1963 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

297recorded 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.

1963 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
115	Arthur 'Bucky' Maughan	Minnesota-Moorhead all-time	Source final	Recorded final
123	Mike Nissen	Nebraska all-time	Source final	Recorded final
130	Mickey Martin	Oklahoma all-time	Source final	Recorded final
137	Bill Dotson	Northern Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
147	Clifford 'Mike' Natvig Jr.	Army (NY) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
157	Kirk Pendleton	Lehigh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
167	Jim Harrison	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
177	Dean Lahr	Colorado all-time	Source final	Recorded final
191	John 'Jack' Barden	Michigan all-time	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Jim Nance	Syracuse (NY) all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Team standings

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1963 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Oklahoma all-time	48
2	Iowa State all-time	45
3	Michigan all-time	36
T4	Oklahoma State all-time	32
T4	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	32
T4	Syracuse (NY) all-time	32
7	Iowa all-time	25
8	Lehigh (PA) all-time	24
9	Colorado State all-time	23
10	Minnesota all-time	18
T11	Minnesota-Moorhead all-time	17
T11	Navy (MD) all-time	17
T13	Nebraska all-time	16
T13	Northern Iowa all-time	16
15	Army (NY) all-time	14
T16	Colorado all-time	13
T16	Ohio all-time	13
T18	California-Los Angeles all-time	12
T18	Penn State all-time	12
20	Southern Illinois Carbondale all-time	11
T21	Michigan State all-time	10
T21	Northern Colorado all-time	10
T21	West Liberty (WV) all-time	10
T24	Northwestern (IL) all-time	9
T24	Toledo (OH) all-time	9
T24	Wisconsin all-time	9
T27	Air Force (CO) all-time	8
T27	Bloomsburg (PA) all-time	8
T27	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	8
T27	Ohio State all-time	8
T27	Washington (WA) all-time	8
T32	Kansas State all-time	5
T32	Purdue (IN) all-time	5
T34	Adams State (CO) all-time	4
T34	Cornell College (IA) all-time	4
T36	Oregon all-time	3
T36	Rutgers (NJ) all-time	3
T36	Springfield (MA) all-time	3
T36	Wyoming all-time	3
T40	Illinois all-time	2
T40	Maryland all-time	2
T42	Bowling Green (OH) all-time	1
T42	Cincinnati (OH) all-time	1
T42	Miami (OH) all-time	1
T42	New Mexico all-time	1
T42	South Dakota State all-time	1
Not in the published standings
47*	Arizona all-time	0*
47*	Arizona State all-time	0*
47*	Brown (RI) all-time	0*
47*	Davidson (NC) all-time	0*
47*	Georgia Tech all-time	0*
47*	Hiram (OH) all-time	0*
47*	Kent State (OH) all-time	0*
47*	Long Beach State (CA) all-time	0*
47*	Lycoming (PA) all-time	0*
47*	Marquette (WI) all-time	0*
47*	Minnesota-Mankato all-time	0*
47*	North Carolina all-time	0*
47*	Oregon State all-time	0*
47*	Rochester Tech (NY) all-time	0*
47*	Washington State all-time	0*
47*	Western Colorado all-time	0*
47*	Wheaton (IL) all-time	0*
47*	Yale (CT) all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1963 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.

How these points were reconstructed →