NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1985 NCAA Championships

142 lb

Champion Joe Gibbons, Iowa State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Joe GibbonsISU
  2. 2John OrrPRIN
  3. 3Peter YozzoLEH
  4. 4Kevin DresserIOWA
  5. 5Lew SondgerothUNI
  6. 6John EffnerIndiana State
  7. 7John GiuraWIS
  8. 8Scott WiggenSTAN

Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

  1. Amaro Lamar, Appalachian State (NC) over Cary Broad, Syracuse (NY) — MD 18–10 · View bout
  2. Scott Wiggen, Stanford (CA) over Rob Yoos, Lafayette (PA) — MD 17–6 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Adam Cohen (9), Arizona State over Ben Walker, Virginia Military — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  2. Bruce Swierczewski (11), Northern Illinois over Todd Steidley, Utah State — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  3. Chris Humphreys (10), Brigham Young (UT) over Gray Lauchle, Boston (MA) — TF 15–0 · View bout
  4. Dan Pantaleo, Olivet (MI) over Leo Bailey (7), Oklahoma State — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  5. Dave Zahoransky, Cleveland State (OH) over David Wood, California-Poly — SD 14–2 · View bout
  6. Glenn Goodman, Oklahoma over Bill Ferrie, Nebraska — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  7. Joe Gibbons (1), Iowa State over Amaro Lamar, Appalachian State (NC) — MD 11–3 · View bout
  8. Joey McKenna (8), Clemson (SC) over Joe Lilovich, Purdue (IN) — MD 15–7 · View bout
  9. John Effner, Indiana State over Tom Urban, West Chester (PA) — TF 15–0 · View bout
  10. John Giura (4), Wisconsin over George Snook, Bucknell (PA) — MD 20–9 · View bout
  11. John Orr (3), Princeton (NJ) over Tom Kreamer, Lock Haven (PA) — SD 13–1 · View bout
  12. Kevin Dresser (2), Iowa over Scott Wiggen, Stanford (CA) — SD 16–4 · View bout
  13. Lew Sondgeroth (5), Northern Iowa over Randy Schimmel, Boise State (ID) — TF 20–5 · View bout
  14. Marc Cabrera, Seton Hall (NJ) over Mike McNaney, Wyoming — Dec 19–17 · View bout
  15. Maurice Brown, Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Gary Bolin (12), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  16. Peter Yozzo (6), Lehigh (PA) over Ron Cantini, Michigan State — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dan Pantaleo, Olivet (MI) over Marc Cabrera, Seton Hall (NJ) — Dec 12–8 · View bout
  2. Joe Gibbons (1), Iowa State over Maurice Brown, Southern Illinois Edwardsville — TF 18–2 · View bout
  3. John Effner, Indiana State over Joey McKenna (8), Clemson (SC) — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  4. John Giura (4), Wisconsin over Adam Cohen (9), Arizona State — MD 10–1 · View bout
  5. John Orr (3), Princeton (NJ) over Chris Humphreys (10), Brigham Young (UT) — MD 11–2 · View bout
  6. Kevin Dresser (2), Iowa over Bruce Swierczewski (11), Northern Illinois — MD 14–6 · View bout
  7. Lew Sondgeroth (5), Northern Iowa over Glenn Goodman, Oklahoma — MD 10–2 · View bout
  8. Peter Yozzo (6), Lehigh (PA) over Dave Zahoransky, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Joe Gibbons (1), Iowa State over John Effner, Indiana State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. John Orr (3), Princeton (NJ) over Peter Yozzo (6), Lehigh (PA) — MD 11–2 · View bout
  3. Kevin Dresser (2), Iowa over Dan Pantaleo, Olivet (MI) — Fall 6:51 · View bout
  4. Lew Sondgeroth (5), Northern Iowa over John Giura (4), Wisconsin — Dec 9–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Joe Gibbons (1), Iowa State over Lew Sondgeroth (5), Northern Iowa — Dec 4–4 · View bout
  2. John Orr (3), Princeton (NJ) over Kevin Dresser (2), Iowa — Dec 10–6 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Joe Gibbons (1), Iowa State over John Orr (3), Princeton (NJ) — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Amaro Lamar, Appalachian State (NC) over Maurice Brown, Southern Illinois Edwardsville — Fall 2:42 · View bout
  2. Chris Humphreys (10), Brigham Young (UT) over Tom Kreamer, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  3. Glenn Goodman, Oklahoma over Randy Schimmel, Boise State (ID) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  4. Scott Wiggen, Stanford (CA) over Bruce Swierczewski (11), Northern Illinois — Dec 9–3 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. John Effner, Indiana State over Amaro Lamar, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. John Giura (4), Wisconsin over Glenn Goodman, Oklahoma — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  3. Peter Yozzo (6), Lehigh (PA) over Chris Humphreys (10), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Scott Wiggen, Stanford (CA) over Dan Pantaleo, Olivet (MI) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. John Effner, Indiana State over John Giura (4), Wisconsin — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Peter Yozzo (6), Lehigh (PA) over Scott Wiggen, Stanford (CA) — Dec 8–6 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Kevin Dresser (2), Iowa over John Effner, Indiana State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  2. Peter Yozzo (6), Lehigh (PA) over Lew Sondgeroth (5), Northern Iowa — Dec 12–9 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Peter Yozzo (6), Lehigh (PA) over Kevin Dresser (2), Iowa — Dec 12–9 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Lew Sondgeroth (5), Northern Iowa over John Effner, Indiana State — Dec 6–5 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. John Giura (4), Wisconsin over Scott Wiggen, Stanford (CA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

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