NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1976 NCAA Championships

118 lb

Champion Mark DiGirolamo, California-Poly.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Mark DiGirolamoCP
  2. 2Johnnie JonesISU
  3. 3Mike McArthurMINN
  4. 4Chuck DavisCOLO
  5. 5Sam OrmeBYU
  6. 6Mark CostelloNAVY

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Championship

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Championship

Opening round · 3 bouts

29 byes into the round of 32

  1. Kevin Nellis, Pittsburgh (PA) over Pat Plourd, Oregon State — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  2. Mark DiGirolamo, California-Poly over George Medina, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  3. Mike McArthur (2), Minnesota over Mike Fleming, California-Los Angeles — MD 16–8 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bernie Kleiman, Portland State (OR) over Garrett Headley, Kentucky — MD 23–12 · View bout
  2. Bob Katz, West Chester (PA) over Andy Daniels (5), Ohio — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  3. Chuck Davis, Colorado over Sam Orme, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  4. Drew Krapf, Shippensburg (PA) over Keith Mourlam, Iowa — Dec 13–11 · View bout
  5. Johnnie Jones (3), Iowa State over Randy Miller, Michigan State — Dec 11–9 · View bout
  6. Kevin Nellis, Pittsburgh (PA) over Mike Slyman, Missouri — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  7. Mark 'Randy' Batten (6), Tennessee-Chattanooga over John Gubelman, Rhode Island — MD 12–4 · View bout
  8. Mark Costello, Navy (MD) over Marvin Cook, Air Force (CO) — MD 15–4 · View bout
  9. Mark DiGirolamo, California-Poly over Jack Grimaldi, Indiana State — Dec 10–9 · View bout
  10. Mike Boucher, Central Michigan over Rich Molina, California-Bakersfield — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  11. Mike McArthur (2), Minnesota over Brent Hagen, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  12. Mike Monday, Arizona State over Lance Leonhardt, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 1:07 · View bout
  13. Shawn Garel (1), Oklahoma over Jack Mulhall, John Carroll (OH) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  14. Steve Stalnaker (7), Tennessee over Steve Pivac, Colorado State — MD 12–3 · View bout
  15. Tom Dursee, William & Mary (VA) over Bill Murphy (8), Weber State (UT) — Dec 4–4 · View bout
  16. Wayne Packer (4), Penn State over Mike Zito, North Carolina State — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob Katz, West Chester (PA) over Drew Krapf, Shippensburg (PA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  2. Chuck Davis, Colorado over Tom Dursee, William & Mary (VA) — Sup 15–2 · View bout
  3. Johnnie Jones (3), Iowa State over Bernie Kleiman, Portland State (OR) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  4. Mark 'Randy' Batten (6), Tennessee-Chattanooga over Mike Boucher, Central Michigan — Sup 16–4 · View bout
  5. Mark Costello, Navy (MD) over Steve Stalnaker (7), Tennessee — MD 11–3 · View bout
  6. Mark DiGirolamo, California-Poly over Wayne Packer (4), Penn State — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  7. Mike McArthur (2), Minnesota over Mike Monday, Arizona State — MD 12–4 · View bout
  8. Shawn Garel (1), Oklahoma over Kevin Nellis, Pittsburgh (PA) — Sup 20–6 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Chuck Davis, Colorado over Shawn Garel (1), Oklahoma — FF · View bout
  2. Johnnie Jones (3), Iowa State over Mark 'Randy' Batten (6), Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  3. Mark DiGirolamo, California-Poly over Bob Katz, West Chester (PA) — Fall 6:24 · View bout
  4. Mike McArthur (2), Minnesota over Mark Costello, Navy (MD) — Sup 13–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Johnnie Jones (3), Iowa State over Mike McArthur (2), Minnesota — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  2. Mark DiGirolamo, California-Poly over Chuck Davis, Colorado — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Mark DiGirolamo, California-Poly over Johnnie Jones (3), Iowa State — MD 14–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 2 bouts

  1. Brent Hagen, Minnesota-Mankato over Mike Fleming, California-Los Angeles — FF · View bout
  2. Jack Grimaldi, Indiana State over George Medina, Syracuse (NY) — FF · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Mike Monday, Arizona State over Brent Hagen, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  2. Randy Miller, Michigan State over Bernie Kleiman, Portland State (OR) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  3. Sam Orme, Brigham Young (UT) over Tom Dursee, William & Mary (VA) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  4. Wayne Packer (4), Penn State over Jack Grimaldi, Indiana State — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Mark 'Randy' Batten (6), Tennessee-Chattanooga over Randy Miller, Michigan State — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Mark Costello, Navy (MD) over Mike Monday, Arizona State — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  3. Sam Orme, Brigham Young (UT) over Shawn Garel (1), Oklahoma — FF · View bout
  4. Wayne Packer (4), Penn State over Bob Katz, West Chester (PA) — Dec 8–6 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Mark Costello, Navy (MD) over Mark 'Randy' Batten (6), Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. Sam Orme, Brigham Young (UT) over Wayne Packer (4), Penn State — Dec 7–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Chuck Davis, Colorado over Mark Costello, Navy (MD) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Mike McArthur (2), Minnesota over Sam Orme, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 10–5 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Mike McArthur (2), Minnesota over Chuck Davis, Colorado — Dec 8–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Sam Orme, Brigham Young (UT) over Mark Costello, Navy (MD) — Dec 11–4 · View bout