan — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  4. Gary Fischer (8), California-Poly over Jim Pagano, William & Mary (VA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  5. Gene Mills (2), Syracuse (NY) over Jim Zenz (10), North Carolina State — Fall 4:31 · View bout
  6. Joe Gonzales (1), California-Bakersfield over Don Finnegan (9), Iowa State — SD 24–9 · View bout
  7. Steve Bastianelli, Lehigh (PA) over Rob Wurm, Weber State (UT) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  8. Tom Husted (5), Wisconsin over Jamie Reid, Cleveland State (OH) — Fall 7:57 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill DaPaoli (3), California (PA) over David Suarez (6), Nevada-Las Vegas — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  2. Dan Glenn (4), Iowa over Tom Husted (5), Wisconsin — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  3. Gene Mills (2), Syracuse (NY) over Steve Bastianelli, Lehigh (PA) — SD 17–2 · View bout
  4. Joe Gonzales (1), California-Bakersfield over Gary Fischer (8), California-Poly — Dflt · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Gene Mills (2), Syracuse (NY) over Bill DaPaoli (3), California (PA) — Fall 7:00 · View bout
  2. Joe Gonzales (1), California-Bakersfield over Dan Glenn (4), Iowa — Dec 8–6 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Gene Mills (2), Syracuse (NY) over Joe Gonzales (1), California-Bakersfield — Dec 16–13 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. Mitch Vance, Temple (PA) over Khris Whelan, Missouri — MD 11–2 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Chris Wentz (11), Louisiana State over Dave Cotti, California-Berkeley — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Don Finnegan (9), Iowa State over Gary Bohay, California-Los Angeles — MD 11–2 · View bout
  3. Jim Zenz (10), North Carolina State over Adam Cuestas, Oregon — MFF · View bout
  4. Randy Hoffman (12), Arizona State over Mitch Vance, Temple (PA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Chris Wentz (11), Louisiana State over David Suarez (6), Nevada-Las Vegas — MD 12–3 · View bout
  2. Don Finnegan (9), Iowa State over Gary Fischer (8), California-Poly — MFF · View bout
  3. Jim Zenz (10), North Carolina State over Steve Bastianelli, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  4. Randy Hoffman (12), Arizona State over Tom Husted (5), Wisconsin — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Don Finnegan (9), Iowa State over Randy Hoffman (12), Arizona State — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  2. Jim Zenz (10), North Carolina State over Chris Wentz (11), Louisiana State — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill DaPaoli (3), California (PA) over Don Finnegan (9), Iowa State — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  2. Dan Glenn (4), Iowa over Jim Zenz (10), North Carolina State — Fall 3:48 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dan Glenn (4), Iowa over Bill DaPaoli (3), California (PA) — MD 12–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Don Finnegan (9), Iowa State over Jim Zenz (10), North Carolina State — Dec 7–2 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Randy Hoffman (12), Arizona State over Chris Wentz (11), Louisiana State — MD 13–4 · View bout

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