Ben Cooper

Wrestler record · 1968–1970 · Southern Illinois Carbondale

Archive-scoped NCAA championship results from 1968 to 1970. These are tournament records, not a complete college-career record.

3tournaments

9recorded wins

4recorded losses

0individual titles

0recorded falls

NCAA career

Ben Cooper NCAA tournament career, one row per year
Year	School	Weight	Seed	Finish	W–L	Matches
1970	Southern Illinois Carbondale	177	No. 5	3rd	6–1	7 bouts
1969	Southern Illinois Carbondale	177	None recorded	Lost consolation round 5	2–2	4 bouts
1968	Southern Illinois Carbondale	167	None recorded	Lost round of 16	1–1	2 bouts

Sorted by tournament year and documented round order. Match IDs are never used to infer chronology.

Ben Cooper recorded NCAA championship matches
Weight	Stage	Result	Opponent	Seed	Opp. seed	Score	Method	Match link
1970
177	Opening round	W	Bill Bragg · Colorado	No. 5	0 · recorded zero	8–2	Dec	Open
177	Round of 32	W	Henry Shaffer · Clarion (PA)	No. 5	0 · recorded zero	4–1	Dec	Open
177	Round of 16	W	Steve DeVries · Iowa	No. 5	0 · recorded zero	5–2	Dec	Open
177	Quarterfinal	W	Don Trapp · South Dakota State	No. 5	No. 4	7–3	Dec	Open
177	Semifinal	L	Chuck Jean · Iowa State	No. 5	No. 1	1–2	Dec	Open
177	Consolation semifinal	W	Steve Shields · Lehigh (PA)	No. 5	No. 8	3–2	Dec	Open
177	3rd-place bout	W	Gerald Malecek · Michigan State	No. 5	0 · recorded zero	6–3	Dec	Open
1969
177	Round of 32	W	Bob Gemignani · Air Force (CO)	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	9–1	Dec	Open
177	Round of 16	L	Pete Cornell · Michigan	0 · recorded zero	No. 7	1–3	Dec	Open
177	Consolation round 4	W	Tim Nichols · Princeton (NJ)	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	7–1	Dec	Open
177	Consolation round 5	L	Ken Bos · California-Poly	0 · recorded zero	No. 2	2–5	Dec	Open
1968
167	Round of 32	W	Joe O'Donnell · Tennessee	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	11–0	Dec	Open
167	Round of 16	L	Bob 'Bud' McDaniel · Oklahoma	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	1–8	Dec	Open