NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1983 NCAA Championships

118 lb

Champion Adam Cuestas, California-Bakersfield.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Adam CuestasCSUB
  2. 2Charlie HeardCHAT
  3. 3Bob DickmanIndiana State
  4. 4John ThornISU
  5. 5Tim RileyIOWA
  6. 6Tony CalderaioSlippery Rock (PA)
  7. 7Mike ErbOregon
  8. 8Al GutierrezCP

Championship

Opening round · 5 bouts

  1. Adam Cuestas (7), California-Bakersfield over Bob Hallman, Northern Iowa — Dec 15–10 · View bout
  2. Carl DeStefanis (2), Penn State over Greg Lonning, Luther (IA) — MD 14–3 · View bout
  3. John Thorn, Iowa State over Lou Ferullo, New Hampshire — SD 15–2 · View bout
  4. Mike Erb, Oregon over Don Mabry, Arizona State — MD 18–9 · View bout
  5. Randy Willingham (1), Oklahoma State over Chuck Jones, Appalachian State (NC) — Fall 2:42 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Adam Cuestas (7), California-Bakersfield over Al Palacio, North Carolina — Fall 6:35 · View bout
  2. Al Gutierrez, California-Poly over Ed Giese, Minnesota — MD 17–7 · View bout
  3. Bob Dickman (6), Indiana State over Todd Sterr, Clemson (SC) — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  4. Brad Anderson, Brigham Young (UT) over Bobby Weaver (3), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  5. Charlie Heard (4), Tennessee-Chattanooga over Mike Erb, Oregon — Dec 14–11 · View bout
  6. Don Haddad (9), Colorado State over Rodney Hawthorne, Oregon State — MD 21–13 · View bout
  7. Harrell Milhouse (12), Michigan State over Tracy Yeates, Boise State (ID) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  8. Jamie Kasser (5), Clarion (PA) over David Jones, Montana State — SD 18–5 · View bout
  9. Joe Spinazzola (11), Missouri over Matt Campbell, Nebraska — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  10. John Thorn, Iowa State over Tim Riley (8), Iowa — Dec 5–5 · View bout
  11. Mike Clevenger, Louisiana State over Bob Turner, Army (NY) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  12. Randy Willingham (1), Oklahoma State over Robert Wimberly, Ohio — Fall 3:44 · View bout
  13. Robin Morris, Wisconsin over Carl DeStefanis (2), Penn State — Fall 1:18 · View bout
  14. Roger DeSart, Nevada-Las Vegas over John Worley, Maryland — Dec 16–10 · View bout
  15. Todd Cummings, Bloomsburg (PA) over Marc Sodano, Wilkes (PA) — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  16. Tony Calderaio (10), Slippery Rock (PA) over Joe Downey, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Adam Cuestas (7), California-Bakersfield over Al Gutierrez, California-Poly — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Bob Dickman (6), Indiana State over Roger DeSart, Nevada-Las Vegas — Fall 3:35 · View bout
  3. Charlie Heard (4), Tennessee-Chattanooga over Don Haddad (9), Colorado State — MD 14–3 · View bout
  4. Jamie Kasser (5), Clarion (PA) over Todd Cummings, Bloomsburg (PA) — SD 18–6 · View bout
  5. John Thorn, Iowa State over Mike Clevenger, Louisiana State — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  6. Randy Willingham (1), Oklahoma State over Harrell Milhouse (12), Michigan State — MD 15–5 · View bout
  7. Robin Morris, Wisconsin over Joe Spinazzola (11), Missouri — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  8. Tony Calderaio (10), Slippery Rock (PA) over Brad Anderson, Brigham Young (UT) — MD 11–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Adam Cuestas (7), California-Bakersfield over Robin Morris, Wisconsin — SD 21–3 · View bout
  2. Bob Dickman (6), Indiana State over Tony Calderaio (10), Slippery Rock (PA) — MD 14–6 · View bout
  3. Charlie Heard (4), Tennessee-Chattanooga over Jamie Kasser (5), Clarion (PA) — MD 19–9 · View bout
  4. John Thorn, Iowa State over Randy Willingham (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 8–7 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Adam Cuestas (7), California-Bakersfield over Bob Dickman (6), Indiana State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Charlie Heard (4), Tennessee-Chattanooga over John Thorn, Iowa State — SD 25–7 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Adam Cuestas (7), California-Bakersfield over Charlie Heard (4), Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 14–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Hallman, Northern Iowa over Al Palacio, North Carolina — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  2. Tim Riley (8), Iowa over Lou Ferullo, New Hampshire — SD 17–5 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Al Gutierrez, California-Poly over Bob Hallman, Northern Iowa — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  2. Mike Erb, Oregon over Don Haddad (9), Colorado State — Fall 1:39 · View bout
  3. Roger DeSart, Nevada-Las Vegas over Todd Sterr, Clemson (SC) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  4. Tim Riley (8), Iowa over Mike Clevenger, Louisiana State — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Al Gutierrez, California-Poly over Robin Morris, Wisconsin — Dec 13–8 · View bout
  2. Mike Erb, Oregon over Jamie Kasser (5), Clarion (PA) — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  3. Tim Riley (8), Iowa over Randy Willingham (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–4 · View bout
  4. Tony Calderaio (10), Slippery Rock (PA) over Roger DeSart, Nevada-Las Vegas — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Tim Riley (8), Iowa over Mike Erb, Oregon — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  2. Tony Calderaio (10), Slippery Rock (PA) over Al Gutierrez, California-Poly — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Dickman (6), Indiana State over Tim Riley (8), Iowa — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. John Thorn, Iowa State over Tony Calderaio (10), Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 10–8 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bob Dickman (6), Indiana State over John Thorn, Iowa State — Dec 7–4 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tim Riley (8), Iowa over Tony Calderaio (10), Slippery Rock (PA) — SD 22–5 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Mike Erb, Oregon over Al Gutierrez, California-Poly — MFF · View bout

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