NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1972 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. 2Gary BreeceOU
  3. 3Dale BrumitARIZ
  4. 4Tom SchulerNAVY
  5. 5Tom PhillipsORST
  6. 6Dan ShermanIOWA

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Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

30 byes into the round of 32

  1. Eric Waters, Pennsylvania over Ron Johnson, San Diego State (CA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Gary McBride, California-Poly over Carnie McArthur, Washington State — Dec 7–1 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Andy Burge, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Eric Waters, Pennsylvania — Dec 11–8 · View bout
  2. Bruce Biondi (4), Brockport (NY) over Bill Froman, Eastern Kentucky — Sup 18–3 · View bout
  3. Dale Brumit (7), Arizona over Jerry Branham, Ohio State — Fall 7:12 · View bout
  4. Dan Mello, Portland State (OR) over Jim Cornwell, Louisiana State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  5. Dan Sherman (5), Iowa over Nabil Guketlov, New York — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  6. Dave Martin, Indiana State over Ray Hernandez, San Francisco State (CA) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  7. Gary Breece (3), Oklahoma over John Ferrara, Maryland — Fall 3:55 · View bout
  8. Gary McBride, California-Poly over Bob Orta, Nebraska — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  9. Greg Johnson (1), Michigan State over Kelly Bast, Drake (IA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  10. Lee Klepper, Princeton (NJ) over Dan Mallinger, Iowa State — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  11. Mike Downer, Washington (WA) over Gil Keith, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  12. Paul Hetrick, Gettysburg (PA) over Glenn Baker, East Carolina (NC) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  13. Stacy Cody, Idaho State over Jim Brown, Michigan — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  14. Tom Phillips (8), Oregon State over Paul Schonauer, Miami (OH) — Sup 20–2 · View bout
  15. Tom Schuler (2), Navy (MD) over Bill Morgan, Kent State (OH) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  16. Tom Teagarden (6), Penn State over Doug Rutter, Buffalo (NY) — Fall 3:22 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bruce Biondi (4), Brockport (NY) over Lee Klepper, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Dale Brumit (7), Arizona over Dan Mello, Portland State (OR) — Sup 16–3 · View bout
  3. Dan Sherman (5), Iowa over Mike Downer, Washington (WA) — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  4. Dave Martin, Indiana State over Tom Teagarden (6), Penn State — Fall 7:18 · View bout
  5. Gary Breece (3), Oklahoma over Stacy Cody, Idaho State — Sup 23–3 · View bout
  6. Greg Johnson (1), Michigan State over Andy Burge, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Sup 15–5 · View bout
  7. Tom Phillips (8), Oregon State over Paul Hetrick, Gettysburg (PA) — Sup 16–2 · View bout
  8. Tom Schuler (2), Navy (MD) over Gary McBride, California-Poly — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dale Brumit (7), Arizona over Tom Schuler (2), Navy (MD) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  2. Dan Sherman (5), Iowa over Bruce Biondi (4), Brockport (NY) — Dec 11–3 · View bout
  3. Gary Breece (3), Oklahoma over Dave Martin, Indiana State — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  4. Greg Johnson (1), Michigan State over Tom Phillips (8), Oregon State — Sup 17–3 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Gary Breece (3), Oklahoma over Dale Brumit (7), Arizona — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  2. Greg Johnson (1), Michigan State over Dan Sherman (5), Iowa — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Greg Johnson (1), Michigan State over Gary Breece (3), Oklahoma — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Andy Burge, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Kelly Bast, Drake (IA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Jerry Branham, Ohio State over Dan Mello, Portland State (OR) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  3. Mike Downer, Washington (WA) over Nabil Guketlov, New York — Sup 12–2 · View bout
  4. Stacy Cody, Idaho State over John Ferrara, Maryland — Dec 10–3 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Martin, Indiana State over Stacy Cody, Idaho State — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  2. Mike Downer, Washington (WA) over Bruce Biondi (4), Brockport (NY) — Dec 11–3 · View bout
  3. Tom Phillips (8), Oregon State over Andy Burge, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  4. Tom Schuler (2), Navy (MD) over Jerry Branham, Ohio State — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Tom Phillips (8), Oregon State over Mike Downer, Washington (WA) — Dflt · View bout
  2. Tom Schuler (2), Navy (MD) over Dave Martin, Indiana State — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dale Brumit (7), Arizona over Tom Phillips (8), Oregon State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Tom Schuler (2), Navy (MD) over Dan Sherman (5), Iowa — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dale Brumit (7), Arizona over Tom Schuler (2), Navy (MD) — Dec 10–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tom Phillips (8), Oregon State over Dan Sherman (5), Iowa — Dflt · View bout