NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1961 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Bob Johnson, Oklahoma State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Bob JohnsonOKST
  2. 2Wayne BaughmanOU
  3. 3Ken HoustonSIUC
  4. 4Bob BurgeCOST

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

16 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Al Rushatz (2), Army (NY) over Jack Berger, Oregon State — Dec 10–4 · View bout
    2. Art Siml, Illinois over Jim Detrixhe (1), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    3. Bernie Slate, San Jose State (CA) over Jim Ferguson, Wesleyan (CT) — Dec 15–11 · View bout
    4. Bob Burge (5), Colorado State over Julian Hook, Minnesota — Dec 10–4 · View bout
    5. Bob Duvall, Iowa State over John 'Skip' McCray, Michigan State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    6. Bob Johnson (4), Oklahoma State over Bob Konsella, Portland State (OR) — Dec 22–8 · View bout
    7. Mike Sterner (6), South Dakota State over Tom Sutton, Air Force (CO) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    8. Wayne Baughman (3), Oklahoma over Ken Houston, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 5–2 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Al Rushatz (2), Army (NY) over Bob Duvall, Iowa State — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    2. Art Siml, Illinois over Bernie Slate, San Jose State (CA) — Dec 12–10 · View bout
    3. Bob Johnson (4), Oklahoma State over Bob Burge (5), Colorado State — Dec 9–3 · View bout
    4. Wayne Baughman (3), Oklahoma over Mike Sterner (6), South Dakota State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Johnson (4), Oklahoma State over Art Siml, Illinois — Dec 8–6 · View bout
    2. Wayne Baughman (3), Oklahoma over Al Rushatz (2), Army (NY) — Dec 10–6 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Bob Johnson (4), Oklahoma State over Wayne Baughman (3), Oklahoma — Dec 9–5 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Bob Burge (5), Colorado State over Bob Konsella, Portland State (OR) — Dec 14–10 · View bout
      2. Ken Houston, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Mike Sterner (6), South Dakota State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Bob Burge (5), Colorado State over Art Siml, Illinois — Dec 4–2 · View bout
      2. Ken Houston, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Al Rushatz (2), Army (NY) — MFF · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Ken Houston, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Bob Burge (5), Colorado State — Dec 4–1 · View bout