1961 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

229recorded matches

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Individual champions

verified bracket 115 lb, 123 lb, 130 lb, 137 lb, 147 lb, 157 lb, 167 lb, 177 lb, 191 lb, Unlimited lb.

1961 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
115	Eliott 'Gray' Simons	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
123	DuWayne Miller	Oklahoma all-time	Source final	Recorded final
130	Larry Lauchle	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
137	Norm Young	Michigan State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
147	Larry Hayes	Iowa State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
157	Phil Kinyon	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
167	Don Conway	Oregon State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
177	Bob Johnson	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
191	Leonard Lordino	Northern Colorado all-time	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Dale Lewis	Oklahoma all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Team standings

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1961 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Oklahoma State all-time	82
2	Oklahoma all-time	63
3	Iowa State all-time	29
4	Oregon State all-time	28
5	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	26
6	Lehigh (PA) all-time	24
7	Penn State all-time	20
T8	Michigan State all-time	19
T8	Northern Iowa all-time	19
10	Michigan all-time	18
11	Colorado State all-time	17
T12	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	13
T12	Northern Colorado all-time	13
T14	Purdue (IN) all-time	10
T14	Toledo (OH) all-time	10
T16	Northwestern (IL) all-time	9
T16	Southern Illinois Carbondale all-time	9
18	Utah all-time	7
19	Minnesota-Mankato all-time	6
20	Portland State (OR) all-time	4
T21	Illinois all-time	3
T21	Nebraska all-time	3
T21	Western Colorado all-time	3
T24	Army (NY) all-time	2
T24	Citadel (SC) all-time	2
T24	Kansas State all-time	2
T24	Wyoming all-time	2
T28	Bowling Green (OH) all-time	1
T28	Coast Guard (CT) all-time	1
T28	Colorado all-time	1
T28	Cornell College (IA) all-time	1
T28	Kent State (OH) all-time	1
T28	Navy (MD) all-time	1
T28	Ohio State all-time	1
T28	Rochester Tech (NY) all-time	1
T28	San Jose State (CA) all-time	1
T28	South Dakota State all-time	1
T28	Springfield (MA) all-time	1
T28	Washington (WA) all-time	1
Not in the published standings
24*	Iowa all-time	2*
29*	Virginia Tech all-time	1*
42*	Air Force (CO) all-time	0*
42*	Brigham Young (UT) all-time	0*
42*	California-Chico all-time	0*
42*	California-Los Angeles all-time	0*
42*	California-Poly all-time	0*
42*	Lewis & Clark (OR) all-time	0*
42*	Long Beach State (CA) all-time	0*
42*	Miami (OH) all-time	0*
42*	Minnesota all-time	0*
42*	New York all-time	0*
42*	Oregon all-time	0*
42*	Pacific (OR) all-time	0*
42*	Tennessee-Chattanooga all-time	0*
42*	Washington State all-time	0*
42*	Wesleyan (CT) all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1961 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.

How these points were reconstructed →