1954 NCAA Championships

NCAA D1

Individual champions, team standings, and every recorded bout by weight. Placements are shown only where the record supports them.

10weights

10individual champions

193recorded matches

Individual champions

1954 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
115	Hugh Peery	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
123	Dick Govig	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
130	Norvard 'Snip' Nalan	Michigan all-time	Source final	Recorded final
137	Myron Roderick	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
147	Jay 'Tommy' Evans	Oklahoma all-time	Source final	Recorded final
157	Bob Hoke	Michigan State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
167	Joe Solomon	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
177	Ned Blass	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
191	Peter Blair	Navy (MD) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Gene Nicks	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1954 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Oklahoma State all-time	32
2	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	17
3	Penn State all-time	13
T4	Iowa all-time	12
T4	Navy (MD) all-time	12
6	Michigan State all-time	11
T7	Michigan all-time	10
T7	Oklahoma all-time	10
9	Lehigh (PA) all-time	9
10	Syracuse (NY) all-time	6
T11	Illinois all-time	5
T11	Minnesota all-time	5
T11	Purdue (IN) all-time	5
T14	Colorado all-time	4
T14	Ithaca (NY) all-time	4
T14	Maryland all-time	4
T14	Nebraska all-time	4
T14	Wisconsin all-time	4
19	Kansas State all-time	3
T20	Cornell College (IA) all-time	2
T20	Kent State (OH) all-time	2
T22	Brigham Young (UT) all-time	1
T22	Northern Colorado all-time	1
T22	Springfield (MA) all-time	1
T22	Texas A&M all-time	1
T22	Toledo (OH) all-time	1
Not in the published standings
26*	Auburn (AL) all-time	0*
26*	California-Berkeley all-time	0*
26*	California-Los Angeles all-time	0*
26*	City College (NY) all-time	0*
26*	Colorado State all-time	0*
26*	Indiana (IN) all-time	0*
26*	Iowa State all-time	0*
26*	Lincoln (PA) all-time	0*
26*	Middle Tennessee all-time	0*
26*	North Carolina all-time	0*
26*	Northern Iowa all-time	0*
26*	Oregon State all-time	0*
26*	South Dakota State all-time	0*
26*	Southern Illinois Carbondale all-time	0*
26*	Temple (PA) all-time	0*
26*	Utah all-time	0*
26*	Wartburg (IA) all-time	0*
26*	Washington State all-time	0*
26*	West Chester (PA) all-time	0*
26*	Wyoming all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1954 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.