NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1984 NCAA Championships

142 lb

Champion Jesse Reyes, California-Bakersfield.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Jesse ReyesCSUB
  2. 2John OrrPRIN
  3. 3John GiuraWIS
  4. 4Joe GibbonsISU
  5. 5Luke SkoveOKST
  6. 6Jeff KerberIOWA
  7. 7Eric ChildsPSU
  8. 8Dave LundskogWeber State (UT)

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

  1. Jesse Reyes (1), California-Bakersfield over Bruce Swierczewski, Northern Illinois — MD 19–8 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bob Richards (7), Cleveland State (OH) over Doug Wells, Air Force (CO) — SD 19–5 · View bout
  2. Cliff Berger, Oregon State over Joey McKenna, Clemson (SC) — Dec 13–12 · View bout
  3. Colin Coffey, Rider (NJ) over David Barnes (8), San Jose State (CA) — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  4. Dan Pantaleo, Olivet (MI) over Alan Weber, Purdue (IN) — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  5. Darrin Higgins, Oklahoma over Mark Terrill (11), Louisiana State — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  6. Eric Childs (12), Penn State over Maurice Brown, Southern Illinois Edwardsville — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  7. Jeff Kerber (3), Iowa over Dave Gable, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  8. Jesse Reyes (1), California-Bakersfield over Don Schleicher Jr., Navy (MD) — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  9. Joe Gibbons (5), Iowa State over Wes Beckwith Jr., Massachusetts — SD 32–0 · View bout
  10. John Giura (4), Wisconsin over John Cecala, Old Dominion (VA) — MD 15–4 · View bout
  11. John Orr (6), Princeton (NJ) over John Ehrenberger, Virginia Military — SD 14–1 · View bout
  12. Luke Skove (2), Oklahoma State over Dave Lundskog, Weber State (UT) — Dec 15–10 · View bout
  13. Mike Baker, New Mexico over Del Creps, Ohio State — MD 13–4 · View bout
  14. Nathan Winner (10), Southern Oregon over William Taylor, Nebraska — Fall 5:58 · View bout
  15. Peter Yozzo (9), Lehigh (PA) over Boyd Goodpaster, Portland State (OR) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  16. Scott Turner, North Carolina State over Scott Wiggen, Stanford (CA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob Richards (7), Cleveland State (OH) over Scott Turner, North Carolina State — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  2. Colin Coffey, Rider (NJ) over Cliff Berger, Oregon State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Jeff Kerber (3), Iowa over Nathan Winner (10), Southern Oregon — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  4. Jesse Reyes (1), California-Bakersfield over Eric Childs (12), Penn State — MD 16–7 · View bout
  5. Joe Gibbons (5), Iowa State over Mike Baker, New Mexico — Dec 12–7 · View bout
  6. John Giura (4), Wisconsin over Peter Yozzo (9), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  7. John Orr (6), Princeton (NJ) over Dan Pantaleo, Olivet (MI) — MD 15–4 · View bout
  8. Luke Skove (2), Oklahoma State over Darrin Higgins, Oklahoma — SD 19–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Jesse Reyes (1), California-Bakersfield over Colin Coffey, Rider (NJ) — SD 17–5 · View bout
  2. Joe Gibbons (5), Iowa State over John Giura (4), Wisconsin — Dec 4–4 · View bout
  3. John Orr (6), Princeton (NJ) over Jeff Kerber (3), Iowa — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  4. Luke Skove (2), Oklahoma State over Bob Richards (7), Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jesse Reyes (1), California-Bakersfield over Joe Gibbons (5), Iowa State — Fall 5:28 · View bout
  2. John Orr (6), Princeton (NJ) over Luke Skove (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 16–13 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jesse Reyes (1), California-Bakersfield over John Orr (6), Princeton (NJ) — MD 19–11 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. Don Schleicher Jr., Navy (MD) over Bruce Swierczewski, Northern Illinois — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Dan Pantaleo, Olivet (MI) over John Ehrenberger, Virginia Military — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. Dave Lundskog, Weber State (UT) over Darrin Higgins, Oklahoma — MD 13–3 · View bout
  3. Eric Childs (12), Penn State over Don Schleicher Jr., Navy (MD) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  4. Mike Baker, New Mexico over Wes Beckwith Jr., Massachusetts — Dec 13–11 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Lundskog, Weber State (UT) over Bob Richards (7), Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  2. Eric Childs (12), Penn State over Colin Coffey, Rider (NJ) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  3. Jeff Kerber (3), Iowa over Dan Pantaleo, Olivet (MI) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. John Giura (4), Wisconsin over Mike Baker, New Mexico — MD 12–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Jeff Kerber (3), Iowa over Dave Lundskog, Weber State (UT) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. John Giura (4), Wisconsin over Eric Childs (12), Penn State — Dflt · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Joe Gibbons (5), Iowa State over Jeff Kerber (3), Iowa — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  2. John Giura (4), Wisconsin over Luke Skove (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. John Giura (4), Wisconsin over Joe Gibbons (5), Iowa State — Dec 9–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Luke Skove (2), Oklahoma State over Jeff Kerber (3), Iowa — MFF · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Eric Childs (12), Penn State over Dave Lundskog, Weber State (UT) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

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