NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1975 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Mike Lieberman, Lehigh (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Mike LiebermanLEH
  2. 2Chris CampbellIOWA
  3. 3Willie GadsonISU
  4. 4Scott KlippertNW
  5. 5Dave McQuaigOKST
  6. 6Bill ShuffstallSRU

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Championship

Opening round · 5 bouts

27 byes into the round of 32

  1. Bob Steele, Wyoming over Dick Erickson, Northern Iowa — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Brady Hall (4), California-Los Angeles over Kevin Johnson, Maryland — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  3. Bruce Young, Arizona State over Craig Evans, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  4. Ed Janvier, Delaware over Buck Davis, Oregon — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  5. Russ Paulsen (2), Utah State over Mike Radford, East Carolina (NC) — Dec 10–8 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bill Reinbolt, Ohio State over Steve Campbell, Air Force (CO) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. Bill Shuffstall (7), Slippery Rock (PA) over Gary Christensen, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  3. Bob Ankney, Central Michigan over Mark Uselman, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  4. Brady Hall (4), California-Los Angeles over Stu Moyer, Ball State (IN) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  5. Bruce Young, Arizona State over Brad Bowman, John Carroll (OH) — Dec 13–7 · View bout
  6. Chris Campbell (1), Iowa over Ken Goodrow, Navy (MD) — Sup 19–5 · View bout
  7. Dave Gaunt, Indiana State over Steve Scheib, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 14–8 · View bout
  8. Dave McQuaig, Oklahoma State over Mark Jones, Boston (MA) — Dec 12–3 · View bout
  9. Ed Janvier, Delaware over Jim Paulsen, Missouri — Sup 17–7 · View bout
  10. Jerry White (6), Penn State over Jody Chesbrough, Miami (OH) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  11. Mike Dillenburg, Oregon State over Sam Allen, Louisiana State — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  12. Mike Lieberman (3), Lehigh (PA) over Rick Hale, California-Berkeley — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  13. Rudy Fiorvanti, Hofstra (NY) over Bob Steele, Wyoming — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  14. Russ Paulsen (2), Utah State over Mark Neumann, Oklahoma — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  15. Sythell Thompson (8), California-Poly over Les Steidl, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  16. Willie Gadson (5), Iowa State over Scott Klippert, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Reinbolt, Ohio State over Russ Paulsen (2), Utah State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Bill Shuffstall (7), Slippery Rock (PA) over Mike Dillenburg, Oregon State — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  3. Chris Campbell (1), Iowa over Bob Ankney, Central Michigan — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  4. Dave Gaunt, Indiana State over Brady Hall (4), California-Los Angeles — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  5. Ed Janvier, Delaware over Jerry White (6), Penn State — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  6. Mike Lieberman (3), Lehigh (PA) over Dave McQuaig, Oklahoma State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  7. Sythell Thompson (8), California-Poly over Rudy Fiorvanti, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  8. Willie Gadson (5), Iowa State over Bruce Young, Arizona State — Fall 6:08 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Shuffstall (7), Slippery Rock (PA) over Bill Reinbolt, Ohio State — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  2. Chris Campbell (1), Iowa over Sythell Thompson (8), California-Poly — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Mike Lieberman (3), Lehigh (PA) over Ed Janvier, Delaware — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  4. Willie Gadson (5), Iowa State over Dave Gaunt, Indiana State — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Chris Campbell (1), Iowa over Willie Gadson (5), Iowa State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. Mike Lieberman (3), Lehigh (PA) over Bill Shuffstall (7), Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 12–7 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Mike Lieberman (3), Lehigh (PA) over Chris Campbell (1), Iowa — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Bob Ankney, Central Michigan over Ken Goodrow, Navy (MD) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Dave McQuaig, Oklahoma State over Rick Hale, California-Berkeley — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. Mike Dillenburg, Oregon State over Gary Christensen, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  4. Scott Klippert, Northwestern (IL) over Bruce Young, Arizona State — Dec 8–1 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Dave McQuaig, Oklahoma State over Ed Janvier, Delaware — Fall 0:29 · View bout
  2. Mike Dillenburg, Oregon State over Bill Reinbolt, Ohio State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. Scott Klippert, Northwestern (IL) over Dave Gaunt, Indiana State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Sythell Thompson (8), California-Poly over Bob Ankney, Central Michigan — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Dave McQuaig, Oklahoma State over Mike Dillenburg, Oregon State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. Scott Klippert, Northwestern (IL) over Sythell Thompson (8), California-Poly — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Scott Klippert, Northwestern (IL) over Bill Shuffstall (7), Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Willie Gadson (5), Iowa State over Dave McQuaig, Oklahoma State — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Willie Gadson (5), Iowa State over Scott Klippert, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dave McQuaig, Oklahoma State over Bill Shuffstall (7), Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 11–4 · View bout