NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1977 NCAA Championships

126 lb

Champion Nick Gallo, Hofstra (NY).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Nick GalloHOF
  2. 2Keith MourlamIOWA
  3. 3Mike LandISU
  4. 4Ricky ReedASU
  5. 5Jimmy Carr Sr.UK
  6. 6Billy Martin Jr.OKST

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Championship

Opening round · 5 bouts

27 byes into the round of 32

  1. Jim Polsinelli, Appalachian State (NC) over Chris Lindsay, Oregon State — Dec 14–7 · View bout
  2. Joe Davidson, Rhode Island over Mike Isom, Weber State (UT) — Fall 7:35 · View bout
  3. Neal Seagren, Northern Michigan over Paul Fehlberg, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  4. Nick Gallo (1), Hofstra (NY) over Tom Fink, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  5. Ricky Reed, Arizona State over Greg Shoemaker, East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Amos Goodlow, Michigan over Dennis Lewis, Ball State (IN) — Fall 1:45 · View bout
  2. Art Haberman, Florida over Jim Polsinelli, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  3. Billy Martin Jr. (4), Oklahoma State over Neal Seagren, Northern Michigan — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  4. Charles 'Dave' Hopkins, Ohio over Paul Osman, East Carolina (NC) — Dec 18–10 · View bout
  5. Dane Ives, Missouri over Lance Leonhardt (8), Lehigh (PA) — Sup 14–2 · View bout
  6. Glenn Burket, Shippensburg (PA) over Susumu Hagihara, Oregon — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  7. Jerry Hawkins, California-Fullerton over Andy Zook (6), Millersville (PA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  8. Jim Hanson, Wisconsin over Rob Anderson, Colorado State — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  9. Jimmy Carr Sr. (5), Kentucky over Marvin Gasner, Colorado — Dec 15–8 · View bout
  10. Joe Davidson, Rhode Island over Guy Dugas, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 15–7 · View bout
  11. Keith Mourlam (2), Iowa over Tom Mount, California-Poly — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  12. Kenny Nelson (7), Oklahoma over Mark 'Randy' Batten, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 12–3 · View bout
  13. Mike Land (3), Iowa State over Tom Turnbull, Clarion (PA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  14. Mike Walsh, Michigan State over Doug Sumner, Duke (NC) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  15. Nick Gallo (1), Hofstra (NY) over Terry Farley, Portland State (OR) — Sup 22–6 · View bout
  16. Ricky Reed, Arizona State over Tim Moon, Northern Colorado — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Billy Martin Jr. (4), Oklahoma State over Glenn Burket, Shippensburg (PA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Dane Ives, Missouri over Jim Hanson, Wisconsin — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  3. Jimmy Carr Sr. (5), Kentucky over Amos Goodlow, Michigan — MD 12–3 · View bout
  4. Keith Mourlam (2), Iowa over Art Haberman, Florida — Sup 20–6 · View bout
  5. Kenny Nelson (7), Oklahoma over Mike Walsh, Michigan State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  6. Mike Land (3), Iowa State over Joe Davidson, Rhode Island — Sup 26–4 · View bout
  7. Nick Gallo (1), Hofstra (NY) over Charles 'Dave' Hopkins, Ohio — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  8. Ricky Reed, Arizona State over Jerry Hawkins, California-Fullerton — MD 12–1 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Billy Martin Jr. (4), Oklahoma State over Jimmy Carr Sr. (5), Kentucky — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Keith Mourlam (2), Iowa over Kenny Nelson (7), Oklahoma — Dec 12–8 · View bout
  3. Mike Land (3), Iowa State over Ricky Reed, Arizona State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Nick Gallo (1), Hofstra (NY) over Dane Ives, Missouri — Sup 21–9 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Keith Mourlam (2), Iowa over Mike Land (3), Iowa State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. Nick Gallo (1), Hofstra (NY) over Billy Martin Jr. (4), Oklahoma State — MD 13–5 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Nick Gallo (1), Hofstra (NY) over Keith Mourlam (2), Iowa — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. Terry Farley, Portland State (OR) over Tom Fink, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 11–9 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Neal Seagren, Northern Michigan over Glenn Burket, Shippensburg (PA) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  2. Terry Farley, Portland State (OR) over Charles 'Dave' Hopkins, Ohio — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  3. Tom Mount, California-Poly over Art Haberman, Florida — Fall 3:27 · View bout
  4. Tom Turnbull, Clarion (PA) over Joe Davidson, Rhode Island — Dec 9–3 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Jimmy Carr Sr. (5), Kentucky over Neal Seagren, Northern Michigan — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  2. Kenny Nelson (7), Oklahoma over Tom Mount, California-Poly — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  3. Ricky Reed, Arizona State over Tom Turnbull, Clarion (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  4. Terry Farley, Portland State (OR) over Dane Ives, Missouri — Dec 10–6 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Jimmy Carr Sr. (5), Kentucky over Terry Farley, Portland State (OR) — MD 12–3 · View bout
  2. Ricky Reed, Arizona State over Kenny Nelson (7), Oklahoma — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Mike Land (3), Iowa State over Jimmy Carr Sr. (5), Kentucky — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Ricky Reed, Arizona State over Billy Martin Jr. (4), Oklahoma State — Sup 12–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Mike Land (3), Iowa State over Ricky Reed, Arizona State — Fall 3:12 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Jimmy Carr Sr. (5), Kentucky over Billy Martin Jr. (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 11–5 · View bout