NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1983 NCAA Championships

142 lb

Champion Darryl Burley, Lehigh (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Darryl BurleyLEH
  2. 2Al FreemanNEB
  3. 3Harlan KistlerIOWA
  4. 4Andy McNerneyHARV
  5. 5Randy ConradISU
  6. 6Leo BaileyOKST
  7. 7Tony SurageRUT
  8. 8John GiuraWIS

Championship

Opening round · 7 bouts

  1. Bob Bury (6), Penn State over Don Henry, Slippery Rock (PA) — MD 11–2 · View bout
  2. Darrell Leslie, Rochester Tech (NY) over Dave Gable, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  3. Darryl Burley (1), Lehigh (PA) over Darren Abel, Oklahoma — Fall 1:57 · View bout
  4. David Barnes, San Jose State (CA) over Dave DeLong, Indiana (IN) — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  5. Morgan Woodhouse (2), Brigham Young (UT) over Scott Wiggen, Stanford (CA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  6. Philip Gottlick, Drexel (PA) over Jeff Barksdale, California-Poly — Fall 4:23 · View bout
  7. Steve Koob, North Carolina State over Curt Berger, Oregon State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Al Freeman (7), Nebraska over Morgan Woodhouse (2), Brigham Young (UT) — MD 16–5 · View bout
  2. Andy McNerney (9), Harvard (MA) over Darrell Leslie, Rochester Tech (NY) — MD 12–4 · View bout
  3. Andy Seras, Albany (NY) over Philip Gottlick, Drexel (PA) — Fall 1:50 · View bout
  4. Anthony Arena, Hofstra (NY) over Tom Montminy, Boston College (MA) — Fall 4:38 · View bout
  5. Bob Bury (6), Penn State over Bob Preston, Toledo (OH) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  6. Darryl Burley (1), Lehigh (PA) over Ken Nellis, Clarion (PA) — SD 16–2 · View bout
  7. Harlan Kistler (3), Iowa over Mark Demeo, Syracuse (NY) — MD 11–2 · View bout
  8. Jake Cecere, Duke (NC) over Billy Moss (10), Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dflt · View bout
  9. Jesse Reyes (4), California-Bakersfield over Jim Hildebrand, Oregon — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  10. John Giura (12), Wisconsin over Adam Cohen, Arizona State — Dflt · View bout
  11. Leo Bailey, Oklahoma State over Nathan Winner, Southern Oregon — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  12. Mike Langlais, North Dakota State over Dave Lundskog, Weber State (UT) — SD 20–8 · View bout
  13. Mike Schmidlin, California-Fullerton over Eric Hershberger, Louisiana State — Fall 6:07 · View bout
  14. Randy Conrad (5), Iowa State over David Barnes, San Jose State (CA) — MD 9–1 · View bout
  15. Steve Koob, North Carolina State over Jeff Hardy, Ohio — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  16. Tony Surage (11), Rutgers (NJ) over Tony Tracey, New Mexico — MD 16–5 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Al Freeman (7), Nebraska over Tony Surage (11), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  2. Andy McNerney (9), Harvard (MA) over Jesse Reyes (4), California-Bakersfield — Fall 2:36 · View bout
  3. Anthony Arena, Hofstra (NY) over Andy Seras, Albany (NY) — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  4. Darryl Burley (1), Lehigh (PA) over John Giura (12), Wisconsin — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  5. Harlan Kistler (3), Iowa over Jake Cecere, Duke (NC) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  6. Leo Bailey, Oklahoma State over Bob Bury (6), Penn State — Dec 18–12 · View bout
  7. Randy Conrad (5), Iowa State over Mike Schmidlin, California-Fullerton — MD 16–5 · View bout
  8. Steve Koob, North Carolina State over Mike Langlais, North Dakota State — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Al Freeman (7), Nebraska over Steve Koob, North Carolina State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Andy McNerney (9), Harvard (MA) over Randy Conrad (5), Iowa State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Darryl Burley (1), Lehigh (PA) over Anthony Arena, Hofstra (NY) — MD 12–3 · View bout
  4. Harlan Kistler (3), Iowa over Leo Bailey, Oklahoma State — Dec 11–7 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Al Freeman (7), Nebraska over Harlan Kistler (3), Iowa — MD 11–3 · View bout
  2. Darryl Burley (1), Lehigh (PA) over Andy McNerney (9), Harvard (MA) — Dec 10–3 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Darryl Burley (1), Lehigh (PA) over Al Freeman (7), Nebraska — Dflt · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. Ken Nellis, Clarion (PA) over Darren Abel, Oklahoma — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Jesse Reyes (4), California-Bakersfield over Darrell Leslie, Rochester Tech (NY) — SD 17–4 · View bout
  2. John Giura (12), Wisconsin over Ken Nellis, Clarion (PA) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  3. Mark Demeo, Syracuse (NY) over Jake Cecere, Duke (NC) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. Tony Surage (11), Rutgers (NJ) over Morgan Woodhouse (2), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. John Giura (12), Wisconsin over Anthony Arena, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  2. Leo Bailey, Oklahoma State over Mark Demeo, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  3. Randy Conrad (5), Iowa State over Jesse Reyes (4), California-Bakersfield — MD 11–1 · View bout
  4. Tony Surage (11), Rutgers (NJ) over Steve Koob, North Carolina State — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Leo Bailey, Oklahoma State over Tony Surage (11), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Randy Conrad (5), Iowa State over John Giura (12), Wisconsin — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Andy McNerney (9), Harvard (MA) over Leo Bailey, Oklahoma State — MD 16–5 · View bout
  2. Harlan Kistler (3), Iowa over Randy Conrad (5), Iowa State — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Harlan Kistler (3), Iowa over Andy McNerney (9), Harvard (MA) — Dec 8–7 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Randy Conrad (5), Iowa State over Leo Bailey, Oklahoma State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tony Surage (11), Rutgers (NJ) over John Giura (12), Wisconsin — Dec 8–2 · View bout

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