NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1973 NCAA Championships

126 lb

Champion Mark Massery, Northwestern (IL).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Mark MasseryNW
  2. 2Ron GlassISU
  3. 3John FritzPSU
  4. 4Bill DavidsMICH
  5. 5Billy Martin Jr.OKST
  6. 6John SmithBALL

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Championship

Opening round · 3 bouts

29 byes into the round of 32

  1. Bill Davids, Michigan over Ray Ferrera, American (DC) — Sup 12–2 · View bout
  2. Dave Romero, New Mexico over Phil Steiner, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  3. John Berry, Idaho State over Scott Pucino, Rhode Island — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Billy Martin Jr. (1), Oklahoma State over Dave Romero, New Mexico — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Brad Jacot (7), Washington (WA) over Grant Kusuno, Colorado — Fall 5:10 · View bout
  3. Carl 'Chico' Lutes, Indiana State over Keith Controneo, Auburn (AL) — Sup 16–5 · View bout
  4. Dan Mello, Portland State (OR) over Bob Dalton, Miami (OH) — Fall 7:52 · View bout
  5. Danny Monroe, East Carolina (NC) over Phil Reimnitz (5), North Dakota State — Dec 12–4 · View bout
  6. Dave Groverman, Pennsylvania over Carlos Rodriquez, California-Berkeley — Sup 10–0 · View bout
  7. Dave Wendell, Virginia over Ken Berger, Navy (MD) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  8. Harold Wiley (8), California-Fullerton over Don Williams, Drake (IA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  9. Jim Rodriguez, California-Los Angeles over Jim Abbott, Wisconsin — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  10. John Fritz (2), Penn State over Bill Davids, Michigan — Dec 14–5 · View bout
  11. John Smith, Ball State (IN) over Norm Hatchet, Oklahoma — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  12. Kerry Anderson, Brigham Young (UT) over Bill Jacoutot, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  13. Mark Massery (4), Northwestern (IL) over John Berry, Idaho State — Sup 19–4 · View bout
  14. Mike Jones (6), Oregon State over Tim Cysewski, Iowa — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  15. Pat Quinlan, Central Michigan over Bob Roberts, Wilkes (PA) — Sup 16–1 · View bout
  16. Ron Glass (3), Iowa State over Oscar Trevino, San Jose State (CA) — Fall 3:45 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Billy Martin Jr. (1), Oklahoma State over Kerry Anderson, Brigham Young (UT) — Fall 1:15 · View bout
  2. Jim Rodriguez, California-Los Angeles over Harold Wiley (8), California-Fullerton — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. John Fritz (2), Penn State over Dan Mello, Portland State (OR) — Sup 17–7 · View bout
  4. John Smith, Ball State (IN) over Danny Monroe, East Carolina (NC) — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  5. Mark Massery (4), Northwestern (IL) over Dave Groverman, Pennsylvania — Fall 7:04 · View bout
  6. Mike Jones (6), Oregon State over Carl 'Chico' Lutes, Indiana State — Dec 13–6 · View bout
  7. Pat Quinlan, Central Michigan over Brad Jacot (7), Washington (WA) — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  8. Ron Glass (3), Iowa State over Dave Wendell, Virginia — Sup 16–6 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Billy Martin Jr. (1), Oklahoma State over Jim Rodriguez, California-Los Angeles — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  2. John Fritz (2), Penn State over Pat Quinlan, Central Michigan — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  3. Mark Massery (4), Northwestern (IL) over John Smith, Ball State (IN) — Sup 16–3 · View bout
  4. Ron Glass (3), Iowa State over Mike Jones (6), Oregon State — Dec 13–8 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Mark Massery (4), Northwestern (IL) over Billy Martin Jr. (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 14–8 · View bout
  2. Ron Glass (3), Iowa State over John Fritz (2), Penn State — Dec 10–5 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Mark Massery (4), Northwestern (IL) over Ron Glass (3), Iowa State — Dec 9–8 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Davids, Michigan over Dan Mello, Portland State (OR) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Dave Groverman, Pennsylvania over John Berry, Idaho State — Sup 14–1 · View bout
  3. Dave Romero, New Mexico over Kerry Anderson, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  4. Dave Wendell, Virginia over Oscar Trevino, San Jose State (CA) — Dec 10–4 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Davids, Michigan over Pat Quinlan, Central Michigan — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Jim Rodriguez, California-Los Angeles over Dave Romero, New Mexico — Sup 17–3 · View bout
  3. John Smith, Ball State (IN) over Dave Groverman, Pennsylvania — Dec 12–3 · View bout
  4. Mike Jones (6), Oregon State over Dave Wendell, Virginia — Dec 13–4 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Davids, Michigan over Mike Jones (6), Oregon State — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  2. John Smith, Ball State (IN) over Jim Rodriguez, California-Los Angeles — Dec 9–8 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Davids, Michigan over Billy Martin Jr. (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. John Fritz (2), Penn State over John Smith, Ball State (IN) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. John Fritz (2), Penn State over Bill Davids, Michigan — Dec 8–4 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Billy Martin Jr. (1), Oklahoma State over John Smith, Ball State (IN) — Fall 1:48 · View bout