NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1968 NCAA Championships

137 lb

Champion Dale Anderson, Michigan State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Dale AndersonMSU
  2. 2Masaru YatabePORT
  3. 3Pete VanderlofskeNAVY
  4. 4Marty WilliganHOF
  5. 5Ray Murphy Jr.OKST
  6. 6Ron RussoBLOO

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Championship

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Championship

Opening round · 4 bouts

28 byes into the round of 32

  1. Dale Anderson (1), Michigan State over Jay Leeman, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 7:15 · View bout
  2. James Lentz, Indiana (IN) over Dennis O'Brien, Marquette (WI) — Fall · View bout
  3. Marty Willigan, Hofstra (NY) over Jeff Henson, Michigan — Dec 10–9 · View bout
  4. Randy Stine Sr., Clarion (PA) over Jeff Batchelor, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Art Holland, Arizona State over Steve Bishko, Massachusetts Tech — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Dale Anderson (1), Michigan State over Dave Kling, Indiana (PA) — Fall 3:32 · View bout
  3. Dave Pruzansky, Temple (PA) over Don Roberts, Rochester Tech (NY) — Dec 10–0 · View bout
  4. Jack Dunn, Northwestern (IL) over Mike Fitzgerald, Minnesota-Moorhead — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  5. James Lentz, Indiana (IN) over Bill McBeth, Army (NY) — Fall 1:05 · View bout
  6. Jim Purdy Jr., East Stroudsburg (PA) over Steve Povolac, Oklahoma — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  7. John Jadlocki, Lock Haven (PA) over Dave Spinda (6), Penn State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  8. Marty Willigan, Hofstra (NY) over Marty Dickey, Iowa State — Fall 6:32 · View bout
  9. Masaru Yatabe (2), Portland State (OR) over Alan Merrill, Oregon — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  10. Mike Stanley (4), Adams State (CO) over Kevin Gilead, Maryland — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  11. Pete Vanderlofske (3), Navy (MD) over Gary Stoner, Western Michigan — Dec 14–4 · View bout
  12. Randy Stine Sr., Clarion (PA) over Dick Humphreys, Indiana State — FF · View bout
  13. Ray Murphy Jr., Oklahoma State over Bruce Shults, Washington (WA) — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  14. Ron Lemmon, Utah over Joe Carstensen, Iowa — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  15. Ron Otto (5), MacMurray (IL) over John Homiak, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  16. Ron Russo, Bloomsburg (PA) over Terry Habecker, Ithaca (NY) — Dec 16–8 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dale Anderson (1), Michigan State over Ron Russo, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Dave Pruzansky, Temple (PA) over Ron Otto (5), MacMurray (IL) — Dec 13–2 · View bout
  3. Jack Dunn, Northwestern (IL) over Jim Purdy Jr., East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. James Lentz, Indiana (IN) over John Jadlocki, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  5. Marty Willigan, Hofstra (NY) over Mike Stanley (4), Adams State (CO) — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  6. Masaru Yatabe (2), Portland State (OR) over Ron Lemmon, Utah — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  7. Pete Vanderlofske (3), Navy (MD) over Art Holland, Arizona State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  8. Ray Murphy Jr., Oklahoma State over Randy Stine Sr., Clarion (PA) — Fall 7:08 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dale Anderson (1), Michigan State over Jack Dunn, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 13–2 · View bout
  2. Marty Willigan, Hofstra (NY) over Dave Pruzansky, Temple (PA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  3. Masaru Yatabe (2), Portland State (OR) over Ray Murphy Jr., Oklahoma State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Pete Vanderlofske (3), Navy (MD) over James Lentz, Indiana (IN) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dale Anderson (1), Michigan State over Marty Willigan, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  2. Masaru Yatabe (2), Portland State (OR) over Pete Vanderlofske (3), Navy (MD) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dale Anderson (1), Michigan State over Masaru Yatabe (2), Portland State (OR) — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 1 bout

  1. Jay Leeman, Lehigh (PA) over Dave Kling, Indiana (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Ron Lemmon, Utah over Alan Merrill, Oregon — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Ron Russo, Bloomsburg (PA) over Jay Leeman, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 16–4 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ray Murphy Jr., Oklahoma State over Ron Lemmon, Utah — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Ron Russo, Bloomsburg (PA) over Jack Dunn, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Marty Willigan, Hofstra (NY) over Ron Russo, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Pete Vanderlofske (3), Navy (MD) over Ray Murphy Jr., Oklahoma State — Dec 9–6 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Pete Vanderlofske (3), Navy (MD) over Marty Willigan, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 7–0 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ray Murphy Jr., Oklahoma State over Ron Russo, Bloomsburg (PA) — MFF · View bout