NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1977 NCAA Championships

134 lb

Champion Pat Neu, Minnesota.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Pat NeuMINN
  2. 2Dennis Brighton Sr.MSU
  3. 3Franc AffentrangerCSUB
  4. 4Kurt MockUK
  5. 5Lee Roy SmithOKST
  6. 6George MedinaSYR

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Championship

Opening round · 5 bouts

27 byes into the round of 32

  1. Bobby Sparks, Washington (WA) over Benjie Williams, California-Poly — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  2. Dennis Brighton Sr., Michigan State over Kim Graham, Ball State (IN) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. George Medina (8), Syracuse (NY) over Jim Hicks, William & Mary (VA) — Fall 6:54 · View bout
  4. Jim Earl, Penn State over Otis Price, Montana — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  5. Ken Mallory, Montclair State (NJ) over Herb Crimp, Utah — Dec 13–6 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bob Sloand, Lehigh (PA) over Steve Hunte (1), Iowa — Dec 12–11 · View bout
  2. Dennis Brighton Sr., Michigan State over Franc Affentranger (7), California-Bakersfield — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  3. George Medina (8), Syracuse (NY) over Casey Bartels, Iowa State — MD 13–4 · View bout
  4. Jim Earl, Penn State over Rich Lubell, Michigan — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  5. Lee Roy Smith (3), Oklahoma State over Carlos Rodriquez, California-Berkeley — Fall 6:44 · View bout
  6. Lon Balum, Wilkes (PA) over Rick Stone, Alabama — Fall 6:30 · View bout
  7. Mark Preston, Arizona over Carl Poff, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  8. Mike Pollock, Missouri over Lloyd Ford, Colorado State — Dec 13–7 · View bout
  9. Pat Neu, Minnesota over Kurt Mock (5), Kentucky — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  10. Rick Jensen, South Dakota State over Rick Thompson (6), Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  11. Ron Boucher, Oregon State over Brian Beatson, Oklahoma — Dec 17–10 · View bout
  12. Ron Gray, Illinois State over Ken Mallory, Montclair State (NJ) — Dec 11–10 · View bout
  13. Rudy Johnson (2), Portland State (OR) over Chris Conkwright, North Carolina — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  14. Sev Popolizio, Boston (MA) over Peter Rossi, Cortland (NY) — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  15. Tim McCamley, Lock Haven (PA) over Scott Soderholm, Northern Illinois — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  16. Tom Scotton Sr., Bucknell (PA) over Bobby Sparks, Washington (WA) — Dec 11–8 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob Sloand, Lehigh (PA) over Ron Boucher, Oregon State — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  2. Dennis Brighton Sr., Michigan State over Lon Balum, Wilkes (PA) — Fall 7:10 · View bout
  3. George Medina (8), Syracuse (NY) over Sev Popolizio, Boston (MA) — Fall 5:53 · View bout
  4. Lee Roy Smith (3), Oklahoma State over Jim Earl, Penn State — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  5. Pat Neu, Minnesota over Mark Preston, Arizona — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  6. Rick Jensen, South Dakota State over Ron Gray, Illinois State — Fall 7:05 · View bout
  7. Rudy Johnson (2), Portland State (OR) over Tim McCamley, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  8. Tom Scotton Sr., Bucknell (PA) over Mike Pollock, Missouri — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dennis Brighton Sr., Michigan State over Rudy Johnson (2), Portland State (OR) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. George Medina (8), Syracuse (NY) over Bob Sloand, Lehigh (PA) — MFF · View bout
  3. Lee Roy Smith (3), Oklahoma State over Rick Jensen, South Dakota State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  4. Pat Neu, Minnesota over Tom Scotton Sr., Bucknell (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dennis Brighton Sr., Michigan State over Lee Roy Smith (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–3 · View bout
  2. Pat Neu, Minnesota over George Medina (8), Syracuse (NY) — Sup 14–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Pat Neu, Minnesota over Dennis Brighton Sr., Michigan State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 2 bouts

  1. Franc Affentranger (7), California-Bakersfield over Kim Graham, Ball State (IN) — MD 9–0 · View bout
  2. Jim Hicks, William & Mary (VA) over Casey Bartels, Iowa State — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Carlos Rodriquez, California-Berkeley over Jim Earl, Penn State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Franc Affentranger (7), California-Bakersfield over Lon Balum, Wilkes (PA) — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  3. Jim Hicks, William & Mary (VA) over Sev Popolizio, Boston (MA) — Sup 16–4 · View bout
  4. Kurt Mock (5), Kentucky over Mark Preston, Arizona — Dec 9–3 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Carlos Rodriquez, California-Berkeley over Rick Jensen, South Dakota State — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  2. Franc Affentranger (7), California-Bakersfield over Rudy Johnson (2), Portland State (OR) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  3. Jim Hicks, William & Mary (VA) over Bob Sloand, Lehigh (PA) — MFF · View bout
  4. Kurt Mock (5), Kentucky over Tom Scotton Sr., Bucknell (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Franc Affentranger (7), California-Bakersfield over Carlos Rodriquez, California-Berkeley — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Kurt Mock (5), Kentucky over Jim Hicks, William & Mary (VA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Franc Affentranger (7), California-Bakersfield over George Medina (8), Syracuse (NY) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  2. Kurt Mock (5), Kentucky over Lee Roy Smith (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Franc Affentranger (7), California-Bakersfield over Kurt Mock (5), Kentucky — Dec 5–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Lee Roy Smith (3), Oklahoma State over George Medina (8), Syracuse (NY) — Dec 10–8 · View bout