NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1965 NCAA Championships

137 lb

Champion Bill Stuart, Lehigh (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd and 5th place bouts

  1. 1Bill StuartLEH
  2. 2Wayne HicksNAVY
  3. 3Bob BuzzardISU
  4. 4Gene DavisOKST
  5. 5Mike SagerOU
  6. 6Bob RobbinsARMY

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

26 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 10 bouts

    6 byes into the round of 16

    1. Bill Stuart (2), Lehigh (PA) over Kent Kershner, Montana State — Dec 10–5 · View bout
    2. Bob Buzzard (1), Iowa State over Tony Russo, Arizona State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    3. Bob Robbins, Army (NY) over Doug Ebeling, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    4. Cal Jenkins, Michigan over Frank O'Korn Jr., Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    5. Joe York, Wyoming over Jim Rush, Western Colorado — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    6. Mike Sager (4), Oklahoma over Joe Ganz, Michigan State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    7. Mike Young (6), Brigham Young (UT) over Jim Murrin, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
    8. Ron 'Buddy' Knoebel, Lycoming (PA) over Jerry Torrance, Northwestern (IL) — Fall 2:21 · View bout
    9. Tony Gusic, Waynesburg (PA) over Butch Dougherty, Colorado — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    10. Wally Hale, Miami (OH) over Bob Franciamone, Ithaca (NY) — Fall 10:37 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bill Stuart (2), Lehigh (PA) over Ed Taylor, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
    2. Bob Buzzard (1), Iowa State over Jim Pond, Georgia Tech — Dec 6–1 · View bout
    3. Bob Robbins, Army (NY) over Wally Hale, Miami (OH) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    4. Cal Jenkins, Michigan over Tony Gusic, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    5. Gene Davis (3), Oklahoma State over Ron 'Buddy' Knoebel, Lycoming (PA) — Dec 10–2 · View bout
    6. Mike Sager (4), Oklahoma over Ralph Gonshorowski, Minnesota-Moorhead — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    7. Mike Young (6), Brigham Young (UT) over Roy Wilbanks, Colorado State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
    8. Wayne Hicks (5), Navy (MD) over Joe York, Wyoming — Fall 7:02 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bill Stuart (2), Lehigh (PA) over Bob Robbins, Army (NY) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    2. Bob Buzzard (1), Iowa State over Cal Jenkins, Michigan — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    3. Gene Davis (3), Oklahoma State over Mike Young (6), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    4. Wayne Hicks (5), Navy (MD) over Mike Sager (4), Oklahoma — Fall 8:34 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bill Stuart (2), Lehigh (PA) over Gene Davis (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
    2. Wayne Hicks (5), Navy (MD) over Bob Buzzard (1), Iowa State — Dec 8–4 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Bill Stuart (2), Lehigh (PA) over Wayne Hicks (5), Navy (MD) — Dec 10–9 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

    1. Ed Taylor, Bloomsburg (PA) over Kent Kershner, Montana State — MFF · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Robbins, Army (NY) over Ed Taylor, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    2. Mike Sager (4), Oklahoma over Joe York, Wyoming — Fall 3:50 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Buzzard (1), Iowa State over Mike Sager (4), Oklahoma — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    2. Gene Davis (3), Oklahoma State over Bob Robbins, Army (NY) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Bob Buzzard (1), Iowa State over Gene Davis (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 1–0 · View bout

    5th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Mike Sager (4), Oklahoma over Bob Robbins, Army (NY) — Dec 5–2 · View bout