NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1976 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Pat Christenson, Wisconsin.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Pat ChristensonWIS
  2. 2Dan WagemannIOWA
  3. 3Joe Carr Sr.UK
  4. 4Jerry VilleccoPSU
  5. 5Kim WasickCP
  6. 6Larry ZilverbergMINN

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Championship

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Championship

Opening round · 5 bouts

27 byes into the round of 32

  1. Dan Wagemann (5), Iowa over Kim Wasick, California-Poly — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Ed Neiswender, Michigan over Jim McDuffie, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  3. Jim Weisenfluh (7), Wilkes (PA) over Bill Kullberg, Washington State — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  4. Paul Berry, Missouri over Dan Fiorini, Northern Illinois — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  5. Paul Bruns, Florida over Don Zastoupil, Oregon State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Brad Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) over Jim O'Connell, Louisiana State — Fall 3:05 · View bout
  2. Dan Wagemann (5), Iowa over Nils Deacon, Lehigh (PA) — MD 12–3 · View bout
  3. Dante Caprio, Montclair State (NJ) over Paul Bruns, Florida — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  4. Dave Powell (4), Iowa State over Ken Moore, Central Michigan — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  5. Don Evans, Boise State (ID) over Toby Matney, Cleveland State (OH) — MD 16–7 · View bout
  6. Don Shuler, Arizona State over Paul Berry, Missouri — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  7. Jim Horvath, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Jim Weisenfluh (7), Wilkes (PA) — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  8. Joe Carr Sr. (3), Kentucky over Andy Cappelli, Bloomsburg (PA) — MD 13–4 · View bout
  9. Jon Jackson (6), Oklahoma State over Jerry Schmitz, St. Cloud State (MN) — MD 12–4 · View bout
  10. Keith Stearns, Oklahoma over Ed Neiswender, Michigan — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  11. Larry Zilverberg (1), Minnesota over George O'Korn, Pittsburgh (PA) — MD 14–3 · View bout
  12. Mark Harris, Utah State over Randolph Scott, Ohio — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  13. Pat Christenson, Wisconsin over Jerry Villecco (2), Penn State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  14. Paul Reed, Wyoming over Kevin Young, Dartmouth (NH) — Fall 4:34 · View bout
  15. Phil Mueller, East Carolina (NC) over Dennis Graham (8), Portland State (OR) — Dec 15–8 · View bout
  16. Roger Fleischer, Navy (MD) over Kevin Johnson, Maryland — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dan Wagemann (5), Iowa over Dante Caprio, Montclair State (NJ) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Dave Powell (4), Iowa State over Don Evans, Boise State (ID) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  3. Jim Horvath, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Mark Harris, Utah State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  4. Joe Carr Sr. (3), Kentucky over Brad Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 13–9 · View bout
  5. Jon Jackson (6), Oklahoma State over Don Shuler, Arizona State — Dec 9–9 · View bout
  6. Larry Zilverberg (1), Minnesota over Keith Stearns, Oklahoma — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  7. Pat Christenson, Wisconsin over Roger Fleischer, Navy (MD) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  8. Paul Reed, Wyoming over Phil Mueller, East Carolina (NC) — Fall 3:47 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dan Wagemann (5), Iowa over Dave Powell (4), Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Joe Carr Sr. (3), Kentucky over Jon Jackson (6), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  3. Larry Zilverberg (1), Minnesota over Paul Reed, Wyoming — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  4. Pat Christenson, Wisconsin over Jim Horvath, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 7–3 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dan Wagemann (5), Iowa over Larry Zilverberg (1), Minnesota — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Pat Christenson, Wisconsin over Joe Carr Sr. (3), Kentucky — Dec 12–10 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Pat Christenson, Wisconsin over Dan Wagemann (5), Iowa — Dec 9–7 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. Kim Wasick, California-Poly over Nils Deacon, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Brad Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) over Andy Cappelli, Bloomsburg (PA) — Fall 5:59 · View bout
  2. Jerry Villecco (2), Penn State over Roger Fleischer, Navy (MD) — MD 13–2 · View bout
  3. Keith Stearns, Oklahoma over George O'Korn, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  4. Kim Wasick, California-Poly over Dante Caprio, Montclair State (NJ) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Jerry Villecco (2), Penn State over Jim Horvath, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Jon Jackson (6), Oklahoma State over Brad Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  3. Keith Stearns, Oklahoma over Paul Reed, Wyoming — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  4. Kim Wasick, California-Poly over Dave Powell (4), Iowa State — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Jerry Villecco (2), Penn State over Jon Jackson (6), Oklahoma State — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  2. Kim Wasick, California-Poly over Keith Stearns, Oklahoma — Dec 7–6 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jerry Villecco (2), Penn State over Larry Zilverberg (1), Minnesota — MFF · View bout
  2. Joe Carr Sr. (3), Kentucky over Kim Wasick, California-Poly — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Joe Carr Sr. (3), Kentucky over Jerry Villecco (2), Penn State — MD 13–5 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Kim Wasick, California-Poly over Larry Zilverberg (1), Minnesota — MFF · View bout