NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1981 NCAA Championships

134 lb

Champion Jim Gibbons, Iowa State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Jim GibbonsISU
  2. 2Darryl BurleyLEH
  3. 3Ricky DellagattaKentucky
  4. 4Dalen WasmundMINN
  5. 5Eddie BazaSan Jose State (CA)
  6. 6Clar AndersonAuburn (AL)

Championship

Opening round · 3 bouts

  1. Eddie Baza, San Jose State (CA) over Khris Whelan, Missouri — MD 18–9 · View bout
  2. Kyle Grunwald (11), Louisiana State over Eric Kriebel, Indiana State — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  3. Tom Newcome, North Carolina State over Jon Moser, West Chester (PA) — Dec 9–7 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bob Bury, Penn State over Don Reese (8), Bloomsburg (PA) — SD 22–8 · View bout
  2. Bob Hoffman, Nebraska Omaha over Dan Winter, Wisconsin-Parkside — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  3. Clar Anderson, Auburn (AL) over Steve Rosenstein, Arizona — Fall 1:59 · View bout
  4. Dalen Wasmund (7), Minnesota over Rob Parent, Central Michigan — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  5. Darryl Burley (1), Lehigh (PA) over Mark Iacovelli, Syracuse (NY) — SD 21–5 · View bout
  6. Dave Goodspeed (10), Wisconsin over Morgan Woodhouse, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  7. Doug Drew, Kent State (OH) over Darrow Traylor, Boston (MA) — MD 10–0 · View bout
  8. Eddie Baza, San Jose State (CA) over Randy Miller (12), Clarion (PA) — SD 19–6 · View bout
  9. Harlan Kistler (9), Arizona State over Chad Gross, John Carroll (OH) — Fall 7:38 · View bout
  10. Jim Gibbons (6), Iowa State over Mark Bower, Augustana (SD) — Fall 2:29 · View bout
  11. Johnnie Selmon (4), Nebraska over Bill Pincus, William & Mary (VA) — Fall 7:29 · View bout
  12. Kyle Grunwald (11), Louisiana State over Jeff Tolbert, Purdue (IN) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  13. Randy Lewis (3), Iowa over Keith Saunders, Indiana (IN) — Fall 4:50 · View bout
  14. Rick Waller, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Tom Newcome, North Carolina State — Dec 11–8 · View bout
  15. Ricky Dellagatta (2), Kentucky over James Williams, Boise State (ID) — SD 34–11 · View bout
  16. Thomas Landrum (5), Oklahoma State over Chris DeLong, California-Poly — Fall 3:09 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob Bury, Penn State over Rick Waller, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Fall 4:26 · View bout
  2. Clar Anderson, Auburn (AL) over Thomas Landrum (5), Oklahoma State — SD 17–3 · View bout
  3. Dalen Wasmund (7), Minnesota over Bob Hoffman, Nebraska Omaha — MD 12–3 · View bout
  4. Darryl Burley (1), Lehigh (PA) over Eddie Baza, San Jose State (CA) — Fall 6:33 · View bout
  5. Jim Gibbons (6), Iowa State over Doug Drew, Kent State (OH) — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  6. Johnnie Selmon (4), Nebraska over Harlan Kistler (9), Arizona State — Dec 15–11 · View bout
  7. Randy Lewis (3), Iowa over Dave Goodspeed (10), Wisconsin — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  8. Ricky Dellagatta (2), Kentucky over Kyle Grunwald (11), Louisiana State — Dec 13–8 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Clar Anderson, Auburn (AL) over Johnnie Selmon (4), Nebraska — FF · View bout
  2. Dalen Wasmund (7), Minnesota over Ricky Dellagatta (2), Kentucky — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  3. Darryl Burley (1), Lehigh (PA) over Bob Bury, Penn State — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  4. Jim Gibbons (6), Iowa State over Randy Lewis (3), Iowa — Dec 13–6 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Darryl Burley (1), Lehigh (PA) over Clar Anderson, Auburn (AL) — MD 12–4 · View bout
  2. Jim Gibbons (6), Iowa State over Dalen Wasmund (7), Minnesota — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jim Gibbons (6), Iowa State over Darryl Burley (1), Lehigh (PA) — MD 16–8 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. Mark Bower, Augustana (SD) over Cliff Porter, Oregon — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Competitor unrecorded and Competitor unrecorded, no single winner · View bout
  2. Bob Hoffman, Nebraska Omaha over Rob Parent, Central Michigan — SD 17–2 · View bout
  3. Doug Drew, Kent State (OH) over Mark Bower, Augustana (SD) — Fall 2:25 · View bout
  4. Eddie Baza, San Jose State (CA) over Mark Iacovelli, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Competitor unrecorded and Competitor unrecorded, missing competitor · View bout
  2. Eddie Baza, San Jose State (CA) over Bob Bury, Penn State — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  3. Randy Lewis (3), Iowa over Doug Drew, Kent State (OH) — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  4. Ricky Dellagatta (2), Kentucky over Bob Hoffman, Nebraska Omaha — Fall 2:11 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Eddie Baza, San Jose State (CA) and Competitor unrecorded, missing competitor · View bout
  2. Ricky Dellagatta (2), Kentucky over Randy Lewis (3), Iowa — Fall 0:26 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dalen Wasmund (7), Minnesota over Eddie Baza, San Jose State (CA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Ricky Dellagatta (2), Kentucky over Clar Anderson, Auburn (AL) — SD 19–6 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ricky Dellagatta (2), Kentucky over Dalen Wasmund (7), Minnesota — Dec 9–9 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Eddie Baza, San Jose State (CA) over Clar Anderson, Auburn (AL) — Dec 8–4 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Randy Lewis (3), Iowa and Competitor unrecorded, missing competitor · View bout

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