NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1988 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Royce Alger, Iowa.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Royce AlgerIOWA
  2. 2Dan MayoPSU
  3. 3Brad LloydLH
  4. 4Chris BarnesOKST
  5. 5Chuck KearneyOregon
  6. 6RJ NebeNebraska Omaha
  7. 7Pat JohannesNDSU
  8. 8Ron GharboOHST

Championship

Opening round · 3 bouts

  1. Derek Capanna, Virginia over Darin Farrell, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Gary Horner, Clarion (PA) over Anton Kossakowski, Northern Illinois — Fall 6:22 · View bout
  3. Pete Georgoutsos (12), Montclair State (NJ) over Braden Adkinson, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 10–8 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Brad Lloyd (3), Lock Haven (PA) over Clifton Grant, Howard (DC) — MD 14–1 · View bout
  2. Charlie Buckshaw, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Ben Oberly, North Carolina — MD 14–2 · View bout
  3. Chris Barnes (4), Oklahoma State over Denzil Forrester, Southern Connecticut — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  4. Chris Geneser (7), Notre Dame (IN) over Rick Evans, Brigham Young (UT) — MD 18–6 · View bout
  5. Chuck Kearney (6), Oregon over Kurt Bowman, Lafayette (PA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  6. Dan Mayo (2), Penn State over Anthony Romero, California-Poly — TF 18–3 · View bout
  7. Jim Hardy, Missouri over Doug Downs, Northern Iowa — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  8. Joe Stafford (5), Oklahoma over Scott Brown, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  9. Joe Urso (10), Purdue (IN) over Derek Capanna, Virginia — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  10. Kyle Grilliot, Ohio over Mike Gibbons, Central Connecticut — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  11. Mark Whitehead, Northwestern (IL) over Eyvind Boyesen, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  12. Pat Johannes (11), North Dakota State over Ron Perry, Stanford (CA) — MD 17–6 · View bout
  13. Pete Georgoutsos (12), Montclair State (NJ) over Ken Wilson, Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  14. RJ Nebe (8), Nebraska Omaha over Chase McCown, Air Force (CO) — TF 15–0 · View bout
  15. Ron Gharbo, Ohio State over Steve Hasenfus, Columbia (NY) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  16. Royce Alger (1), Iowa over Gary Horner, Clarion (PA) — Fall 6:33 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Brad Lloyd (3), Lock Haven (PA) over Kyle Grilliot, Ohio — TF 17–2 · View bout
  2. Charlie Buckshaw, Tennessee-Chattanooga over RJ Nebe (8), Nebraska Omaha — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  3. Chris Barnes (4), Oklahoma State over Jim Hardy, Missouri — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  4. Dan Mayo (2), Penn State over Ron Gharbo, Ohio State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  5. Joe Stafford (5), Oklahoma over Pete Georgoutsos (12), Montclair State (NJ) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  6. Joe Urso (10), Purdue (IN) over Chris Geneser (7), Notre Dame (IN) — Dec 12–9 · View bout
  7. Pat Johannes (11), North Dakota State over Chuck Kearney (6), Oregon — Fall 6:51 · View bout
  8. Royce Alger (1), Iowa over Mark Whitehead, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 14–8 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Brad Lloyd (3), Lock Haven (PA) over Pat Johannes (11), North Dakota State — TF 16–0 · View bout
  2. Chris Barnes (4), Oklahoma State over Joe Stafford (5), Oklahoma — MD 13–3 · View bout
  3. Dan Mayo (2), Penn State over Joe Urso (10), Purdue (IN) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  4. Royce Alger (1), Iowa over Charlie Buckshaw, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Fall 6:16 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dan Mayo (2), Penn State over Brad Lloyd (3), Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Royce Alger (1), Iowa over Chris Barnes (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Royce Alger (1), Iowa over Dan Mayo (2), Penn State — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Chuck Kearney (6), Oregon over Ron Perry, Stanford (CA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Denzil Forrester, Southern Connecticut over Jim Hardy, Missouri — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  3. Derek Capanna, Virginia over Chris Geneser (7), Notre Dame (IN) — Dec 13–9 · View bout
  4. Kyle Grilliot, Ohio over Clifton Grant, Howard (DC) — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  5. Mark Whitehead, Northwestern (IL) over Gary Horner, Clarion (PA) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  6. Pete Georgoutsos (12), Montclair State (NJ) over Scott Brown, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  7. RJ Nebe (8), Nebraska Omaha over Ben Oberly, North Carolina — MD 11–3 · View bout
  8. Ron Gharbo, Ohio State over Anthony Romero, California-Poly — Dec 10–3 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Chuck Kearney (6), Oregon over Kyle Grilliot, Ohio — TF 16–0 · View bout
  2. Pete Georgoutsos (12), Montclair State (NJ) over Denzil Forrester, Southern Connecticut — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. RJ Nebe (8), Nebraska Omaha over Mark Whitehead, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  4. Ron Gharbo, Ohio State over Derek Capanna, Virginia — MD 8–0 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Chuck Kearney (6), Oregon over Joe Stafford (5), Oklahoma — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. Pat Johannes (11), North Dakota State over Pete Georgoutsos (12), Montclair State (NJ) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  3. RJ Nebe (8), Nebraska Omaha over Joe Urso (10), Purdue (IN) — MD 11–0 · View bout
  4. Ron Gharbo, Ohio State over Charlie Buckshaw, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 7–0 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Chuck Kearney (6), Oregon over Ron Gharbo, Ohio State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. RJ Nebe (8), Nebraska Omaha over Pat Johannes (11), North Dakota State — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Brad Lloyd (3), Lock Haven (PA) over Chuck Kearney (6), Oregon — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Chris Barnes (4), Oklahoma State over RJ Nebe (8), Nebraska Omaha — Dec 8–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Brad Lloyd (3), Lock Haven (PA) over Chris Barnes (4), Oklahoma State — MD 10–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Chuck Kearney (6), Oregon over RJ Nebe (8), Nebraska Omaha — Dflt · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Pat Johannes (11), North Dakota State over Ron Gharbo, Ohio State — Dec 5–3 · View bout

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