NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1969 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion Wayne Boyd, Temple (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Wayne BoydTEM
  2. 2Stan KeeleyOU
  3. 3Randy BergWASH
  4. 4Dave WatersLEH
  5. 5Mike SchmaussISU
  6. 6Wes CaineNIU

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Championship

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Championship

Opening round · 4 bouts

28 byes into the round of 32

  1. Lew Mason, Navy (MD) over Scott Clark, Western Illinois — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. Mike Schmauss, Iowa State over Stew Pruzansky, Fairleigh Dickinson (NJ) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Mike Watson, Buffalo (NY) over Mark Lovato, Utah — Dec 12–4 · View bout
  4. Paul Betts (8), Arizona over Jon Wood, Citadel (SC) — Fall 3:37 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Dave Waters, Lehigh (PA) over Dave Moore, Long Beach State (CA) — Dec 10–0 · View bout
  2. Dick Kilpatrick, Montana State over Terry Magoon (10), Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Frank Nichols (4), Minnesota over Charles O'Boyle, Louisiana State — Dec 24–3 · View bout
  4. Ken Melchior (2), Lock Haven (PA) over Tim Cech, Michigan — Dec 16–3 · View bout
  5. Lew Mason, Navy (MD) over Alan Takahashi, Idaho State — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  6. Mike McGilliard, Michigan State over Paul Soriano, Wyoming — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  7. Mike Schmauss, Iowa State over Felix Sanchez, Air Force (CO) — Dflt · View bout
  8. Mike Watson, Buffalo (NY) over Mike Jones, Oregon State — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  9. Paul Betts (8), Arizona over Glenn Parke, Illinois — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  10. Ron Thrasher (3), Oklahoma State over James Lambson, Arizona State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  11. Stan Keeley (1), Oklahoma over Randy Berg (9), Washington (WA) — Dec 13–12 · View bout
  12. Steve Cavanaugh, Missouri over Carlos Fontanez, Adams State (CO) — Fall 7:06 · View bout
  13. Tom Bentz, Iowa over Jesse Sandoval, California-Los Angeles — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  14. Wayne Boyd (6), Temple (PA) over Bill Komloske, Colorado — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  15. Wayne Fehlberg, Brigham Young (UT) over John Walter (5), Oswego (NY) — Dec 13–9 · View bout
  16. Wes Caine (7), Northern Illinois over Marv Landes, Kansas State — Dec 9–0 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Frank Nichols (4), Minnesota over Dick Kilpatrick, Montana State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Ken Melchior (2), Lock Haven (PA) over Mike Watson, Buffalo (NY) — Fall 4:15 · View bout
  3. Mike Schmauss, Iowa State over Wayne Fehlberg, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  4. Ron Thrasher (3), Oklahoma State over Tom Bentz, Iowa — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  5. Stan Keeley (1), Oklahoma over Lew Mason, Navy (MD) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  6. Steve Cavanaugh, Missouri over Paul Betts (8), Arizona — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  7. Wayne Boyd (6), Temple (PA) over Dave Waters, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 13–2 · View bout
  8. Wes Caine (7), Northern Illinois over Mike McGilliard, Michigan State — Dec 12–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Mike Schmauss, Iowa State over Frank Nichols (4), Minnesota — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  2. Stan Keeley (1), Oklahoma over Steve Cavanaugh, Missouri — Dec 11–2 · View bout
  3. Wayne Boyd (6), Temple (PA) over Ron Thrasher (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Wes Caine (7), Northern Illinois over Ken Melchior (2), Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 11–8 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Stan Keeley (1), Oklahoma over Mike Schmauss, Iowa State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Wayne Boyd (6), Temple (PA) over Wes Caine (7), Northern Illinois — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Wayne Boyd (6), Temple (PA) over Stan Keeley (1), Oklahoma — Fall 7:20 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Dave Waters, Lehigh (PA) over Bill Komloske, Colorado — MFF · View bout
  2. Randy Berg (9), Washington (WA) over Lew Mason, Navy (MD) — Dec 7–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Dave Waters, Lehigh (PA) over Ron Thrasher (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Randy Berg (9), Washington (WA) over Steve Cavanaugh, Missouri — Dec 10–8 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dave Waters, Lehigh (PA) over Wes Caine (7), Northern Illinois — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  2. Randy Berg (9), Washington (WA) over Mike Schmauss, Iowa State — Dec 10–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Randy Berg (9), Washington (WA) over Dave Waters, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Mike Schmauss, Iowa State over Wes Caine (7), Northern Illinois — Dec 4–2 · View bout