NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1971 NCAA Championships

118 lb

Champion Greg Johnson, Michigan State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Greg JohnsonMSU
  2. 2Tom SchulerNAVY
  3. 3Gary BreeceOU
  4. 4Ray StappOKST
  5. 5Kirt DonaldsonAF
  6. 6Dale BrumitARIZ

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

30 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 14 bouts

    2 byes into the round of 16

    1. Dale Brumit (8), Arizona over Rusty Cunningham, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 12–9 · View bout
    2. Dan Sherman (4), Iowa over Ed Brown, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    3. Eddie Oquendo, California-Los Angeles over Nabil Guketlov, New York — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    4. Gary Breece (5), Oklahoma over Tom Phillips, Oregon State — Dec 14–9 · View bout
    5. Gary McBride (7), California-Poly over Eddie Rew, Auburn (AL) — Fall 5:55 · View bout
    6. Greg Johnson (1), Michigan State over Kelly Bast, Drake (IA) — Fall 4:49 · View bout
    7. Keith Jeffrey, Weber State (UT) over Dave Amato, Massachusetts — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    8. Kirt Donaldson, Air Force (CO) over Bob Orta, Nebraska — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    9. Larry Baltezore, Army (NY) over Charlie Howell, San Diego State (CA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    10. Ray Stapp (2), Oklahoma State over Sam Arishita, Utah — Dec 9–5 · View bout
    11. Stan Opp (10), South Dakota State over Carl 'Chico' Lutes, Indiana State — Dec 11–5 · View bout
    12. Ted Pease, East Stroudsburg (PA) over Jerry Hoddy (6), Michigan — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    13. Tom Schuler (3), Navy (MD) over Scott Cahoon, Washington (WA) — Fall 6:13 · View bout
    14. Toshi Kasahara (9), Portland State (OR) over Steve Nickolaus, Maryland — Dec 10–4 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Dale Brumit (8), Arizona over Larry Baltezore, Army (NY) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    2. Dan Sherman (4), Iowa over Toshi Kasahara (9), Portland State (OR) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    3. Gary Breece (5), Oklahoma over Stan Opp (10), South Dakota State — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    4. Gary McBride (7), California-Poly over Keith Jeffrey, Weber State (UT) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    5. Greg Johnson (1), Michigan State over Steve Fergerson, Kansas State — Fall 4:43 · View bout
    6. Ray Stapp (2), Oklahoma State over Jim Fiore, Temple (PA) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    7. Ted Pease, East Stroudsburg (PA) over Eddie Oquendo, California-Los Angeles — Fall 0:52 · View bout
    8. Tom Schuler (3), Navy (MD) over Kirt Donaldson, Air Force (CO) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Dale Brumit (8), Arizona over Dan Sherman (4), Iowa — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    2. Greg Johnson (1), Michigan State over Gary Breece (5), Oklahoma — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    3. Ray Stapp (2), Oklahoma State over Ted Pease, East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    4. Tom Schuler (3), Navy (MD) over Gary McBride (7), California-Poly — Dec 5–2 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Greg Johnson (1), Michigan State over Dale Brumit (8), Arizona — Dec 13–4 · View bout
    2. Tom Schuler (3), Navy (MD) over Ray Stapp (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 9–9 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Greg Johnson (1), Michigan State over Tom Schuler (3), Navy (MD) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

    1. Kirt Donaldson, Air Force (CO) over Scott Cahoon, Washington (WA) — Fall 3:45 · View bout
    2. Steve Fergerson, Kansas State over Kelly Bast, Drake (IA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Gary Breece (5), Oklahoma over Steve Fergerson, Kansas State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    2. Kirt Donaldson, Air Force (CO) over Gary McBride (7), California-Poly — Dec 6–3 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Gary Breece (5), Oklahoma over Dale Brumit (8), Arizona — Dec 13–2 · View bout
    2. Ray Stapp (2), Oklahoma State over Kirt Donaldson, Air Force (CO) — Dec 3–0 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Gary Breece (5), Oklahoma over Ray Stapp (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–3 · View bout

    5th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Kirt Donaldson, Air Force (CO) over Dale Brumit (8), Arizona — Dec 3–2 · View bout