NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1966 NCAA Championships

137 lb

Champion Gene Davis, Oklahoma State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Gene DavisOKST
  2. 2Mike SagerOU
  3. 3Bill StuartLEH
  4. 4Bill JohannesenMICH
  5. 5Masaru YatabePORT
  6. 6Jerry CheynetKSU

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

23 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 7 bouts

    9 byes into the round of 16

    1. Alan Siegel, California-Berkeley over Colvyn Redden, Shippensburg (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    2. Don Schneider, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Steve Boozell, Central Missouri — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    3. Douglas Robertson, Oregon over Bill Thompson, Rochester Tech (NY) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    4. Jerry Cheynet, Kansas State over Barry Sutter, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    5. Lee Sprague, Oregon State over Tony Struzik, Marquette (WI) — Dec 13–3 · View bout
    6. Tony Russo, Arizona State over Wayne Hicks (2), Navy (MD) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    7. Vince Fitz, Penn State over Dave Saddler, Iowa State — Dec 10–3 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bill Johannesen (6), Michigan over Alan Siegel, California-Berkeley — Dec 9–3 · View bout
    2. Bill Stuart (1), Lehigh (PA) over Douglas Robertson, Oregon — Fall 5:08 · View bout
    3. Dale Carr (5), Michigan State over Lee Sprague, Oregon State — Dec 13–12 · View bout
    4. Don Schneider, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Bob Furlan, Northern Illinois — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    5. Gene Davis (3), Oklahoma State over Dave Halulko, Indiana State — Dec 10–2 · View bout
    6. Masaru Yatabe, Portland State (OR) over Tony Russo, Arizona State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    7. Mike Sager (4), Oklahoma over Jerry Cheynet, Kansas State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    8. Vince Fitz, Penn State over Edward Derryberry, Northern Colorado — Dec 9–6 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bill Stuart (1), Lehigh (PA) over Vince Fitz, Penn State — Dec 13–4 · View bout
    2. Gene Davis (3), Oklahoma State over Bill Johannesen (6), Michigan — Dec 8–3 · View bout
    3. Masaru Yatabe, Portland State (OR) over Don Schneider, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    4. Mike Sager (4), Oklahoma over Dale Carr (5), Michigan State — Dec 17–5 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Gene Davis (3), Oklahoma State over Masaru Yatabe, Portland State (OR) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
    2. Mike Sager (4), Oklahoma over Bill Stuart (1), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Gene Davis (3), Oklahoma State over Mike Sager (4), Oklahoma — Dec 4–3 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Bill Johannesen (6), Michigan over Dave Halulko, Indiana State — MFF · View bout
      2. Jerry Cheynet, Kansas State over Dale Carr (5), Michigan State — Dec 8–1 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Bill Johannesen (6), Michigan over Masaru Yatabe, Portland State (OR) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
      2. Bill Stuart (1), Lehigh (PA) over Jerry Cheynet, Kansas State — Dec 2–1 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Bill Stuart (1), Lehigh (PA) over Bill Johannesen (6), Michigan — Dec 9–4 · View bout

      5th-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Masaru Yatabe, Portland State (OR) over Jerry Cheynet, Kansas State — Dec 5–3 · View bout